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One evening after she got home from school, Venka’s parents told her that they had something important to tell her. She was sure she’d done something wrong and was going to be punished. She sat down on the couch and…

Do you know any children that don’t have a family? Well, it is pretty rare in the United States, but in the country of Bulgaria, it isn’t so rare. Pavel did have a mother and father but they were so…

Venka was very puzzled about the things she saw and heard the first time she went to church. A few days later, Violetka, a woman who lived in the same apartment building as her family, came for a visit with…

In the far northwestern part of Bulgaria is a city called Vidin. It lies on the southern bank of the Danube River. Very close to the heart of the city, an eleven-year-old girl named Venka lives in an apartment with…