Download or read book Deena Misses Her Mom written by Jesse Holmes and published by Books by Teens. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lately, Deena has been getting angry. A lot. She acts out in school and keeps getting in trouble. Everyone is surprised because she used to be very calm, but that was before her mother went to jail. Her dad, her grandma, and her best friend Josey all do their best to help her out, but Deena doesn't want to talk about it. Will a day at the carnival with her Dad help her open up? The authors of this story are part of an innovative program run by Reach Incorporated. Reach develops grade-level readers and capable leaders by preparing teens to serve as tutors and role models for younger students, resulting in improved literacy outcomes for both. Learn more at reachincorporated.org. Books were created in collaboration with Shout Mouse Press. Shout Mouse is a nonprofit writing program and publishing house for unheard voices. Through writing workshops designed for all levels of literacy, Shout Mouse empowers writers from marginalized backgrounds to tell their own stories in their own voices and, as published authors, to act as agents of change. Learn more at shoutmousepress.org

Download or read book Georgia in the Jungle written by Jesse Holmes and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia's best friend has passed away. Her mother knows she's hurting and takes her to an overnight at the zoo to cheer her up. That night, the zoo animals visit her in a dream and talk to her about loss.

Download or read book Not Your Average Runner written by Jill Angie and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Run for fun—no matter your size, shape, or speed! Do you think running sucks? Do you think you’re too fat to run? With humor, compassion, and lots of love, Jill Angie explains how you can overcome the challenges of running with an overweight body, experience the exhilaration of hitting new milestones, and give your self-esteem an enormous boost in the process. This isn’t a guide to running for weight loss, or a simple running plan. It shows how a woman carrying a few (or many) extra pounds can successfully become a runner in the body she has right now. Jill Angie is a certified running coach and personal trainer who wants to live in a world where everyone is free to feel fit and fabulous at any size. She started the Not Your Average Runner movement in 2013 to show that runners come in all shapes, sizes, and speeds, and, since then, has assembled a global community of revolutionaries who are taking the running world by storm. If you would like to be part of the revolution, this is the book for you!

Download or read book Baliem Ballet written by J. David Scherling and published by Inspiring Voices. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born and raised in the jungles of Papua, Indonesia, Deena Fuchida questioned everything. Baliem Ballet is the story of how God provided answers for her most amazing questions. "Author Dave Scherling, former Oak Hills Christian College student, board member, and staff administrator, creatively weaves together the story of Deena, fictional heroine of Baliem Ballet, with source documents and scriptural interpretation to form an intriguing story that sheds light on God's sovereignty in the ups and downs of life." -Steven Ware, PhD, dean of education, Oak Hills Christian College, Bemidji, Minnesota "As one who has spent his life researching for evidence that supports the veracity of the Sacred Scriptures, I have pondered the possibility of documentary finds that could shed light on aspects of Scripture that we often wonder about. The Baliem Ballet heroine, Deena, finds a document, though fictitious, which portrays the exciting reasons why we continue." -Bob Cornuke, PhD, president of the Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration (BASE) Institute, author, and speaker, Monument, Colorado "Baliem Ballet reminds me of our ministry among the Sawi people of southern Papua. The story is fiction, but not farfetched. It describes how one girl, Deena, exemplifies the call God is placing on the native people there. The church today is sending missionaries, not only to other areas of the island, but around the world-trained missionaries who do admirable work." - Don Richardson, Author, Missionary/Minister-at-Large (World Team), Conference Speaker

Download or read book Dear Mum I Miss You written by Stewart Ross and published by Evans Brothers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace is determined to stay in London with her mother. But when their Battersea home is bombed during an air raid, Grace agrees to evacuate and stay with her mysterious aunt—for her mom's sake. The trouble is she misses her mom too much! This story will help readers better understand what Londoners went through during World War II.

Download or read book Love to the Last Breath written by Daniel D. Narwa and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If I ever get married, my marriage won't have any problems, because I'm going to be a perfect husband and father." Is the idealistic young lawyer Jeffery Schiller asking for too much? Will he spend a lifetime looking for his soulmate or settle for someone, or something, less than perfect? Is falling in love and getting married a sure prescription for happiness? Love to the Last Breath is destined to capture your imagination and break your heart in the process of answering these, and other, questions. Spanning twenty-five years, the well wrought cast of characters and focussed plot drive this sweet, romantic dramedy onward. Serving the reader a pinch of mystery, a sprinkle of wisdom, and a drizzling of humour makes for a cornucopia of delicious reading. Love to the Last Breath is always entertaining. Yet with its underlying philosophical outlook, it demonstrates a love story need not be frivolous. The main characters are appealing individuals with strong family values and high moral standards. Passages flow, join forces, and build up like waves, each in turn, making you laugh, shed a tear and pause to contemplate your own life. Romantic, hilarious, heart-wrenching, and inspiring, this book is perfect for readers who believe at least in the possibility of finding the love of one's life. So, curl up on the couch with this book and a cup of hot chocolate-of course, with a marshmallow to float on top. Jeffery himself would settle for nothing less!

