Walk The Sky

Author : Lisa Fiedler
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780451480811

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We Walked the Sky by Lisa Fiedler Pdf

A stunning, multigenerational story about two teenagers: Victoria, who joins the circus in 1965, and her granddaughter, Callie, who leaves the circus fifty years later. Perfect for fans of This is Us. In 1965 seventeen-year-old Victoria, having just escaped an unstable home, flees to the ultimate place for dreamers and runaways--the circus. Specifically, the VanDrexel Family Circus where, among the lion tamers, roustabouts, and trapeze artists, Victoria hopes to start a better life. Fifty years later, Victoria's sixteen-year-old granddaughter Callie is thriving. A gifted and focused tightrope walker with dreams of being a VanDrexel high wire legend just like her grandmother, Callie can't imagine herself anywhere but the circus. But when Callie's mother accepts her dream job at an animal sanctuary in Florida just months after Victoria's death, Callie is forced to leave her lifelong home behind. Feeling unmoored and out of her element, Callie pores over memorabilia from her family's days on the road, including a box that belonged to Victoria when she was Callie's age. In the box, Callie finds notes that Victoria wrote to herself with tips and tricks for navigating her new world. Inspired by this piece of her grandmother's life, Callie decides to use Victoria's circus prowess to navigate the uncharted waters of public high school. Across generations, Victoria and Callie embrace the challenges of starting over, letting go, and finding new families in unexpected places.

Author : Mark Schlenz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692088229

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Walk the Sky by Mark Schlenz Pdf

Photographic Essay of the John Muir Trail in California's Sierra Nevada Range; history of the trail's construction.

Author : Milton Heifetz,Wil Tirion
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107698987

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A Walk Through the Southern Sky by Milton Heifetz,Wil Tirion Pdf

A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere. By following the simplified and easy-to-use starmaps, readers will be able to identify constellations with no equipment but normal sight and a clear night sky. This book provides clear instructions on how to determine star sizes and the distances between stars, allowing readers to move easily between constellations. The budding astronomer is introduced to the mystery and wonder of the southern sky as the myths and legends of its stars and constellations are wondrously retold. The third edition of this magical book features a new moon map, an updated list of planet positions, additional illustrations and more realistic star maps. It is an invaluable and beautiful guide for beginner stargazers, both young and old.

Author : Milton D. Heifetz,Wil Tirion
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521665140

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A Walk Through the Southern Sky by Milton D. Heifetz,Wil Tirion Pdf

What star is that? Where is the Southern Cross? Who was Orion? A Walk Through the Southern Sky is a beautiful guide to pathways in the night sky which answers these questions and many more. Its unique simplified maps make it easy to find by eye the constellations and stars within them. Clear instructions guide the user on how to gauge sizes and distances, and how to move easily between constellations. Ancient myths and legends of the sky, thousands of years old, are retold to add to the mystery of the stars. Written with the complete beginner in mind, this book introduces the patterns of the starry skies in a memorable way. No equipment is needed to use this practical guide: apart from normal sight and clear skies. Magically illustrated by Wil Tirion, this is an ideal introduction to launch the young astronomer on a journey across the starlit skies.

Author : Women of South Asian Descent Collective
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015032097498

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Our Feet Walk the Sky by Women of South Asian Descent Collective Pdf

The first anthology of its kind: includes essays, memoir, and fiction.

Author : Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416505518

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Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein Pdf

High school students enter a time gate to an unknown planet for a survival test, but something goes wrong and they have to learn to survive by their own resourcefulness.

Author : Shari Andrews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127434772

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Walking the Sky by Shari Andrews Pdf

Author : Camilla Carr,Jonathan James
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781853118562

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The Sky is Always There by Camilla Carr,Jonathan James Pdf

In April 1997-98 Camilla Carr and Jon James set off as volunteers in a £500 Lada stacked high with toys, games, footballs, paints and a parachute. Their destination was Chechnya and their aim was to work with children who had been traumatised by war. After working for two months setting up and teaching in a rehabilitation centre and watching the children begin to smile and play again, they were kidnapped by Chechen guerrillas. There followed fourteen months of incarceration in homes that varied from a concrete box with no natural light or fresh air, to a pink trompe la oeil bedroom via a sauna and various cellars. They experienced everything from rape and mental torture to moments of compassion and kindness. They survived by using tools such as tai chi, yoga, meditation and humour; and through creating a dialogue with their captors, looking beneath their masks of fear and anger to reach the small flame of love and laughter unquenched by the demonising nature of war.

