Waiting for Augusta

Waiting for Augusta
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 253
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781481448413
ISBN-13 : 1481448412
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Waiting for Augusta by : Jessica Lawson

From the author of The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher and Nooks & Crannies comes a “whimsical, heartwarming,” (Kirkus Reviews) and profound tale of love, loss, and family. Eleven-year-old Benjamin Putter has a lump in his throat, and he’s certain it’s a golf ball. He knows it sounds crazy, but everything’s been topsy-turvy since his father died last month. And he doesn’t know how to fix it. Then, one day, something starts tugging at Ben, telling him to hurry to Augusta, Georgia—home of the most famous golf course in the world. Ben might be going a little crazy, but escaping Hilltop, Alabama, sounds like a darn good idea. (And just maybe it will make that lump go away.) As he makes his way to Augusta, Ben partners up with a mysterious runaway named Noni, and they embark on a journey full of strange and wonderful surprises—and possibly magic—at every turn.

Waiting for Augusta

Waiting for Augusta
Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781481448390
ISBN-13 : 1481448390
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Waiting for Augusta by : Jessica Lawson

In early 1960s Alabama, eleven-year-old Ben, carrying an urn with his father's ashes, sets out on an eventful journey to the Augusta National, "the Sistine Chapel of golf courses," to make peace with his father.

The Cottage Woman

The Cottage Woman
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Publisher : FriesenPress
Total Pages : 406
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ISBN-10 : 9781525593727
ISBN-13 : 1525593722
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cottage Woman by : Augusta

The Cottage Woman is a human story, a daring, and true story. This ancient, wise woman became a spiritual guide, a telescope, a therapist, and a friend. She helped those who visited her to navigate relationships, health crises, and daily challenges. The reader will also be introduced to a multi-dimensional reality: streams of consciousness, the other side, and that death is not the word she used. The cottage woman invited us to see further, to climb the mountain higher. Like a telescope that looks into the heavens, just when we thought we had seen it all, the lens expanded, she replaced the old with the new, and we were challenged to go further. She stretched us beyond our limits, our three dimensional knowing to discover, physical reality is not the total reality. A bigger story exists under us and beyond us.

Miracle at Augusta

Miracle at Augusta
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Publisher : Little, Brown
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 9780316410960
ISBN-13 : 0316410969
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Miracle at Augusta by : James Patterson

One year after his big golf tournament win, Travis McKinley struggles to find a place in the world of professional sports in this inspiring novel. A year ago, unknown golfing amateur Travis McKinley shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still, Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success-and after a series of disappointments and personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right. A shot at redemption arrives in an unexpected form: a teenage outcast with troubles of his own . . . and a natural golf swing. As this unlikely duo sets out to achieve the impossible on the world's most revered golf course, Travis is about to learn that sometimes the greatest miracles of all take place when no one is watching.

Nooks & Crannies

Nooks & Crannies
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 352
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781481419222
ISBN-13 : 1481419226
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Nooks & Crannies by : Jessica Lawson

Eleven-year-old Tabitha Crum, whose parents were just about to abandon her, is invited to the country estate of a wealthy countess along with five other children and told that one of them will become her heir.

The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher

The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 256
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781481401555
ISBN-13 : 1481401556
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher by : Jessica Lawson

Becky Thatcher has her side of the story to tell—and it’s a whopper—in this creative spin on Mark Twain’s beloved The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, complete with illustrations, that Publishers Weekly calls “a rewarding read on many levels” (starred review). Tom Sawyer’s and Huckleberry Finn’s adventures are legendary, but what about the story you haven’t heard? In 1860, eleven-year-old Becky Thatcher is the new girl in town, determined to have adventures like she promised her brother Jon before he died. With her Mama frozen in grief and her Daddy busy as town judge, Becky spends much of her time on her own, getting into mischief. Before long, she joins the boys at school in a bet to steal from the Widow Douglas, and Becky convinces her new best friend, Amy Lawrence, to join her. But the theft doesn’t go as planned, and Widow Douglas ends up being unfairly accused of grave robbing as a result. So Becky concocts a plan to clear the Widow’s name. If she pulls it off, she might just get her Mama to notice her again, as well as fulfill her promise to Jon in a most unexpected way. That is, if that tattletale Tom Sawyer will quit following her around.

Glory Be

Glory Be
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 150
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780545452328
ISBN-13 : 0545452325
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Glory Be by : Augusta Scattergood

A Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool.As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn twelve, there are times when Glory wishes she could turn back the clock a year. Jesslyn, her sister and former confidante, no longer has the time of day for her now that she'll be entering high school. Then there's her best friend, Frankie. Things have always been so easy with Frankie, and now suddenly they aren't. Maybe it's the new girl from the North that's got everyone out of sorts. Or maybe it's the debate about whether or not the town should keep the segregated public pool open. Augusta Scattergood has drawn on real-life events to create a memorable novel about family, friendship, and choices that aren't always easy.

Freddie & Me

Freddie & Me
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Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9781602396821
ISBN-13 : 1602396825
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Freddie & Me by : Tripp Bowden

Though he was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, home of fabled Augusta National and The Masters, all ten?year?old Trip Bowden knew about golf was that it took up too much of his father?s time. But all that changed once Bowden?s father, a local doctor, introduced him to one of his patients, legendary Augusta National Caddy Master Freddie Bennett. The two formed a friendship and Bowden soon absorbed Bennett?s passion for the sport. But it was the lessons Bennett taught Bowden off the course that had the profoundest impact on his life. Soon to be a major motion picture, Freddie & Me is a heartwarming tale of an uncommon bond forged through sport.

Angel at Troublesome Creek

Angel at Troublesome Creek
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 230
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780312241759
ISBN-13 : 0312241755
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Angel at Troublesome Creek by : Mignon F. Ballard

A dead woman returns to life as guardian angel for Mary Murphy in order to sort her life. Mary is in a state, her fiancé dropped her for another woman, she lost her job, and her adoptive mother died in mysterious circumstances.

Skeletons Revealed

Skeletons Revealed
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 80
Release :
ISBN-10 : 147593548X
ISBN-13 : 9781475935486
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Synopsis Skeletons Revealed by : Augusta Rain

As the daughter of a drug-addicted mother and a child-molesting father, author Augusta Rain had the odds stacked against her from the beginning. In Skeletons Revealed, she narrates the story of her rocky upbringing and shares events she has kept secret for many years. In this memoir, Rain confronts the skeletons of her pasta young girls cry for help as she releases her secrets one by one in an effort to stop the cycle of abuse. The youngest of six, she tells how she kept the secrets to protect her family at all costs. Skeletons Revealed tells how Rain and her siblings often lived with no food, electricity, or water, and how they endured being battered, drugged, and raped. The true story of a survivor, Skeletons Revealed encourages others to gain the courage, break the silence, and speak out and act against abuse. It communicates that there comes a time to take a stand and control your own destiny. You cant control your future unless you make peace with your past.