![]() ![]() ![]() Full of snappy street-talk cadences, this off-the-wall yarn will give readers of all colors plenty of food for thought. After a showdown with his nemesis, Mars Bar, Maniac bridges the gap between the two sides of town and finally finds a home. He knew that finally, truly, at long last, someone was calling him home. Park groundskeeper Grayson next cares for the boy, but the old man dies and Maniac moves into the squalid home of the McNabs, who are convinced a race war is imminent. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Eileen. In racially divided Two Mills, the Beales, a black family, take Maniac in, but despite his local fame, community pressure forces him out and he returns to living at the zoo. Jerry Spinelli is the author of over fifteen immensely popular books for young readers, including Eggs, Stargirl, Space Station Seventh Grade, Newbery Honor winner Wringer, and Maniac Magee, winner of more than fifteen state childrens book awards in addition to the Newbery Medal. He finds his way to Two Mills, Pa., where the legend of ''Maniac'' Magee begins after he scores major upsets against Brian Denehy, the star high school football player, and Little League tough guy, John McNab. ![]() Orphaned as an infant, Jeffrey Magee is reared by his feuding aunt and uncle until he runs away at age eight. Another Newbery winner touching on issues of racism and homelessness is Louis Sachar’s 1998 novel Holes. In this modern-day tall tale, Spinelli (Dump Days Jason and Marceline) presents a humorous yet poignant look at the issue of race relations, a rare topic for a work aimed at middle readers. Spinelli’s novel Stargirl (2000) is very similar to Maniac Magee in that it features a quirky protagonist of uncertain origin who does acts of kindness for others, leading to ostracism by her community. ![]()
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The only requirement asked of you is the willingness to honestly look at yourself in the most natural, intuitive manner. ![]() And though the journey we are about to embark on is an inner one, it will draw upon every aspect of your life. The chapters of this book are nothing but mirrors for seeing your ''self'' from different angles. ![]() ![]() They face the two gods, whom without their powers of fear and terror are extremely weak in battle, (unlike the nature of Ares), and are easily defeated. It is stolen by her immortal brothers as a prank, Deimos and Phobos (gods of terror and fear respectively). Stories Percy Jackson and the Stolen Chariot Ĭlarisse La Rue is given the chore of taking care of Ares's war chariot. It is set between the fourth book, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and the fifth book, The Last Olympian. Additional contents include interviews with some of the campers, a picture of Annabeth's trunk, a map of Camp Half-Blood, and various crossword puzzles and other activities. It also contains a preview of The Last Olympian. It contains three short stories, titled Percy Jackson and the Stolen Chariot, Percy Jackson and the Bronze Dragon, and Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades. It is a companion book to the main series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The Demigod Files is a collection of stories by Rick Riordan published on February 10, 2009. ![]() ![]() He can't get out of there fast enough to suit him or his brothers. He is disgusted by Montrose and his attempts to weasel out of paying, and even more so by the attempts to sell his sister. The Scotsman in question is Dougall Buchanan, brother to Saidh. Failing that, he offers up Murine for the Scotsman's pleasure instead. As the book opens, he is attempting to talk the owner of some Scottish horses into giving him credit so he can purchase the horses. Montrose is weak, lazy, selfish, and a gambler. Unfortunately, her father died suddenly while she was gone, leaving her in the care of her remaining half-brother, Montrose. Though her father had been sick, he was getting better just before she went on the journey in the previous book. Her beloved younger brothers and one older half-brother have died. The closeness of the family impressed me in that book, and I hoped to see some of the Buchanan brothers get their own books. ![]() ![]() He and his brothers were fun characters, especially with the way they had influenced Saidh while she was growing up. ![]() Dougall is one of Saidh's seven brothers. Murine and Saidh became good friends, with Murine having a big part in saving Saidh's life. ![]() We first met Murine and Dougall in the previous book, The Highlander Takes a Bride. ![]() ![]() A compelling family drama about a rebellious teenage girl's romantic awakening. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story about love in its myriad forms - first love, the love between parents and children - that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that deeply felt relationships can break our hearts. ![]() ![]() Ronnie s father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father.until her mother decides it would be in everyone s best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Seventeen-year-old Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. ![]() ![]() ![]() The manga-inspired artwork is dark and often muddy. The story is strong, although I struggled with the artwork. ![]() Readers will see our vets reflected in Jun and her fellow homeless vets. Basic human kindness angers her – she initially rebuffs the woman who runs a food stand, because she’s so unused to humane gestures. She’s angry, she’s in pain, and the only thing that seems to take the edge off is drugs. Jun gives us a chance to glimpse into a vet’s psyche: beaten down, haunted by her memories, and physically broken, she’s been left behind by the people she thought she went off to defend. Set in a fictional, Hong Kong-inspired city, PTSD chooses a gritty, urban futuristic landscape to tell the story of a veteran who went off to fight a war, and came home to indifference. When she connects with a single mom running a food booth, and a fellow vet and his dog, Red, Jun begins to heal and works toward helping her fellow vets heal. She’s mentally and physically broken, finding relief in the drugs she’s addicted to. 2019, First Second), $24.99, ISBN: 9781626723184Ī veteran home from an unpopular war, Jun is an outsider whose fate is similar to many of our own vets in the here and now. ![]() ![]() ![]() Flying over moonlit lands and sparkling seas, they encounter fantastic creatures, summon up surprising courage - and cross the path of a ruthless villain with an ancient grudge whos determined to end their quest. Book Synopsis The blockbuster #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic, now with a brand-new cover in anticipation of Book Two in the series! The #1 New York Times Bestseller!With a lonely boy named Ben on board, the brave young dragon Firedrake sets out on a magical journey to find the mythical place where silver dragons can live in peace forever. ![]() Funke casts an enchanting spell, creating an ultimately triumphant tale about the power of belief and the true meaning of home. ![]() About the Book From the author of The Thief Lord and Inkheart comes a magical story about a boy named Ben and a silver-skinned dragon named Firedrake. ![]() ![]() In one, she travels to France, where shes dreamed of going: a land of cafes, handsome boys, and art museums. ![]() Urn:lcp:twosummers0000frie_i4z0:epub:84580368-d78b-45a6-826f-25f8439ae2c3 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier twosummers0000frie_i4z0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3kx54m4r Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781407166926ġ407166921 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9646 Ocr_module_version 0.0.7 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA400046 Page_number_confidence 94.62 Pages 374 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201127193538 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 457 Scandate 20201126171317 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781407166926 Tts_version 4. English When Summer Everett makes a split-second decision, her summer divides into two parallel worlds. ![]() ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:19:36 Boxid IA40007918 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Aimee Friedman (born 1979) is the author of several young adult novels published by Scholastic Inc., Point and S&S. From New York Times bestselling author Aimee Friedman comes a novel about fate, family secrets, and new love, told in split narrative. ![]() ![]() ![]() Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. ![]() The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. ![]() It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. Two works by the author Lewis Carroll about his famous character, Alice. Original publisher?s quarter cloth with illustrated boards. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. Only he is able to gain Paloma's trust and to see through Renée's timeworn disguise to the secret that haunts her. They discover their kindred souls when a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu arrives in the building. Paloma and Renée hide both their true talents and their finest qualities from a world they suspect cannot or will not appreciate them. In fact, when I first began reading this book, I thought Barbery might be alluding to the famous book on Tolstoy by the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, who was himself quoting the Greek poet Archilochus (Barbery’s name-dropping thing is easy once you try. Until then she will continue behaving as everyone expects her to behave: a mediocre pre-teen high on adolescent subculture, a good but not an outstanding student, an obedient if obstinate daughter. For the first two-thirds of this novel, I was rooting for Mme. She is the daughter of a tedious parliamentarian, a talented and startlingly lucid child who has decided to end her life on the sixteenth of June, her thirteenth birthday. Then there's Paloma, a twelve-year-old genius. With humor and intelligence she scrutinizes the lives of the building's tenants, who for their part are barely aware of her existence. Yet, unbeknownst to her employers, Renée is a cultured autodidact who adores art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. Outwardly she conforms to every stereotype of the concierge: fat, cantankerous, addicted to television. Renée, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. ![]() |