Download or read book Island of the Blue Dolphins written by Scott O'Dell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1960 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
Download or read book Into the Blue written by Ben M. Baglio and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jody and her family have begun their trip sailing around the world researching dolphins but an unexpected traveller and a storm make it a difficult beginning.
Download or read book The Girl with the Silver Eyes written by Willo Davis Roberts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 10-year-old girl, who has always looked different from other children, discovers that she not only has unusual powers but that there are others like her.
Download or read book The Blue Dolphin written by Kathryn Gauci and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA TODAY Bestselling author, Kathryn Gauci, comes a powerful and unforgettable portrayal of the hardships of war combined with the darker forces of village life. 'I saw him everywhere: in the brightest star, in the birds that came to my window - he was there. After a love like that, you can endure anything life throws at you.' Set on a Greek island in the Aegean during the German Occupation of Greece, The Blue Dolphin reads like a Greek tragedy. Rich with loyalties and betrayals, it is a harrowing, yet ultimately uplifting story of endurance and love. 1944 Greece: After Nefeli loses her husband during the Italian invasion of Greece in 1940, she ekes out a meager living from her Blue Dolphin taverna with the help of her eight-year-old-daughter, Georgia, their small garden, and Agamemnon the mule. Four of Nefeli's close friends, who belong to the Greek Resistance, ask her to hide a cache of weapons, placing her in mortal danger from the enemy. When the Resistance blows up a German naval vessel filled with troops, three of them are killed, and the Germans start to make regular visits to the island. With the loss of her friends, Nefeli's dire circumstances force her to accept a marriage proposal arranged by the village-matchmakers, but what happens next throws everyone on the island into turmoil and changes the course of Nefeli's and Georgia's lives forever. Extravagant, inventive, and emotionally sweeping, this is a novel that lovers of Nikos Kazantzakis, Louis de Bernieres and Victoria Hislop will not want to miss.
Download or read book The Cruise of the Blue Dolphin written by Nina Chandler Murray and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the advantage of a truly compact reference Bible that will easily fit in your purse or briefcase. Despite the take-it-with-you-anywhere size, this Bible offers extensive references, maps, other study helps, and an easy-to-read typeface. The snap-flap closure features beautiful gold trim.
Download or read book The Door at the End of the World written by Caroline Carlson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An otherworldly middle grade story perfect for fans of A Wrinkle in Time and Stranger Things from the author of the Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates series and the Agatha Award nominee The World’s Greatest Detective. What begins as a rather unremarkable Tuesday quickly turns to disaster when Lucy, the Gatekeeper's deputy, discovers that her boss has vanished and the door connecting Lucy's world to the next world over is broken—and it all might be Lucy's fault. To save the Gatekeeper and set things right, Lucy must break the rules for the first time ever and journey with an otherworldly boy, a suspiciously sneaky girl, and a crew of magical bees into the seven worlds beyond her own. But Lucy isn't the only one breaking the rules. As dangers gather around her, she learns she's up against a sinister force that's playing with the delicate fabric of time and space, no matter what the deadly costs or consequences. Lucy's never had to save the world before—and now, somehow, she's got to find a way to save eight of them.
