Dustland

Author : Deborah Kutenplon,Ellen Olmstead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135528294

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Young Adult Fiction by African American Writers, 1968-1993 by Deborah Kutenplon,Ellen Olmstead Pdf

Comprehensive and up-to-dateThe first contemporary publication to go beyond examining broad themes and trends in the field, this timely volume looks closely at specific authors and texts. The book is comprehensive and as current as possible, covering works by African American authors for young adults published between 1968-1993-some 200 titles by close to 50 writers. In addition to established authors and bestselling titles, the coverage includes material overlooked by previous studies, such as works from small presses and talented new authors.Guidlines for evaluationAn extensive introduction reviews important milestones in this body of literature and analyzes noteworthy bibliographical and critical publications about such writing. It includes suggested guidelines for evaluating a work in terms of its direct and indirect treatment of such issues as race, gender, class, ability, age, sexuality, and sexual orientation. The book also offers specific guidance for determining the appropriate readership for a work with regard to age and gender.Unusually extensive annotationsThe main body of the book is an annotated bibliography, alphabetical by author, with the works arranged chronologically by publication date. The annotations are much more extensive than those in other bibliographies. Each annotation reads more like a full-length book review and is from one to two pages long and explores themes, plot and character development, evaluates the quality of the writing, judges the handling of issues of race, class, and gender, and provides a readership recommendation.Written in accessible language, this user-friendly book presents a wide range of factual information, evaluations, and analyses. It is a valuable tool for all teachers, librarians, counselors, and young adults

Author : Phyllis J. Perry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313079740

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The World's Regions and Weather by Phyllis J. Perry Pdf

Use the power of fiction and imagination to draw students into the world of science. Focusing on climate and weather, Perry suggests trade book titles that will fascinate young readers and build their scientific knowledge. Activities help educators implement an integrated approach to language arts, science, geography, and social studies. A final section provides additional resources. Grades 5-9.

Author : Douglas Sheflin
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496215413

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Legacies of Dust: Land Use and Labor on the Colorado Plains by Douglas Sheflin Pdf

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was the worst ecological disaster in American history. When the rains stopped and the land dried up, farmers and agricultural laborers on the southeastern Colorado plains were forced to adapt to new realities. The severity of the drought coupled with the economic devastation of the Great Depression compelled farmers and government officials to combine their efforts to achieve one primary goal: keep farmers farming on the Colorado plains. In The Legacies of Dust Douglas Sheflin offers an innovative and provocative look at how a natural disaster can dramatically influence every facet of human life. Focusing on the period from 1929 to 1962, Sheflin presents the disaster in a new light by evaluating its impact on both agricultural production and the people who fueled it, demonstrating how the Dust Bowl fractured Colorado’s established system of agricultural labor. Federal support, combined with local initiative, instituted a broad conservation regime that facilitated production and helped thousands of farmers sustain themselves during the difficult 1930s and again during the drought of the 1950s. Drawing from western, environmental, transnational, and labor history, Sheflin investigates how the catastrophe of the Dust Bowl and its complex consequences transformed the southeastern Colorado agricultural economy.

Author : Virginia Hamilton
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781453237229

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Dustland by Virginia Hamilton Pdf

DIVTheir psychic power brought them to Dustland together. But will that same power tear them apart?/divDIV /divDIVUsing their psychic abilities, Justice, the Watcher, Dorian, the healer, Thomas, the magician, and Levi, the sufferer, have formed their unit. Together, they mind-travel to a strange future world called Dustland. Together, they can survive anything. But when tensions run high between Thomas and Justice, will Thomas leave them stranded in this desolate land? With the future of their unit uncertain, the children are threatened by an even greater danger: Mal, the evil entity that controls Dustland. Will the unit be restored in time to fight against this new threat? /divDIV /divDIVDustland is the second book of Virginia Hamilton’s dystopian fantasy series, the Justice Trilogy, comprised of Justice and Her Brothers, Dustland, and The Gathering./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Virginia Hamilton including rare photos from the author’s estate./div

Author : Naiyer Masud
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789385890178

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Collected Stories by Naiyer Masud Pdf

A malfunctioning weathervane forces the wind to realign itself. A collector travels all over the world tracking down tools used in crimes against corpses. A gardener frets over the consequences of stealing the Navab of Lucknow’s prized myna. Minutiae and mystery form the warp and weft of Naiyer Masud’s densely woven, enchantingly hypnotic stories, combining precisely delineated characters and objects with accounts of inexplicable phenomena and the arcane arts. Compiled and introduced by the acclaimed Urdu scholar Muhammad Umar Memon, this edition collects all thirty-five of Masud’s stories for the first time, establishing him as one of the most original voices to emerge in world literature in the past few decades.

