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Author : Kate Connell
Publisher : I Am American
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0792269039
Illustrated text, letters, and diary excerpts follow the fictional Buckler family during the Great Depression, as they leave Oklahoma, because of drought and dust storms, and move to California to find work and a better life.
Author : Michael Cogdill
Publisher : Wordclay
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781600377020
She-Rain sweeps across nearly a century, telling an unforgettable story with beauty, humor, and a devotion to the boundless power of love.
Author : Rae Meadows
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781627794275
A luminous, tenderly rendered novel of a woman fighting for her family's survival in the early years of the Dust Bowl; from the acclaimed and award-winning Rae Meadows. Annie Bell can't escape the dust. It's in her hair, covering the windowsills, coating the animals in the barn, in the corners of her children's dry, cracked lips. It's 1934 and the Bell farm in Mulehead, Oklahoma is struggling as the earliest storms of The Dust Bowl descend. All around them the wheat harvests are drying out and people are packing up their belongings as storms lay waste to the Great Plains. As the Bells wait for the rains to come, Annie and each member of her family are pulled in different directions. Annie's fragile young son, Fred, suffers from dust pneumonia; her headstrong daughter, Birdie, flush with first love, is choosing a dangerous path out of Mulehead; and Samuel, her husband, is plagued by disturbing dreams of rain. As Annie, desperate for an escape of her own, flirts with the affections of an unlikely admirer, she must choose who she is going to become. With her warm storytelling and beautiful prose, Rae Meadows brings to life an unforgettable family that faces hardship with rare grit and determination. Rich in detail and epic in scope, I Will Send Rain is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, filled with hope, morality, and love.
Author : Shelley Hrdlitschka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1459810651
In this novel for teens, sixteen-year-old Brenna tries to make sense of her life after her beloved adoptive mother dies.
Author : Jennifer L. Wright
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496449320
A story of resilience and redemption set against one of America’s defining moments—the Dust Bowl. It’s 1935 in Oklahoma, and lives are determined by the dust. Fourteen-year-old Kathryn Baile, a spitfire born with a severe clubfoot, is coming of age in desperate times. Once her beloved older sister marries, Kathryn’s only comfort comes in the well-worn pages of her favorite book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Then Kathryn’s father decides to relocate to Indianapolis, and only the promise of a surgery to finally make her “normal” convinces Kathryn to leave Oklahoma behind. But disaster strikes along the way, and Kathryn must rely on her grit and the ragged companions she meets on the road if she is to complete her journey. Back in Boise City, Melissa Baile Mayfield is the newest member of the wealthiest family in all of Cimarron County. In spite of her poor, rural upbringing, Melissa has just married the town’s most eligible bachelor and is determined to be everything her husband—and her new social class—expects her to be. But as the drought tightens its grip, Henry’s true colors are revealed. Melissa covers her bruises with expensive new makeup and struggles to reconcile her affluent life with that of her starving neighbors. Haunted by the injustice and broken by Henry’s refusal to help, Melissa secretly defies her husband, risking her life to follow God’s leading. Two sisters, struggling against unspeakable hardship, discover that even in their darkest times, they are still united in spirit, and God is still with them, drawing them home.
Author : Hanif Abdurraqib
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781477318447
A New York Times Best Seller A February IndieNext Pick Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 by Buzzfeed, Nylon, The A. V. Club, CBC Books, and The Rumpus. And a Winter's Most Anticipated Book by Vanity Fair and The Week Starred Reviews: Kirkus and Booklist "Warm, immediate and intensely personal."—New York Times How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. Seventeen years after their last album, they resurrected themselves with an intense, socially conscious record, We Got It from Here . . . Thank You 4 Your Service, which arrived when fans needed it most, in the aftermath of the 2016 election. Poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib digs into the group’s history and draws from his own experience to reflect on how its distinctive sound resonated among fans like himself. The result is as ambitious and genre-bending as the rap group itself. Abdurraqib traces the Tribe's creative career, from their early days as part of the Afrocentric rap collective known as the Native Tongues, through their first three classic albums, to their eventual breakup and long hiatus. Their work is placed in the context of the broader rap landscape of the 1990s, one upended by sampling laws that forced a reinvention in production methods, the East Coast–West Coast rivalry that threatened to destroy the genre, and some record labels’ shift from focusing on groups to individual MCs. Throughout the narrative Abdurraqib connects the music and cultural history to their street-level impact. Whether he’s remembering The Source magazine cover announcing the Tribe’s 1998 breakup or writing personal letters to the group after bandmate Phife Dawg’s death, Abdurraqib seeks the deeper truths of A Tribe Called Quest; truths that—like the low end, the bass—are not simply heard in the head, but felt in the chest.