Download or read book The Seventh Most Important Thing written by Shelley Pearsall and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “luminescent” (Kirkus Reviews) story of anger and art, loss and redemption will appeal to fans of Lisa Graff’s Lost in the Sun and Vince Vawter’s Paperboy. NOMINATED FOR 16 STATE AWARDS! AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK AN ILA TEACHERS CHOICE A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Arthur T. Owens grabbed a brick and hurled it at the trash picker. Arthur had his reasons, and the brick hit the Junk Man in the arm, not the head. But none of that matters to the judge—he is ready to send Arthur to juvie forever. Amazingly, it’s the Junk Man himself who offers an alternative: 120 hours of community service . . . working for him. Arthur is given a rickety shopping cart and a list of the Seven Most Important Things: glass bottles, foil, cardboard, pieces of wood, lightbulbs, coffee cans, and mirrors. He can’t believe it—is he really supposed to rummage through people’s trash? But it isn’t long before Arthur realizes there’s more to the Junk Man than meets the eye, and the “trash” he’s collecting is being transformed into something more precious than anyone could imagine. . . . Inspired by the work of folk artist James Hampton, Shelley Pearsall has crafted an affecting and redemptive novel about discovering what shines within us all, even when life seems full of darkness. “A moving exploration of how there is often so much more than meets the eye.” —Booklist, starred review “There are so many things to love about this book. Remarkable.” —The Christian Science Monitor
Download or read book The Blue Dolphin written by Robert Barnes and published by H J Kramer. This book was released on 1994 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on today's scientific understanding of dolphin life, this inspirational novel tells the story of Boji, an exceptional dolphin whose great self-reliance and love of learning propel him into many exciting and poignant adventures. "Heartwarming, eloquent, and highly readable".--Sean R. Whyte, Executive Director, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
Download or read book The Road to Damietta written by Scott O'Dell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004-10-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newbury Award-winning author delivers “what may be his finest novel” in this young adult narrative of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Fifth Crusade (Publishers Weekly). Rich in the atmosphere of thirteenth-century Italy, The Road to Damietta offers a fascinating new perspective on the man who became Saint Francis of Assisi: the guileless, joyous man who praised the oneness of nature and sought to bring the world into harmony. Thirteen-year-old Ricca di Montanaro, who secretly loves the young Francis, watches in awe as he disavows his rich father and declares himself a servant of Christ. Following him on his journey, Ricca recounts Francis’s attempt to bring peace amidst the bloodshed of the Fifth Crusade. “Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace,” he said. “Where there is hatred, let me sow love, where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.” And so he set off on the road to Damietta…
Download or read book Cartoon Island written by Cartoon Cartoon Island and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-18 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a perfect gift for all Bat and Animal Lover. Perfect purple journal to save your notes. As Your diary to remind you and to collect your great ideas. With our journal you can create and design on the go! Your Bat Animal Lover Notebook: Beautiful matte finished cover 120 Lined Pages, White paper 7,44 x 9,69 inch size Find more beautiful Animal design Notebooks. Click on the author name for more great notebooks ideas.
Download or read book Skyjacked written by Paul Griffin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have a nice flight . . . Cassie, Tim, Emily, Brandon, and Jay are on their way back from a camping trip, flying from Idaho to New York City on Cassie's family's private plane. This might be a usual thing for the others, but for Jay, it's only his second time ever on a plane. And what starts as a normal flight soon veers desperately out of control.One of the regular pilots is sick, so there's a replacement. Cassie has suddenly fallen ill for no reason. And Jay notices the plane is flying west instead of east.As the military works feverishly on the ground to find out what's going on, the friends are trapped thirty-seven thousand feet in the air on a plane that's clearly been hijacked. Only no one knows who's in control or why it's happening. Their only chance to survive is by working together, but when everyone is a suspect, trusting the wrong person is a deadly mistake. With each passing minute, the gas gauge drops, alliances shift, and danger rises. Will anyone make it off Flight 21 alive?
Download or read book Mafia Summit written by Gil Reavill and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mafia Summit is the true story of how a small-town lawman in upstate New York busted a Cosa Nostra conference in 1957, exposing the Mafia to America In a small village in upstate New York, mob bosses from all over the country—Vito Genovese, Carlo Gambino, Joe Bonanno, Joe Profaci, Cuba boss Santo Trafficante, and future Gambino boss Paul Castellano—were nabbed by Sergeant Edgar D. Croswell as they gathered to sort out a bloody war of succession. For years, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had adamantly denied the existence of the Mafia, but young Robert Kennedy immediately recognized the shattering importance of the Appalachian summit. As attorney general when his brother JFK became president, Bobby embarked on a campaign to break the spine of the mob, engaging in a furious turf battle with the powerful Hoover. Detailing mob killings, the early days of the heroin trade, and the crusade to loosen the hold of organized crime, fans of Gus Russo and Luc Sante will find themselves captured by this momentous story. Reavill scintillatingly recounts the beginning of the end for the Mafia in America and how it began with a good man in the right place at the right time.
Download or read book The Art of Al Williamson written by Al Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Remember Tree written by Stefanie Hohl and published by Cfi. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six ornaments with a riddle for each one that reveal the symbols of Christmas
Download or read book Dolphin Finds a Star written by Moira Butterfield and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Splash the dolphin sees a shooting star fall into the ocean, he hopes to find it as a gift for his mother, but on his search he comes across many shining sea creatures, along with other sources of light in the water.
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Download or read book Island of the Blue Dolphins written by and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for the novels: Island of the blue dolphins by Scott O'Dell -- Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink -- Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George -- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson -- Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor --The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks -- The Cay by Theodore Taylor -- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli -- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
