Download or read book Patrick McStup s Mixed Up Family Christmas part 1 written by Patrick McErlean and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PATRICK AND HIS FAMILY ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE CHRISTMAS... TOGETHER! Preparing for Christmas is never easy, especially if you are part of a large dysfunctional family who fights and argues all the time. Patrick, the second oldest sibling of 9 kids, is still trying to figure out if he is obsessed with Santa or if he is just his biggest fan. Is Patrick gullible or is he a smart aleck? Just who does Grandma Bertha and her big butt think they are? Why is Mom threatening to stop what she is doing at home and walk all the way back to the store without any shoes or coat on? Who did what to the Christmas tree and why? Depending on who you are, this day just keeps on getting better...or worse!
Download or read book Sugar Birds written by Cheryl Grey Bostrom and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NORTHWEST WASHINGTON STATE, 1985 For years, Harris Hayes has taught his daughter, Aggie, the ways of the northern woods, where she sketches nests of wild birds as an antidote to sadness. Then her depressed, unpredictable mother forbids her to climb the trees that give her sanctuary and comfort. Angry, ten-year-old Aggie accidentally lights a tragic fire and flees downriver. She lands her boat near untamed forest, then hides among trees and creatures she believes are her only friends—determined to remain undiscovered. A search party gathers hours after Celia arrives at her grandmother’s nearby farm. Hurting from her parents’ breakup, she also plans to run. But when she joins the hunt for Aggie, she meets two irresistible young men who compel her to stay. One is autistic; the other, dangerous. Ideal for fans of Under the Magnolias, Where the Crawdads Sing, and The Great Alone, Sugar Birds is a layered, riveting story set in the breathtaking natural world—where characters encounter the mending power of forgiveness, for themselves and for those who have failed them. “A true page-turner . . . An engrossing tale.” Kirkus Reviews 2022 CHRISTIANITY TODAY’S BOOK AWARDS: Award of Merit – Fiction 2022 ACFW CAROL AWARDS: Winner - Debut Fiction 2022 IPPY AWARDS: Gold Winner - Best First Book, Fiction 2022 CHRISTY AWARD FINALIST - First Novel 2022 NAUTILUS AWARDS: Silver Winner - Fiction/Large Publishers 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: Winner - Inspirational Fiction and Cross-Genre Fiction; Finalist - General Fiction, Literary Fiction 2022 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS: Finalist - General Fiction/Novel 2021 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS: Winner - Literary Fiction, General Fiction, and Cross-Genre Fiction; Finalist - Religious Fiction 2021 BEST BOOK AWARDS: Winner - Inspirational Fiction; Finalist - Cross-Genre Fiction 2021 FOREWORD INDIES: Silver Winner - Religious Fiction; Finalist - General Adult Fiction 2021 READER’S FAVORITE AWARDS: Silver Medalist - Inspirational Fiction
Download or read book Another D for DeeDee written by Bibi Belford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the highly praised Canned and Crushed comes a new story about friendship, the consequences of bad decisions, and embracing what makes you different! DeeDee’s life is full of D’s. Missing her dad, who’s disappeared. Distracted by her sister’s quinceañera and her brother dropping out of high school. Disappointing her family by struggling in her new school. Being diagnosed with diabetes. So many D’s she worries she’ll never fit in, and worse, never find the best friend she’s always wanted. Then she meets River, her new neighbor with cochlear implants and finds they have the same interests. Art. Dance. Skateboarding. And they both miss their dads. But while DeeDee struggles to adjust to her new circumstances and life with diabetes, River embraces life, even his differences. River offers to help search for DeeDee’s dad and coach her in skateboarding and the two become friends. River even encourages her to participate in her school’s Spring Fling talent show. Then River transfers to DeeDee’s new school. Instead of sticking up for him and risking being made fun of, DeeDee makes mistake after mistake until she’s forced to decide: keep the best friend she’s always wanted by standing up to her classmates, or stay silent and lose River forever? Before DeeDee can be a good friend she must learn to love differences—not just River’s but also her own.
Download or read book Canned and Crushed written by Bibi Belford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sandro Zapote finds out his little sister needs heart surgery, he is determined to help his parents raise the money they’ll need to help her get better. Sandro’s dad is in the states illegally and must work two jobs to support the family. For one, he picks up roadkill for the department of streets and sanitation and gets paid by the carcass. For the other, he collects scrap metal to recycle for cash. Sandro helps his dad with some of the scrap metal heavy lifting, and one headboard, a weight bench, some gutters, and a few car parts later, Sandro has a brilliant idea: can collecting. Save the environment. Save his family. Maybe even save some spending money for the fabulous, fast new bike he’s been coveting. Well-meaning and with funny inner monologue, Sandro is the kind of person you can’t help but cheer for. He’s a boy who loves drawing, soccer, and his little sister. And whether he’s fishing a fuzzy, dust-coated turtle out from under his sister’s bed or organizing a school-wide can drive all by himself, Sandro is a smart, self-aware hero, who makes just a few mistakes along the way. Canned and Crushed, by first-time author Bibi, gives Sandro a funny, relatable, readable voice, while being fresh and original. It’s a story that will open its readers’ eyes, dealing with issues of illegal immigration, unemployment, racism and religious persecution, bullying, and more—carefully and with a light and often humorous touch. This is a cross between The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and it’s a book no kid will want to miss. Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Download or read book Reading Righting and Alunatic written by C.V. Green and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading, Righting, and Alunatic By: C.V. Green C.V. Green details her struggle within a dysfunctional family, a career jeopardized by a white supremacist principal, and continues to use her God given spiritual gifts to help others. Ms. Green is a graduate from the University of Kentucky in the area of Health Sciences. She earned her Masters Degree in Science through Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Ms. Green encompassed eleven years to create her memoir. Inquiries can be mailed to: Ms. C.V. Green 480 Lexington Road Suite 12 - #188 Versailles, KY 40383
Download or read book Crossing the Line written by Bibi Belford and published by Sky Pony. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Award-Winning Middle Grade Novel Inspired by the True Events Leading Up to the 1919 Chicago Race Riots Some people think there’s a line, and if everybody stays on their side of the line, then we’ll all get along just fine. That’s what Billy’s da told him, back before he joined up in the Great War. Da said that sometimes, to do what’s right, you gotta cross that line. Course, that was before the war ended and Billy’s da came home with shell shock. Now it’s up to Billy to be man of the house, to take care of his ma and sisters and work at the docks when he can. He ain’t no coward, and he don’t complain, not even when money troubles mean he has to change schools. It’s hard times for all the Irish—maybe even for all of Chicago. And it gets harder when Billy becomes friends with Foster, a black boy who loves baseball and whose daddy went to war, too. What seems like just horsing around to them—building a raft, spending time in their secret hideout by the creek—stirs up trouble when the rest of the city gets wind of it. Soon, the boys’ friendship has triggered a series of events that will change both their lives forever. And with racial tensions in the city coming to a head, Billy must decide once and for all what it means to be courageous, to be a friend, and to truly cross the line.
Download or read book So You Wanna Trip Acid the Preparation Book written by Rebecca Simone Anthony and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So You Wanna Trip Acid: The Preparation Book is the first book in the So You Wanna Trip Acid series.So You Wanna Trip Acid is an amalgamation of my 8+ years of usage, experimentation, and practice with LSD.Not your typical 12 step program, So You Wanna Trip Acid: The Preparation Book chronicles 12 tried and true steps for embarking on your next acid trip.
Download or read book Sometimes I Have a Heart written by K. G. Ginley and published by Genz Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K.G. Ginley's debut poetry collection explores deep themes with rich imagery and impactful language. Each piece carries emotive layers, conjuring meaning and stirring images. Touching upon the many facets of the human condition, Ginley's collection ebbs and flows with the emotional toll of reaching deep into moments of pain, longing, sorrow, empowerment, and love. Thematic elements such as the ocean and natural landscapes abound and contribute to cultivating a collection founded on exploring sharp and profound sentiment. The author also weaves in bits of tales in pieces like "Tin Wo(Man)" and "The Witch in the Night." Readers will explore the depth of what makes us all human and the myriad of emotions and stories that encompass our true selves. They will find themselves within Ginley's words and stories as they speak to a grander life experience, a shared life experience.
Download or read book Live and Let Die written by Theron Maynard and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Shawn and Taylor are together as one, there is nothing but happiness. Life finds them as two teenagers on a path of young love. On one simple night during the autumn season, everything seemed to fit just right. The sun melted into the ocean just as the moon crept into the sky. It isn't until a misplaced sense of fear takes over and everything breaks. Taylor loses Shawn, the only boy that she has ever loved. Shawn loses Taylor, the only girl he's ever loved. Both go on this journey of love, redemption, loss, heartbreak, and fragility of life. The path back to each other won't be easy.
Download or read book The Life She Once Knew The Incredible True Story of Queena The Bloomingdale Library Attack Survivor written by Vanna Nguyen and published by Ambassador International. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1981, a young woman faced death as she lay on the floor of a small boat in the South China Sea fleeing the life she once knew in Vietnam. In 2008, her teenage daughter lay fighting for her life after being brutally raped and abandoned while returning books at a library near Tampa, Florida. The attack in front of the Bloomingdale library left Queena with a traumatic brain injury, sentenced to a life unable to walk, see, or speak. As Vanna Nguyen lovingly poured herself into caring for her now severely disabled daughter, she also battled with reliving her own Vietnam War survival story. And she must decide, can she forgive the attacker whose unforgivable decision changed both their lives as they knew them forever? In The Life She Once Knew, Vanna candidly chronicles the deeply spiritual and emotionally powerful journeys of these two strong women as they fight for their lives and their futures decades apart.