Author : Timothy P. McLaughlin
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781683357681

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Walking on Earth and Touching the Sky by Timothy P. McLaughlin Pdf

This is an exceptional poetry collection written by Lakota students in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades at Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The historic school was founded in 1888 at the request of Chief Red Cloud of the Oglala Lakota. The poems enable readers to learn about the unique lives and heritage of students growing up in such distinctive circumstances and straddling cultures. The collection was compiled by a teacher at the school, working with school administrators, and contains never-before-published artworks by award-winning artist S. D. Nelson. Praise for Walking on Earth and Touching the SkySTARRED REVIEW "This is an important collection that offers opportunities for insight into a culture that has too often been either ignored or misunderstood." --Booklist, starred review "A moving, fascinating glimpse across cultures. Vivid, polychromatic illustrations by Nelson accompany the students’ evocative works."--Kirkus Reviews "As a collection, the poems present an interesting, eye-opening look at the Lakota culture, which is one that is often overlooked. The paintings by S.D. Nelson are gorgeous and vibrant." --Library Media Connection Awards: New York Public Library’s Children's Books 2012: 100 Books for Reading and Sharing list HONORABLE MENTION - 2012 Aesop Accolade, American Folklore Society Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2013

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429968195

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Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov Pdf

One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, as he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it's the original home of man. And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil--so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty. Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two. This is young Isaac Asimov's first novel, full of wonders and ideas, the book that launched the novels of the Galactic Empire, culminating in the Foundation series. This is Golden Age SF at its finest. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Jan Mark
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780141361864

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Thunder And Lightnings by Jan Mark Pdf

When Andrew's family moves house, he strikes up an unexpected friendship with his neighbour Victor. There isn't a thing Victor doesn't know about the RAF planes flying overhead and the two boys are soon busy tracking their movements. Then Andrew discovers that Victor's beloved Lightnings are due to be scrapped... Thunder and Lightnings won the Carnegie Medal in 1976.

Author : Jandy Nelson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101222867

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The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson Pdf

Jandy Nelson's beloved, critically adored debut is now an Apple TV+ and A24 original film starring Jason Segel, Cherry Jones, Grace Kaufman, and Jacques Colimon. “Both a profound meditation on loss and grieving and an exhilarating and very sexy romance." —NPR Adrift after her sister Bailey’s sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive Toby—Bailey’s boyfriend who shares Lennie’s grief—and Joe, the new boy in town who bursts with life and musical genius. Each offers Lennie something she desperately needs. One boy helps her remember. The other lets her forget. And she knows if the two of them collide, her whole world will explode. As much a laugh-out-loud celebration of love as a nuanced and poignant portrait of loss, Len­nie’s struggle to sort her own melody out out the noise around her makes for an always honest, often uproarious, and absolutely unforgettable read.

Author : Amanda Sun
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780373211913

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Heir to the Sky by Amanda Sun Pdf

"As heir to a kingdom of floating continents, Kali has spent her life bound by limits: by her duties as a member of the royal family, by a forced betrothal to the son of a nobleman, and by the edge of the only world she's ever knowna small island hovering above a monster-ridden earth, long since uninhabited by humans. When Kali falls off the edge of her kingdom and miraculously survives, she is shocked to discover there are still humans on the earth. Determined to get home, Kali entrusts a rugged monster-hunter named Griffin to guide her across a world overrun by chimera, storm dragons, basilisks and other terrifying creatures. But the more time she spends on earth, the more dark truths she begins to uncover about her home in the sky, and the more resolute she is to start burning for herself."--Page [4] of cover.

Author : Emma Carroll
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780571297177

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The Girl Who Walked On Air by Emma Carroll Pdf

From the queen of historical fiction, The Girl Who Walked On Air by Emma Carroll is an enchanting historical adventure for ages 9-11.Louie, who was abandoned at Chipchase's Travelling Circus as a baby, dreams of becoming a 'Showstopper', but Mr Chipchase keeps her hidden, tucked away in the ticket booth. No Death-Defying Stunts for her. But Louie has been secretly practising her act - tightrope-walking - and dreams of being the Girl Who Walked on Air . . . she just needs to be given the chance to shine.And the circus needs her too - Wellbeloved's rival show is stealing their crowds. They need a Showstopper. Desperate, Mr Chipchase reluctantly lets Louie perform. She is a sensation, and gets an offer from the sinister Mr Wellbeloved himself to perform . . . over Niagara Falls. But nothing is quite as it seems and soon Louie's bravery is tested not just on the highwire but in confronting her past and the shady characters in the world of the circus . . .Fans of Frost Hollow Hall will love this epic adventure about following your dreams and becoming a showstopper!'An adventure of old-fashioned charm.' The Sunday Times'Engaging and entertaining.' Independent on Sunday'This book will keep you hooked as you let your imagination take flight.' We Love This Book'This one ticks all the boxes - Emma Carroll is an author to watch.' Books for Keeps'Historical fiction fans will love Emma Carroll's The Girl Who Walked on Air.' Sunday Express'Perfect for captivating the imagination of a developing reader.' Mumsnet

Author : Linda Sue Park
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547251271

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A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Pdf

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, 11-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan. By a Newbery Medal-winning author.