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Book Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling

Download or read book Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling written by Lucy Frank and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel-in-verse—at once literary and emotionally gripping—follows the unfolding friendship between two very different teenage girls who share a hospital room and an illness. Chess, the narrator, is sick, but with what exactly, she isn’t sure. And to make matters worse, she must share a hospital room with Shannon, her polar opposite. Where Chess is polite, Shannon is rude. Where Chess tolerates pain silently, Shannon screams bloody murder. Where Chess seems to be getting slowly better, Shannon seems to be getting worse. How these teenagers become friends, helping each other come to terms with their illness, makes for a dramatic and deeply moving read. "An emotional and innovative novel.... There is so much pathos and humor in these two hospital beds." —E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars "A story told with the utmost economy of language—intense, compelling, and satisfying." —Susan Patron, author of the Newbery Medal winner The Higher Power of Lucky "Riveting, humanizing and real." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred "A raw, unsentimental perspective on the fight to keep an illness from overpowering one's identity." —Publishers Weekly From the Hardcover edition.

Book Novels in Verse for Teens

Download or read book Novels in Verse for Teens written by Lisa Krok and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable guide advises teachers and librarians how to use novels in verse in functional, hands-on ways with teens, including reluctant readers. Novels in verse are popular and have recently won some important awards. They are of great value to teachers and librarians as a way of reaching all teens, including marginalized teens and those who may be struggling or reluctant readers. This guide shows readers how to pair books with teens based on their needs, interests, and specific situations. After teens are paired with books, this guide suggests activities to further engage them with the poetry. Activities are tied to Common Core and AASL standards for ease of lesson planning for teachers. Verse novels address a widely diverse demographic and a variety of topics, including various cultures, religions, racism, LGBTQ+ themes, mental illness, poverty, homelessness, sexual assault, self-harm/suicide, domestic violence, family dynamics, disabilities, refugees, English language learners, and more. Novels in verse provide a more modern, practical alternative to some older classics that may not appeal to many teens or that may intimidate them by their sheer number of words per page. This book provides a one-stop resource for choosing and using novels in verse with teen readers.

Book Digital Citizenship in Twenty First Century Young Adult Literature

Download or read book Digital Citizenship in Twenty First Century Young Adult Literature written by Megan L. Musgrave and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of the evolving relationships between literature, cyberspace, and young adults in the twenty-first century. Megan L. Musgrave explores the ways that young adult fiction is becoming a platform for a public conversation about the great benefits and terrible risks of our increasing dependence upon technology in public and private life. Drawing from theories of digital citizenship and posthuman theory, Digital Citizenship in Twenty-First Century Young Adult Literature considers how the imaginary forms of activism depicted in literature can prompt young people to shape their identities and choices as citizens in a digital culture

Book Generation F

    Book Details:
  • Author : Girls Write Now
  • Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
  • Release : 2018-05-22
  • ISBN : 1936932520
  • Pages : 516 pages

Download or read book Generation F written by Girls Write Now and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Writing is a powerful act that lets the writer articulate her thoughts and feelings directly, fluently, openly, and originally; and in doing so, the writer forges a connection with that other important half of the equation: the reader. These young writers are working hard every day to describe their inner lives and take them outward; to forge that essential, beautiful connection." -MEG WOLITZER, author of The Female Persuasion "These young girls are the real visionaries of tomorrow and we are beyond lucky to read their stories today." -JENNY ZHANG, author of Sour Heart Fabulous. Ferocious. Fragile. Fresh. Female. This is Generation F: The Girls Write Now 2018 Anthology, featuring a foreword by Ashley C. Ford and an introduction by Teen Vogue's Executive Editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay and set for release on May 22nd, 2018. We are fighters and feminists, freethinkers and forces to be reckoned with. We are fitting in (or not), fed up, fighting back, and figuring it out in classrooms, cafes, and all across New York City. Coinciding with Girls Write Now's landmark 20th Anniversary, Generation F explores what it means to be part of a generation yet to be defined, facing unprecedented challenges, freedoms, technologies, and choices. The mentors and mentees in this unique volume are redefining feminist identities, finding their voices, fighting for essential rights, and facing our community with fresh eyes. The Girls Write Now anthology series has been recognized as the Outstanding Book of the Year in the Independent Publisher Book Awards, and has earned additional honors from the International Book Awards, National Indie Excellence Awards, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the New York Book Festival, the San Francisco Book Festival, and the Paris Book Festival.

