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Book Synopsis Ajay and the Mumbai Sun by : Varsha Shah
Download or read book Ajay and the Mumbai Sun written by Varsha Shah and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high-stakes adventure full of heart and the power of words to create change in modern day Mumbai, from debut author Varsha Shah, winner of the Times/Chicken House competition. Abandoned on the Mumbai railways, Ajay has grown up with nothing but a burning wish to be a journalist. And after finding an abandoned printing press, his dreams might just come true. But when he and his friends Saif, Vinod, Yasmin and Jai create their own newspaper, The Mumbai Sun, and begin to hunt down stories to fill their pages, the children uncover a plan to tear down their slum—which will leave hundreds of more people homeless. Can Ajay and his friends really succeed in bringing the truth to light against some of the most powerful forces in the city, fight for justice, and save their slum from bulldozers?
Book Synopsis Ajay and the Jaipur Moon by : Varsha Shah
Download or read book Ajay and the Jaipur Moon written by Varsha Shah and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ajay's wish has come true - he's a news reporter for the paper he and his friends set up, The Mumbai Sun. But money is tight, so when he learns of a cash prize for the first person to find a crashed meteor, the race is on ...
Book Synopsis Representation in Children′s Literature by : CLPE,
Download or read book Representation in Children′s Literature written by CLPE, and published by Sage Publications UK. This book was released on 2024-04-27 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The under-representation of characters of colour in children′s literature in the UK is quantified in the CLPE′s award winning Reflecting Realities research.Through this research, the CLPE actively disrupts the demand-and-supply chain and holds the children′s publishing industry to account, encouraging it to do better. This book: * explores what Reflecting Realities teaches us; * empowers teachers to take positive to ensure classroom libraries are truly representative; * takes time to reflect on the research; * enables teachers to explore what constitutes quality representation; * includes practical support on how to translate this thinking into positive change in the classroom; * provides guidance for curating literature for young readers; * highlights how engagement with inclusive literature positively impacts school reading cultures and wider teaching and learning.
Book Synopsis A Walk Across the Sun by : Corban Addison
Download or read book A Walk Across the Sun written by Corban Addison and published by Silver Oak. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orphaned and homeless after a tsunami decimates their coastal India town, teenage sisters Ahalya and Sita Ghai are abducted and sold to a Mumbai brothel owner before they are helped by an American attorney fighting human trafficking.
Book Synopsis In the Red Zone by : Stephanie Burke
Download or read book In the Red Zone written by Stephanie Burke and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Dolton and Dean withstand the rain of opposition when they come together and cross the line of scrimmage? Dolton is a strong black man, confident in what he wants in life and how to get it. The adjunct professor at Northeastern University has multiple degrees and has travelled the world, learning from the people he observes. So why is it that blond hunk Dean Majors has his mind twisted, his cock hard, and his reactions all out of whack? Dolton knows he has to have the beautiful man, and will do anything to get the long-haired god in his bed and in his life. Dean Majors is a construction worker by trade and the heart of Team Griffon. He is not closeted gay man, but he doesn't advertise his orientation, either, something he is happy about when his old friend Robbie Keton joins the Griffons. Robbie's negative attitude is something he has to distance himself from, especially when he realises he has a more than man-sized crush on the team's uber-intelligent and exotic middle linebacker, Dolton Pride. Together the two men are a potent fire, their lust burning hot. But can it withstand the bitter rain of opposition and threats to their happiness when they cross the line of scrimmage?
Download or read book Sporting Chance written by Alexa Milne and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes keeping hold of love is just as hard as finding it. Dan and Iestyn are looking for romance. A school trip, a love of history, a wedding, a tango, the game of chess, and their friends and family all help the two men to realise that they've finally found true love with each other. Iestyn thinks that he's completely ordinary and that Dan is the only out and currently gay rugby player anywhere. Being gay can be difficult enough. Being famous also has its problems. But being gay, famous and a sportsman can make finding love complicated. So when Dan Morgan meets Iestyn Jones and gives him his phone number, their road ahead has more than a few bumps to overcome. Will Iestyn and Dan overcome the obstacles thrown in their paths? Or will fame destroy their lives as well as their love?
Download or read book Mumbai Matinee written by Ajay Kaul and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ajay doesn't know what to expect when he moves to the bustling city of Mumbai. He himself hails from North India, and the culture shock of the dynamic city takes a bit of getting used to. He's captivated, though, and Ajay falls in love with the colorful metropolis and its many inhabitants. In the city, he will find love, friendship, and community-but also danger and the threat of disaster. It all begins in 1993, when Ajay comes to Mumbai on a short internship assignment. He is caught in the shock wave of the 1993 serial bombings. Despite this brush with death, Ajay is determined to learn the secrets of the city. After graduation, he comes back and finds new stories in the city's streets. Ajay meets an interfaith couple who teach him about the power of love, a local labor leader who is more than he seems, and a dynamic acting teacher who could become something more. He also suffers another close call more than a decade after the bombings. Still, for every troubling experience, there's one that pushes Ajay beyond his comfort zone and spurs him to embrace all his adopted city has to offer.
Download or read book On the Horizon written by Lois Lowry and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white illustrations by SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Kenard Pak. Lois Lowry looks back at history through a personal lens as she draws from her own memories as a child in Hawaii and Japan, as well as from historical research, in this stunning work in verse for young readers. On the Horizon tells the story of people whose lives were lost or forever altered by the twin tragedies of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. Based on the lives of soldiers at Pearl Harbor and civilians in Hiroshima,On the Horizon contemplates humanity and war through verse that sings with pain, truth, and the importance of bridging cultural divides. This masterful work emphasizes empathy and understanding in search of commonality and friendship, vital lessons for students as well as citizens of today's world. Kenard Pak's stunning illustrations depict real-life people, places, and events, making for an incredibly vivid return to our collective past. In turns haunting, heartbreaking, and uplifting,On the Horizonwill remind readers of the horrors and heroism in our past, as well as offer hope for our future.
Book Synopsis The Boy Who Loved Everyone by : Jane Porter
Download or read book The Boy Who Loved Everyone written by Jane Porter and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On his first day of preschool, Dimitri’s vocal affection for everything is met with wary reactions—until his guileless words begin to take root and grow. Dimitri may be small, but his heart is as big and as open as a cloudless blue sky. “I love you,” Dimitri tells his new classmates at preschool. “I love you,” Dimitri tells the class guinea pig and the ants on the ground. “I love you,” Dimitri tells the paintbrushes and the tree with heart-shaped leaves. So why doesn’t anyone say “I love you” back? Could love also be expressed in unspoken ways? In a familiar story of navigating the social cues of new friendship, author Jane Porter and illustrator Maisie Paradise Shearring offer a thoughtful tribute to the tender ones—those who spread kindness simply by being, and who love without bounds.
Download or read book Deity of Love written by Vijay Dixit and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2024-03-23 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was the beginning and the end, and everything in between. She was a revolution in herself. The ethereal glow of her body was like the tacit, conspirational promise between lovers. Her body had a language of its own and, as she stepped outside the studio, revealed the dance of the universe that stunned even Surbhi. Her coming and going was not merely incidental- it was the end of the most important verse of an epic, cathartic poem. Her eyelashes and her long hair would demand the entirety of one's attention. It was only natural for Surbhi to be worried. An excerpt
Book Synopsis The Moon Within (Scholastic Gold) by : Aida Salazar
Download or read book The Moon Within (Scholastic Gold) written by Aida Salazar and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dazzling story of a girl navigating friendship, family, and growing up, an Are You There God, It's Me Margaret? for the modern day, from debut author Aida Salazar. ****Four starred reviews!***** "A worthy successor to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret set in present-day Oakland." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewCeli Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend's exploration of what it means to be genderfluid.But most of all, her mother's insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It's an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who she wants to be?A dazzling story told with the sensitivity, humor, and brilliant verse of debut talent Aida Salazar.
Book Synopsis Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by : Carolyn Meyer
Download or read book Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 written by Carolyn Meyer and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer's ANASTASIA is back in print with a gorgeous new package! Anastasia is the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia. Anastasia is used to a life of luxury; her major concerns are how to get out of her detested schoolwork to play in the snow, go ice-skating, or have picnics. She wears diamonds and rubies, and every morning her mother, the princess, tells her which matching outfit she and her three sisters shall wear that day. It's a fairy tale life -- until everything changes with the outbreak of war between Russia and Germany. As Russia enters WWI, hunger and poverty grows among the peasants, and soon they are not pleased with their ruler. While the czar is trying win a war and save their country, the country is turning on the royal family. When her father and the rest of the family are imprisoned by the Bolsheviks, suddenly Anastasia understands what this war is costing the people. In the pages of her diary, Anastasia chronicles the wealth and luxury of her royal days, as well as the fall from power, and her uncertain fate.
