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Book Children of the Underground

Download or read book Children of the Underground written by Trevor Shane and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even if you have choices, sometimes you only have one worth making. The war had been raging for as long as anyone could remember. The secret, endless war between two opposing sides—one good, one evil. Neither side knows which is which; it is kill or be killed in an invisible conflict where assassination is the weapon of choice. When she was just seventeen, Maria was pulled into this secret war and they killed her lover and stole her child. Now they are telling her to go home. To ignore what she knows is going on in the shadows all around her. They told Maria to forget all she’d lost. The trouble is, some things simply can’t be forgotten. Now, with a loose-cannon killer at her side, Maria is going to do whatever it takes to get back what belongs to her. And that means starting a war of her own…

Book Children of Paranoia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Trevor Shane
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2011-09-08
  • ISBN : 1101549076
  • Pages : 301 pages

Download or read book Children of Paranoia written by Trevor Shane and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like The Bourne Identity turned inside-out.”—Christopher Farnsworth, author of Blood Oath This is a war. It’s been going on for generations. If you’re lucky, it will be your generation that ends it… At least that’s what the young ones are told before they turn eighteen. At that age they become fair game, and must kill or be killed in a secret war between two distinct sides—one good, one evil. The only unknown is which side is which. Hidden in plain view, the battles are fought through assassinations disguised as accidents or the work of senseless thugs. Joseph has a particular talent for such killings. Never questioning an order, all he needs is a name. But when a job goes wrong and he’s sent away on a punishingly dangerous assignment, he meets a girl. Her name is Maria. And for the first time Joseph has a reason to live…outside the war. Now Joseph must run from those who fought by his side, quickly discovering that the only thing more dangerous than fighting the war is attempting to leave it.

Book Unspoken

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry Cole
  • Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
  • Release : 2016-10-25
  • ISBN : 0545550696
  • Pages : 48 pages

Download or read book Unspoken written by Henry Cole and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Civil War–era girl’s courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story. When a farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding in the barn, she is at once startled and frightened. But the stranger’s fearful eyes weigh upon her conscience, and she must make a difficult choice. Will she have the courage to help him? Unspoken gifts of humanity unite the girl and the runaway as they each face a journey: one following the North Star, the other following her heart. Henry Cole’s unusual and original rendering of the Underground Railroad speaks directly to our deepest sense of compassion. Praise for Unspoken A New York Times Best Illustrated Book “Designed to present youngsters with a moral choice . . . the author, a former teacher, clearly intended Unspoken to be a challenging book, its somber sepia tone drawings establish a mood of foreboding.” —The New York Times Book Review “Moving and emotionally charged.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Gorgeously rendered in soft dark pencils, this wordless book is reminiscent of the naturalistic pencil artistry of Maurice Sendak and Brian Selznick.” —School Library Journal, starred review “Cole’s . . . beautifully detailed pencil drawings on cream-colored paper deftly visualize a family’s ruggedly simple lifestyle on a Civil War–era homestead, while facing stark, ethical choices . . . Cole conjures significant tension and emotional heft . . . in this powerful tale of quiet camaraderie and courage.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Book Children of Albion

Download or read book Children of Albion written by Michael Horovitz and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthology contains many of the best poems of Pete Brown, Dave Cunliffe, Roy Fisher, Lee Harwood, Spike Hawkins, Anselm Hollo, Bernard Kops, Tom McGrath, Adrian Mitchell, Edwin Morgan, Neil Oram, Tom Pickard, Tom Raworth, Chris Torrance, Alex Trocchi, Gael Turnbull - and forty-seven others - from John Arden to Michael X -- rear cover.

Book Exploring Soils

    Book Details:
  • Author : Samantha Grover
  • Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
  • Release : 2017-06
  • ISBN : 1486305016
  • Pages : 35 pages

Download or read book Exploring Soils written by Samantha Grover and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what happens in the earth underneath us? James has, and he wants to learn more about soil. In Exploring Soils: A Hidden World Underground, James discovers that soil is not just dirt for digging in. He explores how plants and animals live in soil, how soils are formed, how they differ, and the ways that soil is essential in our lives. Written by Samantha Grover, a soil scientist and parent, and with engaging illustrations by artist Camille Heisler, Exploring Soils will take you to an underground world filled with activity and discoveries. Perfect for ages 6 – 9.

Book Wombat Underground

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah L. Thomson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2022
  • ISBN : 9780316707060
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Wombat Underground written by Sarah L. Thomson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the fire season in Australia, a wombat allows its underground shelter to become a place of refuge for other vulnerable animals in need. Discusses Australia's devastating 2019-2020 fire season, in which many animals lost their lives or their habitats.

