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Aleutian Sparrow

Karen Hesse
Aleutian Sparrow Book PDF

Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 143913183X

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In June 1942, seven months after attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese navy invaded Alaska's Aleutian Islands. For nine thousand years the Aleut people had lived and thrived on these treeless, windswept lands. Within days of the first attack, the entire native population living west of Unimak Island was gathered up and evacuated to relocation centers in the dense forests of Alaska's Southeast. With resilience, compassion, and humor, the Aleuts responded to the sorrows of upheaval and dislocation. This is the story of Vera, a young Aleut caught up in the turmoil of war. It chronicles her struggles to survive and to keep community and heritage intact despite harsh conditions in an alien environment.

Witness (Scholastic Gold)

Karen Hesse
Witness Scholastic Gold Book PDF

Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545345941

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Witness (Scholastic Gold) by Karen Hesse Pdf

Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse emerses readers in a small Vermont town in 1924 with this haunting and harrowing tale. Leanora Sutter. Esther Hirsh. Merlin Van Tornhout. Johnny Reeves . . .These characters are among the unforgettable cast inhabiting a small Vermont town in 1924. A town that turns against its own when the Ku Klux Klan moves in. No one is safe, especially the two youngest, twelve-year-old Leanora, an African-American girl, and six-year-old Esther, who is Jewish.In this story of a community on the brink of disaster, told through the haunting and impassioned voices of its inhabitants, Newbery Award winner Karen Hesse takes readers into the hearts and minds of those who bear witness.

Ghosts in the Fog

Samantha Seiple
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Author : Samantha Seiple
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780545296540

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Ghosts in the Fog by Samantha Seiple Pdf

Presents an account of the World War II invasion of Alaska by the Japanese and is told from the viewpoints of American civilians who were captured on the Aleutian Islands.

Just Juice

Karen Hesse
Just Juice Book PDF

Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0590033832

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Just Juice by Karen Hesse Pdf

Realizing that her father's lack of work has endangered her family, nine-year-old Juice decides that she must return to school and learn to read in order to help their chances of surviving and keeping their house.

Stowaway

Karen Hesse
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Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780689839870

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Stowaway by Karen Hesse Pdf

A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.

And She Was

Cindy Dyson
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Author : Cindy Dyson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061914577

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And She Was by Cindy Dyson Pdf

Sweeping across centuries and into the Aleutian Islands of Alaska's Bering Sea, And She Was begins with a decision and a broken taboo when three starving Aleut mothers decide to take their fate into their own hands. Two hundred and fifty years later, by the time Brandy, a floundering, trashy, Latin-spewing cocktail waitress, steps ashore in the 1980s, Unalaska Island has absorbed their dark secret—a secret that is both salvation and shame. In a tense interplay between past and present, And She Was explores Aleut history, mummies, conquest, survival, and the seamy side of the 1980s in a fishing boomtown at the edge of the world, where a lost woman struggles to understand the gray shades between heroism and evil, and between freedom and bondage.

Shelf Life

Gary Paulsen
Shelf Life Book PDF

Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780689841804

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The Music of Dolphins

Karen Hesse
The Music of Dolphins Book PDF

Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338113556

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The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse Pdf

“This powerful exploration of how we become human and how the soul endures is a song of beauty and sorrow, haunting and unforgettable.” —School Library Journal (starred review) A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Book Links Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Children’s Title for Reading and Sharing Mila becomes famous around the world when she is rescued from an unpopulated island off the coast of Florida. Years ago, Mila went missing from a boat crash, and she has been raised by dolphins from the age of four. Researchers teach Mila language and music. But she also learns about rules and expectations, about locked doors and broken promises, disappointment and betrayal. The more Mila finds out about what it means to be human, the more she longs for her home in the ocean . . . “As moving as a sonnet, as eloquently structured as a bell curve, this book poignantly explores the most profound of themes—what it means to be human . . . All together, a frequently dazzling novel.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Her mind and spirit shaped by the dolphins who raised her, a feral child views herself and her human captors from a decidedly unusual angle in this poignant story . . . A probing look at what makes us human, with an unforgettable protagonist.” —Kirkus Reviews “Mila’s rich inner voice makes her a lovely, lyrical character.” —VOYA Magazine

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Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham
Karen Hesse Book PDF

Author : Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0810853914

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Karen Hesse by Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham Pdf

"Works examined include Out of the Dust, The Music of Dolphins, Letters from Rifka, A Light in the Storm, The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, and A Time of Angels. Each book involves issues of family; challenges and decisions; difficulties of life; strong, independent female characters; differences in people; and writing and the use of language. Teachers, librarians and teen readers will find this an intriguing look into the writing of Karen Hesse."--Jacket.

