Last Meeting Of The Gorilla Club

Author : Sara Nickerson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101994436

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Last Meeting of the Gorilla Club by Sara Nickerson Pdf

A moving new middle grade novel about childhood anxiety and grief, from the author of The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose, and Me. Eleven-year-old Josh Duncan has never had much luck making friends--not the real kind, anyway. Moving to a new town is supposed to be a chance to leave behind the problems that plagued Josh at his last school. Problems like Big Brother, Josh's favorite and best friend. Because, as Josh's parents tell him, he's too old to still have imaginary friends. But even before the first day of school is over, Big Brother reappears--and he's not alone. Only this time one of Josh's imaginary friends seems to be interacting with another boy at school, Lucas Hernandez. Can Lucas see them, too? Brought together by an unusual classroom experiment and a mysterious invitation to join something called the Gorilla Club, Josh and Lucas are about to discover how a unique way of seeing the world can reveal a real-life friend.

Author : Sara Nickerson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780698146662

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The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me by Sara Nickerson Pdf

A story infused with warmth and emotion about finding something all your own while the world changes around you. 2015 BCCB Bulletin Blue Ribbon Selection Determined to make some extra money, twelve-year-old Missy and her older brother Patrick get summer jobs picking blueberries at a local farm. For Missy, though, blueberry picking quickly becomes about more than just money— it's the perfect distraction from the fact that her two best friends have gone off to summer camp without her and that her dad is getting remarried. Why can't everything go back to the way it used to be? Back to normal? Missy soon discovers, though, that the summer is full of secrets: the secrets to making her family feel whole again; the secrets to keeping her two best friends from changing and leaving her behind; the secrets of a local farm's blood feud; and most importantly, the secrets of blueberries. "Heart-rendingly unflagging in the face of life-changing events, Missy's a funny, compelling heroine that readers will cheer for.” —Kirkus Reviews "[A] quiet, deftly written coming-of-age novel." —School Library Journal "The Secrets of Blueberries is a new twist on growing up." —VOYA

Author : Zack McDermott
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316315111

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Gorilla and the Bird by Zack McDermott Pdf

*Soon to be an HBO limited series* "Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath."--Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from "The Producer" to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. So begins the story of Zack's freefall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often hilarious struggle to claw his way back to sanity. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, big-hearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy Seal and his talking stuffed monkey, and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a partner who can love him back, bipolar and all. Introducing an electrifying new voice, GORILLA AND THE BIRD is a raw and unforgettable account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.

Author : Susanna Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635575644

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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Pdf

New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction World Fantasy Awards Finalist From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house. There is one other person in the house-a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known. For readers of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane and fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, Piranesi introduces an astonishing new world, an infinite labyrinth, full of startling images and surreal beauty, haunted by the tides and the clouds.

Author : Megan McDonald
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763651862

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The Sisters Club by Megan McDonald Pdf

From the author of the Judy Moody books, this exciting novel captures the warmth, humor, and squabbles of three spunky sisters. Meet the Sisters Club: twelve-year-old Alex, aspiring actress and born drama queen; eight-year-old Joey, homework lover and pioneer wannabe; and smack in the middle, ten-year-old Stevie, the glue that holds them together -- through dinner disasters, disputes over stolen lucky sweaters, and Alex’s going gaga over her leading man. Playfully weaving Stevie’s narration with Alex’s scripts, Joey’s notebook entries, and hilarious elements such as "How to Swear in Shakespeare" and "Dear Sock Monkey" letters, this hugely engaging novel showcases Megan McDonald’s ear for dialogue, comic timing, and insight into the ever-changing dynamics of sisterhood.

Author : Sara Nickerson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0060297719

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How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Sara Nickerson Pdf

An offbeat mystery about fate, odd coincidences, and the nature of storytelling, this is an unforgettable tale of a 12-year-old girl who discovers just how beautiful and bizarre the world and the people in it can be. Illustrations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Birds
ISBN : OSU:32435062356589

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Forest and Stream by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jodi Picoult,Samantha van Leer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781451635812

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Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult,Samantha van Leer Pdf

Sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek Oliver's freedom.

Author : Bill Weber,William Weber,Amy Vedder
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-12-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780743200073

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In the Kingdom of Gorillas by Bill Weber,William Weber,Amy Vedder Pdf

Chronicles the attempts of the authors to protect and study the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, discussing the foundation of the Mountain Gorilla Project as well as the ecological and political situation of Rwanda.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Latin America
ISBN : IND:30000004450080

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Hispanic American Report for ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ronald Hilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Latin America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117365960

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Hispanic American Report by Ronald Hilton Pdf

Author : Bryn Greenwood
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466885806

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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood Pdf

- A New York Times and USA Today bestseller - Book of the Month Club 2016 Book of the Year - Second Place Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016 A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives. As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. A powerful novel you won’t soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love. 31 Books Bringing the Heat this Summer —Bustle Top Ten Hottest Reads of 2016 —New York Daily News Best Books of 2016 —St. Louis Post Dispatch

Author : Jamie Sumner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534457041

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One Kid's Trash by Jamie Sumner Pdf

From the acclaimed author of Roll with It and Tune It Out comes a funny, moving, and “not to be missed” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent for decoding people’s trash to try to fit in at his new school. Hugo is not happy about being dragged halfway across the state of Colorado just because his dad had a midlife crisis and decided to become a ski instructor. It’d be different if Hugo weren’t so tiny, if girls didn’t think he was adorable like a puppy in a purse and guys didn’t call him “leprechaun” and rub his head for luck. But here he is, the tiny new kid on his first day of middle school. When his fellow students discover his remarkable talent for garbology, the science of studying trash to tell you anything you could ever want to know about a person, Hugo becomes the cool kid for the first time in his life. But what happens when it all goes to his head?

Author : Clare Hodgson Meeker
Publisher : Millbrook Press ™
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541571990

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Growing Up Gorilla by Clare Hodgson Meeker Pdf

This heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle's Woodland Park. The dedicated staff worked tirelessly to find innovative ways for mother and baby to build a relationship. The efforts were ultimately successful, as baby Yola bonded with her mother and the rest of the family group.

Author : Doug Richmond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 087947257X

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How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Doug Richmond Pdf

Heavy-duty disappearing techniques for those with a need to know. This book tells you how to pull off a disappearance and how to stay free and never be found. It analyzes all the ways you could be found by whoever might be looking for you. How to plan & new I. D. for disappearance. Even Pseudocide to make your pursuers think you are dead.