Daisy's Search for Freedom
Title | Daisy's Search for Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Bertha Schwartz |
Publisher | Ambassador International |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2018-08-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1620208121 |
It’s the 1850s and Daisy, a slave girl from Alabama, is thrilled when her Mama is brought to her plantation to be the new cook. Six Oaks Plantation has been Daisy’s home for years, and the future looks bright now that she and her Mama have been reunited. The happiness doesn’t last, though, when a dangerous encounter with a notorious slave hunter endangers Daisy’s life. She has no choice but to run. Leaving behind everything she has ever known, Daisy strikes out alone on the Underground Railroad. Daisy’s search for freedom leads her deep into the woods. Along the way she is joined by Simon, a four-year-old boy and his pet kitten. Pursued by dogs, uncertainty, and a slave tracker determined to capture them by any means necessary, Daisy starts to wonder if she will ever be safe again. Does Jesus care about runaway slaves lost in the woods? Daisy's Search for Freedom contains thought-provoking discussion questions for young readers.
How to be a grown up
Title | How to be a grown up PDF eBook |
Author | Daisy Buchana |
Publisher | EDICIONES URANO |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2023-09-25 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 1953027164 |
Who feels like a grown up when they're twenty-one? Or, well, ever? With a significant birthday fast approaching, journalist and agony aunt Daisy Buchanan found herself worrying about whether or not she was a 'proper' adult yet. Her twenties had been a familiar tale of bad boyfriends, worse jobs, money worries, and mistakes. But was she getting it so wrong? Or was she learning vital life lessons along the way? In her unstintingly honest and hilarious account of a defining decade, Daisy shares her personal highs and lows in order to show us that there is no perfect path to adulthood - but we're all far stronger, smarter, and closer to being a grown-up than we realise...
Kelly's Search for Family
Title | Kelly's Search for Family PDF eBook |
Author | Bertha Schwartz |
Publisher | Ambassador International |
Pages | 85 |
Release | 2018-12-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1620208083 |
It’s 1880 and Kelly lives alone with her Papa, a lighthouse-keeper in Massachusetts. She longs to know more about her Mama, and Papa has finally promised to tell her the truth on her fourteenth birthday. Before Kelly can learn much though, dangerous men—the notorious Blackburn brothers—arrive unannounced and take Papa away. Kelly is left alone and responsible for the lighthouse. Granny, a former slave and family friend, learns of Kelly’s plight and decides to help find the answers to her questions. Mysterious letters, snow storms, and violence threaten Kelly’s safe haven as new friends help unearth old secrets in Kelly’s lighthouse home. How can she bring her Papa back? Who is her true family? Kelly’s Search for Family contains thought-provoking discussion questions for young readers.
Sarah's Search for Treasure
Title | Sarah's Search for Treasure PDF eBook |
Author | Bertha Schwartz |
Publisher | Ambassador International |
Pages | 79 |
Release | 2018-12-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1620208105 |
It’s 1849 and when Sarah’s papa and brother strike out for gold, she is stuck at home to help take care of the family and farm. This task quickly turns dangerous as the Gold Rush rises in frenzy around them. Neighbors abandon their livestock and the family must fend off half-started miners ready to steal everything they have. Sarah decides to turn her circumstances into a business—feeding the miners in exchange for gold and labor. Sarah’s ingenuity and leadership are tested as she faces thieves, mysteries, and violent miners. Trouble closes in on all sides, and Sarah must make tough decisions on her own. Soon Sarah learns that true treasure is not always gold, and that the greatest adventures can happen without even leaving home. Sarah’s Search for Treasure contains thought-provoking discussion questions for young readers.
Daisy Chain
Title | Daisy Chain PDF eBook |
Author | Mary E. DeMuth |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0310278368 |
Emory Chance needs to find who killed her daughter Daisy and unravel the mystery behind a sickening premonition in this suspenseful story about courageous love, the power of forgiveness, and the bonds that never break.
Looking for Daisy
Title | Looking for Daisy PDF eBook |
Author | Maria de Andrade |
Publisher | FriesenPress |
Pages | 171 |
Release | 2018-07-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1525527800 |
Sixty-two-year-old Marguerite has just had her second breast cancer diagnosis following a routine mammogram—and this time she will have to undergo a full mastectomy. Scared and discouraged, she keeps the news to herself so she doesn’t spoil an important family event. While she struggles to come to terms with her diagnosis, she finds strength and hope in looking back on the happy, romantic yet sometimes difficult times that brought her and her husband Rodrigo together. This compelling story takes us from the scenic Portugal of Marguerite and Rodrigo’s childhood to vibrant Montreal, where they move later in life. Looking for Daisy is a moving saga that explores long-lost love, the unbreakable bond of family and the fighting spirit of a woman who refuses to let cancer define or destroy her.
The Daisy
Title | The Daisy PDF eBook |
Author | R. E. Garber Jr |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1477298568 |
A Facebook message to a common friend reconnects Beth and Ben, who, as teenagers, shared their first kiss in the fall of 1955. Now, over half a century later, the meet and find the desire they felt all those years ago reawakened. The lovers find their bodies unable to match te fire burning in their hearts. Can a lowly daisy be the instrument to bring back the memories in all the glorious detail? Or will it destroy a new and budding relationship?