Download or read book THE HAT DIARIES Discover the Portal written by Nadine Haruni and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HAT DIARIES Discover the Portal, by award-winning author Nadine Haruni, is the second book in THE HAT DIARIES™ trilogy. It is an action-packed fantasy story that will resonate with readers of all ages, following the real and imaginary action happening in Ryan Rigbee’s diary. Ryan’s adrenaline-filled adventures are taken to new heights through a magical portal, where Merlo teaches Ryan some valuable life lessons. In his excitement to bring others on adventures, he loses focus on the mysterious dangers hidden within the portal. Get ready to hold onto your hats in THE HAT DIARIES Discover the Portal! "... a fantastic sequel…with just as much action and adventure…This is a fun book and although it is aimed at younger readers, it's the perfect way for adults to escape real life, too...A thoroughly enjoyable story, and highly recommended to any reader, no matter their age.” —Readers’ Favorite 5-star review "Ryan Rigbee's Adventures are even more exciting and dangerous in Book Two of The Hat Diaries series…Readers will be inspired by Ryan's problem-solving talents, bravery, and ability to support his friends during their hardest times….” —Stacey McMackin, Library Media Specialist (K to 12) Praise for THE HAT DIARIES™ The Secret Life of Ryan Rigbee Book One “…A superb fantasy adventure for anyone looking to escape! This story will help those struggling with self-assurance; it is a great book for all ages…” —The Portable Magic Dispenser book review for THE HAT DIARIES™ The Secret Life of Ryan Rigbee “… This heartwarming tale beautifully captures the struggles of being a teenager… reminding us of the boundless potential within our minds and the importance of embracing our creativity. Nadine Haruni's storytelling prowess shines through in this inspiring tale that encourages us to believe in the magic of our own imaginations...” —Marci Hopkins, Host of Wake Up with Marci on WLNY-TV (in NY) for THE HAT DIARIES™ The Secret Life of Ryan Rigbee “...What a rollicking ride of hats and watching a young boy become something more… A very easy-to-read tome, filled with a variety of adventures... The imagination and pulling together of the story was delightful... If I were still homeschooling I’d be tempted to use this book to help in a story telling class.” —A Net in Time book review for THE HAT DIARIES™ The Secret Life of Ryan Rigbee

Download or read book THE HAT DIARIES TM Discover the Portal written by Nadine Haruni and published by . This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HAT DIARIES(TM) Discover the Portal by award-winning author Nadine Haruni. This action-packed middle-grade fantasy second book in THE HAT DIARIES(TM) trilogy will resonate with readers of all ages, following the real and imaginary action happening in Ryan Rigbee's diary. Ryan's adrenaline-filled Adventures get taken to new heights through a magical portal, where Merlo teaches Ryan valuable life lessons. The excitement of being able to have others travel with him becomes overshadowed by a few "near-miss" Adventures, which shed light on how dangerous this portal might be. Get ready to hold onto your hats in THE HAT DIARIES(TM) Discover the Portal! "...THE HAT DIARIES Discover the Portal by Nadine Haruni is a fantastic sequel to the first book, with just as much action and adventure.... This is a fun book and although it is aimed at younger readers, it's the perfect way for adults to escape real life, too.... This is an action-packed story, much like the first one, and every page brings new adventures and delights. The book ends on another cliffhanger, which I hope means there's a third book coming. A thoroughly enjoyable story, and highly recommended to any reader, no matter their age." -Readers' Favorite 5-star review "Ryan Rigbee's Adventures are even more exciting and dangerous in Book Two of The Hat Diaries series. In this book, the second in a series of magical adventures Ryan experiences with his grandfather and then his new girlfriend, middle grade readers will be inspired by Ryan's problem-solving talents, bravery, and ability to support his friends during their hardest times...." -Stacey McMackin, Library Media Specialist (K to 12)