Book Synopsis Maya's Aura - The Ashram by : Skye Smith
Download or read book Maya's Aura - The Ashram written by Skye Smith and published by Skye Smith. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover Flap In this, the third novel in the “Maya's Aura” series, there is magic and naughty mayhem as young Maya flees America to follow a quest. Her healing hands have a side effect of creating fatal heart attacks in predator men. Unfortunately her youthful good looks attracts them like tigers to a lamb. With the police wanting to question her about heart attack coincidences, she flees to Europe to visit her friend Marique in Belgium. She must find out more about her powers, and since all answers seem to be in India, she and Marique to buy cheap tickets to Mumbai. Marique has come to India for the tropical weather and the beaches, but first Maya must visit an ashram that is known for it’s use of auras in meditation. The girls soon find out that life at the ashram is not as wholesome, or as innocent as expected. About the Author Skye Smith is my pen name. My family convinced me not to use my real name because my stories are so critical of predator males. You'll understand and forgive me this as you fall in love with sweet Maya, my main character. For those of you who like stories about vampires, witches, and magic, you won’t be disappointed by my very different, more realistic take on it all. My vampires are parasites wearing business suits. My witches are healers ignored by the modern world. My magic is based on aura’s, and everyone has felt or seen an aura at least once in their lives. Other Novels By The Same Author: The Hoodsman – 12 historical adventures set in the Norman conquest. Knut – many historical adventures set in the Viking Era. The Pistoleer – 9 historical adventures set in the English Civil War. Maya’s Aura – 8 new age adventures while tripping around the world. 1. “The Awakening” - She discovers her strange aura. 2. “The Refining” - She learns how to use her aura. 3. “The Ashram” - She searches for answers in India 4. “Goa to Nepal” - She follows a quest into the Himalayas 5. “The Charred Coven” - She fights black craft in England. 6. “The Crystal Witch” - She learns psychic craft in England 7. “The Redemptioner” - Psychic dreams of her ancestor Britta. 8. “Destroy the Tea Party” - Britta’s adventures in Boston in 1773.
Book Synopsis How to Make Money by : Jane Thornton
Download or read book How to Make Money written by Jane Thornton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of ideas for making, saving and managing money.
Book Synopsis The Friendship Code #1 by : Stacia Deutsch
Download or read book The Friendship Code #1 written by Stacia Deutsch and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller! Perfect for fans of The Babysitters Club and anyone interested in computer science, this series is published in partnership with the organization Girls Who Code. Loops, variables, input/output – Lucy can’t wait to get started with the new coding club at school. Finally, an after school activity that she’s really interested in. But Lucy’s excitement turns to disappointment when she’s put into a work group with girls she barely knows. All she wanted to do was make an app that she believes will help someone very special to her. Suddenly, Lucy begins to get cryptic coding messages and needs some help translating them. She soon discovers that coding – and friendship – takes time, dedication, and some laughs!
Book Synopsis Sadé and Her Shadow Beasts by : Rachel Faturoti
Download or read book Sadé and Her Shadow Beasts written by Rachel Faturoti and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The middle grade book everyone's going to be obsessed with this summer' Louie Stowell, author of Loki For fans of ONWARD and A Monster Calls, this is an unmissable illustrated story about grief and love for young readers 9 and up. Sadé has always loved escaping to her imaginary, rainbow-bright world. When her mum dies, the colours in her mind fade like old jeans, and her shadow beasts appear: Tiger with black claws, Hen with cracked feathers, Fox with giant hind legs and Lion with piercing blue eyes. The shadow beasts are trouble. They follow Sadé to school and cause chaos wherever they go. Then Sadé joins a grief support group to work through her emotions, and slowly her beasts retreat. But just as it's her turn to perform her poetry at the school talent show, they're back, larger and stronger than ever ... can Sadé find the words to remember her mum in her own unique way, and banish her shadow beasts for good? 'A real ode to the power of creativity...' L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
Book Synopsis Queen of the Nile (Cleopatra in Space #6) by : Mike Maihack
Download or read book Queen of the Nile (Cleopatra in Space #6) written by Mike Maihack and published by Graphix. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conclusion to Mike Maihack's thrilling graphic novel series starring a young Cleopatra and her adventures in space! The time has come for Cleo to fulfill the ancient prophecy that declares her a savior and a hero, a prophecy she still struggles to accept. Cleo is joined by both old and new friends as they fight to defend the galaxy she's come to call home against the evil Xaius Octavian. The Queen of the Nile must summon the strength to face down her enemy one last time, and keep her friends -- and herself -- alive.
