Download or read book The Boy I Amthe Boy I Am written by K. L. Kettle and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say we're dangerous. But we're not that different. Jude is running out of time. Once a year, lucky young men in the House of Boys are auctioned to the female elite. But if Jude fails to be selected before he turns seventeen, a future deep underground in the mines awaits. Yet ever since the death of his best friend at the hands of the all-powerful Chancellor, Jude has been desperate to escape the path set out for him. Finding himself entangled in a plot to assassinate the Chancellor, he finally has a chance to avenge his friend and win his freedom. But at what price? A gender-flipped, speculative YA thriller, for fans of Malorie Blackman, Louise O'Neill and THE BELLES.
Download or read book Boy Everywhere written by A. M. Dassu and published by Tu Books. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What turns citizens into refugees and then immigrants? In this powerful middle-grade debut, Sami and his family embark on a harrowing journey to save themselves from the Syrian civil war. Sami loves his life in Damascus, Syria. He hangs out with his best friend playing video games; he's trying out for the football team; he adores his family and gets annoyed by them in equal measure. But his comfortable life gets sidetracked abruptly after a bombing in a nearby shopping mall. Knowing that the violence will only get worse, Sami's parents decide they must flee their home for the safety of the UK. Boy, Everywhere chronicles their harrowing journey and struggle to settle in a new land. Forced to sell all their belongings and leave their friends and beloved grandmother behind, Sami and his family travel across the Middle East to Turkey, where they end up in a smuggler's den. From there, they cross the treacherous waters of the Mediterranean and manage to fly to England, only to be separated and detained in an immigration prison for the crime of seeking asylum. Yet the transition from refugee to immigrant in a new life will be the greatest challenge Sami has ever faced. Based on the experiences of real Syrian refugees, this thoughtful middle-grade novel is the rare book to delve deeply into this years-long crisis. Portions of the proceeds of this book will be used to benefit Syrian refugees in the UK and to set up a grant to support an unpublished refugee or immigrant writer in the US. Sami's story is one of survival, of family and friendship, of bravery and longing ... Sami could be any one of us.
Download or read book For Today I Am a Boy written by Kim Fu and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A son of Chinese immigrants discovers his true self in a “sharply written debut . . . a coming-of-age tale for our time” (Seattle Times). Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, Winner 2015 PEN/ Hemingway Award, Finalist Lambda Literary Award, Finalist Longlisted for the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection for Spring 2014 A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice Shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize At birth, Peter Huang is given the Chinese name Juan Chaun, “powerful king.” To his parents, newly settled in small-town Ontario, he is the exalted only son in a sea of daughters, the one who will finally fulfill his immigrant father’s dreams of Western masculinity. Peter and his sisters grow up in an airless house of order and obligation, though secrets and half-truths simmer beneath the surface. At the first opportunity, each of the girls lights out on her own. But for Peter, escape is not as simple as fleeing his parents’ home. Though his father crowned him “powerful king,” Peter knows otherwise. He knows he is really a girl. With the help of his far-flung sisters and the sympathetic souls he finds along the way, Peter inches ever closer to his own life, his own skin, in this darkly funny, emotionally acute, stunningly powerful debut. “Sensitively wrought . . . “For Today I Am a Boy” is as much about the construction of self as the consequences of its unwitting destruction—and what happens when its acceptance seems as foreign as another country.” —The New York Times Book Review “Subtle and controlled, with flashes of humor and warmth.” —Slate “Keeps you reading. Told in snatches of memory that hurt so much they have the ring of truth.” —Bust
Download or read book I m a Boy written by Shelley Metten and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Version 2
Download or read book The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse written by Charlie Mackesy and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Streaming on Apple TV+ on Christmas Day #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER · USA TODAY BESTSELLER “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is not only a thought-provoking, discussion-worthy story, the book itself is an object of art.”- Elizabeth Egan, The New York Times From British illustrator, artist, and author Charlie Mackesy comes a journey for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” asked the mole. “Kind,” said the boy. Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love. The shared adventures and important conversations between the four friends are full of life lessons that have connected with readers of all ages.
Download or read book I m Glad I m a Boy written by Whitney Darrow and published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's concepts of what boys and girls are: "Boys are handsome. Girls are beautiful. Boys are doctors. Girls are nurses. Boys are pilots. Girls are stewardesses."
Download or read book The Boy Whose Head Was Full of Stars written by Isabelle Marinov and published by Enchanted Lion Books. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful picture book about the astronomer Edwin Hubble that invites children to ponder How many stars are in the sky? How did the universe begin? Where diid it come from?
Download or read book John Patrick Norman McHennessy written by John Burningham and published by Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House Group). This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teacher regrets his decision to disbelieve a student's outlandish excuses for being late.
Download or read book Hooray I Am a Boy written by Liesbet Slegers and published by Clavis. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first little fingers and toes to the first birthday cake, this baby book preserves those precious memories. The bright colors and cheerful design are themed for a baby boy.
Download or read book I Am a Boy written by Nick Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story, told in poetic verse, follows a transgender child who is born female bodied. He knows he is a boy and says so from the very first moment of his life. His parents don't understand at first and assume he is just confused. But when he expresses himself clearly they learn to accept him for who he is and love him all the same. "I Am A Boy!!" demonstrates how parents can support their transgender children. It also illuminates what happens to children when they are transgender and guides the reader through how peers of LGBTQ children might react, at first, until they understand who their friend really is.