Book Rise Speak Change

Download or read book Rise Speak Change written by Girls Write Now and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a resounding affirmation of young female life, in all its multiplicity." — Tavi Gevinson, editor of Rookie "Girls Write Now is doing deeply important work– young women, now more than ever, must claim their own stories." — Emma Cline, author of The Girls "Fresh, energetic, essential — this vibrant anthology celebrates the stories of young women in a way that feels more vital now than ever. Here are the voices of our future." — Deborah Landau, author of The Uses of the Body From one of top after-school programs in the nation, Girls Write Now, comes the next installment in the organization's award-winning anthology series: a literary celebration that showcases the girls and their mentors' best work. Rise Speak Change explores our evolving creative narrative, celebrating the importance of igniting change and starting anew as writers, thinkers, women, and media makers. Distinguished three times by the White House as one of the nation's best after-school arts and cultural organizations, and honored by Newsweek in an article on after-school programs that make a difference, Girls Write Now works to empower underserved teen girls in New York City by pairing them with professional women writers who serve as their personal mentors. With an introduction by Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, Rise Speak Change showcases the best poetry, prose, and essays from the mentees and mentors of Girls Write Now on the theme of “Rise Speak Change,” and includes a bonus section of writing exercises and prompts for individuals and groups. Powerful and inspiring, Rise Speak Change showcases the brave new voices that are changing the world of literature, one girl at a time.

Book The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature

Download or read book The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature written by Brenna Friesner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, the verse novel has persisted as a modest but noteworthy literary subgenre, from classic works like Eugene Onegin to contemporary volumes by Vikram Seth, Dorothy Porter, and Derek Walcott. In particular, the verse novel has emerged as a popular form for young adult readers, such as the Newbery Medal winner Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. As this unique form continues to flourish, it merits closer examination. In The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature, Brenna Friesner explores both the history and current use of the verse novel in teen fiction. Examining more than 220 titles written over the last few decades, Friesner discusses the verse novel’s evolution, analyzes key works, and considers how these novels can grapple with content that distinguishes them from traditional fiction. Though this study includes volumes written throughout history, its focus on contemporary novels further demonstrates the form’s relevance for today’s teens. By explaining its current popularity, this book acknowledges the verse novel’s potential to provide accessible, authentic stories for young adults to enjoy. The Verse Novel in Young Adult Literature will be of interest to librarians and teachers, as well as anyone wanting to learn more about this burgeoning aspect of young adult literature.

Book Body Talk

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kelly Jensen
  • Publisher : Algonquin Young Readers
  • Release : 2020-08-18
  • ISBN : 1643751190
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Body Talk written by Kelly Jensen and published by Algonquin Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A School Library Journal Best Book of 2020 It’s time to bare it all about bodies! We all experience the world in a body, but we don’t usually take the time to explore what it really means to have and live within one. Just as every person has a unique personality, every person has a unique body, and every body tells its own story. In Body Talk, thirty-seven writers, models, actors, musicians, and artists share essays, lists, comics, and illustrations—about everything from size and shape to scoliosis, from eating disorders to cancer, from sexuality and gender identity to the use of makeup as armor. Together, they contribute a broad variety of perspectives on what it’s like to live in their particular bodies—and how their bodies have helped to inform who they are and how they move through the world. Come on in, turn the pages, and join the celebration of our diverse, miraculous, beautiful bodies!

Book The Big Journal for Anxious People

Download or read book The Big Journal for Anxious People written by Jordan Reid and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal your way to inner peace—or at least to feeling a little less alone in your stress, anxiety, and 3:00 a.m. doomscrolling—with this hilarious, relatable, interactive journal. The human body is 80 percent water, so we are basically cucumbers with anxiety (#themoreyouknow). Next time you feel a freak-out emerging, set your phone to the side—or, even better, turn it off—and reach for this journal instead. Jordan Reid and Erin Williams want you to remember that you’re in good company: Anxious people are some of the funniest and most interesting and creative humans on the planet. (They know, because they are two of them.) So if you’ve got 99 problems and 86 of them are completely made-up scenarios in your head, write them down and let them go. With hilarious prompts, brilliant quotes, mental health facts, straight-talking advice, and plenty of space to draw, The Big Journal for Anxious People is a must-have for anyone who needs a little less overthinking and a little more chill.

