Above the Salt Margaret Wise Brown from growing up in Brooklyn

from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making appearances in New York nightclubs to her breakout performance in Funny Girl (musical and film) to the long string of successes in every medium in the years that followed

by rights Corrie should be leading the expedition

From fatal traffic accidents to firearms injuries to casualties of war to a deadly virus passed to an elderly loved one

superheroes

Above the Salt Margaret Wise Brown from growing up in Brooklyn"John Alves, son of a famous Presbyterian martyr on the Portuguese island of Madeira, spends his childhood in jail and in poverty. When he meets Mary Freitas though the adopted daughter of a master botanist, her true lineage is the subject of dangerous rumor a spark kindles a lasting bond. But soon their families must confront the rising blood tide of warfare between Catholics and Protestants. Fleeing with only what they can carry, John and Mary are