Download or read book Mama Hattie s Girl written by Lois Lenski and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young African American girl moves from the South to the North and finds that family is the same wherever you go Nobody can climb a tree as fast as Lula Bell. Although her mother tells her to be ladylike, Lula Bell prefers fishing and climbing and scrapping in the dirt with the boys. When her day is done, she sits on the porch with her grandmother Hattie, and listens to her tell stories of the North. Up there, Mama Hattie says, everybody’s rich. No one ever has to scrimp to buy nice dresses or spend all day fishing just to put dinner on the table. Life is good. And soon, Lula Bell is going to find out for herself. When her mother moves the family north to find better work, Lula Bell expects the good times have finally arrived. But life is hard wherever they go, and the only thing Lula Bell can truly count on is her mother and beloved Mama Hattie.
Download or read book Mama Hattie s Girl Written and Illustrated by L Lenski written by Lois Lenski and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charity Girl written by Michael Lowenthal and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War I, after an impulsive night with an infected soldier, Frieda Mintz, a seventeen-year-old Jewish girl, is sent to a makeshift detention center for medical treatment with other "charity girls" in similar circumstances
Download or read book The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Oprah s Book Club 2 0 Digital Edition written by Ayana Mathis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newest Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection: this special eBook edition of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis features exclusive content, including Oprah’s personal notes highlighted within the text, and a reading group guide. The arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction. A debut of extraordinary distinction: Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family. In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. She vows to prepare them for the calamitous difficulty they are sure to face in their later lives, to meet a world that will not love them, a world that will not be kind. Captured here in twelve luminous narrative threads, their lives tell the story of a mother’s monumental courage and the journey of a nation. Beautiful and devastating, Ayana Mathis’s The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is wondrous from first to last—glorious, harrowing, unexpectedly uplifting, and blazing with life. An emotionally transfixing page-turner, a searing portrait of striving in the face of insurmountable adversity, an indelible encounter with the resilience of the human spirit and the driving force of the American dream.
Download or read book Hattie s Story written by Susan Kirby and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in 1856, Hattie's father's dangerous work for the Underground Railroad jeopardizes the entire family's safety.
Download or read book The Young Woman s Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Journeys Volume One written by Lois Lenski and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a Newbery Award–winning author: Seven beloved classics that beautifully capture growing up and overcoming challenges across America. In her Newbery Honor Book, Indian Captive, and her Regional America series, six of which are collected here, author/illustrator Lois Lenski presents realistic portrayals of unforgettable young people facing hardships in a range of areas across the country. Based on a true story, Indian Captive tells the compelling chronicle of a twelve-year-old girl kidnapped by the Shawnee in 1758 Pennsylvania. Beginning with the Children’s Book Award winner Judy’s Journey, Lenski depicted kids’ experiences in different regions of mid-twentieth-century America—from East Coast migrant workers to a Texas girl whose family is dealing with drought, from an eleven-year-old boy in oil-boom Oklahoma to the daughter of coal miners in West Virginia, from a family in a flooded western Connecticut town to an African American girl in the 1950s coping with moving north with the help of her loving grandmother. Beyond changing the face of children’s literature, Lenski’s stories continue to endure because of their moving and believable depictions of young people from often overlooked communities. Through her art, Lenski gave these characters a voice that still rings loud and clear for modern readers. This ebook includes Indian Captive, Judy’s Journey, Flood Friday, Texas Tomboy, Boom Town Boy, Coal Camp Girl, and Mama Hattie’s Girl.
Download or read book Savannah s Secrets written by Reese Ryan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falling for the boss has big consequences in this story that launched The Bourbon Brothers series by Reese Ryan. Savannah Carlisle has the perfect plan. By infiltrating the Abbott family’s Tennessee bourbon empire as their events manager, she’d be one step closer to claiming half of the business they stole from her grandfather. Now, she’s not so sure. Because sexy Blake Abbott, heir to it all, is simply intoxicating. He’s supposed to be the enemy. But after one long, stormy weekend trapped with him, her defenses fail her and she gives into temptation. Now she’s pregnant with his child…. From Harlequin Desire:?Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. Don’t miss a single story in The Bourbon Brothers series from Reese Ryan: Book 1 — Savannah’s Secrets Book 2 — The Billionaire’s Legacy Book 3 — Engaging the Enemy Book 4 — A Reunion of Rivals
Download or read book Elementary English written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCC library has 1949-cur.
