Finny

Author : Justin Kramon
Publisher : Random House
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780679603672

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Finny by Justin Kramon Pdf

Justin Kramon’s debut novel, Finny, is a sweeping, enchanting voyage, an insightful story about a young woman’s complicated path to adulthood. We meet Finny Short as an observant, defiant fourteen-year-old who can’t make sense of her family’s unusual habits: Her mother offers guidance appropriate for a forty-year-old socialite; her father quotes Nietzsche over pancakes. Finny figures she’s stuck with this lonely lot until she meets Earl Henckel, a boy who comes from an even stranger place than she does. Unhappy with Finny’s budding romance with Earl, her parents ship her off to Thorndon boarding school. But mischief follows Finny as she befriends New York heiress Judith Turngate, a girl whose charm belies a disquieting reckless streak. Finny’s relationships with Earl and Judith open her up to dizzying possibilities of love and loss and propel her into a remarkable adventure spanning twenty years and two continents. Justin Kramon has given us a wickedly funny odyssey with a moving and original love story at its core. Finny introduces us to an unforgettable heroine, a charmingly intricate world, and an uncommonly entertaining and gifted young novelist.

Author : Andrew Guile
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781788031783

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The Amazing Adventures of Skinny Finny and Super Spy Wobblebottom by Andrew Guile Pdf

Ten-year-old Skinny Finny and his twin brother, Tubby, are beginning a new life in London when their arch enemy, the evil Dr Buttscratcher, and his shadowy sidekick begin terrorising unsuspecting joggers and the elderly. Skinny Finny’s hopes for a ‘normal’ life are shattered as he is set on a collision course with Dr Buttscratcher and his crazy plans for world domination. Will Skinny Finny join forces once again with the British Agent, Super Spy Wobblebottom? And who is the dastardly doctor’s mysterious new apprentice? With over 150 black and white illustrations throughout, The Amazing Adventures of Skinny Finny and Super Spy Wobblebottom is a funny, enthralling and humorous tale for children aged 7 and over. This explosive children’s book guarantees high adventure and hilarious mayhem for the enjoyment of all young readers.

Author : Andrea Young
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781626364356

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Finny and the Boy from Horse Mountain by Andrea Young Pdf

Against the backdrop of the high-stakes and intensely competitive equestrian sport of show jumping, Finny, a fifteen-year-old girl in California, adopts an emaciated, untrained horse without her parents' knowledge. Soon after adopting Sky, Finny meets Joe, a sixteen-year-old, who has run away from his cruel uncle in Montana. His love for horses and desire to be a trainer matches Finny's dream of competing in the show jumping arena—against rich girls on fancier horses—and together, they train Sky to become a first-rate show jumper. But the path is fraught with danger. Sky is not like other horses and is so destructive and difficult he gets them kicked out of the barn where Finny has been working and training. Helped by a kind woman who owns a horse rescue, Joe is able to prove both his and Sky's incredible talents. When Joe is kidnapped by his violent uncle, Finny and Sky are the only ones who can save him. In a breathtaking finale, Sky and Finny must enter the underworld of the rodeo circuit, an after-hours, illegal race, where they will risk their lives to save the boy they love. Young demonstrates a masterful ability to set a breakneck pace and keep it up until the end of the novel. Finny and Joe are enduring characters who are sure to appear in upcoming sequels.

Author : Yvonne Montgomery
Publisher : ePublishing Works!
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781614174264

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Obstacle Course (A Finny Aletter Mystery, Book 2) by Yvonne Montgomery Pdf

Burnt-out stockbroker, Finny Aletter, is leaving the cutthroat world of high finance to restore historic houses, where the chiseling is done with tools and not false promises. But her new career launch-party has been disrupted by the murder of a controversial judge whose minimum sentence for a convicted rapist has enraged the city. Now Finny must survive the social back-stabbing of Denver's elite and race to prove her guilt-ridden friend's innocence if she's to nail the crafty killer. REVIEWS: "A splendid writer—clear eyed, tough minded, and aware. Finny Aletter is a treat!" ~Lawrence Block, author of The Night and the Music THE FINNY ALETTER MYSTERIES, in order: Scavenger Hunt Obstacle Course

Author : Yvonne Montgomery
Publisher : ePublishing Works!
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781614174257

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Scavenger Hunt (A Finny Aletter Mystery, Book 1) by Yvonne Montgomery Pdf

Denver stockbroker, Finny Aletter, dreams of quitting her cutthroat job to restore historic houses, but the murder of her boss—and ex-lover—Elliot Fulton keeps her in the world of scavengers. When a prized manuscript that once belonged to Elliot surfaces, Finny tops the list of possible killers. Now, Finny must find Elliot's killer by tracing the manuscript's origin and stay one step ahead of Lieutenant Chris Barelli, the cynical homicide detective working the case, if he is to see her as more than a sexy suspect. REVIEWS: "...a quick and likable amateur sleuth—a Nancy Drew with an MBA and a sex life." ~Publishers Weekly "...fast-paced, engrossing mystery." ~The Midwest Book Review THE FINNY ALETTER MYSTERIES, in order: Scavenger Hunt Obstacle Course

Author : Harold Bloom,Blake Hobby
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780791097991

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Death and Dying by Harold Bloom,Blake Hobby Pdf

Some of the greatest works of literature have wrestled with the task of illuminating the human experience of death. This new title discusses the role of death and dying in works such as Beloved, A Farewell to Arms, Lord of the Flies, Paradise Lost, and many others. Featuring approximately 20 essays, Death and Dying provides valuable insights on this recurring theme in literature.

