Read excerpts:
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Vanya today:
Diary of the Return to Donbas
My Friendship with Mas Oyama
Read Eugene, OR Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch on Vanya's visit to Springfield middle school.
"Tattered Book Changes Lives"
"Genuine Hero Inspires Kids"
An Overwhelming Welcome
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 Vanya and Josh Overton |  |
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 |  With Josh's family: Steve, Debra, and Kaya Smothers |  With Steve Hess |