Mother Teresa: Saint of the Slums: Campfire Biography-Heroes Line

by Lewis Helfand

In the 1940's, Calcutta had become decimated by famine, poverty, war and unemployment. Slums began to surface throughout the city and thousands were homeless, dying of disease or starvation. Alone and forgotten, these poorest of the poor were desperate for someone, anyone, to recognize their plight and help them. That help arrived in the form of Mother Teresa. Albanian-born, Mother Teresa knew from a young age that she wanted to become a nun and devote...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9380028709
• ISBN13: 9789380028705
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Campfire
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.6" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher