Fly Back, Agnes
Title | Fly Back, Agnes PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Atkinson |
Publisher | Millbrook Press |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2020-03-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1541590740 |
A heartfelt story that sensitively tackles the everyday inner turmoil of growing up and staying true to oneself. Twelve-year-old Agnes hates everything about her life: her name, her parents' divorce, her best friend's abandonment, her changing body . . . . So while staying with her dad over the summer, she decides to become someone else. She tells people she meets that her name is Chloe, she's fourteen, her parents are married, and she's a dancer and actor—just the life she wants. But Agnes's fibs quickly stack up and start to complicate her new friendships, especially with Fin, whose mysterious relative runs a local raptor rehab center that fascinates Agnes. The birds, given time and care, heal and fly back home. Agnes, too, wants to get back to wherever she truly belongs. But first she must come to see the good in her real life, however flawed and messy it is, and be honest with her friends, her family, and herself.
Burial Rites
Title | Burial Rites PDF eBook |
Author | Hannah Kent |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Pages | 341 |
Release | 2013-09-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0316243906 |
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tv=ti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard. Riveting and rich with lyricism, Burial Rites evokes a dramatic existence in a distant time and place, and asks the question, how can one woman hope to endure when her life depends upon the stories told by others?
I, Emma Freke
Title | I, Emma Freke PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Atkinson |
Publisher | Carolrhoda Books |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0761362193 |
Growing up near Boston with her free-spirited mother and old-world grandfather, twelve-year-old Emma has always felt out of place but when she attends the family reunion her father's family holds annually in Wisconsin, she is in for some surprises.
Griselda Takes Flight
Title | Griselda Takes Flight PDF eBook |
Author | Joyce Magnin |
Publisher | Abingdon Press |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1426711573 |
With Agnes being cared for in a nursing home, Griselda explores new personal freedom while a new mystery dominates the town gossip.
The Benefits of Being an Octopus
Title | The Benefits of Being an Octopus PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Braden |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2018-09-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1510737529 |
Edutopia's "25 Essential Middle School Reads from the Last Decade," NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maine's Student Book Award List, Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award List, Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List, 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee, 2021 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee, 2020-2021 Truman Award (Missouri) Nominee, Middle School Virginia Readers’ Choice Titles for 2020–2021, Charlie May Simon Award 2020–2021 List, South Carolina Book Awards Nominee, 2020–2021, and 2023 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award nominee. Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they've got to do. Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend—they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend Fuchsia has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus: eight arms to do eight things at once. Incredible camouflage ability and steady, unblinking vision. Powerful protective defenses. Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate club. Even though Zoey resists participating, debate ultimately leads her to see things in a new way: her mom’s relationship with Lenny, Fuchsia's situation, and her own place in this town of people who think they're better than her. Can Zoey find the courage to speak up, even if it means risking the most stable home she's ever had? This moving debut novel explores the cultural divides around class and the gun debate through the eyes of one girl, living on the edges of society, trying to find her way forward.
Agnes Parker-- Keeping Cool in Middle School
Title | Agnes Parker-- Keeping Cool in Middle School PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen O'Dell |
Publisher | Dial |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Interpersonal relations |
ISBN | 9780803730786 |
Agnes Parker tries to maintain her old persona and keep a low profile in middle school, but her best friend Prejean's problems, persistent harassment from the eighth-grade boys, and a friendship with an interesting boy in her art class make it difficult.
The Island of Beyond
Title | The Island of Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Atkinson |
Publisher | Carolrhoda Books ® |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2016-04-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1512404721 |
Eleven-year-old Martin can hardly imagine a worse summer. Martin's dad wants him to like "normal" boy things—playing sports and exploring the outdoors—so he sends Martin to his great-aunt Lenore, who lives on a tiny island called Beyond. Nothing about Beyond is what Martin expects, certainly not the strange, local boy who unexpectedly befriends Martin. Solo can canoe and climb trees and survive on his own in the wilderness, and Martin's drawn to him in a way he doesn't quite understand. But he's not sure he can trust Solo. In fact, can he trust anything about this strange island, where everyone seems to be keeping secrets?