The Girl who Fell from the Sky

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Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616200154
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Book Synopsis The Girl who Fell from the Sky by : Heidi W. Durrow

Download or read book The Girl who Fell from the Sky written by Heidi W. Durrow and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and confront her identity as a biracial woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. A first novel. Reprint.

Miller's Children

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520295676
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Miller's Children by : James Garbarino

Download or read book Miller's Children written by James Garbarino and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Miller's Children is a comprehensive look at the consequences of the US Supreme Court's decision in the case of Miller v. Alabama, which outlawed mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers. This book describes the author's fieldwork as a psychological expert witness in more than forty resentencing cases of juveniles affected by the Miller decision (and follow-up rulings), providing a wide-ranging review of research on human development in adolescence and early adulthood. It focuses on how and why convicted teenage murderers have been able to accomplish dramatic rehabilitation and transformation, emphasizing the role of spiritual development, education, reflection, and mentoring in that process."--Provided by publisher.

Their Second-Chance Child

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Publisher : Silhouette
ISBN 13 : 1426827768
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Book Synopsis Their Second-Chance Child by : Karen Sandler

Download or read book Their Second-Chance Child written by Karen Sandler and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Herrera couldn't believe Becca Stiles had applied for a job at the home he'd started for former foster kids. And that he'd hired her! Eleven years ago, she'd walked out on him and their marriage without a backward glance. But even as the old attraction sizzled between them, the single father knew that letting Becca back into his life was asking for trouble. Rebecca knew that returning to her childhood town would reopen old wounds. But Tony had a child of his own now—a little girl who needed a mother.

Second Chances

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ISBN 13 : 9780552134941
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Book Synopsis Second Chances by : Judith S. Wallerstein

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First Love, Second Chance

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis First Love, Second Chance by : Vesper Young

Download or read book First Love, Second Chance written by Vesper Young and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucas I've regretted leaving her every day for ten years. She convinced me to follow my dreams, move across the country, and found a tech empire worth billions. Well, I did that. And none of it compared to having Kara in my arms. A twist of fate puts Kara back in my life, and I'm not going to let this chance go. I've never wanted anyone more. Her smile, her laugh, I need them like I need to breathe. I can't resist her, and I don't want to. The only problem: she refuses to let me back in her heart. That's not an option. And I'll do anything to prove it to her. Kara Luke's crashed back into my life, and I'm anything but ready. When he left ten years ago, my heart shattered into a million pieces. First loves do that, don't they? I've spent the past years duct-taping it back together. Then I built a wall around my feelings so it won't happen again. Now he's here. I can't deny the connection we have. I convinced myself it was young love, but even now, just one look in his eyes and I know it was real. I want him. I want him more than I ever have before. But I can't give in. I have to fight it, for a dozen reasons. He's my ex. He's my boss. When he left, it broke me--how can I ever risk that again? Oh, right, and the biggest reason. I never told him we have a son. First Love, Second Chance is a sweet and steamy standalone secret child romance with no cheating and a guaranteed HEA. Each book can be read on its own. 1. Real Love, Fake Marriage (Mindy & Deacon) 2. First Love, Second Chance (Kara & Lucas)

Adoption

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Publisher : Open Books Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Book Synopsis Adoption by : Barbara Tizard

Download or read book Adoption written by Barbara Tizard and published by Open Books Publishing (UK). This book was released on 1977 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Second-Chance Mother

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ISBN 13 : 9781936539680
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (396 download)

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Book Synopsis Second-Chance Mother by : Denise Roessle

