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Maria was a brave girl. She was ready to help anyone in need. She cared for her younger brother Daniel. Maria loved to play. She also liked swimming. She wanted to become a national junior champion in swimming. Every day, she would go to practise swimming. Her father would help her. He would record her […]

Rosa Parks was a brave woman in America. Some decades ago in America, the white people did not treat the black as their equal. The blacks were segregated, which meant they were not allowed to study in schools where the white children studied. The black people were not allowed to sit with the white people.

Mahatma Gandhi was among one of the bravest people in the world. He fought against the mighty British without any weapon. He and his followers suffered terrible hardships, and were jailed again and again. He broke the laws that were made against the Indians. But he never used violence. Once, the British government in India

China is a neighbouring nation of India. It is a big and powerful country. There is no democracy in China. People do not have freedom in China. In 1989, the students began protesting against the Chinese authorities. A large number of protesters assembled at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese government ordered the army to

Seth Cutright is 12 years old boy, who lives with his parents and grandmother Rose in their home in Vernonia, Oregon. He is now being hailed as ‘Brave Seth’, as he had risked his life to save his grandmother from a raging fire. In 2012, Seth smelt leaking gas at his home and looked around

Roy Madril Jr. and Chris Martinez are two brave teens from Tucson, Arizona. One day, they were at a local fuel station to fuel up. Suddenly, they heard a woman crying for help. The woman was 27 years old mother of two children. She was screaming that a carjacker had sped off with her car

n 1986, there occurred a serious nuclear accident in Russia. This is known as the Chernobyl disaster. Deadly radioactive material entered into the environment, killing thousands of people. At this time, the three clean-up volunteers, Alexi Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov and Boris Baranov came forward to stop a nuclear meltdown. In this nuclear reactor, highly dangerous

When Helen Keller was a child, she fell terribly ill. As a result, she could not hear and see. She became deaf and blind. Most others in her position would lose every hope from life, but she was brave and courageous. She did not let her disabilities come in the way of her success. Slowly

Myanmar is India’s neighbouring nation. The old name of this nation was Burma. This country was ruled by a dictator. The ruler of Burma did not give freedom to its citizens. People did not speak against the ruler because they feared him. He used to put any person who spoke against him in jail. So,

Larry Skopnik has to take the support of a wheelchair to move around. But that has not made any difference to his courage. In 2010, he fought against a robber and saved Cindy Grewal, the owner of the Commercial Drive Food Stop store. Larry was in the shop when a man in a black shirt

David Benke is a maths teacher at Deer Creek Middle School. He is credited with saving the lives of his beloved students. One day, in February 2010, the students were leaving the class. Suddenly, a strange man entered the school, pulled out his gun and began randomly firing shots at the students. No one was

Wesley Autrey did an act that most of us might not have dared to imagine. In January 2007, while waiting for a subway train with his two kids, Wesley saw a boy named Cameron Hollopeter fall to the ground. He rushed to help Cameron. Cameron was up on his feet but was still dizzy and

In November 2009, Jodi Oakes was driving back from work. She was feeling sleepy while driving. Her car crashed at a full speed into a tree and burst into flames. Michael Gay passing through the same road, a little later, was alarmed to see a tree burning in the empty field. As he drove closer,