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Upside Down and Backwards

Author : Julie Greves
Publisher : American Psychological Association
ISBN 13 : 1433817888
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Upside Down and Backwards written by Julie Greves and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since his first ride, Bryce has been thrilled with roller coasters. But when Bryce’s sister Paige is diagnosed with cancer, his life becomes one of the craziest roller coasters he would ever ride. Will his family ever get back to normal? With the help of his family, friends, and support group, Bryce gets through the ups, downs, twists, and flips of having a sister living with cancer. Includes an extensive "Readers Note," written by the authors.

The Ouroh Trilogy

Author : Thomas D. Bryson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477245138
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book The Ouroh Trilogy written by Thomas D. Bryson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few books that surprise their readers on every page-even fewer that show readers how to live. Boldly, the OUROH trilogy does both. Trevor and Trudy, siblings from Earth, take an unforgettable journey through these pages, a journey you will gladly take alongside them; they're the kind of inspiring characters that live and breathe on the page and live on in your mind and heart long after the story's final word. You can't help but root for and identify with them. Their journey is rich with the power of words and wishes, spoken and unspoken. It's a journey not only through time (recycled time), but past time; not only through our known universe, but past it to another, and another (Ouroh is the center of thirteen multiverses); not only through our minds and senses, but past what we've been conditioned to perceive to a whole new way of seeing and knowing. This epic tale has been created by a master storyteller and modern-day philosopher, one who understands that acknowledging life's interconnectedness and relying on present-moment awareness are the keys to true happiness. But you won't be pummeled with speeches or agendas; instead, this wisdom is skillfully woven into the narrative's fabric. Trevor and Trudy are joined by Ideas and Imagination, their Ouroh counterparts, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, including the fascinating Planimals (part plant, part animal, in a myriad of astounding varieties). Thrumming with heart-pounding tension and suspense, the story asks: Will the children save the multiverses from an errant word? Will they "right the word that went wrong"? In a time when people complain that there is nothing new under the sun, it is quite a rare achievement to discover a book unlike any other. The OUROH trilogy is a true gift indeed.

So You Wanna Kiss a Girl...

Author : Chris Gaucher
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 146027802X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book So You Wanna Kiss a Girl... written by Chris Gaucher and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liam is your typical whimsical, random, twelve-year-old boy. He likes music, video games, hanging out with his friends... and girls. His concerned mom wants to be sure he is prepared for this new stage of his life so she assigns him a task that makes doing dishes seem like a walk in the park: In exchange for screen time, Liam has to write a book about boy/girl relationships! His mom plans on giving him a weekly lesson about girls over the 10 weeks of summer vacation. He has to turn those lessons into 10 chapters that will help boys make sense of the confusing world of girls. What choice does poor Liam have? Of course, nothing ever goes as planned. By the time his book is actually finished, more than a year has passed and Liam has learned a thing or two about girls all on his own. With all the wry humour and often sarcastic wit of a teenage boy, So You Wanna Kiss a Girl will educate its young male readers even as it entertains.

The Window Blind

Author : Patricia Colton
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1463460023
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book The Window Blind written by Patricia Colton and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caterina Cammino is an attractive and reclusive thirty-five-year-old woman whose nightly ritual is to go to the beach and drink wine from the bar of her car. Though alcohol is her crutch and companion, it cant erase the memory of the summer of 1988 when she lost her innocence--and awoke to a scream. Tyler Beck is an intellectually gifted eighteen-year-old loner who has an invisible, magical cord above his right shoulder; he is also a former drug addict who was rehabilitated with the help of a counselor named Robie. After Robie dies, however, a distraught Beck exits his friends funeral and seeks refuge at the beachand in heroin. Their lives collide when Caterinas car strikes a trashcan that crashes into the semi-conscious Beck. When they both ask aloud for help, the grieving parts of themselves are transported to another dimension called 10-17. Caterina arrives in this dimension as her seventeen-year-old self, Cat, and there she meets Beck, whom she nicknames Ty. Once in this new world, set against a backdrop of Italy, they meet a Watcher named Miranda who tells them that they are in 10-17 for healing, even while their parallel lives are continuing on Earth. Miranda explains that the dimensions are spaced like slats on a window blind; she also tells the teenagers about a place called Thare, an Earth-like dimension populated by humans, but without suffering or addiction. While Beck readily embraces his love for the mature Caterina, she is conflicted over her feelings for a man half her age. Meanwhile, in Dimension 10-17, as Cat and Ty complete their lesson, they are torn over the choice that Miranda offers them: To go to the perfect world of Thare and leave the Earth and their families behind, or to return wholly to their Earthly selves...

