Download or read book A Slice of the Moon written by Sandi Toksvig and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life . . . Slim Hannigan and her family are poor but happy. Theirs is a life filled with love and laughter - and a pet pig called Hamlet. But things change overnight, and suddenly they find themselves facing hunger and danger like they have never known . . . So they leave their village in Ireland to journey to America where, they hope, family and fortune await them. Slim soon finds herself living a life that feels just like one of those far-fetched stories her Da has always told. Can one brave girl keep her family together no matter what is thrown at them . . . ? "

Download or read book 50 Things to See on the Moon written by John A. Read and published by Formac Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you always wanted to explore the Moon like Neil Armstrong or the eleven other astronauts who have walked on its surface? You can tour the Moon from your own backyard with a small telescope or binoculars. This book will point you to the Sea of Tranquility (the landing spot for Apollo 11) and many other fascinating features you can spot on the Moon's surface. Beginning with the New Moon, as each day passes, an additional slice of the Moon becomes visible. With each new slice comes new craters, lunar seas and jagged mountain ranges. This easy-to-use, illustrated reference book enables everyone, young and old, to better appreciate our nearest neighbour in space.

Download or read book The End of the Sky written by Sandi Toksvig and published by Corgi Childrens. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11-year-old Slim Hannigan and her family left their home in Ireland to travel to America - in search of a better life. It has been so long and such a journey that Slim Hannigan and the rest of her family can't even imagine what home looks like anymore. And there are many, many miles across America for them to travel before they reach their destination. Between them and the home of their uncle lie thousands of miles of dangerous land, wild animals and strangers who do not wish them well. Slim has to draw on bravery like she's never known to keep her family together and to keep them moving forward.

Download or read book Slice of Moon written by Kim Dower and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New poetry by Kim Dower, whose "sensual and evocative" verses "seamlessly combine humor and heartache" (The Los Angeles Times)

Download or read book Tears of the Moon written by Di Morrissey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two inspiring journeys. Two unforgettable women. One amazing story. BROOME, AUSTRALIA, 1893. It's the wild and passionate heyday of the pearling industry, and when young English bride Olivia Hennessy meets the dashing pearling master, Captain Tyndall, their lives are destined to be linked by the mysterious power of the pearl. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1995 Lily Barton embarks on a search for her family roots which leads her to Broome. But her quest for identity reveals more than she could have ever imagined.Tears of the Moon is the spellbinding bestseller from Australia's most popular female novelist.

Download or read book The Moon Over High Street written by Natalie Babbitt and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new novel by Natalie Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting Joe Casimir needed help with the choice he had to make. But how do you choose the person who will help you choose? Mr. Boulderwall, the millionaire, knew exactly what he wanted Joe to choose. And millionaires are experts at making choices. Well, aren't they? But Vinnie, the number-two man down at Sope Electric, didn't much approve of millionaires. He said to Joe, "Listen, kid, all of 'em act like they're the only ones with a ticket to the show!" But he didn't have any real advice to offer. Joe's Gran didn't either, as it turned out, and neither did Aunt Myra.The good advice was there, though. Right across the street. Just waiting right across the street. There are a lot of good things just waiting. You'll see.

Download or read book Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon written by Ruth Forman and published by Children's Book Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poem about city children spend their summer.

Download or read book Gateway to the Moon written by Mary Morris and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1492, two history-altering events occurred: the Jews and Muslims of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for the New World. Many Spanish Jews chose not to flee and instead became Christian in name only, maintaining their religious traditions in secret. Among them was Luis de Torres, who accompanied Columbus as an interpreter. Over the centuries, de Torres’ descendants traveled across North America, finally settling in the hills of New Mexico. Now, some five hundred years later, it is in these same hills that Miguel Torres, a young amateur astronomer, finds himself trying to understand the mystery that surrounds him and the town he grew up in: Entrada de la Luna, or Gateway to the Moon. Poor health and poverty are the norm in Entrada, and luck is rare. So when Miguel sees an ad for a babysitting job in Santa Fe, he jumps at the opportunity. The family for whom he works, the Rothsteins, are Jewish, and Miguel is surprised to find many of their customs similar to those his own family kept but never understood. Braided throughout the present-day narrative are the powerful stories of the ancestors of Entrada’s residents, portraying both the horrors of the Inquisition and the resilience of families. Moving and unforgettable, Gateway to the Moon beautifully weaves the journeys of the converso Jews into the larger American story.

