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White Oleander

Author : Janet Fitch
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0759568170
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book White Oleander written by Janet Fitch and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery - but their idyll is shattered when Astrid's mother falls apart over a lover. Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison. White Oleander is the unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances. Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned. With determination and humor, Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty, and strives to learn who a motherless child in an indifferent world can become. Oprah Winfrey enjoyed this gripping first novel so much that she not only made it her book club pick, she asked if she could narrate the audio release.

Return of the Dragon Slayers

Author : Brandon Mull
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481485091
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Return of the Dragon Slayers written by Brandon Mull and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic finale of the New York Times bestselling sequel series to Fablehaven from author Brandon Mull. The magical world teeters on the brink of collapse. The Dragon King, Celebrant, has united the dragons into a vengeful army, and only a final artifact stands in the way of them unleashing their fury against humankind. With established allegiances shifting under the strain, Seth and Kendra find themselves in desperate need of new allies. Seth must face his most dangerous quest—the fulfillment of his pledge to the Singing Sisters. With only Calvin the Tiny Hero at his side, Seth needs to collect the pieces of the Ethergem, including the stones from the crowns of the Dragon King, the Giant Queen, and the Demon King. Halfway across the world, Kendra finds herself torn between her duty to Dragonwatch and her desire to rescue Bracken. Can she challenge Ronodin’s control of the fairy realm without leaving the five legendary dragon slayers to be hunted by Celebrant and his sons? Left behind at Titan Valley, Knox and Tess must survive the aftermath of the Giant Queen’s fall. Will the secret crown in Knox’s possession prove too much for him to handle?

FridayReads Modern Love Anthology for Book Lovers

Author :
Publisher : Shelf Unbound Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book FridayReads Modern Love Anthology for Book Lovers written by and published by Shelf Unbound Books. This book was released on with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Astrid Sees All

Author : Natalie Standiford
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982153660
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Astrid Sees All written by Natalie Standiford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “vivid portrait of a seedy, edgy, artsy, and seething New York City that will never exist again” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author)—the glittering, decadent downtown club scene of the 1980s—follows a smart, vulnerable young woman as she takes a deep dive into her dark side. Essential reading for fans of Sweetbitter, Fleabag, and books by Patti Smith. New York, 1984: Twenty-two-year-old Phoebe Hayes is a young woman in search of excitement and adventure. But the recent death of her father has so devastated her that her mother wants her to remain home in Baltimore to recover. Phoebe wants to return to New York, not only to chase the glamorous life she so desperately craves but also to confront Ivan, the older man who wronged her. With her best friend Carmen, she escapes to the East Village, disappearing into an underworld haunted by artists, It Girls, and lost souls trying to party their pain away. Carmen juggles her junkie-poet boyfriend and a sexy painter while, as Astrid the Star Girl, Phoebe tells fortunes in a nightclub and plots her revenge on Ivan. When the intoxicating brew of sex, drugs, and self-destruction leads Phoebe to betray her friend, Carmen disappears, and Phoebe begins an unstoppable descent into darkness. “A new wave coming-of-age story, Astrid Sees All is a blast from the past” (Stewart O’Nan, author of The Speed Queen) about female friendship, sex, romance, and what it’s like to be a young woman searching for an identity.

Roller Girl

Author : Victoria Jamieson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698190599
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Roller Girl written by Victoria Jamieson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newbery Honor Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Roller Girl is a heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving junior high through the power of roller derby—perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Smile! For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most difficult summer of Astrid's life as she struggles to keep up with the older girls at camp, hang on to the friend she feels slipping away, and cautiously embark on a new friendship. As the end of summer nears and her first roller derby bout (and junior high!) draws closer, Astrid realizes that maybe she is strong enough to handle the bout, a lost friendship, and middle school… in short, strong enough to be a roller girl. In this graphic novel debut that earned a Newbery Honor and five starred reviews, real-life derby girl Victoria Jamieson has created an inspiring coming-of-age story about friendship, perseverance, and girl power!

