Download or read book A Youth Writing Between the Walls written by Abraham Cytryn and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rats in the Walls written by H.P. Lovecraft and published by SAMPI Books. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Rats in the Walls" by H.P. Lovecraft, a man restores his ancestral estate in England, only to be haunted by mysterious noises within the walls. As he investigates, he uncovers horrifying secrets about his family's dark past and the ancient horrors lurking beneath the mansion.
Download or read book Words on Bathroom Walls written by Julia Walton and published by Ember. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Major Motion Picture starring Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, and Taylor Russell! Fans of More Happy Than Not and The Perks of Being a Wallflower will cheer for Adam in this uplifting and surprisingly funny story of a boy living with schizophrenia. When you can't trust your mind, trust your heart. Adam is a pretty regular teen, except he's navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia. His hallucinations include a cast of characters that range from the good (beautiful Rebecca) to the bad (angry Mob Boss) to the just plain weird (polite naked guy). An experimental drug promises to help him hide his illness from the world. When Adam meets Maya, a fiercely intelligent girl, he desperately wants to be the normal, great guy that she thinks he is. But as the miracle drug begins to fail, how long can he keep this secret from the girl of his dreams? "Echoing the premise and structure of Flowers for Algernon, this [is a] frank and inspiring novel." --Publishers Weekly, starred review Don't miss Just Our Luck, another stunning book by Julia Walton. Coming in 2020!
Download or read book Words Within the Walls written by Juvenile Justice Center (San Francisco, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WritersCorps, a joint project of the San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Public Library, places professional writers in community settings to teach creative writing to youth. This is a collection of poems written by students at the the Juvenile Justice Center, guided by Anhvu Buchanan, with space for creative writing excercises created by Buchanan.
Download or read book White Walls written by Judy Batalion and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2016 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judy Batalion grew up in a house filled with endless piles of junk, obsessively gathered and stored by her hoarder mother. The first chance she had, she escaped the clutter to create a new identity - one made of order, regimen and clean white walls. Until, one day, she found herself enmeshed in life's biggest chaos: motherhood. Told with heartbreaking honesty and humour, this is Judy's poignant account of her trials negotiating the messiness of motherhood and the indelible marks that mothers and daughters make on each other's lives.
Download or read book Writing on the Wall written by Mariam Qureshi and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing on the Wall is a creative writing workbook designed specifically with incarcerated youth in mind. Surveying a range of American and global poetry and prose writers, Writing on the Wall exposes its audience to a breadth of creative writing techniques. Investigative and reflective, the workbook provides writers with the opportunity to engage with critical theorists whilst making sense of, and creating art out of, their personal lives and communal affairs.
Download or read book Friend of My Youth written by Alice Munro and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “wickedly funny” (Newsweek) collection of ten short stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “one of the most eloquent and gifted writers of contemporary fiction” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). “Each of her collections demonstrates such linguistic skill, delicacy of vision, and . . . moral strength and clarity.”—Chicago Tribune A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband’s past—and instead discovering unsetting truths about a total stranger. The miraculously accomplished stories in this collection not only astonish and delight, but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience. The mastery—the almost numinous ability to say the unsayable—makes Friend of My Youth a genuine literary event.
Download or read book The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door written by Karen Finneyfrock and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That's the day the trouble started. The trouble that nearly ruined my life. The trouble that turned me Dark. The trouble that begs me for revenge. Celia Door enters her freshman year of high school with giant boots, dark eyeliner, and a thirst for revenge against Sandy Firestone, the girl who did something unspeakable to Celia last year. But then Celia meets Drake, the cool new kid from New York City who entrusts her with his deepest, darkest secret. When Celia's quest for justice threatens her relationship with Drake, she's forced to decide which is sweeter: revenge or friendship. This debut novel from Karen Finneyfrock establishes her as a bright, bold, razor-sharp new voice for teens, perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
Download or read book Youth Writing Behind the Walls von Awraham Cytrin Ghetto Literatur aus L dz written by Mona Hohler and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: 0,0, Hochschule fur Judische Studien Heidelberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Awraham Cytrin, ein junger polnischer Jude, reflektierte in seinen Schriften das Leben und Sterben im Ghetto od und setzte sich dabei unter anderem mit Themen der Menschlichkeit, familiarer Rollenbilder sowie Machtstrukturen im Elend auseinander. Seine Texte und Gedichte geben exemplarisch Einblick in die Gedanken- und Gefuhlswelt von Kindern und Jugendlichen, die im Kontext von Gewalt, Hunger und Tod, von Entrechtung, Korruption und Krankheit versuchten, ihren Platz im Ghettoalltag zu finden sowie im standigem Uberlebenskampf erwachsen zu werden.
Download or read book Dress Coded written by Carrie Firestone and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this middle-grade girl-power friendship story, perfect for fans of Moxie, an eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion. Now available in paperback! Molly Frost is FED UP... Because Olivia was yelled at for wearing a tank top. Because Liza got dress coded and Molly didn't, even though they were wearing the exact same outfit. Because when Jessica was pulled over by the principal and missed a math quiz, her teacher gave her an F. Because it's impossible to find shorts that are longer than her fingertips. Because girls' bodies are not a distraction. Because middle school is hard enough. And so Molly starts a podcast where girls can tell their stories, and before long, her small rebellion swells into a revolution. Because now the girls are standing up for what's right, and they're not backing down.
Download or read book When Walls Become Doorways written by Tobi Zausner and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the lives of artists as inspiration, "When Walls Become Doorways" explores the transformative power of illness and the ability of productivity and creativity to heal the soul.
Download or read book Cartographies of Youth Resistance written by Maurice Rafael Magaña and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his exciting new book, based on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork, Maurice Magaña considers how urban and migrant youth in Oaxaca embrace subcultures from hip-hop to punk and adopt creative organizing practices to create meaningful channels of participation in local social and political life. In the process, young people remake urban space and construct new identities in ways that directly challenge elite visions of their city and essentialist notions of what it means to be indigenous in the contemporary era. Cartographies of Youth Resistance is essential reading for students and scholars interested in youth politics and culture in Mexico, social movements, urban studies, and migration.
Download or read book The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.
Download or read book Words Without Walls written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology is a celebration of outstanding writing by all the students who participated in the Nature of Words "Words Without Walls" programs. Featured are the winners of the 2010 Rising Star Creative Writing Competition, and writing from students in Sisters, Prineville, Bend, Madras and Paulina, Oregon. This is a celebration of young writers and their words that break down walls. -- From back cover.
Download or read book Island written by H. Mark Lai and published by San Francisco Study Center. This book was released on 1980 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings on the Wall written by The Teen Writers Guild of Frankford High School and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-03-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second anthology from the Teen Writers Guild of Frankford High School in Philadelphia - a school that CNN has labeled, One of the most persistently dangerous schools in America. Their urban stories, poetry, raps, and essays will strike a chord in you the likes of which you have never known. Last year the members of the Frankford Guild were honored for their work (against all odds) by Senator Christine Tartaglione and the State Senate of Pennsylvania! a must-read for every middle school and high school in America.
Download or read book The Writing on the Wall written by Dean Hughes and published by Bookcraft, Incorporated. This book was released on 2001 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Young Gene Thomas, son of Alex and Anna, has everything going for him: his natural good looks, his family's prosperity, and his reputation as the best athlete at East High in Salt Lake City. But now that world events are affecting his family, things may not be so rosy after all."--Jacket.
