by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett

A book your mom loves: A House in the Sky, by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett.

Amanda Lindhout

Amanda Lindhout is the author of A House in the Sky: A Memoir, an account of Amanda Lindhout's 460 days held captive by Somalian kidnappers.

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

The Sky' written by Pulitzer Prize winning team, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Alicia and a group of seven other women decided to change this perpetual narrative of inequity, and to encourage others to do the same.

lead vocalist Noddy Holder

the House was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Slade.

the dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led Malarchuk to the world’s most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries,

A House in the Sky is the dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led Malarchuk to the world’s most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity — an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and grace.

by Steve Jenkins

Robbin Gourley currently works as a painter and most recently illustrated A House in the Sky, written by Steve Jenkins and published by Charlesbridge.