Download or read book The Legend of the Blue Boy written by Kayla Phair and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earth, scorched and tarnished, can no longer sustain life. Geodesic domes protect food plants and produce desperately needed oxygen, while children don breathing tanks for the ride to school. Archer Larson, a bitter, lonely teenager with the legacy of unethical experiments implanted in his body, finds himself drawn from his antisocial funk when a new student joins his class. Something is familiar about her. Why does he feel they’ve met before? Trying to forget the déjà vu slowly overtaking him—as old prophecies of ruin start to sound like memories and the names of people he’s never met start ringing bells—Archer sets aside his disinterest in his classmates. He makes a couple of new friends and reconnects with an old one. But eventually, he realizes what he has to do and disappears back into the most dangerous moment in all of time: the apocalypse. After all, he knows now that if he doesn’t go, the people he’s coming to care about will never be born. It will be a struggle to survive—if he survives at all. But the young man with the bruised and traumatized heart has something to care about now. Meanwhile, left behind in their own time, Archer’s new and old friends try to get to grips with the strange things going on in their school, and face the growing suspicion that there’s a plan behind all of them...
Download or read book Blue Boy written by Rakesh Satyal and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atwelve-year-old Indian American boy believes he is the reincarnation of Krishna and plans to unveil his true identity at the school talent show. Meet Kiran Sharma: lover of music, dance, and all things sensual; son of immigrants, social outcast, spiritual seeker. A boy who doesn’t quite understand his lot—until he realizes he’s a god . . . As an only son, Kiran has obligations—to excel in his studies, to honor the deities, to find a nice Indian girl, and, above all, to make his mother and father proud—standard stuff for a boy of his background. If only Kiran had anything in common with the other Indian kids besides the color of his skin. They reject him at every turn, and his cretinous public schoolmates are no better. Cincinnati in the early 1990s isn’t exactly a hotbed of cultural diversity, and Kiran’s not-so-well-kept secrets don’t endear him to any group. Playing with dolls, choosing ballet over basketball, taking the annual talent show way too seriously…the very things that make Kiran who he is also make him the star of his own personal freak show . . . Surrounded by examples of upstanding Indian Americans—in his own home, in his temple, at the weekly parties given by his parents’ friends—Kiran nevertheless finds it impossible to get the knack of “normalcy.” And then one fateful day, a revelation: perhaps his desires aren’t too earthly, but too divine. Perhaps the solution to the mystery of his existence has been before him since birth. For Kiran Sharma, a long, strange trip is about to begin—a journey so sublime, so ridiculous, so painfully beautiful, that it can only lead to the truth . . . Praise for Blue Boy “Compassionate, moving, funny, and wise, Blue Boy is one of the best debut novels I have read in years.” &mda
Download or read book The Legend of Blue Jacket written by Michael P. Spradlin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2002-10-22 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was only sixteen when the Shawnee Indians took him from his home. But he wasn't captured. He went willingly. And, after many years of proving his bravery in battle against the colonists, he was named war chief of the Shawnee. His name was Blue Jacket. Here, told in riveting narrative and stunning, historically accurate illustrations, is the incredible story of a white boy who spent the first sixteen years of his life among white settlers and the rest of his life fighting them.
Download or read book The Crayon Man written by Natascha Biebow and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons QuitandBalloons Over Broadway. purple mountains' majesty, mauvelous, jungle green, razzmatazz... What child doesn't love to hold a crayon in their hands? But children didn't always have such magical boxes of crayons. Before Edwin Binney set out to change things, children couldn't really even draw in color. Here's the true story of an inventor who so loved nature's vibrant colors that he found a way to bring the outside world to children - in a bright green box for only a nickel! With experimentation, and a special knack for listening, Edwin Binney and his dynamic team at Crayola created one of the world's most enduring, best-loved childhood toys - empowering children to dream in COLOR!
Download or read book Blue Boy written by William Demby and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1980-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legend of Hedgehog Boy written by Rene C. Capone and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legend of Hedgehog Boy, a 168 page comic book by writer & artist Rene Capone, conjures up all of the classic children's tales of young and lost souls fleeing into their imaginations in order to escape the cold, harsh nature of reality. And like Peter, Alice, and Dorothy before him, we're presented with a brash and courageous hero who doesn't submit to torment and strives to find freedom and happiness despite the predominant darkness of his past.This hero is Hedgehog Boy, a young man who escaped from an abusive home. The tormented child spent his nights huddled in a cold cellar and saw salvation only in the ultimate end of suicide. But before all was truly lost, he pulled himself back from the brink and fled to the woods. And, as the rules of fantasy and magical realism dictate, the woods the boy finds refuge in quietly shift into a land of the imagination. There the boy skins a hedgehog and dons the spiky mantle as a crown of independence. He also meets Frank the Bear, a wounded teddy who bleeds stuffing; because he has no fingers, Frank cannot even mend his own injury. Hedgehog Boy offers his help, and a friendship is born.The unfortunate truth is that suffering and innocence senselessly abounds in the world. Children are too often the victims-children who seek refuge just as Hedgehog Boy did. Enter Kitty: another young man with a dark past who wanders into the woods and finds his way to Hedgehog Boy and Frank. No, Kitty is not the boy's given name; rather, it's the name of his rebirth. Hedgehog Boy skins a cat and offers it to his new friend as a fresh identity. Kitty accepts freely and of hesitation.
Download or read book Mother Goose in Prose written by Lyman Frank Baum and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty-two nursery rhymes, including "Old King Cole" and "Little Bo-Peep," fashioned into full-length stories by the author of "The Wizard of Oz."
Download or read book The Crisis written by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the Good Little Boy written by Mark Twain and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Island of the Blue Dolphins written by Scott O'Dell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1960 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
Download or read book Blue Frog written by Dianne de Las Casas and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the native Central American tale of how the gift of chocolate came to be shared by the gods with humans.
Download or read book Eoin Colfer s Legend of the Worst Boy in the World written by Eoin Colfer and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up with four complainers for brothers, Will Woodman has a hard time getting an audience for his own troubles. He has to wait in line to gripe to his mom--and that leaves his dad. But since his dad is so busy, Will has to defer to his older (and faster) brother Marty. Will decides that what he really needs is his own grown-up to complain to. And he has the perfect guy for the job--someone who's a good listenener and has a lot of free time: Grandad. But swapping sob stories with Grandad doesn't prove to be as satisfying as Will thought. Grandad has tons of pathetic stories to choose from, and one is worse than the next! But when Will hears the legend of the worst boy in the world, he knows he has finally hit the jackpot....
Download or read book The Bias free Word Finder written by Rosalie Maggio and published by Boston : Beacon Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blue Boy written by Edwin Augustus Peeples and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Colin and his family who live in an old farmhouse that is also inhabited by a variety of animals and possibly a ghost.
Download or read book The Blue Flower written by Penelope Fitzgerald and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romance between the poet Novalis and his fiancée Sophie, newly introduced by Candia McWilliam. The year is 1794 and Fritz, passionate, idealistic and brilliant, is seeking his fathers permission to announce his engagement to his hearts desire: twelve-year-old Sophie. His astounded family and friends are amused and disturbed by his betrothal. What can he be thinking?
Download or read book The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough written by Thomas Gainsborough and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dictionary of Bias Free Usage written by Rosalie Maggio and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1991-06-26 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers substitutions for offensive language, politically correct language.