Asking for Trouble

Author : Sarah Prineas
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593204336
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Asking for Trouble written by Sarah Prineas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heartwarming and adventure-filled sequel to Trouble in the Stars, in which Trouble, an adorable but dangerous shape-shifter must travel the galaxy on a rescue mission with their best friend Electra and a troublesome baby shapeshifter. Perfect for fans of Greg van Eekhout and Geoff Rodkey. After the adventure and havoc of escaping the evil General Smag, Trouble is happy to finally be settling in to their new home with their best friend, Electra, and the misfit crew of the Hindsight. Maybe danger is finally behind them. But Trouble has a situation to deal with: training the rescued baby shapeshifter and helping it figure out who--and what--they are. But trying to be a good big sibling to a proto-being isn't the only challenge facing Trouble. Trouble's best friend, Electra, was taken from her home as a baby and was raised at a military academy, where she was trained to become a loyal StarLeague cadet. Now Electra is determined to rescue the other cadets so they can have normal childhoods instead of becoming lethal weapons, like her. Her plan? To infiltrate the academy as a senior student and then engineer an escape by the entire student body. Trouble knows they must help Electra carry out her plan. But when Electra goes missing, Trouble, determined to rescue the rescuer, goes undercover at the academy, even if it's not as easy as you'd think for a shapeshifter to pretend to be a military cadet. Especially when Trouble finds that the baby shapeshifter has come along. Now Trouble must do whatever it takes to save Electra and the other cadets--and figure out a strange mystery coming from the deep dark edges of space. Because something's coming...

Mr. Bear, Polar – The Furriest Climate Refugee

Author : Mr. Bear, Polar
Publisher : Sami Ta Bell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Bear, Polar – The Furriest Climate Refugee written by Mr. Bear, Polar and published by Sami Ta Bell. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate refugee’s journey from the cold arctic to the warm, blood dripping, incredibly tasty Finnish hearts. The real Polar Express. A tale that leaves no one lukewarm. An avalanche of laughter! Mr. Bear, Polar is a regular, meat-eating bear from the Arctic. The Best Pole. He lives in Finland with his Karelian Bear Dog and humans. He likes eating, intercourse, and telling bad puns. Bear with him. With some help from his neighbour and nemesis, Sami Ta Bell, Mr. Bear Polar tells everything. How he was forced to leave his home in the Arctic. How he ended up in a concentration camp in Churchill, Canada. How he escaped and gained the trust of humans and was exiled to Finland. How he learned to shop and survive just like any other immigrant. How he found friends in the vegan, nationalist, and gay communities. How he fell in love... Through hardship he learned just how tasty humans really are. From the coldest countries truly come the warmest hearts. And the tastiest. Read more from www.mrbearpolar.com & www.herrajaakarhu.fi(in Finnish) or follow Mr. Bear, Polar on instagram, facebook, twitter, and youtube.

Wonderful Words

Author : Mary E. Kendig
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664137467
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Wonderful Words written by Mary E. Kendig and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-08-17 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonderful Words is a simple celebration of words – words about you and me, words about family and friends, words about events and experiences, and words that explain elements of language and how we communicate with one another. Words can make us laugh and cry and can make us think. They can also inspire and teach us. The poems and rhymes in this book are designed to help children – and all those of us who are kids at heart – celebrate, remember, anticipate, think, reach out, and learn. I hope they do just that for you.

Only Until I Need Glasses: The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Jimmy DeAngelo

Author : James T. Scarnati
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1457544776
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Only Until I Need Glasses: The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Jimmy DeAngelo written by James T. Scarnati and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somewhere in every person’s life is a little Jimmy DeAngelo. Only Until I Need Glasses is a coming-of-age novel that transcends generations. It’s the story of Jimmy DeAngelo, a typical boy growing up in the 1950s whose basic human nature is often at odds with the expectations of family and church. But boys will be boys, and Jimmy’s inner conflict makes his life a continuous and hilarious adventure. He struggles with challenges on his road to adulthood and tests the accepted boundaries, providing a plethora of belly laughs in a society where rules, regulations, and morality are everything. In the years between WWII and Vietnam, follow Jimmy and his friends as they navigate first grade and first kisses, college pranks and career choices. Laugh with our hero as he attempts to reconcile the inner discord created by embedded church and family values, and take a refreshing look into the minds of boys. Only Until I Need Glasses is an entertaining and uplifting book about love, friendship, and the process of finding one’s place in a rapidly changing world.

