Nowhere To Grow

Author : Les B. Whitbeck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351502719

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Nowhere to Grow by Les B. Whitbeck Pdf

Les B. Whitbeck and Dan R. Hoyt begin their report on street children in the Midwest with the statement, "If you live in or have visited even a medium-sized city recently, you have seen runaway and homeless young people. They congregate in certain downtown areas and hang out in malls during inclement weather . . . Mostly, they look like the other kids. . . . The difference is that they won't be going home tonight."This book draws on a study of over six hundred runaway and homeless adolescents and over two hundred of their caretakers from cities in four Midwestern states. It focuses on the family histories of these young people and on the developmental impact of early independence. Street social networks, subsistence strategies, sexuality, and street victimization are all considered, as well as their effect on adolescent behaviors and emotional health.Relying on interviews and data from survey research, and working in partnership with street outreach agencies, Whitbeck and Hoyt lead the reader through the various risk factors associated with precocious independence, beginning in the family and extending to external environments and behaviors. Nowhere to Grow is an emotional account of the cumulative consequences for young people with few good options at the outset and even fewer once they are on their own.

Author : Katherine Marsh
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781250307583

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Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh Pdf

"A resistance novel for our time." - The New York Times "A hopeful story about recovery, empathy, and the bravery of young people." - Booklist "This well-crafted and suspenseful novel touches on the topics of refugees and immigrant integration, terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, and the Syrian war with sensitivity and grace." - Kirkus, Starred Review Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he’s starting to lose hope. Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy from Washington, D.C. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling at his new school and just can’t seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed’s lives collide and a friendship begins to grow. Together, Max and Ahmed will defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave and how hope can change your destiny. Set against the backdrop of the Syrian refugee crisis, award-winning author of Jepp, Who Defied the Stars Katherine Marsh delivers a gripping, heartwarming story of resilience, friendship and everyday heroes. Barbara O'Connor, author of Wish and Wonderland, says "Move Nowhere Boy to the top of your to-be-read pile immediately."

Author : William Sutcliffe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780802734938

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The Wall by William Sutcliffe Pdf

Joshua lives with his mother and step-father in Amarias, an isolated town, where all the houses are brand new. Amarias is surrounded by a high wall, guarded by soldiers, which can only be crossed through a heavily fortified checkpoint. Joshua has been taught that the Wall is the only thing keeping his people safe from a brutal and unforgiving enemy. One day, Joshua stumbles across a tunnel that leads underneath the Wall. The chance to catch a glimpse of life on the other side of The Wall is too tempting to resist. He's heard plenty of stories about the other side, but nothing has prepared him for what he finds . . . Set in a tense reality closely mirroring Israel's West bank, this deeply affecting parable of a boy who undertakes a short journey to another world lingers long after completion.

Author : Philip Gordon,François Choquette
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : 0969500009

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Nowhere to Grow But Up by Philip Gordon,François Choquette Pdf

Author : Nita Clark
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Cults
ISBN : 1492293377

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Nowhere Girl by Nita Clark Pdf

Consider the world of a young girl who never knew what a normal family was like, and didn't experience the traditional love of a mother or father. For her, home meant several families all jumbled up together. After the age of five, her mother worked long hours away from home, and she was often left alone or cared for by mothers of other children. Her chief male authority was not her father, but the group's charismatic, heavy-handed leader. Only later would she come to understand: this community was a cult. Nita's Clark's cobbled-together family worked as a unit for the good of the group. The followers were free to choose an outside career; however, almost all of their salary was handed over to the leader. There was child abuse, and the adults were not treated much better. Astonishingly, Clark survived the abuse and dogma that infused everything she knew from the moment of her birth. Through self-reflection and confronting difficult memories, the young girl was able to transform into a woman who has found peace, and now lives her life free from the oppression of her past. Clark's intimate memoir, Nowhere Girl, is the finishing touch on her incredible, therapeutic journey.

Author : Amy Reed
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781481481755

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The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed Pdf

