The Stained Glass Window

The Stained Glass Window, with Imagery Workbook, is a special book for Young Adults, which takes place during the Great Depression of the 1930s, in a small Montana town. Julia Markowitz is graduating high school & longs to go away to art school, but there is no money. She & her family help the homeless living in the "jungle" on the banks of the Missouri River. Julia puts on a fair to raise money & invites the children in the jungle to take part. Through the joy of involvement & creating, the children gain confidence in themselves. But the magic of this book is Julia finding an abandonded mansion with a lovely rose window that becomes her symbol of hope & beauty. She meets Jonah in the house, whose father has been shot during the Ford plant uprising in Michigan. Jonah took to the rails seeking work when his family was evicted from their home. Julia & Jonah return to the rose window during their own depressions & learn to know the beauty deep inside themselves. The Imagery Workbook is to be used by readers for discovering their own rose windows.Stein, Charlotte M. is the author of 'The Stained Glass Window' with ISBN 9780916634124 and ISBN 0916634124.