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“Believe You Can Make a Difference” guest post by Hannah Salwen, co-author of *The Power of Half*

Note from Dawn:  This insightful essay from Hannah Salwen is excerpted with permission from The Power of Half by Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen.  In the book detailing their family project, Kevin’s longer chapters are followed by “Hannah’s Take,” shorter pieces from Hannah’s point of view, including a suggested activity for the reader.  Remember that Hannah was age [...]

Author event with Kevin and Hannah Salwen, co-authors of *The Power of Half*

I’ve got to be one of the luckiest Moms on earth – I spent Valentine’s Day (well, part of it) at an author event with my 12-year-old son.  If that’s not love, what is!? 

Seriously, though, I was very pumped up after reading The Power of Half: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back.  [...]

Book Review: *The Power of Half* by Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen

The Power of Half: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back by Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (February 10, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0547248066

Back-of-the-book blurb:  It all started when 14-year old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice in the world, had a eureka moment when a homeless [...]