Download or read book Second-Chance Mother written by Denise Roessle and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Denise Roessle became a mother at 45, her long-held dream came true. She felt as if she were 19 again, the age at which she got pregnant out of wedlock and relinquished her newborn son for adoption. Suddenly, he was back - this stranger she had given birth to - and he wasn't just searching for his roots. Joshua was looking for a mom. Eager to embrace the second chance she had been granted, Denise leapt wholeheartedly into the role. "It's a BIG boy," she announced to her family and friends, setting free her twenty-six-year secret. But Joshua was not a boy. He was a grown man, with a history that fell far short of what she had envisioned for him when she'd been assured he would be "better off" without her. His adoptive parents had essentially given up on him at age thirteen, sending him away with only an eighth-grade education. He drifted through a series of institutions and group homes, and ultimately onto the New York City streets, where he fell into drugs and crime. When an early marriage failed, he and his young wife surrendered an infant and toddler to adoption. By the time Denise and her son reunited, he was in his second marriage to a teenaged runaway who was six months pregnant with their first child. Despite her disappointment and his obvious problems, Denise was determined to restore their severed bond and give him the unconditional love that had been lacking in her own childhood. At the same time, she struggled with her parents' adverse reaction to her reunion and their refusal to acknowledge their grandson's existence. The shameful event that they had worked so vigorously to bury was back to haunt them. They could not accept their daughter's happiness at having found her lost child. Still reeling in the overwhelming mix of joy and grief, gratitude and guilt triggered by reunion with her son, Denise received a letter from an aunt she never knew existed. Aunt Mabel revealed some startling information about Denise's mother, who had claimed to be an only child raised by a kindly couple after both her parents passed away. In truth, she was one of nine siblings tossed to the winds by their mother after the death of their father in 1929. As she got to know her new-found aunts, uncles and cousins, Denise became obsessed with understanding how her grandmother could desert her children and how her mother, who so clearly bore the scars of abandonment, could then force her own daughter to give up a child. A year into their reunion, after Josh's wife left him with their ten-month-old daughter, the rage that he had initially denied surfaced. Denise went from feeling like a new mom to the frustrated parent of an out-of-control teenager. In the face of his angry outbursts and threats to cut her off, she remained intent on "fixing" him, believing that, in time, she could heal his wounds. Once more, she put her own pain aside and stood by him as he married twice more and fathered another child. Only when Josh and Denise reached an impasse in year five, did she recognize how emotionally shutdown she had been since relinquishing her son - and how she had let her fear of losing him again hold her hostage. In the silence of their estrangement, she began the hard work that ultimately allowed her to resolve her own issues, reclaim the young woman she had left behind after surrendering what turned out to be her only child, and make peace with the past. She found acceptance and forgiveness for her mother, her son, and ultimately herself.

The Second Chance Club

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Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982128607
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Second Chance Club written by Jason Hardy and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book. Prompted by a dead-end retail job and a vague desire to increase the amount of justice in his hometown, Jason Hardy became a parole officer in New Orleans at the worst possible moment. Louisiana’s incarceration rates were the highest in the US and his department’s caseload had just been increased to 220 “offenders” per parole officer, whereas the national average is around 100. Almost immediately, he discovered that the biggest problem with our prison system is what we do—and don’t do—when people get out of prison. Deprived of social support and jobs, these former convicts are often worse off than when they first entered prison and Hardy dramatizes their dilemmas with empathy and grace. He’s given unique access to their lives and a growing recognition of their struggles and takes on his job with the hope that he can change people’s fates—but he quickly learns otherwise. The best Hardy and his colleagues can do is watch out for impending disaster and help clean up the mess left behind. But he finds that some of his charges can muster the miraculous power to save themselves. By following these heroes, he both stokes our hope and fuels our outrage by showing us how most offenders, even those with the best intentions, end up back in prison—or dead—because the system systematically fails them. Our focus should be, he argues, to give offenders the tools they need to re-enter society which is not only humane but also vastly cheaper for taxpayers. As immersive and dramatic as Evicted and as revelatory as The New Jim Crow, The Second Chance Club shows us how to solve the cruelest problems prisons create for offenders and society at large.

Giving Kids a Fair Chance

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Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262019132
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Book Synopsis Giving Kids a Fair Chance by : James Joseph Heckman

Download or read book Giving Kids a Fair Chance written by James Joseph Heckman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current social and education policies directed toward children focus on improving cognition, yet success in life requires more than smarts. Heckman calls for a refocus of social policy toward early childhood interventions designed to enhance both cognitive abilities and such non-cognitive skills as confidence and perseverance. This new focus on preschool intervention would emphasize improving the early environments of disadvantaged children and increasing the quality of parenting while respecting the primacy of the family and America's cultural diversity. Heckman shows that acting early has much greater positive economic and social impact than later interventions -- which range from reduced pupil-teacher ratios to adult literacy programs to expenditures on police -- that draw the most attention in the public policy debate. At a time when state and local budgets for early interventions are being cut, Heckman issues an urgent call for action and offers some practical steps for how to design and pay for new programs.

