Download or read book The Slightly True Story of Cedar B Hartley who Planned to Live an Unusual Life written by Martine Murray and published by Macmillan Children's Books. This book was released on 2003-01-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable first novel from a huge new talent in children's fiction. Flame-haired Cedar's dog Stinky has gone missing and the house feels thuddingly empty. Her puddle of people usually consists of three, but since her brother Barnaby was sent away it has been just Cedar and her mother. And Stinky. But when a mysterious boy called Kite finds the dog, Cedar discovers through him a new and liberating world of daring acrobatics. Kite is about to overturn Cedar - and her life - in every way

Download or read book Cedar B Hartley written by Martine Murray and published by MacMillan UK. This book was released on 2007-03-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One minute Cedar’s life is perfect - she, her best friends and her almost-boyfriend, Kite, are having the greatest time performing with their own little circus, The Acrobats - the next, Kite announces he’s leaving town with his dad to join a real circus with professional acrobats. Cedar is furious. How could Kite abandon The Acrobats - and her? Then long-lost Aunt Squeezy arrives and introduces Cedar to Shakira and the other refugee kids at the Neighbourhood Network. Running a circus class for them, Cedar soon realises that the best way to stop feeling sorry for yourself is to stop thinking about yourself. So when Cedar is offered her own place at Kite’s circus, she has to decide - should she follow her own high-flying dream or stick with her friends.

Download or read book The Slightly True Story of Cedar B Hartley written by Martine Murray and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny, tender and wise story about nearly-13-year-old Cedar B. Hartley - 'exasperating and potentially infamous' - who loses her dog, finds a new friend, becomes an acrobat, and learns some bitter-sweet truths about family, community and herself. A captivating debut novel by a distinctive new writer.

Download or read book The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B Hartley written by Martine Murray and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second funny, touching chapter in the life of Cedar B. Hartley, who plans to be infamous. Cedar's world turns upside down when her almost-boyfriend, Kite, moves to Albury to join a professional circus.

Download or read book Henrietta Gets a Letter written by Martine Murray and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have to work out what is making that STRANGE AND OMINOUS scuffling noise under my bed. I don't think it's a crocodile, or a rhino. It might be a monster, but monsters lurk around dark misty lakes, so it's unlikely. What is under my bed? A small silver key is the first clue. And then, TING A LING A LING A LING, Henrietta is woken up by a tiny person with wings. 'Lordy, Lordy, ' says Henrietta. 'Are you a fairy?' 'I'm Mabel May Hissop. Born in the moonlight and raised in a pale orange poppy.' Henrietta P. Hoppenbeek is very often brave and bold, and sometimes expasperating and expooperating, but she's always ready for explorification ..."--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Marsh Me written by Martine Murray and published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Joey, a loner whose life consists of home, school, and the hill where he plays guitar, meets Marsh, she opens his eyes to a new world.

Download or read book The Wanting Monster written by Martine Murray and published by Enchanted Lion. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Martine Murray (dubbed Australia's Kate DiCamillo) and painter Anna Read comes a timeless and timely tale about the monstrousness of envy, and every creature's--even a monster's--need for love It starts with a whisper in your ear. A prickly feeling that something isn't quite right. And it builds until a sneaky, possessive thought wriggles into your mind, and an insidious want burrows into your heart. Before you know it, you're discontent, convinced that you're owed more than what you've got. This is the work of the Wanting Monster. One day, the Wanting Monster arrives in a small village, but no one notices him, despite his antics. Feeling snubbed, he starts sowing discontent and envy of one's neighbor. So infectious is the wanting and greed awakened by the Wanting Monster that even the stars are plucked, one by one, from the sky. Covetousness and distrust reign. Will the village people ever return to their senses? Will they ever learn that it's the monster of wanting that's been poisoning their minds? The Wanting Monster almost triumphs . . . fortunately, he is finally seen for what he is, and this recognition unleashes the purifying force of collective lamentation and a coming together to reroot and rebuild.

Download or read book How to make a bird written by Martine Murray and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mannie is escaping - from small town life, from family mysteries, from grief, from her fragile former self; she's heading for the city in search of an elusive 'something' to make herself feel right. A YA novel of rare sensitivity, whimsical humour and revelation. WINNER: 2002 QLD Premier's Literary Awards. I'm not a bad person. I've simply come out of left field. I'm a stray and, anyway, whatever I am, I'm not it yet. I'm still becoming. In fact, I'd always believed that I was once a horse, because I loved to run down a hill. And Eddie was a fish. He was a swaggerer, if you know what I mean. Flimsy but loveable. Mannie is searching for the thing she doesn't yet know, but it's like a runaway kite pulling her heart forward. So she's leaving home. She's heading for the city with nothing but a long red dress, a strong hunch, and an unknown address in her pocket. As the day turns to night, Mannie makes a lot of discoveries and not exactly the ones she planned to make. With rare sensitivity, wisdom and humour, and a voice that's entirely her own, Martine Murray tells a bittersweet story about longing and losing and finding again.

Download or read book Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars written by Martine Murray and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molly has a strange life. Her mama collects herbs at dawn and makes potions, her father and brothers have gone away, and her house feels like a gypsy caravan. Molly doesn’t want to know anything about herbs and potions. She wishes she could be more like her best friend, Ellen, who has a normal family and a normal house. But she is also secretly interested in Pim, who is inquisitive and odd and a little bit frightening. When Molly’s mama makes a potion that has a wild and shocking effect, Molly and Pim look for a way to make things right, and Molly discovers the magic and value of her own unusual life. Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars is a delightful story about friendship and acceptance and learning to see the wonder in the world. Martine Murray writes and illustrates picture books, middle-grade fiction and young adult fiction, including The Slightly True Story of Cedar B Hartley, The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B Hartley and How to Make a Bird. Her books have been published internationally and translated into seventeen languages. She was born in Melbourne and currently lives in Castlemaine in Victoria. 'Murray’s storytelling is so fresh and beguiling that, for a moment, we feel this is great wisdom heard for the first time.’ The Times UK, ‘Children’s Book of the Week’ ‘Martine Murray’s writing is majestical and sophisticated...this book has a sense of wonder about it.’ Books & Publishing ‘A beautiful magical story, full of surprises and brimming with wisdom.’ Karen Foxlee ‘Molly and Pim is wild, whimsical and wonderful. It makes you fall in love with the world and everyone in it.’ Sally Rippin ‘Open-hearted and magical—an utter delight.’ Rebecca Stead ‘Here is a middle-grade novel that sees beauty and magic in the environment around us, and celebrates seeds of friendship which grow deep roots. I loved this charming and whimsical novel, and young readers will too!’ Alpha Reader ‘Murray gives the reader a truly delightful tale and adorns her text with charming illustrations...A magical read.’ BookMooch ‘Sensory and lyrical, with awe-inspiring imagery.’ Boomerang Books ‘A sweet and heart-warming story, perfect for children and adults too.’ Bookish Manicurist ‘Sensitive and wonderfully eccentric...This is a beautiful, hopeful book.’ Readings ‘There is a lyrical quality to this narrative, a cadence—soft and whimsical. Martine Murray’s Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars brings a sense of magic and wonder and is beautifully written.’ ReadPlus ‘This novel is The Loveliest. Sweet and splendid and magical, while still being of-this-world.’ Steph Bowe ‘A novel for young readers about difference, connections, magic, life and the forces of nature...Beautifully written.’ Stuff NZ ‘It’s such a gorgeous story that I devoured it in one sitting, marvelling in the beauty of small little sketches that were dotted intermittently throughout the novel and the lyrical way the paragraphs were weaved together, presenting a book that was equally satisfying to admire and immerse yourself in.’ Written Word Worlds ‘Magical and perceptive’ Parents in Touch ‘Murray’s storytelling is so fresh and beguiling that, for a moment, we feel this is great wisdom heard for the first time.’ Times UK ‘A glorious heartwarming book.’ Read It Daddy ‘Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars by Martine Murray is an eccentric highly readable story about friendship and individuality. If you have ever marvelled at all the wonder in the world then join Molly on an exciting adventure of discovery.’ Armadillo

Download or read book Slightly True Story of Cedar B Hartley written by Martine Murray and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When twelve-year-old Cedar loses her dog, it sets off a chain of events leading her to find a new friend, become an acrobat, and learn some bitter-sweet truths about family, community, and herself.

Download or read book Places I Never Meant to be written by Judy Blume and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories accompanied by short essays on censorship by twelve authors whose works have been challenged in the past.