No Fixed Address

Author : Susin Nielsen
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 0735262772
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book No Fixed Address written by Susin Nielsen and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From beloved Governor General Literary Award--winning author Susin Nielsen comes a touching and funny middle-grade story about family, friendship and growing up when you're one step away from homelessness. Felix Knuttson, twelve, is an endearing kid with an incredible brain for trivia. His mom Astrid is loving but unreliable; she can't hold onto a job, or a home. When they lose their apartment in Vancouver, they move into a camper van, just for August, till Astrid finds a job. September comes, they're still in the van; Felix must keep "home" a secret and give a fake address in order to enroll in school. Luckily, he finds true friends. As the weeks pass and life becomes grim, he struggles not to let anyone know how precarious his situation is. When he gets to compete on a national quiz show, Felix is determined to win -- the cash prize will bring them a home. Their luck is about to change! But what happens is not at all what Felix expected.

Crazy Rich Asians

Author : Kevin Kwan
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
ISBN 13 : 0385679068
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Crazy Rich Asians written by Kevin Kwan and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might as well have a target on her back. Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family practically lives in the pages of the Hong Kong socialite magazines; and Eleanor, Nick's formidable mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should--and should not--marry. Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, Crazy Rich Asians is an insider's look at the Asian JetSet; a perfect depiction of the clash between old money and new money; between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese; and a fabulous novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, crazily rich.

Fear of Missing Out

Author : Kate McGovern
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374305471
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Fear of Missing Out written by Kate McGovern and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has a fear of missing out on something—a party, a basketball game, a hangout after school. But what if it’s life that you’ll be missing out on? When Astrid learns that her cancer has returned, she hears about a radical technology called cryopreservation that may allow her to have her body frozen until a future time when—and if—a cure is available. With her boyfriend, Mohit, and her best friend, Chloe, Astrid goes on a road trip in search of that possibility. To see if it’s real. To see if it’s worth it. For fear of missing out on everything.

Firecracker

Author : David Iserson
Publisher : Razorbill
ISBN 13 : 1595146814
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Firecracker written by David Iserson and published by Razorbill. This book was released on 2014 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expelled for cheating at her private school, seventeen-year-old Astrid, who lives in a rocket ship parked in her backyard, must attend public school where she learns some lessons about family, friendship, and romance.

Blue Magic

Author : A. M. Dellamonica
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765319489
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Blue Magic written by A. M. Dellamonica and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigo Springs used to be a sleepy town in Oregon. Now it's the epicenter of a magical insurrection. Astrid Lethewood's discovery of a river of the blue liquid magic known as vitagua was initially harmless, until it burst out of the ground, contaminated everything, and attracted power-hungry rebels. The secret is out, and the world will never be the same. Plants and animals aren't the only things that have mutated. Astrid's best friend, Sahara, has been corrupted by it, and now leads a cult that seeks to rule the world. Astrid sets out to make things right and bring some sort of balance back into a nation thrown into chaos by magical contamination.

China Rich Girlfriend

Author : Kevin Kwan
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385539096
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book China Rich Girlfriend written by Kevin Kwan and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of the international sensation Crazy Rich Asians delivers a “snarky … wicked … funny” follow-up (The New York Times) that’s a deliciously fun romantic comedy of family, fortune, and fame in Mainland China. It’s the eve of Rachel Chu’s wedding, and she should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiancé willing to thwart his meddling relatives and give up one of the biggest fortunes in Asia in order to marry her. Still, Rachel mourns the fact that her birth father, a man she never knew, won’t be there to walk her down the aisle. Then a chance accident reveals his identity. Suddenly, Rachel is drawn into a dizzying world of Shanghai splendor, a world where people attend church in a penthouse, where exotic cars race down the boulevard, and where people aren’t just crazy rich … they’re China rich.

Teaching Popular Culture

Author : David Buckingham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135360456
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Popular Culture written by David Buckingham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching about the media and popular culture has been a major concern for radical educators. Yet in recent years, the hyperbolic rhetoric of "critical pedagogy" has come under attack, not only from theoretical perspectives such as feminism, anti-racism and postmodernism, but also in The Light Of Actual Classroom Experience. The Notion That Teachers Might "liberate" students through rationalistic forms of ideological critique has been increasingly questioned, not only on the grounds of its political arrogance, but also because of its ineffectiveness in practice. This book seeks to move beyond the limitations of these debates, and to explore positive alternatives. It contains a broad international range of contributions, covering practice from primary schools right through to higher education. The authors draw on diverse perspectives, including poststructuralism, postmodernism, cultural studies, anti-racism and feminism; yet they share a willingness to challenge radical orthodoxies, and to offer positive practical alternatives.