The Second Chance Hotel

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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 000837581X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis The Second Chance Hotel by : Rachel Dove

Download or read book The Second Chance Hotel written by Rachel Dove and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I absolutely loved this book... This has been the escape read I have been looking for.” 5 Stars, Netgalley reviewer

That Second Chance

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Publisher : Montlake Romance
ISBN 13 : 9781542092845
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (928 download)

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Book Synopsis That Second Chance by : Meghan Quinn

Download or read book That Second Chance written by Meghan Quinn and published by Montlake Romance. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It only took one rowdy night with his brothers to flip Griffin's world upside down. One unlucky encounter saddled them with a family curse and the promise of doomed relationships. Word spread quickly, and rumors about that night made them the most eligible yet untouchable bachelors in Port Snow, Maine. Then Ren Winters, the new girl in town, crashed into his life. Her thirst for a fresh start gave Griffin hope that maybe, just maybe, he could have one, too. Everyone wishes for that second chance ... -- adapted from back cover

Maggie's Second Chance

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Publisher : Sit! Stay! Read!
ISBN 13 : 9780940719118
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Maggie's Second Chance by : Nancy Furstinger

Download or read book Maggie's Second Chance written by Nancy Furstinger and published by Sit! Stay! Read!. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Maggie's owners leave her behind, she is taken to an animal shelter.

Saving Audie

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 080273457X
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Book Synopsis Saving Audie by : Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Download or read book Saving Audie written by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows a survivor of the Michael Vick dog-fighting ring, the black pit bull terrier pup eventually named after World War II hero Audie Murphy, as he get socialized, undergoes surgery, trains in agility, and becomes a coach for other dogs.

Choosing Fatherhood

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Publisher : George F Thompson Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781938086052
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)

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Book Synopsis Choosing Fatherhood by : Lewis S. Kostiner

Download or read book Choosing Fatherhood written by Lewis S. Kostiner and published by George F Thompson Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Absentee fathers has been identified as American's most pressing problem by the Brookings Institute, because nearly every social ill finds its roots in fatherless homes. Choosing Fatherhood explores this issue through the art of photography in which Lewis Kostiner creates portraits of dads who are involved in their children's lives.

The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

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Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1250811570
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Book Synopsis The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls by : James Bird

Download or read book The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls written by James Bird and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life. Benjamin Waterfalls comes from a broken home, and the quickest fix he’s found for his life is to fill that emptiness with stuff he steals and then sells. But he’s been caught one too many times, and when he appears before a tough judge, his mother proposes sending him to “boot camp” at the Ojibwe reservation where they used to live. Soon he is on his way to Grand Portage, Minnesota, to live with his father – the man Benny hasn’t seen in years. Not only is “boot camp” not what he expects, but his rehabilitation seems to be in the hands of the tribal leader’s daughter, who wears a mask. Why? Finding the answer to this and so many other questions prove tougher than any military-style boot camp. Will answers be enough for Benny to turn his life around and embrace his second chance?

The Seond Chance

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Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1938467663
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis The Seond Chance by : Wyatt Harris

Download or read book The Seond Chance written by Wyatt Harris and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wyatt Harris was born with one arm in mainline China. Because of the one-child policy and figuring he would be of little value to the family, he was abandoned as an infant to an orphanage, where he was adopted by an American family at the age of three. The Second Chance is WyattÕs story of his childhood in the US, and later his search to find his biological parents in China. After finding his biological parents and siblings in a tiny village, he realizes how lucky he was to have been abandoned 20 years before. With his newfound respect for life, he decides to give orphans another chance as well, and starts Second Chances, a non-profit foundation assisting orphans in Taiwan and China. In October of 2012, the first orphan student from Taiwan was brought to the United States to study at a school in Oregon for one year, all funded through Second Chances. The Second Chance is the story of the authorÕs epic journey to discover his past and secure his future.

Second Chance Summer

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0857072714
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Second Chance Summer written by Morgan Matson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taylor Edwards family might not be that close - everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled, but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor's dad gets some devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend on last summer together at their old lake house in the Pcocono Mountains. Crammed into a place much smaller than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again, but as the summer progresses they're more aware than ever that they're battling a ticking clock. And as Taylor tries to deal with the drama at home, she is faced with the fact that the friends she thought she'd left behind haven't actually gone anywhere. Her former summer best friend is still living across the lake and still as mad with Taylor as she was five years ago, and her first boyfriend has moved in next door… but he's much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve. Can one summer be enough time to get a second chance - with family, friends, and love?