Download or read book We Are Family written by Patricia Hegarty and published by Tiger Tales. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging picture book celebrates the uniqueness and diversity of families—and no matter how different they may seem, the love that is shared is all the same. Every family is unique and special. Some families are made up of many people, and some are much smaller. Sometimes family members look like each other, and sometimes they don’t! From busy mornings before school to special times spent together, families engage in many similar activities. This engaging picture book celebrates the diversity of families around the world and explores the ways that family members support each other through good times and bad. Families may look different, but the love that is shared is all the same.

Download or read book A Good Kind of Trouble written by Lisa Moore Ramée and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and Jason Reynolds. Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what? Shay’s sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn't think that's for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum. Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn't face her fear, she'll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now that’s trouble, for real. "Tensions are high over the trial of a police officer who shot an unarmed Black man. When the officer is set free, and Shay goes with her family to a silent protest, she starts to see that some trouble is worth making." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")

Download or read book My Name is Bilal written by Asma Mobin-Uddin and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featured in a New York Times article titled "Teach Your Kids to Resist Hatred Toward Asians" A young boy wrestles with his Muslim identify until a compassionate teacher helps him to understand more about his heritage. After a family move, Bilal and his sister Ayesha attend a new school where they find out that they may be the only Muslim students there. Bilal sees his sister bullied on their first day, so he worries about being teased himself, thinking it might be best if his classmates didn't know that he is Muslim. Maybe if he tells kids his name is Bill, rather than Bilal, then they will eave him alone. But when Bilal's teacher Mr. Ali, who is also Muslim, sees how Bilal is struggling. He gives Bilal a book about the first person to give the call to prayer during the time of the Prophet Muhammad. That person was another Bilal: Bilal Ibn Rabah. What Bilal learns from the book forms the compelling story of a young boy grappling with his identity.

Download or read book Mom and Dad Don t Live Together Any More written by Kathy Stinson and published by Annick Press ; Scarborough, Ont. : Distributed in Canada and the U.S.A. by Firefly Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about divorce told from a child's point of view.

Download or read book A Tale Dark Grimm written by Adam Gidwitz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.

Download or read book Someone Farted written by Bruce Eric Kaplan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two words throw a family’s car trip into utter (and smelly) chaos in this hilarious story of denial from Bruce Eric Kaplan. The Krupkes are having a nice, peaceful Saturday morning drive to the grocery store when: it happens. Someone. Farts. The car is thrown into chaos. Sister turns against brother. Mom almost faints. Dad almost gets into an accident. The smell is so bad it’s criminal—so criminal they all end up in jail! And still no one will take responsibility for the odious odor. Will the Krupkes make it through this ordeal in one piece, or will they fracture from the unending accusations of “whoever smelt it dealt it?”

Download or read book Hope Was Here written by Joan Bauer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-06-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers fell in love with teenage waitress Hope Yancey when Joan Bauer’s Newbery Honor–winning novel was published ten years ago. Now, with a terrific new jacket and note from the author, Hope’s story will inspire a new group of teen readers.

Download or read book On the Run written by Alice Goffman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014, as part of the Fieldwork encounters and discoveries series.

Download or read book Aging Studies and Ecocriticism written by Nassim W. Balestrini and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aging Studies and Ecocriticism: Interdisciplinary Encounters argues that both aging studies and ecocriticism address the complex dynamics of individual and collective agency, oppression and dependency, care and conviviality, vulnerability and resistance as well as intergenerationality and responsibility. Yet, even though both fields employ overlapping methodologies and theoretical frameworks and scrutinize “boundary texts” in different literary genres, which have been analyzed from ecocritical perspectives as well as from the vantage point of critical aging studies, there has been little scholarly interaction between ecocritical literary studies and aging studies to date. The contributors in this volume demonstrate the potential of specific genres to narrate relationality and age, and the aesthetic and ethical challenges of imagining changes, endings, and survival in the Anthropocene. As the first step towards putting both fields in conversation, this collection offers new pathways into understanding human and nonhuman ecological relations.

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Download or read book His Forbidden Kiss written by Jessica Lemmon and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kissing the wrong brother might bring this family empire to the breaking point... in the first novel in Jessica Lemmon’s deliciously naughty Kiss and Tell series. “Being reckless is okay from time to time.” A stolen kiss puts that theory to the test... When Taylor Thompson finds out the man she's casually dating is going to propose at the Valentine's Day gala, she literally hides in a closet! That’s where Royce Knox, her date's older—and to her mind, sexier—brother finds her. In a panic, she kisses him—causing chaos between her family and his, and in the tech company they co-founded. Royce can't help himself—he kisses her back. After his brother catches them, though, he has some explaining to do. It doesn’t help that he and his brother are also competing to be CEO. Royce never gives in to unruly emotions—until Taylor. And now he must choose between the company he loves and the woman setting him on fire... Love triumphs in the Seattle tech world in the Kiss and Tell series. Book 1: His Forbidden Kiss Book 2: One Wild Kiss Book 3: One Last Kiss