The Rock and the River
Title | The Rock and the River PDF eBook |
Author | Kekla Magoon |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2009-01-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1439153353 |
Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award winner In this “taut, eloquent first novel” (Booklist, starred review), a young Black boy wrestles with conflicting notions of revolution and family loyalty as he becomes involved with the Black Panthers in 1968 Chicago. The Time: 1968 The Place: Chicago For thirteen-year-old Sam, it’s not easy being the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older (and best friend), Stick, begins to drift away from him for no apparent reason. And then it happens: Sam finds something that changes everything forever. Sam has always had faith in his father, but when he finds literature about the Black Panthers under Stick’s bed, he’s not sure who to believe: his father or his best friend. Suddenly, nothing feels certain anymore. Sam wants to believe that his father is right: You can effect change without using violence. But as time goes on, Sam grows weary of standing by and watching as his friends and family suffer at the hands of racism in their own community. Sam beings to explore the Panthers with Stick, but soon he’s involved in something far more serious—and more dangerous—than he could have ever predicted. Sam is faced with a difficult decision. Will he follow his father or his brother? His mind or his heart? The rock or the river?
Our Rock River
Title | Our Rock River PDF eBook |
Author | Nels Akerlund |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Rivers |
ISBN | 9780962087752 |
The "Rock" is the hidden jewel of America's hearland. Travel the rock from Horicon Marsh to the Mississippi. Revenue to the American Cancer Society.
Cold Rock River
Title | Cold Rock River PDF eBook |
Author | Jackie Lee Miles |
Publisher | Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2010-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1402256639 |
"A compelling story you won't want to miss! Well told and deeply true to its time and place." —Haywood Smith, author of Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch and The Red Hat Club Even the best-kept secrets must be revealed... Seventeen-year-old Adie Jenkins is newly married and newly pregnant, though not necessarily in that order. Unready for fatherhood, her skirt-chasing husband isn't much help. But in this stunning tale that redefines intimacy, love, and family, Adie discovers hope where she least expects it: from her sweet neighbor Murphy, from the world-wise midwife Willa Mae, and in the worn pages of the diary of a slave girl—a girl who is much closer to Adie than she thinks. Praise for Cold Rock River "An intricate novel about the mysterious ways we are all connected in the human endeavors of truth, love, longing, and loss."—Patti Callahan Henry, bestselling author of When Light Breaks "Warm, fresh, funny—the characters leap off the page! Miles is a fascinating new voice in Southern fiction. Readers will rejoice."—Karin Gillespie, author of Bet Your Bottom Dollar "Jackie Lee Miles is a wise and perceptive writer with a keen understanding of human frailties."—Julie Cannon, author of Truelove and Homegrown Tomatoes
Monsters of River and Rock
Title | Monsters of River and Rock PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Smith |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021-07-20 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0753554089 |
Come to the riverbank with Adrian Smith and cast a line on the wild side. 'Beautifully written account' Dave Simpson, The Guardian 'Writes beautifully' The Sun Welcome to the world of Adrian Smith, playing his Jackson guitar onstage to millions - while behind the scenes he explores far-flung rivers, seas and lakes, waterways and weirs, in a fearless quest for fishing nirvana. Hooked on the angling adrenaline rush since first catching perch from East London canals on outings with his father, Adrian grew up to be in one of Rock's most iconic bands. On tour, his gear went with him. The fish got bigger. The adventures more extreme. In Monsters of River and Rock you'll hear about his first sturgeon: a whopping 100-pounder from the roaring rapids of Canada's Fraser River that nearly wiped him out mid-Maiden tour. Then there's the close shave with a shark off the Virgin Islands whilst wading waist-deep for bonefish. Not to mention an enviable list of specimen coarse fish from the UK.
Rock River
Title | Rock River PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Maynard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Brothers |
ISBN | 9780439098694 |
Twelve-year-old Luke's summertime adventures along the river are haunted by the memory of his older brother Robert, who died being a daredevil in the same place a year and a half earlier.
The River and the Rock
Title | The River and the Rock PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Richard Palmer |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
People of the River
Title | People of the River PDF eBook |
Author | W. Michael Gear |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 548 |
Release | 2009-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0765364492 |
All the Gears' previous titles in the First North American series have been national bestsellers. Now, People of the River is finally available in mass-market. This gripping saga tells of the Mound Builders of the Mississippi Valley. In a time of many troubles, a warchief and his people have lost all hope. But hope is revived with a young girl learning to Dream of Power.