Monument 14: Sky on Fire

Author : Emmy Laybourne
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312569041
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Monument 14: Sky on Fire written by Emmy Laybourne and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After repairing a school bus, the group of survivors split in two, with one group heading to the airport in hopes of reuniting with their parents and saving their dying friend and the other trying to rebuild the community they lost.

The Traitor's Son

Author : Pedro Urvi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Traitor's Son written by Pedro Urvi and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-18 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A kingdom in danger, a great betrayal, a boy seeking to redeem his father's honor. Will he succeed in exonerating him and saving the realm from an enemy in the shadows before it is too late for the whole North? By the age of fifteen, Lasgol has endured a hard childhood and lives, cornered and hated, in a small village in the North. He is the son of the traitor, the man who betrayed the kingdom and tried to kill the King. His only companions are the mountains and the snow, ever-present in the region. Yet he refuses to believe that his father is guilty, in spite of all the evidence that points to the fact, even though the King himself was a witness to the betrayal.Lasgol is determined to clear his father's name, and to do this he has only a single option: the School of Rangers, a secret place where the respected and feared defenders of the lands of the kingdom are trained for four years. Going there is insane, hate and death await him there. But as the son of a Ranger, he is entitled to attend.At the Camp he will find himself involved in political intrigues, disloyalties and murder. He will encounter hatred and fearsome enemies, but also a handful of friends, novices as much out of place as he is himself, determined to do whatever is necessary to pass the first year ... without dying in the attempt.Will Lasgol survive the first year of instruction at the Rangers' Camp? Will he find out what happened to his father? Will he be able to clear his name?Find out while you follow fascinating adventures with a group of characters you will fall in love with.The adventure begins right now!

Eight

Author : Ella Hickson
Publisher : Original Works Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1934962406
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Eight written by Ella Hickson and published by Original Works Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of eight monologues that offer a group portrait of diverse characters, from high-class hookers to 7/7 survivors.

Lost at the Pinnacles

Author : Cody Tolmasoff
Publisher : Adventuring.in
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost at the Pinnacles written by Cody Tolmasoff and published by Adventuring.in. This book was released on 2020-08-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immediately, Zoe saw the stress in Anna Dahlia’s eyes. Now, lost at dusk without a flashlight, this weekend trip to Pinnacles National Park was much more than either of them had expected. Caves, tarantulas, bats, lizards, feral pigs. Now, which way to the campsite? Follow Anna Dahlia and her younger sister Zoe as they go on a surprise weekend camping trip with their father and some family friends for an unforgettable adventure. ♥Reading a book twice can dramatically improve reading comprehension for older elementary school and younger middle school students. Convincing your child to read a book twice is a lot to ask. Why not make it interesting? ♥Included in this title are two complete books and some helpful bonus content. Read the first story from Anna Dahlia’s perspective, then read the second story from Zoe’s point of view for added details. 2 books in 1! ♥Enjoy either story on its own, or read them together for a more complete version. ♥Enjoy the bonus material and encourage a love for adventure by reading letters between the characters as they plan future trips. ♥Caregivers will appreciate story summaries and reader questions too! And keep an eye out for the next book in the series: Separated on the Paris Metro

No Distance Too Far (Home to Blessing Book #2)

Author : Lauraine Snelling
Publisher : Bethany House
ISBN 13 : 9781441207739
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book No Distance Too Far (Home to Blessing Book #2) written by Lauraine Snelling and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astrid Bjorklund wants to use her medical training to serve God and feels that He might be leading her in the direction of missionary work. Smarting from a misunderstanding with Joshua Landsverk, the young man she thought she loved, she heads east to a missionary training school, hoping to eventually use her skills in some remote outpost in Africa. When she is called home unexpectedly to help in a family medical emergency, Astrid learns of a deadly measles outbreak on the nearby Indian reservation. She immediately senses the Spirit tugging her to help the Indians and wonders if her "mission field" is not so far away as she had imagined. But if she follows God's call, will love pass her by?