Author : Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780375812569
American history comes alive in these 100 true stories that define our country. This magnificent treasury tells the story of America through 100 true tales. Some are tales of triumph—the midnight ride of Paul Revere, the Wright brothers taking to the air, Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Some are tales of tragedy—the fate of the Donner Party, the great fire in Chicago, the eruption of Mount Saint Helens. There are stories of inventors and athletes and abolitionists and artists. Stories about struggling for freedom—again and again, in so many ways. With full-color illustrations on nearly every page and short, exciting stories, this book is perfect for browsing by the entire family. Notes at the end of each story direct readers to related stories. And a guide to thematic story arcs offers readers (and teachers) an easy way to follow their particular interests throughout the book. A treasure trove of a book that belongs in every home! “This lively and engaging collection of stories recounting American history is a wonderful gift not only to the children of this country but also their parents. I can’t wait to share it with my grandchildren.” —Tom Brokaw
Author : David Charles Tillinghast
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0933581025
Author : Asha Lemmie
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524746377
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller! From debut author Asha Lemmie, “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Nightingale Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.” Such is eight-year-old Noriko “Nori” Kamiza’s first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents’ imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her skin. The child of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover, Nori is an outsider from birth. Her grandparents take her in, only to conceal her, fearful of a stain on the royal pedigree that they are desperate to uphold in a changing Japan. Obedient to a fault, Nori accepts her solitary life, despite her natural intellect and curiosity. But when chance brings her older half-brother, Akira, to the estate that is his inheritance and destiny, Nori finds in him an unlikely ally with whom she forms a powerful bond—a bond their formidable grandparents cannot allow and that will irrevocably change the lives they were always meant to lead. Because now that Nori has glimpsed a world in which perhaps there is a place for her after all, she is ready to fight to be a part of it—a battle that just might cost her everything. Spanning decades and continents, Fifty Words for Rain is a dazzling epic about the ties that bind, the ties that give you strength, and what it means to be free.
Author : Amelie Nothomb
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429978965
The Japanese believe that until the age of three, children, whether Japanese or not, are gods, each one an okosama, or "lord child." On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of the human race. In Amelie Nothomb's new novel, The Character of Rain, we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover, particularly if, like the child in this story, you have spent the first tow and a half years of life in a nearly vegetative state. "I remember everything that happened to me after the age of two and one-half," the narrator tells us. She means this literally. Once jolted out of her plant-like , tube-like trance (to the ecstatic relief of her concerned parents), the child bursts into existence, absorbing everything that Japan, where her father works as a diplomat, has to offer. Life is an unfolding pageant of delight and danger, a ceaseless exploration of pleasure and the limits of power. Most wondrous of all is the discovery of water: oceans, seas, pools, puddles, streams, ponds, and, perhaps most of all, rain-one meaning of the Japanese character for her name. Hers is an amphibious life. The Character of Rain evokes the hilarity, terror, and sanctity of childhood. As she did in the award-winning, international bestesller Fear and Trembling, Nothomb grounds the novel in the outlines of her experiences in Japan, but the self-portrait that emerges from these pages is hauntingly universal. Amelie Nothomb's novels are unforgettable immersion experiences, leaving you both holding your breath with admiration, your lungs aching, and longing for more.
Author : Maggi Heath
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781785899638
Returning to England as a young widow, Annie Blake must forge a new life for herself. But how can she start? Then fun-loving Steve Calshaw dramatically enters her life and this chance encounter seems to open up a path to that new life with someone special. But Annie should know better than most that when life is going well, life has a habit of kicking back and in a bizarre twist of fate, Steve abruptly exits her life. However, when handsome, fitness instructor Jack Cassani declares he can step in and show her a good time, this may be a route to happiness. Perhaps it is - or will her love- life be derailed yet again? Set in both England where you, the reader, will enjoy the thrills of Classic Car racing and Kenya (think elephants!), No Rain Today is a gripping romance leading the reader through Annie’s tangled paths towards true love. The novel also pays tribute to the enduring power of true friendship.
Author : Aiye-ko ooto
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780359200252
What a wonderful Summer it is. I wash, spit and drink love. From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. Perfect! If there is ever an adjective for the sunny days and moonlights. I could find beauty in anything and everything. The nights; left hope for a morning of reunion. The afternoons for rendezvous, and evenings for long walks in gardens. Tell me what else is held back from love? Aiyeko-ooto observes a summer of lovers. 50 poems in 5 movements, greens are luxuriant, when you are happy. The colors of flowers radiant and shimmering. Even though a few spots of rain interrupt our rituals. We justify it; with a need to cool the heat. OK; so maybe it's not perfect. Soft as sandy shores are, don't you get few grains; blown into your eyes? Since when has that stopped anyone; going to the beach? If Summer comes again, I'll be there!
Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545347495
Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse recreates the body and soul-renewing experience of a summer downpour after a sweltering city heat wave. "Come on, rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Up and down the block, cats pant while heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway. More than anything, Tess hopes for rain. And when it comes, she and her friends are ready for a surprising and joyous celebration....Through exquisite language and acute observation, Newberry medalist Karen Hesse recreates the glorious experience of a quenching rainstorm on a sweltering summer day. Jon J Muth's masterful and lyrical watercolors perfectly reflect the spirit of the text.
Author : Erwin Bornue
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780578076379
Author : Gayathri Bashi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9386667630
Big Rain was written when the US-based author tried to explain to her three-year-old how the devastating floods in Kerala had affected family and friends and so many others back home in India Rain can be fun. But sometimes, "lots and lots and lots of rain" is frightening -- when water comes into homes and washes everything away. Floods and other natural calamities do happen, children do get caught in them, and other children see it all on television. How do they make sense of it? The book talks to children through rhythmic, repetitive text and evocative visuals, ending with the important reminder that if you look after nature, nature will look after you. It enables conversations that can heal and empower. Enables conversations that can empower children to make sense of natural disasters and heal from them Ends with the important reminder that if you look after nature, nature will look after you The simple text talks directly to children, with a repetitive rhythm that lightens the calamity for them and heightens the positive Powerful, evocative visuals capture the force and beauty of nature Selected for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal's Reading List