Author : Liz Gerschel
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1994-06-06
Category : American literature
ISBN : 0435975234

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Separate Peace by Liz Gerschel Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Lennox Keyser,Julie Pfeiffer
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300094893

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Children's Literature by Elizabeth Lennox Keyser,Julie Pfeiffer Pdf

Annual of The Modern Language Association Division on Children’s Literature and The Children’s Literature Association ARTICLES: Perry Nodelman Speculations on the Characteristics of Children’s Fiction; Roderick McGillis The Pleasure of the Process; Thomas Travisano Of Dialectic and Divided Consciousness; Margaret R. Higonnet A Pride of Pleasures; Perry Nodelman The Urge to Sameness; Kenneth Kidd Boyology in the Twentieth Century; Marilynn Olson Turn-of-the-Century Grotesque; Peter Hollindale Plain Speaking; Hamida Bosmajian Doris Orgel’s The Devil in Vienna; Joseph Stanton Maurice Sendak’s Urban Landscapes. VARIA: Andrea Immel James Pettit Andrews’s "Books" (1790); Penny Mahon "Things by Their Right Name"; Phyllis Bixler The Lion and the Lamb. IN MEMORIAM: R. H. W. Dillard In Memoriam: Francelia Butler, 1913–1998; John Cech In Mansfield Hollow: For Francelia; Eric Dawson Francelia’s Dream. REVIEWS: Anita Tarr "Still so much work to be done"; Gillian Adams A Fuzzy Genre; Kenneth Kidd Crosswriting the School Story; Raymond E. Jones A New Salvo in the Literary Battle of the Sexes; Stephen Canham From Wonderland to the Marketplace; Jan Susina Dealing with Victorian Fairies; Gregory Eiselein Reading a Feminist Romance; Anne K. Phillips The Wizard of Oz in the Twentieth Century; June Cummins "Where the Girls Are"—and Aren’t; Deborah Stevenson Letters from the Editor; Hamida Bosmajian Dangerous Images; Roberta Seelinger Trites The Transactional School of Children’s Literature Criticism. DISSERTATIONS OF NOTE: Mary Mayfield and Rachel Fordyce

Author : Dana Mentink
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1597895075

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Trouble Up Finny's Nose by Dana Mentink Pdf

But the final kicker comes when her hairdresser goes on vacation to Fiji, leaving Ruth to look like Dickens' Miss Havisham. A crazy kaleidoscope of characters such as the uptight gallery owner, Napoleon Prinn; half-baked Dimple Dent, writer of fortune cookie wisdom; Alva Hernandez, octogenarian newspaper boy, and the amorous town caterer, Monk, add to the chaos in the shadow of Finny's nose until Ruth finds herself in the ultimate do-or-die situation.

Author : American Jersey Cattle Club
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Cattle
ISBN : UCAL:B3243510

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Herd Register by American Jersey Cattle Club Pdf

Author : Dana Mentink
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1602601631

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Treasure Under Finny's Nose by Dana Mentink Pdf

A TREASURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN. . . A MURDERER ROAMING THE QUIET STREETS OF FINNY. . . It's the 150th anniversary of the wreck of the Triton, a ship that foundered off the coast of Finny, California. A team of college students arrives to film a documentary and a pregnant Ruth is pressed into service. She must reenact the life of survivor Indigo Orson, a woman who managed the perils of gold rush California by disguising herself as a man. Indigo's writing reveals there was treasure aboard the Triton, a treasure shrouded in secrecy. While her beloved husband Monk is away, Ruth stumbles on the body of one of the film crew. His death turns out to be the farthest thing from an accident. Adding to the chaos, Ruth's estranged son arrives and Monk's niece faces heartbreak at the hands of Finny's police detective. Faced with murder, mayhem and mommy hood, Ruth had better find some answers fast.

Author : John Knowles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9394752994

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A Separate Peace by John Knowles Pdf

PBS's The Great American Read named it one of America's best-loved novels. A Separate Peace has been a bestseller in the United States for nearly thirty years, and it is ageless in its depiction of youth during a time when the entire country was losing its innocence to World War II. A Separate Peace is a horrific and brilliant fable about the dark side of adolescence set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II. Gene is an introverted, lonely intellectual. Phineas is a reckless athlete who is attractive and taunts others. Like the war itself, what happens between the two friends one summer robs these guys and their world of their innocence.

Author : Doug Kingsriter,Debbie Kingsriter
Publisher : W Publishing Group
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0849909201

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Finney's [i.e. Finny's] Big Break by Doug Kingsriter,Debbie Kingsriter Pdf

The pollution in Patton's Pond reaches the disaster stage when Finny, a fish, is entrapped in a bottle; and it takes the ingenuity of the pond animals and the kindness of neighboring children to save Finny and clean up the pond.

Author : Dedria Bryfonski
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780737752694

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War in John Knowles's A Separate Peace by Dedria Bryfonski Pdf

This compelling volume explores the complexities of adolescent friendship in John Knowles's A Separate Place. Essays discuss the life of John Knowles, the role of personal experience in fiction, how the novel explores the roots of war, as well as contemporary perspectives on how war in Afghanistan is increasing bullying among children, and how sports bring joy despite the realities of war.

Author : John Arthos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000031102

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The Language of Natural Description in Eighteenth-Century Poetry by John Arthos Pdf

Originally published in 1949, this title was written in order to help establish a better understanding of the ‘stock diction’ of eighteenth-century English poetry, and, in particular, of the diction commonly used in the description of nature. The language characteristic of so much of the poetry of this period had been severely criticized for a long time. But in the twenty or thirty years prior to publication some effort had been made to review the subject and the problem. However, several questions still remained unanswered, and more exhaustive analysis needed to be undertaken. This volume was an effort to provide answers for some of these questions and to begin the analysis that was required.