Download or read book Nuking the Moon written by Vince Houghton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Spy Museum's Historian takes us on a wild tour of missions and schemes that almost happened, but were ultimately deemed too dangerous, expensive, ahead of their time, or even certifiably insane. "Compulsively readable laugh out loud history." —Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Grunt and Stiff In 1958, the U.S. Air Force nuked the moon as a show of military force. In 1967, the CIA sent live cats to spy on the Soviet government. In 1942, the British built a torpedo-proof aircraft carrier out of an iceberg. Of course, none of these things ever actually happened. But in Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining—as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about twentieth-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous figures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill. By turns terrifying and hilarious—but always riveting—this is the unique story of history left on the drawing board.

Download or read book Hitler s Canary written by Sandi Toksvig and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My brother stood up so quickly he almost knocked Mama over. 'Why aren't you doing something? Do you know what the British are calling us? Hitler's canary! I've heard it on the radio, on the BBC. They say he has us in a cage and we just sit and sing any tune he wants.'" Bamse's family are theater people. They don't get involved in politics. "it had nothing to do with us," Bamse tells us. Yet now he must decide: should he take his father's advice and not stir up trouble? Or should he follow his brother into the Resistance and take part in the most demanding role of his life?

Download or read book Rise of the Moon written by J. B. Caine and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YA Paranormal Literature: Book One of the Arcana seriesSummaryLia has always been unique. Never one to fit into the crowd, always a little too smart and a little too fascinated by Poe, magic, and a good pair of Doc Martens...a little too DIFFERENT to mix with her high school crowd. When she writes and performs her own short play about the struggles of a true Witch during the Salem Witch Hunts, strange things begin to happen, uncovering a not-so-hidden family secret and a vast conspiracy outside of the normal, sleepy life in her hometown.

Download or read book An Inch of Pain with a Slice of Rainbows a Novel written by Nuzhat Shahzadi and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of three generations of Bengalee women spanning the 1930s to the 1980s--in times of political uprisings and civil conflicts, turmoil and joy. The colors and contours, rituals and challenges captured in the book portray their extraordinary journey. Sanu mourns her immense solitude in a loveless marriage to an old man. Sabaa is the first woman from her village who flies in an aeroplane to a foreign land to create a future. Her three daughters--Tara, Zahra and Anushka--in their tightly balled up fists hold dreams that pale in the light of the day. They fall in love, encounter heartbreaks, and wrestle with destiny. But their indomitable spirits remain unscathed; they craft their own amazing stories . . . to feel they are really living.

Download or read book Catching the Moon written by Crystal Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spirited story of Marcenia Lyle, the African American girl who grew up to become "Toni Stone," the first woman to play for an all-male professional baseball team.

Download or read book Lemon Slice Moon written by Kevin Polman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lemon Slice Moon is a contemporary novel about married couple Gordon and Esperanza and their dog Jack. Everyday problems pertaining to all stages of their lives are mixed with elements of magical realism and spirituality.

Download or read book Eat the Moon written by Breda Joy and published by Poolbeg Press. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kieran O'Mahony rides away to the hunt on a powerful black horse, his mother is gripped by a sense of foreboding. He is a rising hurling star, with the world at his feet and one spirited local girl in his heart. His grandmother, however, has read a frightening premonition in the tea leaves. Already several things out of the ordinary have occurred that summer. First, there is the arrival of Tamara, a young London cousin - minus her voice, which she lost following a traumatic event. Then, in the same week of July 1969, the family are caught up in the magic of the Apollo moon landing. It's a giant step for mankind indeed but doesn't help Tamara to adjust to the already alien world of the Cork farm. Mute, she must cope with the unfamiliar idiom and way of seeing the world, while her cousin Sally resents the attention paid to her. Then all their lives are shattered by a blind act of fate that threatens to tear the family asunder. Like the Apollo astronauts, Kieran and his family begin a voyage away from the familiar. Their journey back from the dark side of the moon involves one exceptional moon-silver horse, the bonds of family, the wisdom of age and the passionate loyalty of youth.

Download or read book The Mouse Who Ate the Moon written by Petr Horacek and published by . This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Mouse finds the moon so beautiful that she longs to have a piece of it all to herself. What happens when her wish comes true? Little Mouse loves to look up at the moon every night. But one night, when a piece of the moon falls from the sky, she can't resist taking a little nibble. And another. Soon the moon is no longer round. What will happen to it now? Children will be eager to turn the pages and peek through the holes in an amusing tale of temptation featuring Petr Horacek's bold, vibrant illustrations.

Download or read book The Moon Watched It All written by Shelley Ann Leedahl and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "story of the multigenerational friendship between a vulnerable homeless youth who has experienced bullying and an independent woman who communes with the moon"--