“A call-to-action to everyone out there who wants to fight back.” —Bustle “Scandal, justice, romance, sex positivity, subversive anti-sexism—just try to put it down.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Cuts straight to the core of rape culture—masterfully fierce, stirring, and deeply empowering.” —Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be Three misfits come together to avenge the rape of a fellow classmate and trigger a change in the misogynist culture at their high school transforming the lives of everyone around them in this searing and timely story. Who are the Nowhere Girls? They’re everygirl. But they start with just three: Grace Salter is the new girl in town, whose family was run out of their former community after her southern Baptist preacher mom turned into a radical liberal after falling off a horse and bumping her head. Rosina Suarez is the queer punk girl in a conservative Mexican immigrant family, who dreams of a life playing music instead of babysitting her gaggle of cousins and waitressing at her uncle’s restaurant. Erin Delillo is obsessed with two things: marine biology and Star Trek: The Next Generation, but they aren’t enough to distract her from her suspicion that she may in fact be an android. When Grace learns that Lucy Moynihan, the former occupant of her new home, was run out of town for having accused the popular guys at school of gang rape, she’s incensed that Lucy never had justice. For their own personal reasons, Rosina and Erin feel equally deeply about Lucy’s tragedy, so they form an anonymous group of girls at Prescott High to resist the sexist culture at their school, which includes boycotting sex of any kind with the male students. Told in alternating perspectives, this groundbreaking novel is an indictment of rape culture and explores with bold honesty the deepest questions about teen girls and sexuality.

Author : Edward Tyson Allen
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465507518

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Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest: Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, From the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, With an Outline of Technical Methods by Edward Tyson Allen Pdf

Author : Bucky Sinister
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 0975396463

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All Blacked Out & Nowhere to Go by Bucky Sinister Pdf

Bucky Sinister recounts his life through the sound of punk rock in this loud, fast, poetic memior. His love affair with punk comes full circle as he learns to hate it and then learns to love it again. The pieces in this book take us from his Southern ro

Author : John Darby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Botany
ISBN : UVA:X001717705

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Botany of the Southern States by John Darby Pdf

Author : Katie McGarry
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Fathers and daughters
ISBN : 9780373212095

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Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry Pdf

While reluctantly staying with her biological father, a member of a motorcycle club, sheltered seventeen-year-old Emily falls for the youth her father asked to protect her from a rival club with a score to settle.

Author : Jules Janick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118060971

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Horticultural Reviews by Jules Janick Pdf

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals. These review articles, written by world authorities, bridge the gap between the specialized researcher and the broader community of horticultural scientists and teachers.

Author : Neal Shusterman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442422810

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The Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman Pdf

A classic science fiction novel from bestselling author Shusterman is back in print. Fourteen-year-old Jason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he is the son of aliens who stayed on earth following a botched invasion mission.

Author : Charles Eisenstein
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781583945377

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The Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein Pdf

The author of The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible explores the history and potential future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to the illusion of the separate self Our disconnection from one another and the natural world has mislaid the foundations of science, religion, money, technology, economics, medicine, and education as we know them. It has fired our near-pathological pursuit of technological Utopias even as we push ourselves and our planet to the brink of collapse. Fortunately, an Age of Reunion is emerging out of the birth pangs of an earth in crisis. Our journey of separation hasn't been a terrible mistake but an evolutionary process and an adventure in self-discovery. Even in our darkest hour, Eisenstein sees the possibility of a more beautiful world—not through the extension of millennia-old methods of management and control but by fundamentally reimagining ourselves and our systems. We must shift away from our Babelian efforts to build ever-higher towers to heaven and instead turn out attention to creating a new kind of civilization—one designed for beauty rather than height.

Author : Nick Lake
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781984896445

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Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake Pdf

From the Printz Award-winning author of Satellite comes a compelling new novel about a girl who must brave the elements to help a lost child with an otherworldly secret. Sixteen-year-old Emily is on the run. Between her parents and the trouble she's recently gotten into at school, she has more than enough reason to get away. But when she finds a little boy named Aidan wandering in the woods, she knows she needs to help him find his way home. But getting home is no easy matter, especially when Emily finds out that Aidan isn't even from Earth. When their plane crashes into the side of a snowy mountain, it's up to Emily to ensure Aidan and their pilot, Bob, make it off the mountain alive. Pursued by government forces who want to capture Aidan, the unlikely team of three trek across the freezing landscape, learning more about each other, and about life, than they ever thought possible. "I love Nick Lake's writing. I would read anything he wrote--grocery list, email, etc.--because his writing, always, is so real and brave. He takes on subjects other writers might avoid, and he writes the hell out of them." --New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Niven on Nick Lake

Author : Robin Hahnel
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780765627995

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Green Economics by Robin Hahnel Pdf

This book's pluralistic, non-dogmatic, and committed investigation of the values of ecological sustainability, economic justice, and human dignity provides a balanced analysis of environmental problems and their potential solutions. Author Robin Hahnel employs techniques of cost-benefit analysis to illuminate where mainstream economics can be helpful, where mainstream economics can be misleading, and where heterodox ideas can provide important insights. He focuses primarily on climate change, reviews the history of climate negotiations, and provides guidelines for an effective, efficient, and fair post-Kyoto treaty.