As Ever, Gordy

As Ever, Gordy
Title As Ever, Gordy PDF eBook
Author Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 196
Release 1998-04-20
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0547562632

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Gordy couldn't be more unhappy about moving back to his hometown of College Hill, where everybody knows his family's troubled history. In North Carolina, Gordy's life had finally seemed to be on the right track. But in College Hill, Gordy and his sister, June, move into a cramped apartment with their brother Stu and his new family. The principal at Gordy's school immediately has it in for him, his old pals encourage him to cause trouble, and his one-time nemesis, Elizabeth, hates him more than ever. It seems to Gordy as though the whole world is against him. Will he slip back into his old trouble-making ways for good, or will he be able to keep growing into the successful person he was striving to become?

Stepping on the Cracks

Stepping on the Cracks
Title Stepping on the Cracks PDF eBook
Author Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 229
Release 2009
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0547076606

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In a small Southern town in 1944, two girls secretly help a seriously ill army deserter, a decision that changes their perceptions of right and wrong. Issues of moral ambiguity and accepting consequences for actions are thoughtfully considered in this deftly crafted story.

Following My Own Footsteps

Following My Own Footsteps
Title Following My Own Footsteps PDF eBook
Author Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 197
Release 1996-08-16
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 0547563027

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The sequel to the award-winning Stepping on the Cracks. “Sometimes heart-rending, sometimes funny, Gordy Smith will prove memorable to all who meet him.”—Booklist (starred review) In Following My Own Footsteps, sixth-grader Gordy Smith comes to grips with the fear that he’ll turn out no better than his abusive father . . . With his father now in jail and one brother hospitalized, Gordy’s mother has no choice but to take the family to their wealthy grandmother’s house in North Carolina. There Gordy meets William, a boy who had polio and is now wheelchair bound. Though they become friends, Gordy’s plans to help William fail spectacularly. Matters only get worse when Gordy’s father is released from prison and his mother is poised to give him a second chance. Gordy must decide where he belongs—with his dysfunctional parents or with the grandma who is more than his match in toughness, in courage, and in love. “A cast of unforgettable characters inhabit this work, seasoned with WW II setting but utterly contemporary in its concerns. Hahn is in top form, proving through Gordy’s first-person narration that real love can triumph over all kinds of adversity, and often does.”—Kirkus Reviews “The complex characterizations, period setting and Gordy’s brave attempts to break a cycle of violence will hold readers’ interest.”—Publishers Weekly “It’s a timeless social issue really, in any era, of having a dysfunctional abusive parent . . . A very good story showcasing complex friendships, familial relationships, and inner conflict, all set in WW2 America.”—Cats and Fiction

The Gentleman Outlaw and Me--Eli

The Gentleman Outlaw and Me--Eli
Title The Gentleman Outlaw and Me--Eli PDF eBook
Author Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 179
Release 1996
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 039573083X

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With her faithful dog Caesar, 12-year-old Eliza Yates heads for Colorado to find her father, who left years ago to seek his fortune. Along the eay, Eliza puts on a boy's clothes, chops off her braids, and transforms herself into Elijah Bates. When "Eli" teams up with young Calvin Featherbone, none of their adventures turns out quite as expected.

Tallahassee Higgins

Tallahassee Higgins
Title Tallahassee Higgins PDF eBook
Author Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 193
Release 2007-02-19
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0547532164

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“Out of sight, out of mind.” That’s what Tallahassee Higgins’s mother, Liz, always says about her ex-boyfriends. But now that Tallahassee has been sent to live with her aunt and uncle in Maryland so Liz can start a movie career in California, the words are taking on new meaning. Aunt Thelma says that Liz is gone for good, but Talley is sure her mother will come for her. So who cares if mean Aunt Thelma hates her, if she’s failing sixth grade, or if the kids at school think she’s a liar? It’s not like she’s staying in Maryland forever. Unless Aunt Thelma is right and Liz isn’t coming back.

The Revisionaries

The Revisionaries
Title The Revisionaries PDF eBook
Author A. R. Moxon
Publisher Melville House
Pages 609
Release 2020-12-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1612198724

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"A modern-day classic."—Ron Charles, Washington Post “A spectacular invention.”—The New York Times "Compulsively readable."—NPR Things do not bode well for Father Julius. . . A street preacher decked out in denim robes and running shoes, Julius is a source of inspiration for a community that knows nothing of his scandalous origins. But when a nearby mental hospital releases its patients to run amok in his neighborhood, his trusted if bedraggled flock turns expectantly to Julius to find out what’s going on. Amid the descending chaos, Julius encounters a hospital escapee who babbles prophecies of doom, and the growing palpable sense of impending danger intensifies . . . as does the feeling that everyone may be relying on a street preacher just a little too much. Still, Julius decides he must confront the forces that threaten his congregation—including the peculiar followers of a religious cult, the mysterious men and women dressed all in red seen fleetingly amid the bedlam, and an enigmatic smoking figure who seems to know what’s going to happen just before it does. The Revisionaries is a wildly imaginative, masterfully rendered, and suspenseful tale that conjures the bold outlandish stylishness of Thomas Pynchon, Margaret Atwood, and Alan Moore—while being unlike anything that’s come before.

The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster

The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster
Title The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster PDF eBook
Author Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 147
Release 1991-03-18
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0547562950

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Forced to accompany their parents on their honeymoon in Spain, new stepsisters Amy and Felix find the animosity between them escalating, especially when Felix's boasting about family wealth to Grace, the mysterious world traveler, results in the kidnapping of the girls and their younger brother.