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Author : Michael Williams
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316258598
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Diamond Boy - FREE PREVIEW (The First 7 Chapters) written by Michael Williams and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My father says that a journey should always change your life in some way. Well, when you have nothing, I suppose a journey promises everything. "Diamonds for everyone." That's what fifteen-year-old Patson Moyo hears when his family arrives in the Marange diamond fields. Soon Patson is working in the mines along with four friends, pooling their profits for a chance at a better life. Each of them hopes to find a girazi, a priceless stone that could change their circumstances forever. But when the government's soldiers come to Marange, Patson's world is shattered. Set against the backdrop of Zimbabwe's brutal recent history, Diamond Boy is the story of a young man who succumbs to greed but finds his way out through a transformative journey to South Africa in search of his missing sister, in search of freedom, and in search of himself. A high-stakes, harrowing adventure in the blood-diamond fields of southern Africa, from the critically acclaimed author of Now Is the Time for Running.

Little Bee

Author : Chris Cleave
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416589643
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Little Bee written by Chris Cleave and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of people have read, discussed, debated, cried, and cheered with Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee girl whose violent and courageous journey puts a stunning face on the worldwide refugee crisis. “Little Bee will blow you away.” —The Washington Post The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide in this page-turning #1 New York Times bestseller, book club favorite, and “affecting story of human triumph” (The New York Times Book Review) from Chris Cleave, author of Gold and Everyone Brave Is Forgiven. We don’t want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn’t. And it’s what happens afterward that is most important. Once you have read it, you’ll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don’t tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.

Trash

Author : Andy Mulligan
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409098117
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Trash written by Andy Mulligan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A MAJOR FILM BY STEPHEN DALDRY AND RICHARD CURTIS Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of clues. It's a bag of hope. It's a bag that will change everything. Soon Raphael and his friends Gardo and Rat are running for their lives. Wanted by the police, it takes all their quick-thinking and fast-talking to stay ahead. As the net tightens, they uncover a dead man's mission to put right a terrible wrong. And now it's three street boys against the world...

Julieta and the Diamond Enigma

Author : Luisana Duarte Armendáriz
Publisher : Tu Books
ISBN 13 : 9781643790466
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Julieta and the Diamond Enigma written by Luisana Duarte Armendáriz and published by Tu Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler meets Merci Suarez in this smart young middle-grade mystery about a diamond gone missing from the Louvre and the sweet and spunky girl who cracks the case.

Sounder

Author : William H. Armstrong
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062105566
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Sounder written by William H. Armstrong and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful Newbery-winning classic tells the story of the great coon dog Sounder and his family. An African American boy and his family rarely have enough to eat. Each night, the boy's father takes their dog, Sounder, out to look for food. The man grows more desperate by the day. When food suddenly appears on the table one morning, it seems like a blessing. But the sheriff and his deputies are not far behind. The ever-loyal Sounder remains determined to help the family he loves as hard times bear down. This classic novel shows the courage, love, and faith that bind a family together despite the racism and inhumanity they face in the nineteenth-century deep South. Readers who enjoy timeless dog stories such as Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows will find much to love in Sounder, even as they read through tears at times.

Anything But Typical

Author : Nora Raleigh Baskin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416995005
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Anything But Typical written by Nora Raleigh Baskin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants to become a writer, relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world.

The Help

Author : Kathryn Stockett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425245136
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Help written by Kathryn Stockett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original publication and copyright date: 2009.

Nineteen eighty-four

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Nineteen eighty-four written by George Orwell and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a dystopian social science fiction novel and morality tale. The novel is set in the year 1984, a fictional future in which most of the world has been destroyed by unending war, constant government monitoring, historical revisionism, and propaganda. The totalitarian superstate Oceania, ruled by the Party and known as Airstrip One, now includes Great Britain as a province. The Party uses the Thought Police to repress individuality and critical thought. Big Brother, the tyrannical ruler of Oceania, enjoys a strong personality cult that was created by the party's overzealous brainwashing methods. Winston Smith, the main character, is a hard-working and skilled member of the Ministry of Truth's Outer Party who secretly despises the Party and harbors rebellious fantasies.

