Download or read book Flying on Broken Wings written by Carrie Bailee and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carrie Bailee fled Canada and came to Australia when she was twenty. Once here she was assisted by a number of Australian women, and was ultimately encouraged to apply for refugee status in order to stay in this country. So began her battle to be granted asylum in Australia. Carrie stood before the Refugee Review Tribunal and revealed the dark underbelly of child sexual abuse and organised crime rings in our privileged, first-world neighbourhoods. This is the story of one young woman’s heroic journey to survive, escape and soar above her shocking childhood experiences, and her powerful struggle for freedom and a beautiful life in Australia.
Download or read book How to Heal a Broken Wing written by Bob Graham and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Such a visual piece . . . readers young and old will return to the story to look more deeply; they won’t be disappointed.” — Booklist (starred review) In a city full of hurried people, only young Will notices the bird lying hurt on the ground. With the help of his sympathetic mother, he gently wraps the injured bird and takes it home. Wistful and uplifting in true Bob Graham fashion, here is a tale of possibility — and of the souls who never doubt its power.
Download or read book Learning to Fly with Broken Wings written by Roland Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roland Wilkinson started out behind in life, or did he? Born with a severe congenital birth defect, it is easy to see how the challenges and pain of everyday life could, at times, be overwhelming. Yet not all of the pain in his life resulted from his birth defect; some was self-inflicted.
Download or read book Broken Wings written by Nattanya Andersen and published by Coquitlam, BC : Avia Pub.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After surviving a mid-flight engine explosion in 1988, a flight attendant is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder but uncovers even more health hazards in the airline industry as she struggles to reclaim her job.
Download or read book Even A Bird With Broken Wings Can Fly written by Lori Sue Schmitt and published by PageFree Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was born disabled, and am confined to a wheelchair. I have no use of my arms and legs, but learned to adapt. Join me on my journey through my struggles, my triumphs, through some wrongs I survived. Despite being disabled, I've carved my way.
Download or read book Broken Wings Will Fly written by Mick Blackistone and published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ages 5 to 8 years. Sally and her dog Tucker often sit on a hill overlooking the water and watch her friends sailing their boats. But instead of joy and pleasure, the sight fills her with pain and anger, because Sally is sitting in a wheelchair as a result of a car accident. At the doctors office, Sally meets a brave man who has discovered that his wheelchair need not be a prison, and Tucker finds a little duck with a broken wing hiding in the yard. These two new unlikely friends teach Sally that with help from others, a determination to succeed, and lots of hard work, miracles can happen.
Download or read book Broken Wings written by Jia Pingwa and published by ACA Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken Wings tells the story of Butterfly, who is kidnapped and taken to a remote mountain village devoid of young women. There, she is imprisoned and, later, raped in the cave home of the wifeless farmer who has bought her. Butterfly's fading hopes of escape are described in her own voice, revealing the struggles of a spirited young woman.
Download or read book If These Wings Could Fly written by Kyrie McCauley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Mindy McGinnis, Kyrie McCauley’s stunning YA debut is a powerful story about the haunting specter of domestic violence and the rebellious forces of sisterhood and first love. Winner of the William C. Morris Award! Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except seventeen-year-old Leighton Barnes. For Leighton, it’s no stranger than her house, which inexplicably repairs itself every time her father loses his temper and breaks things. Leighton doesn’t have time for the crows—it’s her senior year, and acceptance to her dream college is finally within reach. But grabbing that lifeline means abandoning her sisters, a choice she’s not ready to face. With her father’s rage worsening and the town in chaos over the crows, Leighton allows herself a chance at happiness with Liam, her charming classmate, even though falling in love feels like a revolutionary act. Balancing school, dating, and survival under the shadow of sixty thousand feathered wings starts to feel almost comfortable, but Leighton knows that this fragile equilibrium can only last so long before it shatters.
Download or read book Birds with broken wings Fly eventually written by and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Habituated to the fast moving society that we are in, this book will take you to a time when things were insanely romantic and slow! A journey from how casual things are in the beginning. to how we lose ourselves to someone... Moving on is like a new trend these days. However, memories can never fully leave us. This poetic representation of emotions is strong, bold and relatable to each one of us. A journey that we all have gone through, but left untold.
