Every Soul a Star

Every Soul a Star
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780316040884
ISBN-13 : 0316040886
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Every Soul a Star by : Wendy Mass

From bestselling and award-winning author Wendy Mass comes a gorgeous novel about three very different teenagers finding their place in the universe. And as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, I realize that I never saw real beauty until now. At Moon Shadow, an isolated campground, thousands have gathered to catch a glimpse of a rare and extraordinary total eclipse of the sun. It's also were three lives are about to be changed forever: Ally likes the simple things in life--labyrinths, star-gazing, and comet-hunting. Her home, the Moon Shadow campground, is a part of who she is, and she refuses to imagine it any other way. Popular and gorgeous (everybody says so), Bree is a future homecoming queen for sure. Bree wears her beauty like a suit of armor. But what is she trying to hide? Overweight and awkward, jack is used to spending a lot of time alone. But when opportunity knocks, he finds himself in situations he never would have imagined and making friends in the most unexpected situations. Told from three distinct voices and perspectives, Wendy Mass weaves an intricate and compelling story about strangers coming together, unlikely friendships, and finding one's place in the universe.

Committed

Committed
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Publisher : Jeana E. Mann
Total Pages : 75
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781943938223
ISBN-13 : 1943938229
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Committed by : Jeana E. Mann

The conclusion of the award-winning Felony Romance Series. Jack and Ally have endured a lot to be together. Their relationship has survived the test of his ex-wife, her ex-boyfriend, and the trials of running Felony Bar. Jack's ready to tie the knot, but Ally's got cold feet. With her bipolar mother complicating her home life, Ally has to find a way to get past her commitment issues or lose Jack forever. This is a novella and is intended to be read in conjunction with the other Felony Romance books.

HandiLand

HandiLand
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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages : 275
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780472054206
ISBN-13 : 0472054201
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis HandiLand by : Elizabeth A. Wheeler

HandiLand looks at young adult novels, fantasy series, graphic memoirs, and picture books of the last 25 years in which characters with disabilities take center stage for the first time. These books take what others regard as weaknesses—for instance, Harry Potter’s headaches or Hazel Lancaster’s oxygen tank—and redefine them as part of the hero’s journey. HandiLand places this movement from sidekick to hero in the political contexts of disability rights movements in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ghana. Elizabeth A. Wheeler invokes the fantasy of HandiLand, an ideal society ready for young people with disabilities before they get there, as a yardstick to measure how far we’ve come and how far we still need to go toward the goal of total inclusion. The book moves through the public spaces young people with disabilities have entered, including schools, nature, and online communities. As a disabled person and parent of children with disabilities, Wheeler offers an inside look into families who collude with their kids in shaping a better world. Moving, funny, and beautifully written, HandiLand: The Crippest Place on Earth is the definitive study of disability in contemporary literature for young readers.

Every Soul a Star

Every Soul a Star
Author :
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0316040886
ISBN-13 : 9780316040884
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Every Soul a Star by : Wendy Mass

And as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, I realize that I never saw real beauty until now. At Moon Shadow, an isolated campground, thousands have gathered to catch a glimpse of a rare and extraordinary total eclipse of the sun. It's also were three lives are about to be changed forever: Ally likes the simple things in life--labyrinths, star-gazing, and comet-hunting. Her home, the Moon Shadow campground, is a part of who she is, and she refuses to imagine it any other way. Popular and gorgeous (everybody says so), Bree is a future homecoming queen for sure. Bree wears her beauty like a suit of armor. But what is she trying to hide? Overweight and awkward, jack is used to spending a lot of time alone. But when opportunity knocks, he finds himself in situations he never would have imagined and making friends in the most unexpected situations. Told from three distinct voices and perspectives, Wendy Mass weaves an intricate and compelling story about strangers coming together, unlikely friendships, and finding one's place in the universe.

Mommy for a Minute

Mommy for a Minute
Author :
Publisher : Harlequin
Total Pages : 209
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781426804526
ISBN-13 : 1426804520
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Mommy for a Minute by : Judy Christenberry

The last thing Lauren McNabb wanted was another childto care for—not after she'd raised her six siblings.The last thing Jack Mason wanted was another woman tocome into his daughter's life, then leave. But when Jackshowed up to renovate her Yellow Rose Lane apartmentwith his three-year-old in tow, Lauren fell for little Ally—and the handsome carpenter. But he didn't want"The Shark," as she was known in legal circles, aroundhis child. Lauren was certainly beautiful, and after yearsof being alone, he thought kissing her felt like heaven.But could the workaholic attorney go back to her busycareer and still be a mother…as well as a wife?

The Bobbies of Bailiwick and the Captive Ocean

The Bobbies of Bailiwick and the Captive Ocean
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Publisher : Five Bob Book Mob
Total Pages : 139
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781301671311
ISBN-13 : 1301671312
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bobbies of Bailiwick and the Captive Ocean by : Christopher Blankley

Return to the Bailiwick, young Constable, the ethereal is sounding. Once again, the Zed attack as the ocean-filled sky swarms with dragons! Can you help Jack, Red Ruby, LOF-t and Murray save the upside-down, inside-out world from total destruction? Find a sky cycle and fly, young Constable, for the future of the Bailiwick is in your hands! The Captive Ocean is the next exciting chapter in the steampunk adventures of the Bobbies of Bailiwick, with action, magic, pirates, robots, and dragons aplenty.