Download or read book Crowned with Glory written by Dorena Williamson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ode to Black hair and Black girl joy, this joy-filled rhyming picture book invites young readers into the world of a young Black girl as she rocks her God-given beauty. Hello, world! I’m a gift from above. I already know that I am loved. Gazing around with a great big grin— there’s a whole wide world for me to take in. From the hair on her head to the tips of her toes, Azira knows that she is awesome! And whether it’s styled in twists, curls, braids, Bantu knots, a textured bun, or left totally natural, her hair is just one of the countless things that helps Azira celebrate who God made her to be. She’s able to live out a beautiful story because God has crowned her with glory—and Azira wants you to do the same! Young readers will be inspired by this empowering, uplifting reminder to always be and love who God created them to be.
Download or read book ColorFull written by Dorena Williamson and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why be colorblind when we can be colorFULL instead? Imani and Kayla are the best of friends who are learning to celebrate their different skin colors. As they look around them at the amazing colors in nature, they can see that their skin is another example of God's creativity! This joyful story takes a new approach to discussing race: instead of being colorblind, we can choose to celebrate each color God gave us and be colorFULL instead.
Download or read book GraceFull written by Dorena Williamson and published by B&H Kids. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope and Anna love seeing each other at church. When a Sunday grace offering is collected to help lift up Anna’s homeless family, Hope begins to ask questions and has a unique opportunity to learn what grace looks like, both for her and for Anna’s immigrant family. This touching story teaches children that God showers grace that is meant to be shared—allowing us all to be GraceFull! In this follow up to her first two books, ColorFull and ThoughtFull, Dorena Williamson opens a dialogue on the tough subjects of poverty and homelessness and offers children encouragement to show God’s grace and love to others whose home life or homeland might look very different than their own. Also available: ColorFull: Celebrating the Colors God Gave Us ThoughtFull: Discovering the Unique Gifts in Each of Us
Download or read book Eleven Floors written by Maxz McGlinchey-Milne and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a clear view of the castle from Skylers bedroom window. She was forbidden from ever going there, as it was a very old, dilapidated building and quite unsafe. The plans were to build houses around it and to convert the castle itself into luxury apartments, but just before the commencement of the renovation of the place, the developer disappeared and as a result, all work ceased. Skyler wasnt convinced that the castle was uninhabited, and was suspicious it had the answers to many things, including the disappearance of the developer. Her inquisitiveness about the castle filled her thoughts, but she was sure that one day, she would find the answers to the mystery that surrounded the castle, and who or what was occupying it
Download or read book Birdie Poop Poetry Book written by Allan R Emery and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day I took my daughter who was about seven, for a walk on the trails at the Back Bay in Portland, Maine. She was committed to walking the entire way around the bay, which is about six miles. Then about four miles into the walk she wanted to stop. There was really no way to do so. Instead her cleaver daddy wrote an instant poetry abomination that was so disgusting to sing, one could not do so without laughing. So, we changed the final two miles of the walk from a whining pity party to a laugh-a-minute musical march neither of us will ever forget. Welcome to "Birdie Poop!"
Download or read book The Midnight Shrink written by Edward A. Dreyfus and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the context of a search for a serial killer, a streetwise psychologist with a social conscience - Dr. David Edminson - treats denizens of the night in his van on the streets of LA's skid row between the hours of 9 PM and 5 AM. He works with his best friends, an LAPD detective and an ER physician; they are all NY transplants committed to social justice and wanting to make a difference. Similar to his patients, Dr. Edminson has built his life on a narrative created in childhood. While working on the case of a serial killer of prostitutes and strippers, he learns that his adored grandfather may not have been the great man he thought he was. Dr. Edminson then goes on a journey to discover the truth about his life and the family from which he has been estranged. What he learns shakes the very foundation upon which he has built his life sending him into an existential crisis.
Download or read book The One That Got Away written by Clint Hofer and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-03-22 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993, Terri Zimmerman returns to her childhood home in South St. Louis, and her life is changed forever. When she was growing up, Terri lived with her parents above the Zimmerman Bakery, which is now a tavern named the Stag Club. Terri becomes friends with Dinty Smith, the proprietor of the Stag Club. She also gets reacquainted with Glen Wunsch, a childhood friend who is the last member of a once-prominent St. Louis brewing family. Glen's grandmother is Anna Grosse, the infamous Lavender Lady who once dominated St. Louis high society and who again finds herself in the spotlight as the namesake of a new floating casino called the Belle of Calhoun. Terri sells perfume at the Famous-Barr store in Crestwood Plaza, and one of her customers is Barbara Grogan, who does a television program about the sport of fishing. Barbara is known as the Happy Hooker. Terri and Barbara become friends, but they eventually have a falling out. Terri's best friend is a girl from the Philippines named Paz Militante. The two girls work together behind the Estée Lauder counter at Famous-Barr. This is a lighthearted, humorous, romantic story that moves dramatically to the cataclysmic conclusion as the great flood sweeps through South St. Louis, destroying everything in its path.
