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The Stars at Oktober Bend

Glenda Millard
The Stars at Oktober Bend Book PDF

Author : Glenda Millard
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763699208

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Beautiful, lyrical prose, told in two voices, lifts up a poignant story of two traumatized teens who find each other in a small riverside town. i am the girl manny loves. the girl who writes our story in the book of flying. i am alice. Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words, but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows that words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chips shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken, too: he once was a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent things. But in a new land with people who care for him, Manny explores the small town on foot. And in his pocket, he carries a poem he scooped up, a poem whose words he knows by heart. The relationship between Alice and Manny will be the beginning of love and healing. And for these two young souls, perhaps, that will be good enough.

The Fixed Stars

Molly Wizenberg
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Author : Molly Wizenberg
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781683358923

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The New York Times–bestselling author’s thoughtful and provocative memoir of changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring family relationships. At age thirty-six, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it, but something inside her had changed irrevocably. Instead, she would discover that the trajectory of our lives is rarely as smooth or as logical as we’d like to believe. Like many of us, Wizenberg had long understood sexual orientation as a stable part of ourselves: we’re “born this way.” Suddenly she realized that her story was more complicated. Who was she if something at her very core could change so radically? Wizenberg forges a new path: through separation and divorce, coming out to family and friends, learning to co-parent a young child, and realizing a new vision of love. The Fixed Stars is a “spirited, terrifyingly courageous” memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire, identity, and the limits and possibilities of family (Booklist).

Escape from Aleppo

N. H. Senzai
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Author : N. H. Senzai
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481472180

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Escape from Aleppo by N. H. Senzai Pdf

After Nadia is separated from her family while fleeing the civil war, she spends the next four days with a mysterious old man who helps her navigate the checkpoints and snipers of the rebel, ISIS, and Syrian armies that are littering Aleppo on her way to meeting her father at the Turkish border.

How to Bee

Bren MacDibble
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Author : Bren MacDibble
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773062143

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A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where climate change has forever changed the way we live. In a world where real bees are extinct, the quickest, bravest kids climb the fruit trees and pollinate the flowers by hand. Peony lives with her sister, Magnolia, and her grandfather on a fruit farm outside the city. All Peony really wants is to be a bee. Even though she is only nine — and bees must be ten — Peony already knows all there is to know about being a bee and she is determined to achieve her dream. Life on the farm is a scrabble, but there is enough to eat and a place to sleep, and there is love. Then Peony’s mother arrives to take her away from everything she has ever known. Peony is taken to the city to work for a wealthy family. Will Peony’s grit and quick thinking be enough to keep her safe? How to Bee is a beautiful and fierce novel for younger readers, and the voice of Peony will stay with you long after you read the last page. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

Torn

David Massey
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Author : David Massey
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545523783

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Torn by David Massey Pdf

Witnesses to a mystery on the battlefield, a British medic and an American Navy SEAL confront Afghanistan's fog of war. In war-torn Afghanistan, a girl walks right into a hail of bullets: Elinor watches it with her own eyes. The young British army medic risks the line of fire to rescue her, only to realize the girl is gone. To find the missing, mysterious child, Elinor enlists the help of an American Navy SEAL. But in all the confusion, with coalition troops fighting every day to maintain a fragile peace, does Ben have something to hide? Elinor came to Afghanistan with the hope of changing hearts and minds: What she's about to discover will make her question everything she ever believed about love and war.A war thriller. A cross-cultural love story with an undercurrent of magic realism. A powerful debut set in modern-day, battle-scarred Afghanistan. This is TORN.

Tiger Daughter

Rebecca Lim
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Author : Rebecca Lim
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593648995

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Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim Pdf

★FIVE STARRED REVIEWS★ Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Tiger Daughter is an award-winning novel about finding your voice amidst the pressures of growing up in an immigrant home told from the perspective of a remarkable young Chinese girl. Wen Zhou is a first-generation daughter of Chinese migrant parents. She has high expectations from her parents to succeed in school, especially her father whose strict rules leave her feeling trapped. She dreams of creating a future for herself more satisfying than the one her parents expect her to lead. Then she befriends a boy named Henry who is also a first generation immigrant. He is the smartest boy at school despite struggling with his English and understands her in a way nobody has lately. Both of them dream of escaping and together they come up with a plan to take an entrance exam for a selective school far from home. But when tragedy strikes, it will take all of Wen’s resilience and tiger strength to get herself and Henry through the storm that follows. Tiger Daughter is a coming-of-age novel that will grab hold of you and not let go.

Charlie Star

Terry Milne Terry
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Author : Terry Milne Terry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910646393

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A Small Free Kiss In The Dark

Glenda Milllard
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Author : Glenda Milllard
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781848775633

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A Small Free Kiss In The Dark by Glenda Milllard Pdf

Skip's an outsider, he's never fitted in. So he takes to the streets. Life there may be hard, but it's better than the one he's left behind, especially when he teams up with an older homeless man called Billy. Then come the bombs which bring little Max and Tia - the sad dancer with a tiny baby - into Skip and Billy's world. Scavenging for food, living on love and imagination how long can Skip's fragile new family hold out as war grips the city?