Landing Gear

Landing Gear
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 320
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781476751382
ISBN-13 : 1476751382
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Landing Gear by : Kate Pullinger

From the award-winning author of The Mistress of Nothing comes a highly imaginative story of colliding worlds and extraordinary connections, revealing the tenuous, often unexpected ties that bind us together. When everything was falling apart, someone fell into place… Suburban London housewife Harriet spends her days doing what she’s worst at. She grocery shops for her family who eats too much, parents a son who refuses to communicate, and tries to be a wife to a man who hasn’t embraced her in years. But what starts out as a mundane trip to the supermarket turns her world upside down when a mysterious man named Yacub falls out of the sky from the landing gear of an airplane and lands on her car in the parking lot—and survives. He’s starving and freezing cold—what else can she do other than bring him home to her family? Suddenly her son has stepped away from the video games and her husband is looking at her once again—even if it’s because they think she’s crazy for taking in a complete stranger who stinks of gas. And just who is Yacub, this young man who escaped from a Dubai labor camp and stowed away in the belly of the plane to travel around the world? Is it an extraordinary coincidence that he’s dropped into Harriet’s life just as a long-buried secret from her past threatens to come to light? Inspired by real-life accounts of airplane stowaways, Landing Gear showcases the complex texture of modern life, and how we sometimes need help seeing what’s right in front of us.

Predator and Prey

Predator and Prey
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 306
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780743428156
ISBN-13 : 0743428153
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Predator and Prey by : Christopher Golden

they're real, and they're here.... Prowlers Jack Dwyer can see dead people, and they can see him. In fact, he has made a regular practice of communicating with his dead friend Artie from the Ghostlands, where Artie's spirit wanders. Artie helps keep Jack apprised of Prowler activity, and Jack, along with his sister, Courtney, and their friends, tracks these violent killers down and stops them. Artie's latest piece of information is startling: a vicious beast known as the Ravenous is stalking the Ghostlands. It's Jack's turn to help the endangered spirits -- without endangering himself. He's got some help from a woman who is not quite as young as she seems -- but the Ravenous has got his scent. Meanwhile Jasmine, pack leader and dangerous hunter, has issued a hit on Jack and his friends. But if he consults his allies in the Ghostlands for help, Jack will attract the Ravenous. It's a double-edged sword -- and Jack's not sure he can avoid being cut....

Jackie

Jackie
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 497
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780812997224
ISBN-13 : 0812997220
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Jackie by : Dawn Tripp

In this mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, acclaimed author Dawn Tripp has crafted an intimate story of love and power, family and tragedy, loss and reinvention. “A brilliant, beautiful book [that] touches the soul.”—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Princess of Las Vegas The world has divided my life into three: Life with Jack Life with Onassis Life as a woman who goes to work because she wants to. My life is all of these things, and it is none of these things. They continue to miss what’s right in front of them. I love books. I love the sea. I love horses. Children. Art. Ideas. History. Beauty. Because beauty blows us open to wonder. Even the beauty that breaks your heart. Jackie is the story of a woman—deeply private with a nuanced, formidable intellect—who forged a legacy out of grief and shaped history even as she was living it. It is the story of a love affair, a complicated marriage, and the fracturing of identity that comes in the wake of unthinkable violence. When Jackie meets the charismatic congressman Jack Kennedy in Georgetown, she is twenty-one and dreaming of France. She has won an internship at Vogue. Kennedy, she thinks, is not her kind of adventure: “Too American. Too good-looking. Too boy.” Yet she is drawn to his mind, his humor, his drive. The chemistry between them ignites. During the White House years, the love between two independent people deepens. Then, a motorcade in Dallas: “Three and a half seconds—that’s all it was—a slivered instant between the first shot, which missed the car, and the second, which did not. . . . A hypnotic burst of sunlight off her bracelet as she waved.” This vivid, exquisitely written novel is at once a captivating work of the imagination and a window into the world of a woman who led many lives: Jackie, Jacks, Jacqueline, Miss Bouvier, Mrs. Kennedy, Jackie O.

Teacher's Guide to ADHD

Teacher's Guide to ADHD
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Publisher : Guilford Press
Total Pages : 289
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781609189808
ISBN-13 : 1609189809
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Teacher's Guide to ADHD by : Robert Reid

Meeting a key need for teachers, this book provides practical, data-based tools for helping students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) succeed in the classroom. The authors combine instructional expertise with extensive knowledge about the nature and treatment of ADHD. Coverage includes ways to support students and teach them needed strategies in core areas: academic skills, behavior, self-regulation, and social skills. Step-by-step instructions and concrete examples help teachers implement effective interventions and accommodations. The book also offers crucial guidance for teaming with other school professionals and with parents.