Download or read book CliffsNotes on Morrison s The Bluest Eye Sula written by Louisa S Nye and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999-03-03 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. CliffsNotes on The Bluest Eye & Sula covers two of Toni Morrison’s unforgettable novels. The Bluest Eye, Morrison’s first novel, focuses on Pecola Breedlove, a lonely, young black girl living in Ohio in the late 1940s. Through Pecola, Morrison exposes the power and cruelty of white, middle-class American definitions of beauty. Sula, Morrison’s second novel, focuses on a young black girl named Sula, who matures into a strong and determined woman in the face of adversity and the distrust, even hatred, of her by the black community in which she lives. Morrison delves into the strong female relationships and how these bonds nurture and threaten individual identity. This study guide will take you beneath the surface of Morrison’s complex characters to uncover their universal themes. Helpful background information about the author brings these novels into context for even greater understanding. Other features that help you study include Complete character lists A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Character analyses of major players Glossary of difficult terms Critical essays Review questions and essay topics Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
Download or read book A Girl Grows Up in New York City written by and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AIn A Girl Grows Up in New York City we meet a young child bargaining the price of apples with a street vendor. A smart blonde of German descent growing up in a traditional Italian neighborhood during WWII. An adolescent enduring the casual cruelty of her father and unwelcome advances from men on the street. A sister coaching her younger brother in the ways of the big city. This determined girl will grow up to become a nurse, a mother, and a teacher. She will earn her PhD in Nursing and mature into a barrier‑breaking professional woman. They are all Joan Heron. With unadorned honesty, wry humor, and not a trace of self‑pity, Joan takes the reader on a tour through her long, productive, and quietly extraordinary life.@ Sabrina Verney ‑ author of Xtul: an experience of The Process AThe streets of New York City in the 1930's and 40's were not always welcoming and friendly. These streets were Joan Heron's playground, her classroom, and she explored this urban jungle without fear as she grew in mind and spirit determined to live her dreams. Earthy and well crafted.@ Daniel Burch Fiddler ‑ author of Beyond the Shadow of my Pagoda.
Download or read book Kathie s Diary written by Margaret White Eggleston and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Humoresque written by Fannie Hurst and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It written by Fannie Hurst and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It" by Fannie Hurst. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book The Featherbed written by John Miller and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Anna and Sadie discover the diaries of their mother, Rebecca, in the days following her death, they learn that her life was far more complex than either of them knew: a garment worker in early-1900s New York; the reluctant wife in an arranged marriage to an ailing and abusive husband; the improbable friend of a pregnant prostitute. But the diaries reveal more than just surprising details about Rebecca’s life: they also point to a family secret - and questions about Sadie’s true parentage. The Featherbed is a gripping family saga that moves between the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side and the stately homes of Toronto’s Annex. Strong in plot, character, setting, and style, it is a fully-realised debut from an assured writer.
Download or read book Turning Over My Soul written by Steffin McNeill and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Then she leaned over and whispered, "Pearlie, I had to kill him, that's the reason I'm here. I'm running from the law and need to stay here for awhile until things cool down." I looked up at her and stepped back because I couldn't believe this woman don killed somebody. Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul, but Hattie Mae Wilson has to learn this the hard way. From the moment of her birth, she grows up fighting-for life, for air, and for survival. Love eludes her, even as a child, and love is the only thing she desperately wants and needs. The Lord said, "Be patient and stand still," but Hattie was moving a little too fast to listen. She goes through life lying, cheating, and killing, until she meets the man who will love her unconditionally. Hattie tries to turn her soul over for him, but her past just won't stay in the past. Even though she changes, her sins haven't, and they've gone unforgiven for too long. How can she make things right after committing such horrendous acts? Hattie has to find out how to turn over her soul before she loses it all.
Download or read book Tales from the Southern Hotel written by Stephanie Macomber and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2024-09-29 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Mary Lou Peters lives in the historic Southern Hotel in fictional Asheville, Maryland. Her life-long dream is to take over the hotel that her parents kept the same for so long. She discovers that she has an amazing gift that throughout these eight stories helps her solve previously unsolved mysteries, many having to do with the hotel’s eventful past. In the beginning, she has no friends besides friends of her parents. She meets all kinds of interesting people—her best friend Robby, energetic Julie, and even a few ghosts. Like everyone else, tragedies, celebrations, good and bad times are a part of Mary Lou’s life, and the hotel’s past. These stories take place in a hotel that is based on the real Southern Hotel in North Carolina. In July, 2005, I toured the hotel when it was for sale. The building and the history inspired this historical fiction collection about a mid-20th century family living in a prosperous small-town hotel.