Download or read book THE HAT DIARIES The Secret Life of Ryan Rigbee written by Nadine Haruni and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HAT DIARIES™ The Secret Life of Ryan Rigbee by award-winning author Nadine Haruni is the debut novel in THE HAT DIARIES™ middle-grade fantasy trilogy and marks the start of a coming-of-age story resonating with readers of all ages. This imaginative, action-packed novel follows a teen struggling with loss, love, bullying, and loneliness. By day, 13-year-old Ryan Rigbee is the shaggy-haired loner getting bullied, still reeling from losing his dad. By night, it’s another story. He puts on magical hats that whisk him and his dog, Shadow, into adrenaline-rushing roles. The imaginary adventures he writes about in his diary transform him from an awkward teen into someone confident who can handle anything. Ryan's mentor Merlo helps him navigate clues that lead to startling discoveries, as the distinction between Ryan's real life and exciting world of adventures becomes hard to discern. "The language and storyline fall within the standard practices for middle-grade reading. I thoroughly enjoyed the story concept, sensing a reader would enjoy connecting dreams with characters from Ryan’s life and the empowerment and self-realization the story's experiences give him." —Stacey McMackin, a National Board Certified Library Media Specialist K-12

Download or read book Strong As Fire Fierce As Flame written by Supriya Kelkar and published by Tu Books. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people. India, 1857 Meera's future has been planned for her for as long as she can remember. As a child, her parents married her to a boy from a neighboring village whom she barely knows. Later, on the eve of her thirteenth birthday, she prepares to leave her family to live with her husband's--just as her strict religion dictates. But that night, Indian soldiers mutiny against their British commanders and destroy the British ammunition depot, burning down parts of Delhi. Riots follow, and Meera's husband is killed. Upon hearing the news, Meera's father insists that she follow the dictates of their fringe religious sect: She must end her life by throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Risking everything, Meera runs away, escaping into the chaos of the rebellion. But her newfound freedom is short-lived, as she is forced to become a servant in the house of a high-ranking British East India Company captain. Slowly through her work, she gains confidence, new friends, new skills--and sometimes her life even feels peaceful. But one day, Meera stumbles upon the captain's secret stock of ammunition, destined to be used by the British to continue colonizing India and control its citizens. Will Meera do her part to take down the British colonists and alert the rebellion of the stockpile? Or will she stay safe and let others make decisions for her? It really comes down to this: how much fire must a girl face to finally write her own destiny?

Download or read book The Portal written by Keith White and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fasten your seatbelt, because from the moment the story takes off, it's a thrill-a-minute ride through the Amazon wilderness, a World War II adventure, and a quick trip to the future . . . well, for us, the present. Love the characters or love to hate them, cheer the good guys, boo the bad. And limber up your fingers or you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough to keep up. Jack Sullivan, all-around good guy, is tossed out of the Army Air Corps boot camp because of a long-past episode with asthma. He thought things couldn't get much worse, then he's forced to flee the country when he's framed for the murder of an ex-girlfriend's husband because the conniving cutie and Jack are caught together, sort of, well, naked.

Download or read book Gravity Falls Journal 3 Special Edition written by Alex Hirsch and published by Disney Press. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Untie the string and unwrap the brown paper to reveal . . . Journal 3 Limited Edition! This 288-page book contains all of the content of the regular edition, plus all-new top-secret black light pages on real parchment; a cover with leather texture and shiny metallic pieces; a magnifying glass; a tassel bookmark; and removable photos and notes. This $150 limited edition will also include a signed note from the creator of Gravity Falls and co-writer of Journal 3, Alex Hirsch himself.

Download or read book Freeda the Frog Gets a Divorce written by Nadine Haruni and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Freeda and her family are about to go through a difficult time. Follow along and learn how Freeda, Fred, Frannie, and Frank cope with the subject of divorce and learn that they're not alone. Divorces can be scary and confusing, but Freeda's story helps make the subject more approachable for families of all species."