Download or read book How to Fly with Broken Wings written by Jane Elson and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'If Finn Maison shouts jump you jump or you are dead.' Twelve-year-old Willem has two main aims in life: to fly and to make at least two friends of his own age. But all the other boys from the Beckham Estate do is make him jump off things. First his desk - and now the wall. As his toes teeter on the edge, Sasha Bradley gives him a tiny little wink. Might she become his friend? Bullied by Finn and his gang the Beckham Estate Boyz, Willem has no choice but to jump. As he flies through the air he flaps his arms, wishing he could fly and escape into the clouds. Instead he comes crashing down and breaks his ankle. Sasha, angry with herself for not stopping Finn and his Boyz, is determined to put things right. And soon, while the gangs riot on their estate, Willem and Sasha form an unlikely friendship. Because they share a secret. Sasha longs to fly too. And when Magic Man Archie arrives with stories of war-flying spitfires, he will change the lives of the kids on the Beckham Estate for ever. And perhaps find a way for Willem and Sasha to fly ... Touching on themes such as friendship and bullying, this is a charming tale about overcoming obstacles and finding friendship in unlikely places. 'heart-rending, heartbreaking and heartening' The Best New Children's Books Guardian Supplement
Download or read book On Broken Wings written by Chanel Cleeton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Into the Blue and Fly with Me returns with the third high-flying Wild Aces romance... A year after losing her husband, Joker, the squadron commander of the Wild Aces, Dani Peterson gets an offer from his best friend, Alex “Easy” Rogers, to help fix up her house. Dani accepts, and their friendship grows—along with an undeniable attraction. Racked by guilt for loving his best friend’s widow, Easy’s caught between what he wants and can’t have. Until one night everything changes, and the woman who’s always held his heart ends up in his arms. Yet as Easy leaves for his next deployment, he and Dani are torn between their feelings and their loyalty to Joker’s memory. But when Dani discovers something that sends them both into a spin, the conflicted lovers must overcome the past to navigate a future together...
Download or read book Paper Butterflies written by Lisa Heathfield and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June's life at home with her stepmother and stepsister is a dark one—and a secret one. Not even her dad knows the truth, and she can't find the words to tell anyone else. She's trapped like a butterfly in a net. Then June meets Blister, a boy from a large, loving, chaotic family. In him, she finds a glimmer of hope that perhaps she can find a way to fly far, far away. Because she deserves her freedom. Doesn't she?
Download or read book The Broken Wings written by Kahlil Gibran and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dimensions: 8.5x5.5x0.34 inches, Weight 0.35 Lbs B/W Illust (by Gibran) Kahlil Gibran, Lebnese Poet, philosopher and painter, occupies a unique position in today's world. His name is synonymous with peace, spritual valuesand international understanding.
Download or read book Broken Wings written by Virginia C. Andrews and published by Large Print Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THREE GIRLS FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS WITH ONE THING IN COMMON: "THEY WERE BORN TO BE WILD" ROBIN...With a mom who's more absorbed in her singing career than in her own daughter, Robin's left to her own devices when the two move to Nashville. That's where her mom hopes to strike gold -- and where Robin finds nothing but trouble. TEAL...This rich girl will do anything to get her parents' attention...even break the law. But after she takes things too far for the guy she adores, Teal loses their trust completely -- and is treated like a prisoner in her own home. Now there may be only one way out. PHOEBE...She's the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, trying to make it in a fast new crowd. She moved in with her aunt to make a fresh start. But now her biggest mistake may be to trust a charming rich boy who could ruin her life and destroy her reputation forever.
Download or read book Flying with a Broken Wing written by Laura Best and published by Nimbus Pub Limited. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned by her mother at birth, visually impaired Cammie Deveau hopes to start a brand new life at a school for the blind in Halifax, but she must convince her bootlegging aunt to let her go.
Download or read book Robin 2021 1 written by Joshua Williamson and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After learning of the deadly League of Lazarus tournament, Damian Wayne has a new mission: winning the tournament and prove he is the greatest fighter in the DC Universe! But first he must find the secret island where it’s all going down! This brand-new solo Robin series will force Damian Wayne to find his own path away from both sides of his family! New mysteries! New supporting cast! First appearances of new characters! And lots of fights!
Download or read book Broken Wings Fly Again written by C. Sue Evans and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
