Your Turn Adrian

Author : Helena Öberg
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773063164

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Your Turn, Adrian by Helena Öberg Pdf

A stunningly illustrated graphic novel about feeling vulnerable and struggling to meet expectations, and about friendship and the power of the imagination. Almost every day, Adrian goes to school with knots in his stomach. He feels different from the other children, and alone. Whenever the teacher calls on him, his heart starts to pound and time stops. But he finds respite in his rich imagination — a world full of color and joy in which he is a circus performer, capable of spectacular feats. One day Adrian encounters a huge wolfhound that seems to be lost. He names her Heidi, takes her home, and soon the two of them are inseparable. Heidi’s comforting presence provides friendship and tranquility, and even enables Adrian to read aloud in front of the class. This brief period of happiness ends when Heidi is reunited with her owner and Adrian finds himself alone again ... until a chance meeting leads to a heartwarming discovery. Key Text Features table of contents comic speech bubbles map Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.7 Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Author : Julian Barnes
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307957337

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The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Pdf

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

Author : Marcy Campbell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780525552789

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Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell Pdf

A classic in the making, this heartwarming story about empathy and imagination is one that families will treasure for years to come. Adrian Simcox tells anyone who will listen that he has a horse--the best and most beautiful horse anywhere. But Chloe does NOT believe him. Adrian Simcox lives in a tiny house. Where would he keep a horse? He has holes in his shoes. How would he pay for a horse? The more Adrian talks about his horse, the angrier Chloe gets. But when she calls him out at school and even complains about him to her mom, Chloe doesn't get the vindication she craves. She gets something far more important. Written with tenderness and poignancy and gorgeously illustrated, this book will show readers that kindness is always rewarding, understanding is sweeter than judgment, and friendship is the best gift one can give.

Author : RAFFA
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781490733357

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Adrian’S World by RAFFA Pdf

In a setting of an era long past, called the Ancient World, is a group of nations and kingdoms on the brink of a devastating war. Amidst this is a struggle of good and evil, and a select group called the Gathering that is charged with a mission to rescue a princess and destroy a mysterious pendant only one of them can carry in secret. With changing allegiances, tales of love and revenge, and the unmasked traitors first appearance, Saetoria is the first book in the Adrians World trilogy.

Author : Adrian Hon
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781541600195

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You've Been Played by Adrian Hon Pdf

How games are being harnessed as instruments of exploitation—and what we can do about it Warehouse workers pack boxes while a virtual dragon races across their screen. If they beat their colleagues, they get an award. If not, they can be fired. Uber presents exhausted drivers with challenges to keep them driving. China scores its citizens so they behave well, and games with in-app purchases use achievements to empty your wallet. Points, badges, and leaderboards are creeping into every aspect of modern life. In You’ve Been Played, game designer Adrian Hon delivers a blistering takedown of how corporations, schools, and governments use games and gamification as tools for profit and coercion. These are games that we often have no choice but to play, where losing has heavy penalties. You’ve Been Played is a scathing indictment of a tech-driven world that wants to convince us that misery is fun, and a call to arms for anyone who hopes to preserve their dignity and autonomy.

Author : Ray Zardetto
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780740789083

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The Five Jerks You Meet on Earth by Ray Zardetto Pdf

Ever wish that in the afterlife you'll be able to exact revenge on the people who made your life so miserable? The Five Jerks You Meet on Earth takes on that sidesplitting premise. Loser Al Mitchell finally gets a chance to win-even though he's dead. Al Mitchell is middle-aged, divorced, childless, balding, unemployed, stoop-shouldered, and dead--but these are the least of his problems. When Mitchell dies in a chaotic merry-go-round wreck, he goes to Heaven hoping to discover the meaning of his sad-sack life by meeting the five most influential people he's known. But too bad they're busy meeting with more important people! In their place, Al meets his grade school lunch lady, family plumber, and a hairdresser who turned down all of his romantic advances. So much for peace in the afterlife! Intent to make amends, Heaven's powers-that-be allow Mitchell to return to Earth (with help from a bumbling angel named Adrian) to achieve a goal even better than enlightenment. He gets to exact revenge on the five jerks who made his life so miserable! Ray Zardetto's The Five Jerks You Meet on Earth hilariously--but respectfully--parodies Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven. It turns the premise of that inspiring best-seller on its head--and it speaks to the avenging loser in all of us! For more about the book visit www.thefivejerksyoumeetonearth.com

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447273318

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Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel. Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed novel Children of Time, is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age – a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth? Continue the far-reaching space opera with Children of Ruin and Children of Memory. 'Children of Time is a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human.' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls.

