The Boy on the Porch

The Boy on the Porch
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 95
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780062207777
ISBN-13 : 0062207776
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boy on the Porch by : Sharon Creech

“This quiet novel sings. A graceful profound story for all ages that speaks well beyond its intended audience.” —Kirkus (starred review) Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Ruby Holler will love this tween novel about opening your heart and finding family when you least expect it. When a young couple finds a boy asleep on their porch, their lives take a surprising turn. Unable to speak, the boy, Jacob, can't explain his history. All John and Marta know is that they have been chosen to care for him. And as their connection and friendship with Jacob grow, they embrace his exuberant spirit and talents. The three of them blossom into an unlikely family and begin to see the world in brand-new ways.

Angel of Greenwood

Angel of Greenwood
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Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9781250768483
ISBN-13 : 1250768489
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Angel of Greenwood by : Randi Pink

A piercing, unforgettable love story set in Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as the “Black Wall Street,” and against the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family’s financial situation is in turmoil. Though they’ve attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can’t turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon. But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the Black community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are.

The Unfinished Angel

The Unfinished Angel
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 106
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780061924262
ISBN-13 : 0061924261
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The Unfinished Angel by : Sharon Creech

Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech crafts a truly endearing story, one that is imbued with happiness, wonder, and an appreciation for all the little things that make life big. With beautiful, fresh new cover art, this is a gem of a book. In the winding stone tower of the Casa Rosa, in a quiet little village in the Swiss Alps, lives one very unlikely angel—one that is still awaiting her instructions from the angel-training center. What happens to an angel who doesn't know her mission? She floats and swishes from high above, watching the crazy things that "peoples" say and do. But when a zany American girl named Zola arrives in town and invades the Casa Rosa, dogs start arfing, figs start flying through the air, lost orphans wander in, and the village becomes anything but quiet. And as Zola and the angel work together to rescue the orphans, they each begin to realize their purpose and learn that there is magic in the most ordinary acts of kindness.

You Can't Go Home Again

You Can't Go Home Again
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 658
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781451650501
ISBN-13 : 1451650507
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis You Can't Go Home Again by : Thomas Wolfe

Now available from Thomas Wolfe’s original publisher, the final novel by the literary legend, that “will stand apart from everything else that he wrote” (The New York Times Book Review)—first published in 1940 and long considered a classic of twentieth century literature. A twentieth-century classic, Thomas Wolfe’s magnificent novel is both the story of a young writer longing to make his mark upon the world and a sweeping portrait of America and Europe from the Great Depression through the years leading up to World War II. Driven by dreams of literary success, George Webber has left his provincial hometown to make his name as a writer in New York City. When his first novel is published, it brings him the fame he has sought, but it also brings the censure of his neighbors back home, who are outraged by his depiction of them. Unsettled by their reaction and unsure of himself and his future, Webber begins a search for a greater understanding of his artistic identity that takes him deep into New York’s hectic social whirl; to London with an uninhibited group of expatriates; and to Berlin, lying cold and sinister under Hitler’s shadow. He discovers a world plagued by political uncertainty and on the brink of transformation, yet he finds within himself the capacity to meet it with optimism and a renewed love for his birthplace. He is a changed man yet a hopeful one, awake to the knowledge that one can never fully “go back home to your family, back home to your childhood…away from all the strife and conflict of the world…back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time.”

The Angel

The Angel
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Publisher : MIRA
Total Pages : 364
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781426833830
ISBN-13 : 1426833830
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis The Angel by : Carla Neggers

Inside an ancient ruin, Keira discovers the mythic stone angel she seeks—but also senses a malevolent presence…just before the ruins collapse around her. Search-and-rescue veteran Simon Cahill finds Keira in the rubble just as she's about to free herself. Simon holds no stock in myths or magic, so he isn't surprised that there's no trace of her stone angel. But there is evidence of startling violence and—whatever the source—the danger to Keira is quite real. The long-forgotten legend that captivated her has also aroused a killer…a calculating predator who will follow them back to Boston, determined to kill again.

Angel's Grace

Angel's Grace
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 186
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781442402966
ISBN-13 : 1442402962
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Angel's Grace by : Tracey Baptiste

Grace has always had wild red hair like no one else in her family and a birthmark on her shoulder that her mother told her was the mark of an angel. When Grace is sent from New York to spend the summer with her grandmother in Trinidad, she looks through the family album and discovers a blurred photograph of a stranger with a birthmark -- her birthmark -- and Grace is full of questions. No one is able to identify the man in the photo, and Grace is left with no choice but to find out who he is and what he might mean to her. What Grace does not know is that her search will lead to a discovery about herself and her family that she never could have imagined. Tracey Baptiste's first novel is a tender coming-of-age story set on the island of Trinidad. Angel's Grace explores the meaning of identity and truth, and the unbreakable ties of a family bound by love.

The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe

The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 660
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780020408918
ISBN-13 : 0020408919
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe by : Thomas Wolfe

These fifty-eight stories make up the most thorough collection of Thomas Wolfe's short fiction to date, spanning the breadth of the author's career, from the uninhibited young writer who penned "The Train and the City" to his mature, sobering account of a terrible lynching in "The Child by Tiger". Thirty-five of these stories have never before been collected. Lightning Print On Demand Title

Angel Bumps

Angel Bumps
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 220
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0997587113
ISBN-13 : 9780997587111
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Angel Bumps by : Anne Bardsley

50 personal stories from authors around the USA who believe they have received signs fromloved ones who have passed away. There is something life-changingthat happens when you realize that you¿vereceived a sign from someone who has passed. Yourworld opens to the possibility that they are still withyou, even though it¿s just in spirit.The feeling that accompanies an angel bump.

Angel Encounters

Angel Encounters
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 0684801841
ISBN-13 : 9780684801841
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Angel Encounters by : Karen Goldman

In her third volume of magical prose and poetry about the messengers of God who encourage us when we are down, acknowledge us when we are at our best, and lift up our souls, Goldman collects the true stories of people of all ages who have had encounters with angels here on Earth. Color illustrations.

From Death to Morning

From Death to Morning
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1014656735
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis From Death to Morning by : Thomas Wolfe