Some Fun

Author : Antonya Nelson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 141653184X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Some Fun written by Antonya Nelson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-03-21 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most award-winning, critically acclaimed story writers working today, Antonya Nelson has a list of accolades that is astonishing for any writer, but especially for one as young as she. With her newest collection, Nelson once again proves herself worthy of her stellar reputation, delivering seven taut, striking stories and a brilliant novella, all exploring the tensions of troubled family relations. Nelson is an extraordinary chronicler of the fraught relationships between parents and children and husbands and wives. With her particular understanding of the threats and vulnerabilities of wild adolescence, as well as the complicated, persistent love that often lies dormant beneath the drama of rebellion, she illuminates the hidden corners of her characters' lives. The shy, shoplifting sixteen-year-old protagonist in the title novella is trying to understand how to become an adult while going through a year of family disaster. We watch as she dabbles in the same adult behaviors that so repulse her about her parents (binge drinking, sex) while maintaining so much of her adolescent insecurity and confusion. "Dick" is a moving story about a mother who, having lost her daughter to the vicissitudes of adolescence, has a compulsion to protect her innocent, preadolescent son from the aggressive and encroaching post-9/11 adult world. The homeless teen at the heart of "Eminent Domain" is a pampered Houston rich girl who has, for her own reasons, taken to the streets. Radiating an emotional intensity that unifies the entire collection, each of Nelson's stories both captivates and unnerves. As her characters run the gauntlet of often bewildering family tensions and trauma, she alternates hope and despair, resentment and love, in perfectly recognizable proportions. Weaving wonderful observation with quick wit and striking insight, Some Fun is a timely and provocative inventory of the state of family in America -- and proof of why Nelson is one of the most important writers at work today.

Just Grace and the Terrible Tutu

Author : Charise Mericle Harper
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547504934
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Just Grace and the Terrible Tutu written by Charise Mericle Harper and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sixth installment in the Just Grace series, Grace and Mimi have a secret . . . Mimi is going to be a big sister. Then when Lily, a visiting four year old, turns into the Terrible Tutu, Grace can't escape her, and Mimi can't wait to be with her. Using all her empathy powers Grace shows Lily and Mimi the creative path towards a new friendship.

Mothers and Strangers

Author : Samia Serageldin
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469651688
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Mothers and Strangers written by Samia Serageldin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this anthology of creative nonfiction, twenty-eight writers set out to discover what they know, and don't know, about the person they call Mother. Celebrated writers Samia Serageldin and Lee Smith have curated a diverse and insightful collection that challenges stereotypes about mothers and expands our notions of motherhood in the South. The mothers in these essays were shaped, for good and bad, by the economic and political crosswinds of their time. Whether their formative experience was the Great Depression or the upheavals of the 1970s, their lives reflected their era and influenced how they raised their children. The writers in Mothers and Strangers explore the reliability of memory, examine their family dynamics, and come to terms with the past. In addition to the editors, contributors include Belle Boggs, Marshall Chapman, Hal Crowther, Clyde Edgerton, Marianne Gingher, Jaki Shelton Green, Sally Greene, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Eldridge "Redge" Hanes, Lynden Harris, Randall Kenan, Phillip Lopate, Michael Malone, Frances Mayes, Jill McCorkle, Melody Moezzi, Elaine Neil Orr, Steven Petrow, Margaret Rich, Omid Safi, James Seay, Alan Shapiro, Bland Simpson, Sharon K. Swanson, and Daniel Wallace.

I Love You, Mom!

Author : Blythe Daniel
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1496452577
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book I Love You, Mom! written by Blythe Daniel and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweet collection of sentiments from mother-daughter duo Helen McIntosh and Blythe Daniel is a deeply sincere tribute to moms everywhere. Whether they are still on the parenting journey or enjoying the grandmothering phase of life, moms of all ages will be blessed and encouraged by these inspirational thoughts and special affirmations of love. Beautifully designed with cheerful full-color artwork in a unique layered hardcover package, this special all-occasion gift is a thoughtful, meaningful way to celebrate Mom and let her know how much you love, cherish, and appreciate all that she is and does!

Bitter Melon

Author : Cara Chow
Publisher : Egmont USA
ISBN 13 : 160684198X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Bitter Melon written by Cara Chow and published by Egmont USA. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances, a Chinese-American student at an academically competitive school in San Francisco, has always had it drilled into her to be obedient to her mother and to be a straight-A student so that she can go to Med school. But is being a doctor what she wants? It has never even occurred to Frances to question her own feelings and desires until she accidentally winds up in speech class and finds herself with a hidden talent. Does she dare to challenge the mother who has sacrificed everything for her? Set in the 1980s.