Author : QC Ngo
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781639851096

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Waking Up To You by QC Ngo Pdf

What if your mortal enemy, the biggest and meanest bully in school, became your stepbrother and ended up falling for you? Could you ever forgive him? Lili Lang's lie-low high school life was about to change forever when she became the target of the scariest bully group. Due to a twist of fate, the leader, Adrian Han, became her stepbrother. Things got more interesting when the most popular boy, who transferred from London, turned out to be her childhood friend. Caught between the two alpha males and the girls who are jealous of her, will Lili survive her senior year?

Author : Rachel White
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781514426050

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THE TRIPLET WEREWOLVES by Rachel White Pdf

This story’s about identical triplet brothers, who were kidnapped and sold as human slaves. They were raised by three men—Ray, Robby, and Bobby—who were alcoholics, and two of them had bad anger problems. At age six, the triplet brothers ran away into the wilderness, where they encountered new dangers and had exciting adventures and discovered their own strengths while making new friends, but they’re always on guard, for their masters might catch them.

Author : Floriminda Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Popular music
ISBN : 9781329885257

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Elusive Dreams by Floriminda Reid Pdf

Author : Egerton Castle
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783734029523

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The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle

Author : Sabrina Broadbent
Publisher : Random House
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407049106

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You Don't Have to be Good by Sabrina Broadbent Pdf

Sometimes doing the right thing ins't an option. In her late forties, in a stalled marriage and emailed half to death at work, solid, dependable, sensible Bea notices that she is starting to disappear. One morning on her way to work she vanishes completely. Her husband is suspected of murder, high-flying sister Katherine starts to unravel and Katherine's teenage children, Laura and Adrian - brilliant, difficult, and wise - struggle to solve the mystery of their beloved aunt's disappearance. Touching and funny, You Don't have to be Good is a sharp and clever look at what happens when a woman reaches the point where being good is no longer an option.

Author : Marie Force
Publisher : HTJB, Inc.
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781958035443

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Someone to Love by Marie Force Pdf

Description: She’s his nanny and his close friend. He shouldn’t be thinking about her that way… Adrian In the year since I lost my wife in childbirth, I’ve been all about survival as I adapt to life as a single dad to our son. That’s especially true after my mother-in-law also died suddenly. Life has been way more than I can handle, but somehow I’m getting by, thanks mostly to the Wild Widows, a group of fellow travelers who make me feel less alone with my grief. They encourage me to hire fellow Wild Widow Wynter as my nanny, and that’s been working out great, until two things happen—she and my son go missing, and when they’re found safe, I realize my feelings for her are anything but platonic. Wynter I cannot be feeling this way about my employer. He’s entrusted me to take care of the most important person in his life, and I nearly screwed that up epically. After the big scare we had, I should be giving Xavier my undivided attention, which I do until his daddy is in the room. All I see is him. Then I catch Adrian having sex, and now all I can think about what it would be like to be with him that way. He’s my boss, my close friend and we share many mutual friends. A mess between us would be devastating, and not just to us, so I need to avoid that at all costs. I’ve got enough on my plate managing my grief for my late husband. I don’t need the complication that could come with Adrian. If only I hadn’t seen him naked…

Author : Emma Noyes
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593639016

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Guy's Girl by Emma Noyes Pdf

The boy who couldn’t love and the girl who wouldn’t. Ginny Murphy is a total guy’s girl. She’s always found friendships with boys easier to form and keep drama-free – as long as they don’t fall for her, and she doesn’t fall for them. She and her best guy friends have stuck to that. But then she meets Adrian Silvas, the only one who’s ever made her crave more, and Ginny begins to question her own rules. Piece by piece, Ginny and Adrian begin to fall into something intoxicating, something dangerous. Ginny threatens to destroy the belief Adrian's held ever since witnessing his own mother’s heartbreak: that love isn’t worth the risk. For Ginny, the stakes could be even higher. Letting Adrian get close could mean exposing a secret she’s long protected: her disordered eating. Ginny isn’t looking to be saved by someone. But maybe she and Adrian can help each other – if they don’t destroy each other first. Heartfelt and evocative, Guy's Girl is a powerful story about true love, self-love, and growing up.

Author : Karel Macleod
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462818488

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The Unforgiving by Karel Macleod Pdf