Book Blue Collar  Blue Scrubs

Download or read book Blue Collar Blue Scrubs written by Michael J. Collins and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collins turns back the clock, taking readers from his days as a construction worker to his entry into medical school, expertly infusing his journey to become a doctor with humanity, compassion, and humor.

Book Illinois Reading Council Journal

Download or read book Illinois Reading Council Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book George Oppen

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lyn Graham Barzilai
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2014-12-09
  • ISBN : 1476614830
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book George Oppen written by Lyn Graham Barzilai and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a detailed look into the life and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning Jewish American poet George Oppen. Born in 1908 in New York State, Oppen spent parts of his life working as a die cutter and carpenter and later running a furniture factory. Like the work he did with his hands during those years, his poetry used basic materials; he favored short, simple nouns and focused on concrete objects rather than abstractions. This book examines the characteristics of Oppen's work, particularly his use of small and often odd phrasings and unusual line formations to express the ultimately inexpressible. The first three chapters delve into his primitive modes, language and materials. Subsequent chapters tackle his subjects: cityscapes, light and water, and then animals and their relation to human history and struggles. His final collection of poems, Primitive, is examined in its own chapter, which is followed by an exploration of recurring specific phrases and concrete images. The author demonstrates how Oppen's poetry restores to readers an essential dimension of communication and experience that has been ignored or forgotten.

Book No Child Left Behind

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Sheehy
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2010-05
  • ISBN : 1450076335
  • Pages : 309 pages

Download or read book No Child Left Behind written by Andrew Sheehy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Child Left Behind explores the legal ramifications of a baby born after a botched abortion. The custody battle divides the nation once again, and both sides descend upon a Hereford Texas courthouse outraged with only the child stuck in the middle.

Book The Pinelands Horror

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gary Botsch
  • Publisher : Gottfried & Fritz
  • Release : 2015-09-01
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 96 pages

Download or read book The Pinelands Horror written by Gary Botsch and published by Gottfried & Fritz. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the autumn of 1735, Mrs. Deborah Leeds and her thirteen children experience something strange in the Pine Barrens of colonial New Jersey. Blood-curdling screams and disturbing noises are heard coming from the bedroom of Mrs. Leeds thirteenth son, Absalom. One week later, Mrs. Deborah Leeds and Absalom go missing. Isaiah, the oldest son of the Leeds family, claims that Absalom transformed into a Devil in the middle of the night and took their mother with him. To find Deborah and the so-called Goat-child, Absalom, the Reverend Jeremiah Barnes journeys into the Pinelands and helps the children to find their mother. As the Reverend is searching for the Devil, all of the Leeds children are killed, one after the other—and in the most gruesome ways imaginable. Gedaliah, the strangest son, claims to know where to find the Devil and tries to tell the Reverend the truth, but the Reverend doesn’t listen and it’s only until it’s too late that he finds the Devil’s true identity—an identity that shatters his beliefs. The names, locations and incidents in this novel are roughly based on the true history of the Jersey Devil, which some have reported to see in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.

Book You Came Like Hope

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jyoti Arora
  • Publisher : Jyoti Arora
  • Release : 2017-11-22
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 133 pages

Download or read book You Came Like Hope written by Jyoti Arora and published by Jyoti Arora. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peehu: “I heard them mourn my death. I lay in the next room. Motionless, silent, and staring at the ceiling.” Adih: “When it comes to a broken person, some of them are expert at blinding you. Spend an entire evening with such a person, but you may still not know how he is crushing inside.” Uday: “Who would say no to him? He is smart, intelligent, super handsome, rich, suave and sophisticated. He’s perfect!” Pooja: “Pooja gave no explanation. She asked no forgiveness. She just arrived in his home, resenting him for being her husband.” Arunav: “He had smiled as if nothing was wrong. He had behaved as if he still had his dreams and hopes. He had pretended as if it didn’t hurt. But it did.” Does Destiny hold the key to our happiness? Is it always the feeble that is the victim? Love can be the embrace of heaven. But what happens when it unleashes hellfire? Lose yourself in the intense narrative of You Came Like Hope as it unleashes a rollercoaster of emotions, uncovers some bitter truths, challenges widespread prejudices, and forces you to reconsider your beliefs.

Book The New Success

Download or read book The New Success written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ironwood

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 946 pages

Download or read book Ironwood written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: