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Book A Fighting Chance

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  • Author : Claudia Meléndez Salinas
  • Publisher : Arte Público Press
  • Release : 2015-10-31
  • ISBN : 1518500684
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book A Fighting Chance written by Claudia Meléndez Salinas and published by Arte Público Press. This book was released on 2015-10-31 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Miguel Angel spends every minute after school at the Packing Shed, working out with the Alisal Boxing Club. He dreams of becoming a champion so he can get his mother and five siblings out of their cramped one-bedroom apartment in one of Salinas’ poorest barrios. But suddenly his life gets more complicated. The city is threatening to take the Packing Shed away from Coach, and without a place to train he won’t be able to avoid the gangbangers in his neighborhood. His childhood friend, Beto, has succumbed to the wiles of easy money and expensive cars, and Miguel Angel wonders if he’ll be able to resist his friend. Meanwhile, beautiful blonde Britney from Pebble Beach has entered his life, and Miguel Angel has never felt this way before. She too feels an overwhelming attraction, and she’s willing to defy her hard-nosed father, who expects her to date someone from their social background of exclusive country clubs and Ivy League schools. When Beto turns to him for help, Miguel Angel is torn between his commitment to friends and Coach’s warnings about gang life. With gang violence getting closer and closer, he and Britney are suddenly faced with the consequences of unprotected sex. Can their love for each other survive all of the problems swirling around them? In A Fighting Chance, journalist Claudia Meléndez Salinas has crafted a vivid novel for young adults that captures the challenges of contemporary urban life in one of the Latino community’s poorest barrios.

Book Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance

Download or read book Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance written by Susan B. Neuman and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compelling, eye-opening portrait of two communities in Philadelphia with drastically different economic resources. Over the course of their10-year investigation, the authors of this important new work came to understand that this disparity between affluence and poverty has created a knowledge gap--far more important than mere achievement scores--with serious implications for students' economic prosperity and social mobility. At the heart of this knowledge gap is the limited ability of students from poor communities to develop information capital. This moving book takes you into the communities in question to meet the students and their families, and by doing so provides powerful insights into the role that literacy can play in giving low-income students a fighting chance. Important reading for a wide audience of educators, policymakers, school reformers, and community activists, Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Documents how inequalities begin early and are reinforced by geographic concentration. Compares community libraries to see how print is used in each neighborhood and how children develop as young readers. Looks at patterns that create radical differences in experiences and attitudes toward learning prior to entering school. Explores the function of technology as a tool that exacerbates the divide between affluent students and those with limited access to information. Provides a comprehensive analysis of community literacy, documenting the transformation of media habits from books to computers. Concludes with a look inside schools to answer questions about what schools can do to overcome this complex, unequal playing field. Susan B. Neuman is a professor of Educational Studies at the University of Michigan, and has served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.Her books include Changing the Odds for Children at Risk. Donna C. Celano is assistant professor of Communication at La Salle University in Philadelphia. “Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance depicts a stark reality: the enormous and growing divide in literacy and reading skill development between children growing up in poverty and children from the middle and upper classes—and the social and economic ramifications. This book should be required reading, not just for those in the education and policy fields, but for anyone who cares about the lives of children and the health of our society.” —Kyle Zimmer, President and CEO, First Book “‘By walking the streets, riding the buses, and taking the subways,’ Celano and Neuman give us a groundbreaking and sobering look at print and education technology resources in two neighborhoods, one wealthy and one poor. The result is a must-read eye-opener for anyone who cares about equal opportunity. The stuff of learning is essential but insufficient. Only with close teacher, parent, and student-to-student coaching can better print and technology resources make a difference.” —Eugenia Kemble, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute “The authors of this text make you CARE about these communities and children. They provide insights about how we must focus on literacy in order to make a real difference in the lives of students. This is one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of community literacy, documenting the transformation of media habits from books to computers.” —Linda B. Gambrell, Distinguished Professor of Education, Clemson University

Book Fighting Chance

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  • Author : Faye E. Dudden
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2014-03-27
  • ISBN : 0199376433
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Fighting Chance written by Faye E. Dudden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advocates of woman suffrage and black suffrage came to a bitter falling-out in the midst of Reconstruction, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton opposed the 15th Amendment because it granted the vote to black men but not to women. How did these two causes, so long allied, come to this? Based on extensive research, Fighting Chance is a major contribution to women's history and to 19th-century political history--a story of how idealists descended to racist betrayal and desperate failure.

Book Fighting Chance

Download or read book Fighting Chance written by Alicia Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reporter takes up boxing to show what she's made of - and to slay her inner demons...

Book Fighting Chance

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  • Author : Lea Coll
  • Publisher : Lea Coll
  • Release : 2022-02-15
  • ISBN : 1955586055
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book Fighting Chance written by Lea Coll and published by Lea Coll. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was all business until he fell head over tool belt for the sexy, single mom. I’m not bitter that Savannah St. James rejected me in high school. It's her cluttered storefront I have a problem with. Still, it’s hard to stay mad at her when she’s more beautiful than I remember and her son keeps finding new ways to sneak over to my hardware store every chance he gets. While I admit he needs a male figure in his life, I’m the wrong guy for the job. Despite my reluctance, the little guy brings us together even as our pasts keep us apart. I’m falling deeper for this woman, and the more I get to know Savannah, the more I realize I may have misjudged her. Maybe we can get a second chance after all.

Book A Fighting Chance How it Al Began

Download or read book A Fighting Chance How it Al Began written by Joe Manno and published by . This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pinkie Promises

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  • Author : Elizabeth Warren
  • Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
  • Release : 2021-10-12
  • ISBN : 1250860938
  • Pages : 21 pages

Download or read book Pinkie Promises written by Elizabeth Warren and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polly knows she's strong and capable. But whenever she offers to help her uncle or brother or neighbor, they tell her: "That's not what girls do." Then one day, Polly goes to a rally to meet a woman who's running for president, and they make a pinkie promise to remember all the things that girls do. Polly carries that promise with her at school, onto the soccer field, and even into an election for Class President! This inspiring story will encourage young readers to dream big. Godwin Books

Book Persist

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  • Author : Elizabeth Warren
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Books
  • Release : 2021-05-04
  • ISBN : 1250799252
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Persist written by Elizabeth Warren and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring, influential senator and bestselling author mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation. Elizabeth Warren is a beacon for everyone who believes that real change can improve the lives of all Americans. Committed, fearless, and famously persistent, she brings her best game to every battle she wages. In Persist, Warren writes about six perspectives that have influenced her life and advocacy. She’s a mother who learned from wrenching personal experience why child care is so essential. She’s a teacher who has known since grade school the value of a good and affordable education. She’s a planner who understands that every complex problem requires a comprehensive response. She’s a fighter who discovered the hard way that nobody gives up power willingly. She’s a learner who thinks, listens, and works to fight racism in America. And she’s a woman who has proven over and over that women are just as capable as men. Candid and compelling, Persist is both a deeply personal book and a powerful call to action. Elizabeth Warren—one of our nation’s most visionary leaders—will inspire everyone to believe that if we’re willing to fight for it, profound change is well within our reach.

Book Fighting Chance

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  • Author : Sarah Zabel
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-02
  • ISBN : 9781735845425
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book Fighting Chance written by Sarah Zabel and published by . This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A depressed patient rides his bicycle through the night, returning the next day without his depression. Researchers testing a new anti-tuberculosis drug note that their test subjects - though dying - are inexplicably happy. A PhD student investigating the source of noise in an imaging signal realizes he is seeing a high-level organization of brain function? Fighting Chance: How Unexpected Observations and Unintended Outcomes Shape the Science and Treatment of Depression takes the reader inside the circuitous search for the causes and cures for depression, the leading cause of ill health and disability world-wide. A surprisingly human tale of failed experiments and unanticipated victories, Fighting Chance reveals many of the people and experiences behind the modern approach to understanding and treating depression. The story begins with the serendipitous discovery of antidepressant medications, an unexpected advance that encouraged psychiatrists to reconceive major depression as an illness rather than an emotional state. The discoveries pile on, showing depression's relationship with stress, inflammation, circadian rhythms, and more. As scientists work to make sense of these observations and advance the biology of depression, they are also learning about vulnerability and resistance, and the process of recovery. From its underpinnings in cellular neuroscience to current research efforts, Fighting Chance takes the reader on a scientific journey inside depression. Incorporating the voices of researchers making fundamental discoveries about depression, physicians fighting to bring the most advanced treatment options to their patients, and ordinary people struggling for relief from their illness, Fighting Chance is a compelling tale of hope, resilience, and ingenuity.

Book Fighting Chance

Download or read book Fighting Chance written by and published by Woodholme House Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fighting Chance

Download or read book Fighting Chance written by Neyla Arnas and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copublished with National Defense University Press

Book Captain America

Download or read book Captain America written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain America realizes that his body may not be able to handle the demands of being a superhero, but cannot envision a life without fighting villains.

Book Fighting Chance

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  • Author : Jane Haddam
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2014-09-09
  • ISBN : 125001235X
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book Fighting Chance written by Jane Haddam and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his best friend, parish priest Tibor Kasparian, is wrongly arrested for murder, a distraught Gregor Demarkian breaks his personal rules about consulting in his determination to uncover the truth.

Book A Fighting Chance

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  • Author : Shannon Stacey
  • Publisher : Carina Press
  • Release : 2016-02-01
  • ISBN : 1459290151
  • Pages : 112 pages

Download or read book A Fighting Chance written by Shannon Stacey and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All work and no play makes Adeline Kendrick a dull girl, so when she heads to a casino resort for a friend's bachelorette weekend, she's ready to have a good time. Until she runs into Brendan Quinn, professional fighter and the one who got away—the one her family drove away—and things take a turn for the interesting. Running into his ex won't shake Brendan. Even if it brings up the old pain of loving her when she was only slumming. Even if she looks really good. In fact, what better way to get over the past than to take advantage of the still-sizzling chemistry running hot between them? He's there to win an MMA fight, but he won't say no to a little physical relief of a different kind. But when the weekend is over, Adeline isn't ready to give up her second chance that easily. Brendan is still the one for her, no matter what her family thinks. Now, if only she can convince him of that…

Book A Fighting Chance

Download or read book A Fighting Chance written by John M. Ridgway and published by Pan. This book was released on 1967 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 4, 1966, two young British paratroopers set out from Cape Cod to rwo across the Atlantic in a twenty-foot open boat. Ninety-two days later they stepped ashore off the coast of Ireland. Here is the account of that voyage, filled with the beauties of nature, fright, and human courage.

Book A Fighting Chance

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  • Author : Doug Allan
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-01-28
  • ISBN : 9780228847717
  • Pages : 178 pages

Download or read book A Fighting Chance written by Doug Allan and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fighting Chance was created to address the lack of financial literacy in high school curriculums around the world, leaving young people unequipped to manage their finances as they enter the work world. As youth enter their financial lives, it is critical that they have the foundational knowledge and tools to make sound financial decisions that build wealth through measured risk-taking and financial strategy. Written by an award winning Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant, the book is written in an approachable unintimidating tone and provides real examples, tactics and mindsets which allow young readers to harness their most valuable financial asset: time. A Fighting Chance provides readers with a financial guidebook for their life that will allow them to create and execute a plan that allows them to accomplish both their financial and non-financial goals.

Book A Fighting Chance

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  • Author : Kat Savage
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-05-09
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book A Fighting Chance written by Kat Savage and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyla Whitney managed to escape her hometown. Since then, she's been avoiding certain things at all costs-like small-town setbacks, her family's farm, and suffocating under too many expectations. Oh, and love, of course-but that's one thing eluding her.Aside from that, things are wonderful for her in Boston-the big city she chose to run to. That is, until her heartbroken little sister beckons her back to the very place she ran from: Whitney Farms.Lyla braces herself to be there again-but only temporarily. Only through her sister's impending divorce. What she doesn't expect is the newest-and hottest-resident at the farm.Newly single and free to do as he pleases, Gentry Bodine meets Lyla and at once, she rises to the very top of that list. His craving for her is demanding, undeniable.With an attraction so palpable, even the inexperienced and gun-shy Lyla can't resist-especially when lured with poetic, seductive notes from the unexpected southern charmer.But when they fall into temptation-of what appears as fleeting summer fun-both must decide: Will they give love a fighting chance?