It was great of you to share a few titles of books you felt you could recommend. I had a bit of difficulty with the last title, "From Sea to Sea". I couldn't find anything in Amazon books (my usual search engine) that exactly matched the title "Sea to Shining Sea". So was the book a) The Power of One: Heroes Forging America's Civic Rewakening from Sea to Shining Sea by Debra Schweiger or b) Attack from the Sea: A History of the U.S. Navy's Seaplane Striking Force by William Trimble? Or possibly c) none of the above - in which case, would you mind sharing the complete title?
Also, in your opinion (and please feel free to say you have no opinion either way), would the Gavin de Becker book, Gift of Fear, be suitable for an almost 16 year-old girl to read or listen to on tape? Being almost 16, she is, of course, in her opinion, invincible, but since my opinion is slightly different, I wouldn't mind, at Thanksgiving or Christmas (she's away at school), giving her a different perspective. Thanks so much. Janet