Book Children of the Underground

Download or read book Children of the Underground written by Trevor Shane and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even if you have choices, sometimes you only have one worth making. The war had been raging for as long as anyone could remember. The secret, endless war between two opposing sides—one good, one evil. Neither side knows which is which; it is kill or be killed in an invisible conflict where assassination is the weapon of choice. When she was just seventeen, Maria was pulled into this secret war and they killed her lover and stole her child. Now they are telling her to go home. To ignore what she knows is going on in the shadows all around her. They told Maria to forget all she’d lost. The trouble is, some things simply can’t be forgotten. Now, with a loose-cannon killer at her side, Maria is going to do whatever it takes to get back what belongs to her. And that means starting a war of her own…

Book Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment

Download or read book Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment written by Kathleen Coulborn Faller and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2002-12-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of child sexual abuse has dramatically changed since Understanding Child Sexual Maltreatment was published in 1990. Considerable developments in child and offender research have emerged. But more significantly, a backlash against child abuse victims, Child Protective Services, and mental health professionals has impacted nearly every aspect of research, diagnosis, and intervention. Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition updates its comprehensive coverage of child sexual abuse definitions and indicators, interview and questioning techniques, and diagnosis guidelines to include an insightful response to the building social backlash against the so-called "child abuse industry." Distinguished scholar and experienced practitioner Kathleen Coulborn Faller applies twenty-five years of clinical experience and state-of-the-art research to offer authoritative guidance to both novice and experience practitioners. This Second Edition has been extensively revised to include A completely rewritten section on data gathering and analysis Updated assessment techniques and instruments Detailed coverage of post assessment intervention strategies Revised chapters that reflect up-to-date research and practice Extensive analysis of the backlash against child abuse cases Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition presents a wealth of practical information and field-tested tools. Author Kathleen Coulborn Faller uses clear language and numerous case studies to address all aspects of child sexual abuse including: the scope of the problem, professional collaboration, data analysis and diagnosis, and sexual abuse in special contexts. An essential resource for child protection workers, mental health practitioners, lawyers, and law enforcement personnel, Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition is also an ideal supplementary text for graduate courses in child welfare practice, social work, and psychology.

Book The Underground Railroad for Kids

Download or read book The Underground Railroad for Kids written by Mary Kay Carson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides twenty-one activities that kids can do to learn about the Underground Railroad.

Book Vachss  Underground

Download or read book Vachss Underground written by Andrew Vachss and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2014 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects stories from Dark Horse Presents (volume 2) #25-#27.

Book Bound for the Future

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jonathan Shectman
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2012-07-16
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 185 pages

Download or read book Bound for the Future written by Jonathan Shectman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through careful, detailed consideration of a host of primary documents about the young activists who formed the Underground Railroad's underappreciated operational workforce, this book offers fresh insight to the complex question, "Who ended slavery?" Bound for the Future: Child Heroes of the Underground Railroad illuminates the vital contributions of specific, underappreciated child activists within the extremely local circumstances of their daily work. It also provides meaningful context to the actions of these young activists within the much broader social practice of resisting slavery, and offers fresh insight into the complicated question of who was responsible for ending slavery. Through a thorough examination of these subjects, author Jonathan Shectman proves his central thesis: in many specific cases, children were the essential lifeblood of the Underground Railroad's operational workforce. This text will appeal to wide range of readers, including young students, educators, scholars, and anyone seeking a fresh perspective on civil rights, anti-slavery activism, and U.S. history.

Book Publications of the Children s Bureau

Download or read book Publications of the Children s Bureau written by United States. Children's Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book One Nation Underground

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth D. Rose
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2001-08-01
  • ISBN : 0814769195
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book One Nation Underground written by Kenneth D. Rose and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why some Americans built fallout shelters—an exploration America's Cold War experience For the half-century duration of the Cold War, the fallout shelter was a curiously American preoccupation. Triggered in 1961 by a hawkish speech by John F. Kennedy, the fallout shelter controversy—"to dig or not to dig," as Business Week put it at the time—forced many Americans to grapple with deeply disturbing dilemmas that went to the very heart of their self-image about what it meant to be an American, an upstanding citizen, and a moral human being. Given the much-touted nuclear threat throughout the 1960s and the fact that 4 out of 5 Americans expressed a preference for nuclear war over living under communism, what's perhaps most striking is how few American actually built backyard shelters. Tracing the ways in which the fallout shelter became an icon of popular culture, Kenneth D. Rose also investigates the troubling issues the shelters raised: Would a post-war world even be worth living in? Would shelter construction send the Soviets a message of national resolve, or rather encourage political and military leaders to think in terms of a "winnable" war? Investigating the role of schools, television, government bureaucracies, civil defense, and literature, and rich in fascinating detail—including a detailed tour of the vast fallout shelter in Greenbriar, Virginia, built to harbor the entire United States Congress in the event of nuclear armageddon—One Nation, Underground goes to the very heart of America's Cold War experience.

Book Children with a Star

    Book Details:
  • Author : Deborah Dwork
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 0300050542
  • Pages : 406 pages

Download or read book Children with a Star written by Deborah Dwork and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on many oral histories taken from child survivors of the Holocaust, the author focuses on the experiences of young Jewish children from their earliest encounters with anti-Semitism to their enslavement in labor camps.

Book Children s Bureau Publication

Download or read book Children s Bureau Publication written by United States. Children's Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Underground Dwellers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emma Carlson-Berne
  • Publisher : Capstone
  • Release : 2017-08
  • ISBN : 1515782670
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book The Underground Dwellers written by Emma Carlson-Berne and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four children are left behind in their underground home while their parents and the others leave to see if the surface is safe again after The Disaster. However, they've been gone too long, and food is running out. But before Miriam, Isaiah, Chen and Davis can finish their plans, their home is flooded and destroyed. They barely escape it and lose everything. With no food, shelter or extra clothes, they realize they aren't safe yet. Adapting to live underground makes the surface dangerous for them, and they have to find cover fast. Even so, not everyone wants to help. Can they work out how to work together before it's too late?

Book The Underground Railroad

Download or read book The Underground Railroad written by Lucia Raatma and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes life under slavery, highlighting the Underground Railroad and the antislavery movement as a whole.