The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas

The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9780763661694
ISBN-13 : 0763661694
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas by : David Almond

When his mentally unstable uncle's obsessions take an unexpectedly cruel turn, young Stanley Potts is forced to leave and joins a carnival of eccentric characters before meeting the legendary Pancho Pirelli, who swims in piranha tanks and invites Stanley to become his apprentice.

The Boy who Climbed Into the Moon

The Boy who Climbed Into the Moon
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1406314579
ISBN-13 : 9781406314571
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boy who Climbed Into the Moon by : David Almond

Paul believes that the moon is not the moon, but a great hole in the sky. It's one of many strange ideas the he's never told anyone, until he meets Molly, his irrepressible neighbour, who begins to convince him that his theory might just change the world. Ages 7+.

Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas

Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 9781338497120
ISBN-13 : 133849712X
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas by : Aaron Blabey

Find out what piranhas eat -- and don't eat! -- in this new, irresistibly funny picture book from Aaron Blabey, the bestselling creator of Pig the Pug! Everyone knows that piranhas don't eat bananas -- except for Brian. This little fish loves to munch not only on bananas, but on fruit of all kinds! Brian's piranha friends think he's crazy. Piranhas don't eat bananas -- their sharp teeth are for eating meat! And there's a scrumptious pair of feet dangling in the water nearby...Rich with author-illustrator Aaron Blabey's hysterical text and unforgettably wacky illustrations, Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas is a hilarious story about trying new things -- no matter how strange they seem!

The Tale of Angelino Brown

The Tale of Angelino Brown
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780763695637
ISBN-13 : 0763695637
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Tale of Angelino Brown by : David Almond

When Bert discovers a tiny boy angel in his pocket, he takes the angel home to his wife and they happily raise him as their own son.

A Song for Ella Grey

A Song for Ella Grey
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Publisher : Ember
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780553533620
ISBN-13 : 0553533622
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis A Song for Ella Grey by : David Almond

When the handsome and strange Orpheus strolls onto the beach and sings, good friends Claire and Ella each find a new understanding of themselves.

Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart

Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 199
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ISBN-10 : 9781588363961
ISBN-13 : 1588363961
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart by : Alice Walker

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple, Possessing the Secret of Joy, and The Temple of My Familiar now gives us a beautiful new novel that is at once a deeply moving personal story and a powerful spiritual journey. In Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart, Alice Walker has created a work that ranks among her finest achievements: the story of a woman’s spiritual adventure that becomes a passage through time, a quest for self, and a collision with love. Kate has always been a wanderer. A well-published author, married many times, she has lived a life rich with explorations of the natural world and the human soul. Now, at fifty-seven, she leaves her lover, Yolo, to embark on a new excursion, one that begins on the Colorado River, proceeds through the past, and flows, inexorably, into the future. As Yolo begins his own parallel voyage, Kate encounters celibates and lovers, shamans and snakes, memories of family disaster and marital discord, and emerges at a place where nothing remains but love. Told with the accessible style and deep feeling that are its author’s hallmarks, Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart is Alice Walker’s most surprising achievement.

The Dam

The Dam
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 9781536221022
ISBN-13 : 1536221023
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Dam by : David Almond

A haunting, stunningly illustrated story of loss, hope, and the power of music from multi-award winners David Almond and Levi Pinfold. Kielder Water is a wild and beautiful place, rich in folk music and legend. Years ago, before a great dam was built to fill the valley with water, there were farms and homesteads in that valley and musicians who livened their rooms with song. After the village was abandoned and before the waters rushed in, a father and daughter returned there. The girl began to play her fiddle, bringing her tune to one empty house after another — for this was the last time that music would be heard in that place. With exquisite artwork by Levi Pinfold, David Almond’s lyrical narrative — inspired by a true tale — pays homage to his friends Mike and Kathryn Tickell and all the musicians of Northumberland, to show that music is ancient and unstoppable, and that dams and lakes cannot overwhelm it.

A Boy's Own Story

A Boy's Own Story
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000082109020
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis A Boy's Own Story by : Edmund White

A young man struggles to come to terms with his homosexuality while coming of age in the 1950s.

Strange Alchemy

Strange Alchemy
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Publisher : Capstone
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9781630790769
ISBN-13 : 1630790761
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Strange Alchemy by : Gwenda Bond

When 114 people go missing on Roanoke Island in what seems like an eerie repeat of what happened hundreds of years before, seventeen-year-olds Miranda and Grant may be the key to the mysteries past and present.

Liar & Spy

Liar & Spy
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Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9780375899539
ISBN-13 : 0375899537
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Liar & Spy by : Rebecca Stead

The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me: a story about spies, games, and friendship. The first day Georges (the S is silent) moves into a new Brooklyn apartment, he sees a sign taped to a door in the basement: SPY CLUB MEETING—TODAY! That’s how he meets his twelve-year-old neigh­bor Safer. He and Georges quickly become allies—and fellow spies. Their assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer’s requests become more and more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend? “Will touch the hearts of kids and adults alike.” —NPR Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children’s Fiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more!