Download or read book When I Was a Boy I Dreamed written by Justin Matott, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open to the reflections of an old man sharing the wonderful dreams he dreamt when he was young. Building a time machine, digging to China, building the ultimate treehouse and so many more that will truly ignite one's imagination. And when he's done we learn the exciting reality that he is still dreaming. The illustrations alone will capture and enthrall all ages as they are whimsical and full of humor and detail (especially when one learns about the little mouse, Squeakers, hidden on each page!). This book is for all ages. For anyone you long to encourage to dream big and be all they were intended to be. Be sure to check out the companion, "When I Was A Girl... I Dreamed" (even MORE impossible to find that little grey mouse!)
Download or read book The Eye of the North written by Sinéad O'Hart and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Karen Foxlee’s Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy comes a rollicking debut about a young girl’s adventures in the far reaches of the icy north. When Emmeline’s scientist parents mysteriously disappear, she finds herself heading for a safe house, where allies have pledged to protect her. But along the way, she is kidnapped by the villainous Doctor Siegfried Bauer, who is bound for the ice fields of Greenland. There he hopes to summon a mystical creature from the depths of the ancient glaciers, a creature said to be so powerful that whoever controls it can control the world. Unfortunately, Bauer isn’t the only one determined to unleash the creature. The North Witch has laid claim to the mythical beast, too, and Emmeline—along with a scrappy stowaway named Thing—may be the only one with the power to save the world as we know it. Can Emmeline face one of the greatest legends of all time—and live to tell the tale?
Download or read book The Boy on the Bridge written by M. R. Carey and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One exceptional boy journeys into the ashes of society to find the cure for a devastating plague in this riveting post-apocalyptic standalone set in the same world as the USA Today-bestselling The Girl With All the Gifts. Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived. "Strange and surprising and humane" (Lauren Beukes), The Boy on the Bridge is a gripping, powerful story that will make you question what it means to be human.
Download or read book The Mirror Makes No Sense written by Mark Angelo Cummings and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature of emigrants to the Anglo-American world, particularly from former British colonies, contains overt and subtle references to the differences in lifestyle and culture they encounter upon entry into their host countries. They are faced not only with a serious re-evaluation of their own values and beliefs, but also with an immediate delegation to the marginal "other" of western society. This decentration of a previously whole, identifiable self often produces a state of incessant anxiety that seeks stability through the establishment of a new identity that conforms to perceived expectations of the dominant society as a condition of acceptance. This search for a new identity gives birth to controlling strategies that direct the transformation of identity and behavior. Each of the three authors discussed in this book has taken a different approach to dealing with issues of marginality and otherness in a culture of Eurocentric dominance. While Salman Rushdie's works reflect alienation from, and denigration of, traditions and beliefs of the culture of his origin, Bharati Mukherjee's approach to adaptation in the Western culture is marked by an affinity towards hybridization and change while both preserving, to some degree, traditions and beliefs from her culture of origin and demanding as well change in the host culture. Kamala Markandaya differs from both Rushdie and Mukherjee in professing an affirmation of spirituality and mythical beliefs while nevertheless adapting to the West. The respective strategies of the three authors are broadly characterized as mimicry, hybridization, and devotion.
Download or read book Boy s Life written by Robert McCammon and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Alabama boy’s innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song. It’s 1964 in idyllic Zephyr, Alabama. People either work for the paper mill up the Tecumseh River, or for the local dairy. It’s a simple life, but it stirs the impressionable imagination of twelve-year-old aspiring writer Cory Mackenson. He’s certain he’s sensed spirits whispering in the churchyard. He’s heard of the weird bootleggers who lurk in the dark outside of town. He’s seen a flood leave Main Street crawling with snakes. Cory thrills to all of it as only a young boy can. Then one morning, while accompanying his father on his milk route, he sees a car careen off the road and slowly sink into fathomless Saxon’s Lake. His father dives into the icy water to rescue the driver, and finds a beaten corpse, naked and handcuffed to the steering wheel—a copper wire tightened around the stranger’s neck. In time, the townsfolk seem to forget all about the unsolved murder. But Cory and his father can’t. Their search for the truth is a journey into a world where innocence and evil collide. What lies before them is the stuff of fear and awe, magic and madness, fantasy and reality. As Cory wades into the deep end of Zephyr and all its mysteries, he’ll discover that while the pleasures of childish things fade away, growing up can be a strange and beautiful ride. “Strongly echoing the childhood-elegies of King and Bradbury, and every bit their equal,” Boy’s Life, a winner of both the Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Awards, represents a brilliant blend of mystery and rich atmosphere, the finest work of one of today’s most accomplished writers (Kirkus Reviews).
Download or read book The Boy in the Drawer written by Robert Munsch and published by Annick Press. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shelley has to pick up the socks she’s left all over her room. But when she opens her sock drawer, a tiny troublemaking boy appears. She has to make her bed, but there he is again, underneath the sheets watering a tomato plant. Soon enough this tiny terror is making a mess all over the house and Shelley’s efforts to get rid of him only make him grow bigger. The solution, to everyone’s surprise, is banishment by hugs and kisses! A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this charming tale of a tiny, yet persistent interloper to a new generation of young readers.
Download or read book The Boy who was Lost written by Alyce Bergey and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrates in verse the story of twelve-year-old Jesus' trip to Jerusalem.