Lost Among the Birds

Neil Hayward
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Author : Neil Hayward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781632865809

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Lost Among the Birds by Neil Hayward Pdf

Early in 2013 Neil Hayward was at a crossroads. He didn't want to open a bakery or whatever else executives do when they quit a lucrative but unfulfilling job. He didn't want to think about his failed relationship with “the one” or his potential for ruining a new relationship with “the next one.” And he almost certainly didn't want to think about turning forty. And so instead he went birding. Birding was a lifelong passion. It was only among the birds that Neil found a calm that had eluded him in the confusing world of humans. But this time he also found competition. His growing list of species reluctantly catapulted him into a Big Year--a race to find the most birds in one year. His peregrinations across twenty-eight states and six provinces in search of exotic species took him to a hoarfrost-covered forest in Massachusetts to find a Fieldfare; to Lake Havasu, Arizona, to see a rare Nutting's Flycatcher; and to Vancouver for the Red-flanked Bluetail. Neil's Big Year was as unplanned as it was accidental: It was the perfect distraction to life. Neil shocked the birding world by finding 749 species of bird and breaking the long-standing Big Year record. He also surprised himself: During his time among the hummingbirds, tanagers, and boobies, he found a renewed sense of confidence and hope about the world and his place in it.

Letters from Rifka

Karen Hesse
Letters from Rifka Book PDF

Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466801325

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Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse Pdf

From Newbery media winner Karen Hesse comes an unforgettable story of an immigrant family's journey to America. "America," the girl repeated. "What will you do there?" I was silent for a little time. "I will do everything there," I answered. Rifka knows nothing about America when she flees from Russia with her family in 1919. But she dreams that in the new country she will at last be safe from the Russian soldiers and their harsh treatment of the Jews. Throughout her journey, Rifka carries with her a cherished volume of poetry by Alexander Pushkin. In it, she records her observations and experiences in the form of letters to Tovah, the beloved cousin she has left behind. Strong-hearted and determined, Rifka must endure a great deal: humiliating examinations by doctors and soldiers, deadly typhus, separation from all she has ever known and loved, murderous storms at sea, detainment on Ellis Island--and is if this is not enough, the loss of her glorious golden hair. Based on a true story from the author's family, Letters from Rifka presents a real-life heroine with an uncommon courage and unsinkable spirit.

The Wind Is Not a River

Brian Payton
The Wind Is Not a River Book PDF

Author : Brian Payton
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062279996

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The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton Pdf

The Wind Is Not a River is Brian Payton's gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife—separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil—fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands. Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, he heads north to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a story censored by the U.S. government. While John is accompanying a crew on a bombing run, his plane is shot down over the island of Attu. He survives only to find himself exposed to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness, known as “the birthplace of winds.” There, John must battle the elements, starvation, and his own remorse while evading discovery by the Japanese. Alone at home, Helen struggles with the burden of her husband's disappearance. Caught in extraordinary circumstances, in this new world of the missing, she is forced to reimagine who she is—and what she is capable of doing. Somehow, she must find John and bring him home, a quest that takes her into the farthest reaches of the war, beyond the safety of everything she knows.

Journey Home

Yoshiko Uchida
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Author : Yoshiko Uchida
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1992-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0780714253

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Journey Home by Yoshiko Uchida Pdf

A Japanese American family struggles to survive a U.S. internment camp and the prejudice they encounter after their release.

Phoenix Rising

Karen Hesse
Phoenix Rising Book PDF

Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466801332

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Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse Pdf

Nyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant. Without warning, Nyle's modest world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, and mistrust. Nyle adjusts to the changes. As long as the fallout continues blowing to the East, Nyle, Gran, and the farm can go on. But into this uncertain haven stumble Ezra Trent and his mother, "refugees" from the heart of the accident, who take temporary shelter in the back bedroom of Nyle's house. The back bedroom is the dying room: It took her mother when Nyle was six; it stole away her grandfather just two years ago. Now Ezra is back there and Nyle doesn't want to open her heart to him. Too many times she's let people in, only to have them desert her. Karen Hesse's voice and vision are grounded in truth; she takes on a nearly unharnessable subject, contains it, and makes it resonate with honesty. Part love story, part coming of age, Phoenix Rising is a tour de force by a gifted writer.

The Big Year

Mark Obmascik
The Big Year Book PDF

Author : Mark Obmascik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451648607

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The Big Year by Mark Obmascik Pdf

Follows the 1998 Big Year competition between Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller, during which the three rivals risked their lives to set a new North American birding record.