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Child star and activist Mia Armstrong has a picture book coming out next year about her experiences with Down syndrome, what her publisher calls “all the joys and challenges.”NEW YORK -- Child star and activist Mia Armstrong has a picture book coming out next year about her experiences with Down syndrome, what her publisher calls “all the joys and challenges.”Random House Children’s Books announced Monday that Armstrong's “I Am a Masterpiece!” will be released next January. Illustrated by Alexandra Thompson and co-written by Armstrong and author Marissa Moss, the book is Armstrong's way of helping kids see the world as she sees it.Armstrong has spoken often about Down syndrome, and has called it her “superpower.” “I wrote this story because I want to inspire other people to love their own...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was among those killed by a deadly Russian missile attack on a popular restaurant frequented by journalists and aid workers in eastern Ukraine, PEN America said. Amelina, 37, who had turned her attention from literature to document Russian war crimes after the invasion, died from her injuries after the June 27 strike in the city of Kramatorsk, the literature and human rights organization said Sunday in a statement.Ukraine's Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko expressed condolences to Amelina's family, adding that Russia bears the responsibility. “For every crime on our soil, for every interrupted life and unspoken word, the terrorist must bear the harshest punishment,” he said. Friends, colleagues and admirers of Amelina mo...

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Child star Mia Armstrong is working on a picture book about her experiences with Down syndrome

Award-winning Ukrainian writer dies of injuries suffered in Russian missile attack on restaurant