When

Author : Victoria Laurie
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1484711475
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book When written by Victoria Laurie and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior cursed with an eerie intuitive ability that's out of her control—one that entangles her in a homicide investigation For as long as she can remember, Maddie has seen a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters. Her earliest memories are marked by these numbers, but it takes her father's premature death for Maddie and her family to realize that these mysterious digits are actually deathdates, and just like birthdays, everyone has one. Forced by her alcoholic mother to use her ability to make extra money, Maddie identifies the quickly approaching deathdate of one client's young son, but because her ability only allows her to see the when and not the how, she's unable to offer any more insight. When the boy goes missing on that exact date, law enforcement turns to Maddie. Soon, Maddie is entangled in a homicide investigation, and more young people disappear and are later found murdered. A suspect for the investigation, a target for the murderer, and attracting the attentions of a mysterious young admirer who may be connected to it all, Maddie's whole existence is about to be turned upside down. Can she right things before it's too late?

Flipped

Author : Wendelin Van Draanen
Publisher : Ember
ISBN 13 : 0375825444
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Flipped written by Wendelin Van Draanen and published by Ember. This book was released on 2003-05-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy! This updated anniversary edition offers story-behind-the-story revelations from author Wendelin Van Draanen. The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. Juli says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down: just as Bryce is thinking that there’s maybe more to Juli than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed. This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny voices. The updated anniversary edition contains 32 pages of extra backmatter: essays from Wendelin Van Draanen on her sources of inspiration, on the making of the movie of Flipped, on why she’ll never write a sequel, and a selection of the amazing fan mail she’s received. Awards and accolades for Flipped: SLJ Top 100 Children’s Novels of all time IRA-CBC Children’s Choice IRA Teacher’s Choice Honor winner, Judy Lopez Memorial Award/WNBA Winner of the California Young Reader Medal “We flipped over this fantastic book, its gutsy girl Juli and its wise, wonderful ending.” — The Chicago Tribune “Van Draanen has another winner in this eighth-grade ‘he-said, she-said’ romance. A fast, funny, egg-cellent winner.” — SLJ, Starred review “With a charismatic leading lady kids will flip over, a compelling dynamic between the two narrators and a resonant ending, this novel is a great deal larger than the sum of its parts.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred review

Candide

Author : Voltaire Voltaire
Publisher : Xist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1681959526
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Candide written by Voltaire Voltaire and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candide by Voltaire from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Do you believe,' said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day, that they have always been liars, cheats, traitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, thieves, scoundrels, gluttons, drunkards, misers, envious, ambitious, bloody-minded, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites, and fools?' Do you believe,' said Martin, 'that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them?” ― Voltaire, Candide Candide is a young man who is raised in wealth to be an optimist but when he is forced to make his own way in the world, his assumptions and outlook are challenged.

The Diamond of Darkhold

Author : Jeanne DuPrau
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0375855726
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book The Diamond of Darkhold written by Jeanne DuPrau and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lina and Doon are returning to the city of Ember, but what awaits them in the dark? This highly acclaimed adventure series is a modern-day classic—with over 4 MILLION copies sold! Lina and Doon escaped the dying city of Ember and led their people to the town of Sparks. But it’s winter now, and the harsh realities of their new world have begun to set in. When Doon finds a book that hints at an important, long-lost device, it doesn’t take much for him to convince Lina to join him for one last adventure in the place they used to call home. But will this mysterious technology be enough to help their people? And what— and who—will they find when they return? Praise for the City of Ember books: Nominated to 28 State Award Lists! An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book A New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection A Kirkus Reviews Editors’ Choice A Child Magazine Best Children’s Book A Mark Twain Award Winner A William Allen White Children’s Book Award Winner “A realistic post-apocalyptic world. DuPrau’s book leaves Doon and Lina on the verge of undiscovered country and readers wanting more.” —USA Today “An electric debut.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “While Ember is colorless and dark, the book itself is rich with description.” —VOYA, Starred “A harrowing journey into the unknown, and cryptic messages for readers to decipher.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred

Jefferson's Sons

Author : Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101529458
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Jefferson's Sons written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story of Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, tells a darker piece of America's history from an often unseen perspective-that of three of Jefferson's slaves-including two of his own children. As each child grows up and tells his story, the contradiction between slavery and freedom becomes starker, calliing into question the real meaning of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This poignant story sheds light on what life was like as one of Jefferson's invisible offspring.

Ebb and Flow

Author : Heather Smith
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771388382
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Ebb and Flow written by Heather Smith and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Jett has moved back home for the summer to live with his unconventional Grandma Jo, after "a rotten bad year" in a new town. Jett is bringing along a secret. Will Grandma Jo help Jett come to terms with his mistakes?

Fear of Flying

Author : Erica Jong
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805098585
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Fear of Flying written by Erica Jong and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in a time when women are still sexually repressed, Isadora Wing wishes to "fly free" with a man who completes her every fantasy.

Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame

Author : Supriya Kelkar
Publisher : Tu Books
ISBN 13 : 9781643790404
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame written by Supriya Kelkar and published by Tu Books. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people. India, 1857 Meera's future has been planned for her for as long as she can remember. As a child, her parents married her to a boy from a neighboring village whom she barely knows. Later, on the eve of her thirteenth birthday, she prepares to leave her family to live with her husband's--just as her strict religion dictates. But that night, Indian soldiers mutiny against their British commanders and destroy the British ammunition depot, burning down parts of Delhi. Riots follow, and Meera's husband is killed. Upon hearing the news, Meera's father insists that she follow the dictates of their fringe religious sect: She must end her life by throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Risking everything, Meera runs away, escaping into the chaos of the rebellion. But her newfound freedom is short-lived, as she is forced to become a servant in the house of a high-ranking British East India Company captain. Slowly through her work, she gains confidence, new friends, new skills--and sometimes her life even feels peaceful. But one day, Meera stumbles upon the captain's secret stock of ammunition, destined to be used by the British to continue colonizing India and control its citizens. Will Meera do her part to take down the British colonists and alert the rebellion of the stockpile? Or will she stay safe and let others make decisions for her? It really comes down to this: how much fire must a girl face to finally write her own destiny?

Why Poetry

Author : Matthew Zapruder
Publisher : Ecco
ISBN 13 : 9780062343079
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Why Poetry written by Matthew Zapruder and published by Ecco. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for poetry’s accessibility to all readers, by critically acclaimed poet Matthew Zapruder In Why Poetry, award-winning poet Matthew Zapruder takes on what it is that poetry—and poetry alone—can do. Zapruder argues that the way we have been taught to read poetry is the very thing that prevents us from enjoying it. In lively, lilting prose, he shows us how that misunderstanding interferes with our direct experience of poetry and creates the sense of confusion or inadequacy that many of us feel when faced with it. Zapruder explores what poems are, and how we can read them, so that we can, as Whitman wrote, “possess the origin of all poems,” without the aid of any teacher or expert. Most important, he asks how reading poetry can help us to lead our lives with greater meaning and purpose. Anchored in poetic analysis and steered through Zapruder’s personal experience of coming to the form, Why Poetry is engaging and conversational, even as it makes a passionate argument for the necessity of poetry in an age when information is constantly being mistaken for knowledge. While he provides a simple reading method for approaching poems and illuminates concepts like associative movement, metaphor, and negative capability, Zapruder explicitly confronts the obstacles that readers face when they encounter poetry to show us that poetry can be read, and enjoyed, by anyone.