Download or read book The Broken Boy written by Patrick Cockburn and published by OR Books. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is very easy to get polio. The celebrated Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn was just six years old when he woke up one day in the summer of 1956 with a headache and a sore throat. His parents, Claud and Patricia Cockburn, had recently returned to Ireland, to their house in East Cork, careless of the fact that a polio epidemic had broken out in Cork City. Cockburn caught the disease and was taken to the fever hospital where, alone for the first time in his life, he was kept in isolation. The virus attacks the nerves of the brain and the spinal cord leading to paralysis of the muscles. Patrick could no longer walk. The Broken Boy is at once a memoir of Patrick Cockburn's own experience of polio, a portrait of his parents, both prominent radicals, and the story of the Cork epidemic, the last great polio epidemic in the world, affecting 50,000 people. This terrible disease always behaved strangely, attacking the middle classes rather than the poor, children rather than adults, and striking fear everywhere.
Download or read book A Broken Boy written by Reafad Rahman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poetry book from a boy named Reafad Rahman who suffered with all aspects in life as a young teenager. This book has poetry placed spontaneously that Pierces right through your heart.
Download or read book The Broken Boy written by Karen Ackerman and published by Philomel. This book was released on 1991 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solly recounts his friendship with a mentally disturbed boy.
Download or read book Broken Arrow Boy written by Adam Moore and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam Moore describes how he suffered a serious brain injury and recovered with medical help and family support.
Download or read book The Boy with the Broken Brain written by Dana Harlow and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry finds learning difficult at times. He feels sad that his brain might be broken. But his third grade teacher, Mrs. Loving, sees him as a unique and remarkable boy. Every day she recognizes something special about Henry and he feels happy and proud. Read on and be inspired by Henry's story in The Boy with the Broken Brain.
Download or read book Broken Boys mending Men written by Stephen D. Grubman-Black and published by . This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As many as one in six boys are the victims of sexual abuse. That fact is often met with disbelief and denial. This book is written for victims, as well as educators and others who wish to know more about the recognition and results of childhood child abuse.
Download or read book Broken Boy written by John Blackburn and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our only current writer who can induce such terror as the Grimm Brothers did." - Times Literary Supplement "A real chiller. . . . The book moves rapidly from beginning to end and Hitchcock ought to be advised. It would make a heck of a movie." - Evening News "He is certainly the best British novelist in his field and deserves the widest recognition." - Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural When a dead prostitute is found floating in the river, the local police assume it's just another routine murder. But when it turns out the woman may have been a notorious East German spy, General Charles Kirk and his assistants, Michael Howard and Penny Wise, are called in from the Foreign Intelligence Office to investigate. Kirk is baffled: the evidence of numerous impeccable witnesses proves the murder could not possibly have happened, and yet there's a dead body in the morgue to show that it did. The only clue is a wooden idol in the form of a hideous, misshapen boy, found in the dead woman's room. Soon Kirk realizes that this is no case of espionage: what he is up against is an evil centuries old and long thought vanished from the earth. And when Kirk and his colleagues get close to the truth, can they unravel the mystery before they become the next victims? John Blackburn (1923-1993) was the author of more than thirty popular thrillers in which he blended the genres of mystery, horror, and science fiction in unique and often brilliant ways. Although recognized as the best British horror writer of his time, his works have been sadly neglected since his death. This new edition of Broken Boy (1959), Blackburn's third novel, includes a new introduction by Greg Gbur.
Download or read book Hazard written by Margaret Combs and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hazard is a poignant, unflinching memoir of the emotional intricacies of growing up with a severely disabled sibling. Margaret Combs shows how her Southern Baptist family coped with lived reality of autism in an era of ignorance and shame, the 1950s through the 1970s, and shares her own tragedy and anguish of being torn between helping her brother and yearning for her own life. Like many siblings of disabled children, young Margaret drives herself to excel in order to make up for her family’s sorrow and ultimately flees her family for what she hopes is a “normal” life. Hazard is also a story of indelible bonds between siblings: the one between Combs and her sister, and the deep and rueful one she has with her disabled brother; how he and she were buddies; and how fervently she wanted to make him whole. Initially fueled by a wish that her brother had never been born, the author eventually arrives in a deeper place of gratitude for this same brother, whom she loves and who loves her in return.
Download or read book Broken Boys Despise Deceit written by JB Heller and published by JB Heller. This book was released on with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friends with benefits are all fun and games until someone goes and catches feelings… Unfortunately, that idiot would be me. I didn’t know how or when it happened, I just knew I couldn’t let it change things between Scout and me. But with one wrong move, the choice was taken away from me and she skipped town without so much as a goodbye. For over a year I’m left wondering what made her run. But nothing could have prepared me for the truth. I hate secrets and despise lies, yet she’s guilty of both. I need to figure out how to trust her again because there's only one thing I know for sure right now... I can't let her slip through my fingers a second time.