The Light That Gets Lost

Natasha Carthew
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Author : Natasha Carthew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781408835883

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The Light That Gets Lost by Natasha Carthew Pdf

A small boy hiding in a cupboard witnesses something no child should ever see. He tries not to look but he still hears it. And when he comes out, there's no mistaking. His mum and dad have been killed. And though he's only small, he swears that he'll get revenge one day. Years later, Trey goes to a strange camp that is meant to save troubled teenagers. It's packed with crazies, god-botherers, devoted felons and broken kids. Trey's been in and out of trouble ever since the day the bad thing happened, but he's not here for saving: this is where he'll find the man who did it. Revenge and healing, salvation and hell are a boiling, dangerous mix, and Trey finds himself drawn to a girl, a dream and the offer of friendship in the dark ...

Variant

Robison Wells
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Author : Robison Wells
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062093516

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Variant by Robison Wells Pdf

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life. He was wrong. Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive. Where breaking the rules equals death. But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.

Sister Heart

Sally Morgan
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Author : Sally Morgan
Publisher : Fremantle Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781925163131

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Sister Heart by Sally Morgan Pdf

A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the distant south. There, she slowly makes a new life for herself and, in the face of tragedy, finds strength in new friendships. Poignantly told from the child’s perspective, Sister Heart affirms the power of family and kinship. Suitable for ages 10–15, this compelling novel about the stolen generations helps teachers sensitively introduce into the classroom one of world’s most confronting histories.

Aftershocks

Anne Fine
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Author : Anne Fine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-10
Category : Bildungsromans
ISBN : 1910646776

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A family mix-up means Louie has to tag along with his engineer father and his team as they head for a routine job in the farthest flung and most neglected province of the Federation. A massive earthquake, with ensuing tsunami, devastates the entire isolated coastal region, laying bare the other-worldly manner in which the silent and strange Endlanders deal with life, death and the hinterlands of memory and loss. Their curious and unsettling ways raise ghosts for Louie, who has recently lost his own brother. This modern fable - part ghost-story, part coming-of-age novel and part astute social and family observation - explores the ways in which grief can affect not only individuals, but communities at large.

The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk

Glenda Millard
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Author : Glenda Millard
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780730495086

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The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk by Glenda Millard Pdf

The sixth book in the much-loved and multi-award-winning KINGDOM OF SILK series. Ages: 7+ Flame-haired Saffron is the youngest of the five Silk sisters. Her family know that she has a talent for becoming Anne of Green Gables or Cleopatra, and that she loves reading myths and legends. But they don't know about the firebirds that come to warn her of terrible headaches. And Saffron doesn't know how to tell them. In a big family, it's easy to be overlooked. But when Saffron is sent to the city to see a specialist, she learns that her family's love for her is deeper than she ever imagined. And that when you're a Silk, miracles are never far from home ... Another heart-warming story in Glenda Millard's multi-award-winning Kingdom of Silk series. Ages: 7+ Shortlisted for the 2013 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards Shortlisted for the 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards

The Greedy Goat

Petr Horacek
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Author : Petr Horacek
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763694975

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The Greedy Goat by Petr Horacek Pdf

A very greedy goat wreaks havoc in the barnyard in an entertaining cautionary tale from Petr Horácek. Goat is tired of always eating herbs and grass. She wants to try something new! So one day she embarks on a tasting spree, trying the dog’s food, the pig’s potato peels, and more, with the farmer’s underpants topping off a massive meal. Pretty soon, everyone else around the farm starts to notice that certain things have gone missing — including a now elusive Goat herself. It turns out that all that adventurous eating has left her feeling quite ill, prompting a recovery that plays out with a nod to another (very hungry) children’s favorite: “On Monday, her eyes stopped rolling. On Tuesday, her tummy stopped rumbling. . . .” After Goat is finally feeling like herself again, surely she’ll have learned her lesson. Won’t she?

Layla, Queen of Hearts

Glenda Millard
Layla Queen of Hearts Book PDF

Author : Glenda Millard
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780730495468

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Layla, Queen of Hearts by Glenda Millard Pdf

A follow-up to the award-winning THE NAMING OF TISHKIN SILK, this is a gentle, moving novel about friendship, old age, loss, and the power of love. A friend like Layla comes along once in a lifetime, and Griffin Silk knows this with all his heart. Griffin's daddy used to say that Layla had been sent to comfort them after tishkin went away; 'like an arm about their shoulders, a candle in the dark or like golden syrup dumplings for the soul'. When Senior Citizen's Day is announced at school, Layla wishes for someone special to take. It is then that the intriguing Miss Amelie comes into their life. through their new friendship, Layla and Griffin learn the importance of memories, generosity of spirit, and of small miracles that warm the heart. the Naming of tishkin Silk was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and was an Honour book in the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Awards. Layla, Queen of Hearts continues the story of these memorable characters.