Every Soul a Star
Title | Every Soul a Star PDF eBook |
Author | Wendy Mass |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2008-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0316040886 |
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
Title | Committed PDF eBook |
Author | Jeana E. Mann |
Publisher | Jeana E. Mann |
Pages | 75 |
Release | 2017-02-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1943938229 |
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
Title | HandiLand PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth A. Wheeler |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2019-08-21 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0472054201 |
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
Title | Every Soul a Star PDF eBook |
Author | Wendy Mass |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2008-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780316040884 |
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
Title | Mommy for a Minute PDF eBook |
Author | Judy Christenberry |
Publisher | Harlequin |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2007-08-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1426804520 |
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
Title | The Bobbies of Bailiwick and the Captive Ocean PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Blankley |
Publisher | Five Bob Book Mob |
Pages | 139 |
Release | 2014-07-16 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1301671312 |
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
Title | Landing Gear PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Pullinger |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2014-05-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1476751382 |
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.