Download or read book Henrietta written by Martine Murray and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funky, charming and full of adventure, this story about the inimitable Henrietta is perfect for young children and anyone else with a curly imagination. In an appealing small hardback format, illustrated throughout.

Download or read book 1001 Children s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up written by Julia Eccleshare and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is the perfect introduction to the very best books of childhood: those books that have a special place in the heart of every reader. It introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles and much-loved classics that many generations have read and enjoyed. From wordless picture books and books introducing the first words and sounds of the alphabet through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction, the titles featured in this book reflect the wealth of reading opportunities for children.Browsing the titles in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up will take you on a journey of discovery into fantasy, adventure, history, contermporary life, and much more. These books will enable you to travel to some of the most famous imaginary worlds such as Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwart's School. And the route taken may be pretty strange, too. You may fall down a rabbit hole, as Alice does on her way to Wonderland, or go through the back of a wardrobe to reach the snowy wastes of Narnia.

Download or read book Keith County Journal written by John Janovy and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1996-02-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To learn from nature, not about nature, was the imperative that took John Janovy Jr. and his students into the sandhills, marshes, grasslands, canyons, lakes, and streams of Keith County in western Nebraska. The biologist explores the web of interrelationships among land, animals, and human beings. Even termites, snails, and barn swallows earn respect and assume significance in the overall scheme of things. Janovy, reminiscent of Henry David Thoreau in his acute powers of observation and search for wisdom, has written a new foreword for this Bison Books edition.John Janovy Jr. is Varner Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and director of the Cedar Point Biological Station. He is the author of Back in Keith County and On Becoming a Biologist, also available as Bison Books.

Download or read book For Crew and Country written by John Wukovits and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In For Crew and Country, John Wukovits tells of the most dramatic naval battle of the Pacific War and the incredible sacrifice of the USS Samuel B. Roberts. On October 25, 1944, the Samuel B. Roberts, along with the other twelve vessels comprising its unit, stood between Japan's largest battleship force ever sent to sea and MacArthur's transports inside Leyte Gulf. Faced with the surprise appearance of more than twenty Japanese battleships, cruisers, and destroyers, including the Yamato, at 70,000 tons the most potent battlewagon in the world, the 1,200-ton Samuel B. Roberts turned immediately into action with six other ships. Captain Copeland marked the occasion with one of the most poignant addresses ever given to men on the edge of battle: "Men," he said over the intercom, "we are about to go into a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected." The ship churned straight at the enemy in a near-suicidal attempt to deflect the more potent foe, allow the small aircraft carriers to escape, and buy time for MacArthur's forces. Of 563 destroyers constructed during WWII, the Samuel B. Roberts was the only one sunk, going down with guns blazing in a duel reminiscent of the Spartans at Thermopylae or Davy Crockett's Alamo defenders. The men who survived faced a horrifying three-day nightmare in the sea, where they battled a lack of food and water, scorching sun and numbing nighttime cold, and nature's most feared adversary—sharks. The battle would go down as history's greatest sea clash, the Battle of Samar—the dramatic climax of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Download or read book A Night to Remember written by Walter Lord and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-01-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title.

Download or read book The Last Summer of Ada Bloom written by Martine Murray and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • A beautiful and affecting story about the fragility of family relationships and about the pervading effects of secrets we keep, set in a small Victorian country town. • It is 1980, the year of John Lennon's assassination, and the Bloom family is beginning to unravel. Martha is lost in regret for her past, her husband Mike is yearning for a time when his wife wasn't always so distant, teenagers Tilly and Ben are both coming of age in their own unruly ways, and nine-year-old Ada is holding on to a childhood that is about to be lost to her. • Told from the perspectives of each family member, Martine Murray's impressive adult fiction debut is about a family growing up and growing apart, each of them longing for their own kind of freedom. • Lyrical, sophisticated and immensely captivating, The Last Summer of Ada Bloom is ultimately a story about relationships, what people withhold from each other, and what happens when secrets, present and past, come to light. • For fans of Holly Throsby's Goodwood, Peggy Frew's Hope Farm and Anne Tyler's A Spool of Blue Thread • Martine Murray is an award-winning children’s novelist and illustrator. She was born in Melbourne and now lives in Castlemaine, Victoria.