Download or read book American Airpower Comes Of Age General Henry H Hap Arnold s World War II Diaries Vol II Illustrated Edition written by Gen. Henry H. “Hap.” Arnold and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Aerial Warfare In Europe During World War II illustrations pack with over 180 maps, plans, and photos. Gen Henry H. “Hap.” Arnold, US Army Air Forces (AAF) Chief of Staff during World War II, maintained diaries for his several journeys to various meetings and conferences throughout the conflict. Volume 1 introduces Hap Arnold, the setting for five of his journeys, the diaries he kept, and evaluations of those journeys and their consequences. General Arnold’s travels brought him into strategy meetings and personal conversations with virtually all leaders of Allied forces as well as many AAF troops around the world. He recorded his impressions, feelings, and expectations in his diaries. Maj Gen John W. Huston, USAF, retired, has captured the essence of Henry H. Hap Arnold—the man, the officer, the AAF chief, and his mission. Volume 2 encompasses General Arnold’s final seven journeys and the diaries he kept therein.

Download or read book The Lost Wonderland Diaries Paperback written by J. Scott Savage and published by Shadow Mountain. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something monstrous has been found in the magic world of Wonderland and it wants to get out. Lewis Carroll created a curious and fantastical world in his classic book Alice in Wonderland, but he secretly recorded the true story of his actual travels to Wonderland in four journals which have been lost to the world...until now. Celia and Tyrus discover the legendary Lost Diaries of Wonderland and fall into a portal that pulls them into the same fantasy world as the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter. However, Wonderland has vastly changed. A darkness has settled over the land, and some creatures and characters that Tyrus remembers from the book have been transformed into angry monsters. Celia and Tyrus make their way through this unpredictable and dangerous land, helped by familiar friends including the Cheshire Cat and a new character, Sylvan, a young rabbit. Together, they desperately work to solve puzzles and riddles, looking for a way out of Wonderland. But the danger increases when the Queen of Hearts begins hunting them. Believing the two young visitors hold the key to opening multiple portals to multiple worlds, she will stop at nothing to capture them. It's up to Celia and Tyrus to save Wonderland and the real world. It's a race against time before they are trapped in Wonderland forever.

Download or read book Freeda the Frog Is on the Move written by Nadine Haruni and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freeda the Frog is On the Move is the latest book in the Freeda the Frog[„[ series by author Nadine Haruni! After Freeda marries her new husband Samson, she welcomes him and his tadpole into her lily pad with her two tadpoles. But soon, Freeda and Samson realize fitting five frogs into a small pad is much harder than they realized. Making the scary choice of moving to a new home, city, and school, the frog family grows closer. Nadine hopes that this book will help children worrying about moving away from their friends, family, and homes see that there's always a silver lining.

Download or read book Freeda the Frog Says Farewell to Her Fish written by Nadine Haruni and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fourth book of the Freeda The Frog Children's Book series, Freeda the Frog Says Farewell to Her Fish, Freeda and her family suffer the loss of their pet fish, Goldie. This book helps kids deal not only with the loss of a pet, but how to say goodbye to any beloved friend or family member.

Download or read book The Red Leather Diary written by Lily Koppel and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A world straight from the pages of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel . . . An extraordinary story about coming of age . . . and discovering who you are.” —Parade Rescued from a Dumpster on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a discarded diary brings to life the glamorous, forgotten world of an extraordinary young woman . . . Opening the tarnished brass lock of a red leather diary found in the basement of a New York City apartment building, New York Times writer Lily Koppel embarked on a journey into the past. Compelled by the hopes and heartaches captured in the pages, Koppel set out to find the diary’s owner, a 90-year old woman named Florence. Eventually reunited with her diary, Florence ventured back to the girl she once was, rediscovering a lost self that burned with artistic fervor. Joining intimate interviews with original diary entries, The Red Leather Diary is an evocative and entrancing work that recreates the romance and glitter, sophistication and promise, of 1930s New York, bringing to life the true story of a precocious young woman who dared to follow her dreams. “Melds three life-affirming subjects—Florence Wolfson’s journal of life in 1930s Manhattan, Koppel’s discovery of it in a Dumpster decades later, and the meeting of the two women—into one enchanting memoir.” —Elle “[An] amazing story . . . A highbrow fairy tale . . . Much of the book’s emotional power derives from the drama of an old woman reclaiming a past that was almost lost to her . . . Koppel writes with flair.” —Chicago Tribune