Download or read book The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street written by Sharon Flake and published by Jump At The Sun. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Queen is smart. Queen is pretty. But nobody likes her except her kitty.” Queen’s house—the biggest one on 33rd Street--looks just like a castle, and in her bedroom, she has dozens of beautiful dresses and crowns. Queen thinks she’s a real queen, and she treats everyone, even her teacher, like her royal subject. When a new kid comes to Queen’s school, riding a broken bike and wearing smelly, worn-out clothes, Queen joins her classmates in making fun of him. Her parents insist she be nice to Leroy, but Queen doesn't see why she should. Leroy doesn’t just stink; Queen thinks he tells lies—whoppers in fact. And when he says he’s an African prince from Senegal, Queen makes it her mission to prove Leroy is an impostor. But as she gets closer to discovering Leroy’s real story, Queen learns the unexpected from her broken bike boy: what being a good friend and “happily ever after” really mean.
Download or read book The Broken Blade written by William Durbin and published by New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1800, 13-year-old Pierre La Page never imagined he'd be leaving Montreal to paddle 2,400 miles. It was something older men, like his father, did. But when Pierre's father has an accident, Pierre quits school to become a voyageur for the North West Company, so his family can survive the winter. It's hard for Pierre as the youngest in the brigade. From the treacherous waters and cruel teasing to his aching and bloodied hands, Pierre is miserable. Still he has no choice but to endure the trip to Grand Portage and back.
Download or read book The Boy with a Broken Heart written by Durjoy Dutta and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're asking me to hold your hand. And now you're turning away from me. You are saying something but I can't hear you. It's too windy. You're crying now. Now you're smiling. I'm done. I love you . . .' It's been two years since Raghu left his first love, Brahmi, on the edge of the roof one fateful night. He couldn't save her; he couldn't be with her. Having lost everything, Raghu now wants to stay hidden from the world. However, the annoyingly persistent Advaita finds his elusiveness very attractive. And the more he ignores her, the more she's drawn to him till she bulldozes her way into an unlikely friendship. What attracts at first, begins to grate. Advaita can't help but want to know what Raghu has left behind, what he's hiding, and who broke his heart. She wants to love him back to life, but for that she needs to know what wrecked him in the first place. After all, the antidote to heartache is love.
Download or read book Broken Boy to a Whole Man written by Lucius T. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short autobiography That was written for motivational purposes. To let people know that is not where you start in life, but ultimately where you finish . It captures the transformation of a young biy who was in the streets. It shows The power of God, faith, hope determination, sacrifice and perseverance on the road to becoming a whole man.
Download or read book Broken Girl Vs Fix It Boy written by Jordan Ford and published by Forever Love. This book was released on 2019-10-20 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's closed her heart to protect her family. Can he open it back up to let love bloom?"I didn't think it was going to be possible for this series to get even better, and yet I have fallen even harder for all these teenagers..." - Amazon reviewerTANE: Harper wants me. I can feel it every time she looks my way.Her lips tell me I'm the guy for her. Our attraction is irresistible. Magnetic.But she's fighting it.She's pushing me away at every turn. All I want to do is help her heal. Why does she have to be so stubborn?Why does she want to do this all on her own when I'm here to make things better?I can't quit on her. I'm not going to let her keep hurting herself this way.I don't care what it takes. I'm winning Harper's heart, because my heart won't let me do anything else. Broken Girl vs Fix-It Boy is the second book in the poignant Forever Love YA contemporary romance series. If you like tear-jerking moments, triumphant journeys, and characters with depth, then you'll adore Jordan Ford's emotional love story.Buy Broken Girl vs Fix-It Boy to see young passions heal painful wounds today!Other books in the seriesCity Girl vs Country Boy (already released)Shy Girl vs Popular Boy (releasing in November 2019)Outcast Girl vs Pretty Boy (releasing in January 2020)**Share the love: A portion of the proceeds of this book will go to www.Love146.org**
Download or read book The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World written by Amy Reed and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Astonishing Color of After meets Eleanor & Park in this breathtaking and beautifully surreal story about a friendship between two teens that just might shake the earth around them or at the very least make them face some painful truths about the nature of what drives us apart…and what brings us together. Billy Sloat and Lydia Lemon don’t have much in common, unless you count growing up on the same (wrong) side of the tracks, the lack of a mother, and a persistent loneliness that has inspired creative coping mechanisms. When the lives of these two loners are thrust together, Lydia’s cynicism is met with Billy’s sincere optimism, and both begin to question their own outlook on life. On top of that, weird happenings including an impossible tornado and an all-consuming fog are cropping up around them—maybe even because of them. And as the two grow closer and confront bigger truths about their pasts, they must also deal with such inconveniences as a narcissistic rock star, a war between unicorns and dragons, and eventually, of course, the apocalypse. With a unique mix of raw emotion, humor, and heart, the surreal plotline pulls readers through an epic exploration of how caring for others makes us vulnerable—and how utterly pointless life would be if we didn’t.
Download or read book All the Broken Pieces written by Ann E. Burg and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning debut novel from a stellar new voice in middle grade fiction.Matt Pin would like to forget: war torn Vietnam, bombs that fell like dead crows, and the terrible secret he left behind. But now that he is living with a caring adoptive family in the United States, he finds himself forced to confront his past. And that means choosing between silence and candor, blame and forgiveness, fear and freedom.By turns harrowing, dreamlike, sad, and triumphant, this searing debut novel, written in lucid verse, reveals an unforgettable perspective on the lasting impact of war and the healing power of love.
Download or read book The Broken Boy written by Patric Cockburn and published by . This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