The Upside-Down Magic Collection (Books 1-6)

Author : Sarah Mlynowski
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338722557
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Upside-Down Magic Collection (Books 1-6) written by Sarah Mlynowski and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first six books in the New York Times bestselling series -- soon to be a Disney Channel movie! What do you do when you try to turn into a dragon or a kitten, but you accidentally turn into a dritten instead? Or you try to conjure fire but can only make flurries? Or maybe you get to fly, but you can't come back down? For Nory and her friends in Dunwiddle Magic School's Upside-Down Magic class, magic is amazing, unpredictable, and out of control!This collection includes the first six hilarious, upside-down magical adventures! Upside-Down Magic #1: Upside-Down Magic, Upside-Down Magic #2: Showing Off, Upside-Down Magic #3: Sticks & Stones, Upside-Down Magic #4: Dragon Overnight, Upside-Down Magic #5: Weather or Not, and Upside-Down Magic #6: The Big Shrink

Unusual Stories, Unusually Told: 7 Contemporary American Plays from Clubbed Thumb

Author : Sigrid Gilmer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350194212
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Unusual Stories, Unusually Told: 7 Contemporary American Plays from Clubbed Thumb written by Sigrid Gilmer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unusual Stories, Unusually Told celebrates some of the boldest contemporary American voices with seven plays from Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks. Spanning 2001 to 2019 and accompanied by artist interviews and reflections on the work, this anthology presents a vital survey of formally inventive 21st century playwriting, and is a perfect collection for study and performance. U.S. Drag by Gina Gionfriddo A serial killer named Ed stalks the city, luring his victims by asking for help. To protect themselves, a group of New Yorkers form SAFE, “Stay Away From Ed.” The first rule: don't help anyone. It's a matter of urban survival. Slavey by Sigrid Gilmer In which Robert and Nora, a couple on the rise, get a big promotion, a bigger house, and a brand new slave. Dot by Kate E. Ryan In which old Dot and the weird kid from the neighborhood become friends. Set in that kind of Florida town that makes you wonder: is this TV, a book, or maybe even a cabaret? Baby Screams Miracle by Clare Barron In which a freak storm knocks down all the trees in town and a prodigal daughter is taught a new way to pray. But the weird weather's not over yet. Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men On Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Of Government by Agnes Borinsky The adventures of Barb the Teacher, Deb the Seeker, Heidi the Helper, Tawny the Addict and a host of others. With songs! Presented by Miss Marjorie Blain, her students, and members of the community. Light refreshments will be provided. Plano by Will Arbery Tonight, and later, and earlier, three sisters (no, not those ones) are stricken with a series of strange plagues. Let's talk about family nightmares. I mean, uh, memories.

My Keeper

Author : Talee Moore
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book My Keeper written by Talee Moore and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Seventeen-year-old Hadley Hall attempted suicide and has been dealing with depression for over six months. After school ends and not speaking to her family about any of the events that happened, her oldest brother Emerson comes to town with his teammate, Weston. Weston himself has depression and teaches her how to deal with it without medication. He teaches her how to not let it define her. What makes this story most interesting is the pain, the feelings from herself and her family and friends, but also the relationship and love she finds in the person who knows very little about her. There are secrets along the way, problems she has to deal with, and speaking to her two brothers and Weston help Hadley achieve that. Lots of people have depression, and lots of people love love. Self-growth in the process only makes it more relatable. I hope readers take away how to handle things without the help of medication, that readers find ways themselves to deal with day to day problems, and find that suicide is not the way.

Half Past the Dead of Night

Author : Cleo Baldon
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 149171042X
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Half Past the Dead of Night written by Cleo Baldon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-seven-year-old script supervisor Jared Dunkin, called J., is camping in the corner of his inherited house above Hollywood's Sunset Strip. In his move, he brought only his autograph collection and his Barcelona chairs. Orphaned and disconsolate, J. is doing nothing with his love of film and very little with his history degree. Out of the blue, he meets thirty-year-old Mary Ellen Higgen called Emmy while at a voting precinct on a February Tuesday and decides she might be the girl for him. But when he raves to his grandmother about Emmy, she warns him not to see the girl again although she doesn't say why. Everyone in Hollywood has a personal celebrity. For J., it's his grandmother, who came to Hollywood in the late forties as Miss South Dakota and third runner-up to Miss America. She made movies and married the head of make-up as he started the successful line of Ingénue Cosmetics. Emmy's celebrity is her late, swashbuckling, movie star grandfather who had made a film with J.'s Grandstar. Although they're in love, J. and Emmy may have too much in common. Just as he finds a career, J. finds his personal life spiraling out of control in a spectacular fashion worthy of a soap opera.