Download or read book Ice Diaries written by Jean McNeil and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we stand to lose in a world without ice? A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer in residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world's most enigmatic continent, Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of earth which is nobody's country. Ice Diaries is the story of McNeil's years spent in ice, not only in the Antarctic but her subsequent travels in Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard, culminating in a strange event in Cape Town, South Africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. In the spirit of the diaries of Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, McNeil mixes travelogue, popular science and memoir to examine the history of our fascination with ice. In entering this world, McNeil unexpectedly finds herself confronting her own upbringing in the Maritimes, the lifelong effects of growing up in a cold place, and how the climates of childhood frame our emotional thermodynamics for life. Ice Diaries is a haunting story of the relationship between beauty and terror, loss and abandonment, transformation and triumph.

Download or read book She s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After watching women go from having bird feathers in their hats to wearing whole dead birds, the Massachusetts Audubon Society is founded in 1896 in order to take a stand against what they consider an incredibly appalling practice. Reprint.

Download or read book Gravity Falls Lost Legends written by Alex Hirsch and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of four all-new strange stories from the sleepy town of Gravity Falls in one original graphic novel. Written by Alex Hirsch. Illustrated by Asaf Hanuka, Dana Terrace, Ian Worrel, Jacob Chabot, Jim Campbell, Joe Pitt, Kyle Smeallie, Meredith Gran, Mike Holmes, Priscilla Tang, Serina Hernandez, Stephanie Ramirez, and Valerie Halla.

Download or read book Priestdaddy written by Patricia Lockwood and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED ONE OF THE 50 BEST MEMOIRS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: The Washington Post * Elle * NPR * New York Magazine * Boston Globe * Nylon * Slate * The Cut * The New Yorker * Chicago Tribune WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR “Affectionate and very funny . . . wonderfully grounded and authentic. This book proves Lockwood to be a formidably gifted writer who can do pretty much anything she pleases.” – The New York Times Book Review From Booker Prize finalist Patricia Lockwood, author of the novel No One Is Talking About This, a vivid, heartbreakingly funny memoir about balancing identity with family and tradition. Father Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met—a man who lounges in boxer shorts, loves action movies, and whose constant jamming on the guitar reverberates “like a whole band dying in a plane crash in 1972.” His daughter is an irreverent poet who long ago left the Church’s country. When an unexpected crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents’ rectory, their two worlds collide. In Priestdaddy, Lockwood interweaves emblematic moments from her childhood and adolescence—from an ill-fated family hunting trip and an abortion clinic sit-in where her father was arrested to her involvement in a cultlike Catholic youth group—with scenes that chronicle the eight-month adventure she and her husband had in her parents’ household after a decade of living on their own. Lockwood details her education of a seminarian who is also living at the rectory, tries to explain Catholicism to her husband, who is mystified by its bloodthirstiness and arcane laws, and encounters a mysterious substance on a hotel bed with her mother. Lockwood pivots from the raunchy to the sublime, from the comic to the deeply serious, exploring issues of belief, belonging, and personhood. Priestdaddy is an entertaining, unforgettable portrait of a deeply odd religious upbringing, and how one balances a hard-won identity with the weight of family and tradition.

Download or read book One Thousand and One Children s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up written by Julia Eccleshare and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect introduction to the very best books for children, from wordless picture books and simple, illustrated story books through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction. Introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles and much loved classics.