Author : Moira Young
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780385671842

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Blood Red Road by Moira Young Pdf

This fast-paced YA debut novel has it all: smart, savvy characters making their way through an eerily dystopian society, with all the requisite action, adventure and romance characteristic of the genre vividly and at times, chillingly, portrayed. In a wild and lawless future, where life is cheap and survival is hard, eighteen-year-old Saba lives with her father, her twin brother Lugh, her young sister Emmi and her pet crow Nero. Theirs is a hard and lonely life. The family resides in a secluded shed, their nearest neighbour living many miles away and the lake, their only source of water and main provider of food, gradually dying from the lack of rain. But Saba's father refuses to leave the place where he buried his beloved wife, Allis, nine years ago. Allis died giving birth to Emmi, and Saba has never forgiven her sister for their mother's death. But while she despises Emmi, Saba adores her twin brother Lugh. Golden-haired and blue-eyed, loving and good, he seems the complete opposite to dark-haired Saba, who is full of anger and driven by a ruthless survival instinct. To Saba, Lugh is her light and she is his shadow, he is the day, she is the nighttime, he is beautiful, she is ugly, he is good, she is bad. So Saba's small world is brutally torn apart, when a group of armed riders arrives five day's after the twin's eighteenth birthday snatch Lugh away. Saba's rage is so wild, that she manages to drive the men away, but not before they have captured Lugh and killed their father. And here begins Saba's epic quest to rescue Lugh, during which she is tested by trials she could not have imagined, and one that takes the reader on breathtaking ride full or romance, physical adventure and unforgettably vivid characters, making this a truly sensational YA debut novel.

Author : Deborah O'Keefe
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826416490

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Readers In Wonderland by Deborah O'Keefe Pdf

"O'Keefe examines a wide range of children's fantasy books, and draws on her own experiences as a sympathetic reader as well as on the views of psychologists and social theorists. Readers in Wonderland ranges from William Steig's small picture books to J. R. R. Tolkien's epic series; from utopias like L. Frank Baum's Oz to dystopias like Virginia Hamilton's Dustland; from less-known works like Patricia Wrightson's to the phenomenon that is J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter; from time travel to parallel worlds; and from magical transformations and wishes that come true to lonely journeys and huge battles of good against evil."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : University of Chicago. Center for Children's Books
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1986-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0226780600

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The Best in Children's Books by University of Chicago. Center for Children's Books Pdf

Designed to aid adults—parents, teachers, librarians—in selecting from the best of recent children's literature, this guide provides 1,400 reviews of books published between 1979 and 1984. This volume carries on the tradition established by Zena Sutherland's two earlier collections covering the periods from 1966 to 1972 and 1973 to 1978. Her 1973 edition of The Best in Children's Books was cited by the American School Board Journal as one of the outstanding books of the year in education.

Author : Virginia Hamilton
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781453237236

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The Gathering by Virginia Hamilton Pdf

DIVDIVJustice and the First Unit travel to Dustland once again. Can they destroy evil and save the future world? /divDIV /divDIVKnowing they have unfinished business in the future, Justice, the Watcher, Thomas, the magician, Levi, the sufferer, and Dorian, the healer, again combine to form their unit and time-travel to Dustland. The unit hopes to guide the beings of Dustland out of the dangerous, barren place in the hopes of finding a safer home. But neither the unit nor the inhabitants of Dustland are truly safe as long as the sinister Mal remains in power. Will the unit be able to overcome Mal once and for all? /divDIV /divDIVThe Gathering is the third and final installment of Virginia Hamilton’s dystopian fantasy series, the Justice Trilogy, comprised of Justice and Her Brothers, Dustland, and The Gathering./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Virginia Hamilton including rare photos from the author’s estate./div/div

Author : Nina Mikkelsen
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015032188180

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Virginia Hamilton by Nina Mikkelsen Pdf

Proceeding chronologically, Mikkelsen analyzes Hamilton's realistic fiction, her fiction of psychic realism, young adult fiction, realistic fiction for younger readers, biographies, folklore collections, and fantasy.

Author : Moira Young
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442430037

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Raging Star by Moira Young Pdf

Saba leads a group of guerrillas against DeMalo and the Tonton, all while contemplating DeMalo's invitation to join him in building a New Eden.

Author : Karen Patricia Smith
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015032574934

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African-American Voices in Young Adult Literature by Karen Patricia Smith Pdf

Now in paperback! A collection of fourteen essays that address major issues related to significant works of African-American young adult literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : English philology
ISBN : UOM:39015069092107

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English Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Education
ISBN : UCAL:B4170963

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Ohio Media Spectrum by Anonim Pdf

Author : Janice Antczak
Publisher : New York : Neal-Schuman
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015013243244

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Science Fiction by Janice Antczak Pdf

This text examines science fiction and its development as a subgenre of children's literature. It also discusses archetype and symbol, humour, setting, reviewing and criticism.