Author: Marina Budhos Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439106908 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 182
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A Muslim immigrant teen struggles to hold her family together in the wake of 9/11 in this poignant novel from acclaimed author Marina Budhos. You forget. You forget you don’t really exist here, that this isn’t your home. Since emigrating from Bangladesh, fourteen-year-old Nadira and her family have been living in New York City on expired visas, hoping to realize their dream of becoming legal US citizens. But after 9/11, everything changes. Suddenly being Muslim means you are dangerous, a suspected terrorist. When Nadira’s father is arrested and detained at the US-Canada border, Nadira and her older sister, Aisha, are told to carry on as if everything is the same. The teachers at Flushing High don’t ask any questions, but Aisha falls apart. Nothing matters to her anymore—not even college. It’s up to Nadira to be the strong one and bring her family back together again.
Author: Ann Schlee Publisher: ISBN: 9781903252260 Category : Child abuse Languages : en Pages : 225
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Despite all the mysterious secrets and evasions, Laura knew that the children living next door to her aunt's house were starving; but it seemed as if none of the grown-ups knew - or cared. So she tried to help by herself - until tragedy struck.
Author: Shelley Noble Publisher: Forge Books ISBN: 0765398702 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 313
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From New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble, Ask Me No Questions is the first in the Lady Dunbridge Mystery series featuring a widow turned sleuth in turn-of-the-twentieth century New York City. A modern woman in 1907, Lady Dunbridge is not about to let a little thing like the death of her husband ruin her social life. She’s ready to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm. From the decadence of high society balls to the underbelly of Belmont horse racing, romance, murder, and scandals abound. Someone simply must do something. And Lady Dunbridge is happy to oblige. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Jack Luger Publisher: ISBN: 9780966693263 Category : Business communication Languages : en Pages : 177
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Professional methods and techniques for information and intelligence gathering... now revealed for you to use. Now you can find out anything you want to know about anyone you want to know about! Satisfy your need to know with these revealing professional manuals on investigation, crime and police sciences. "A great self-defense book for the mind". -- American Survival Guide Every day, innocent people are grilled by cops, attorneys, security guards, employers, the media and a slew of government agents. This book will show exactly how to protect yourself. You will learn how to handle any kind of questioning, including police interrogations, job applications, court testimony, polygraph exams, media interviews, and much more. You will learn how to provide answers that will satisfy your interrogators without giving too much away.
Author: Patricia Veryan Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 0312086997 Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 349
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Ruth Allington, having lost her husband, father, and brother, must take a job restoring an ancient mural at the estate of Sir Gordon Chandler, who has problems of his own.
Author: Marina Budhos Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442406100 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 306
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Jaya is from Trinidad, Maria is from Mexico, and Lola is from Slovakia. The girls couldn’t be more different, except for two things: They’re all the daughters of maids and nannies in their prosperous suburban town of Meadowbrook, and they all long to fit in and succeed among their more privileged peers. But when Jaya’s mother is accused of stealing some valuable jewelry from her employer, the seemingly liberal town of Meadowbrook becomes a place of ugly tensions and racism, and the girls’ friendship threatens to buckle under the strain. Once again, Marina Budhos has written a thoughtful and ambitious novel about class and the cultural differences that can both divide and unite.
Author: Shelley Noble Publisher: Forge Books ISBN: 0765398737 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 319
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Miss Fisher meets Downton Abbey in Tell Me No Lies, part of the critically acclaimed Lady Dunbridge Mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble. Rise and shine, Countess, you’re about to have a visitor. Lady Dunbridge was not about to let a little thing like the death of her husband ruin her social life. She’s come to New York City, ready to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm. The social events of the summer have been amusing but Lady Phil is searching for more excitement---and she finds it, when an early morning visitor arrives, begging for her help. After all, Lady Phil has been known to be useful in a crisis. Especially when the crisis involves the untimely death of a handsome young business tycoon. His death could send another financial panic through Wall Street and beyond. With the elegant Plaza Hotel, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the opulent mansions of Long Island’s Gold Coast as the backdrop, romance, murder, and scandals abound. Someone simply must do something. And Lady Dunbridge is happy to oblige. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Marina Budhos Publisher: Ember ISBN: 0553534211 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 274
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An extraordinary and timely novel, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, examines what it’s like to grow up under surveillance in America. Be careful what you say and who you say it to. Anyone might be a watcher. Naeem is a Bangledeshi teenager living in Queens who thinks he can charm his way through anything. But then mistakes catch up with him. So do the cops, who offer him an impossible choice: spy on his Muslim neighbors and report back to them on shady goings-on, or face a police record. Naeem wants to be a hero—a protector. He wants his parents to be proud of him. But as time goes on, the line between informing and entrapping blurs. Is he saving or betraying his community? Inspired by actual surveillance practices in New York City and elsewhere, Marina Budhos’s extraordinary and timely novel examines what it’s like to grow up with Big Brother always watching. Naeem’s riveting story is as vivid and involving as today’s headlines. Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, We Need Diverse Books Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book YALSA Best YA Fiction for Young Adults “A fast-moving, gripping tale.” —SLJ, Starred
Author: Mindy Kaling Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN: 0449819884 Category : American wit and humor Languages : en Pages : 104
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"Based on her New York Times bestselling book, Mindy discusses 50 of her favorite topics, with accompanying questions to get you talking about things that really matter."--Container.
Author: Jennifer De Leon Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534438262 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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“A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book telling a much-needed story.” —Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires Everywhere First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand. Liliana Cruz is a hitting a wall—or rather, walls. There’s the wall her mom has put up ever since Liliana’s dad left—again. There’s the wall that delineates Liliana’s diverse inner-city Boston neighborhood from Westburg, the wealthy—and white—suburban high school she’s just been accepted into. And there’s the wall Liliana creates within herself, because to survive at Westburg, she can’t just lighten up, she has to whiten up. So what if she changes her name? So what if she changes the way she talks? So what if she’s seeing her neighborhood in a different way? But then light is shed on some hard truths: It isn’t that her father doesn’t want to come home—he can’t…and her whole family is in jeopardy. And when racial tensions at school reach a fever pitch, the walls that divide feel insurmountable. But a wall isn’t always a barrier. It can be a foundation for something better. And Liliana must choose: Use this foundation as a platform to speak her truth, or risk crumbling under its weight.
Author: Marina Budhos
Author: Ann Schlee
Author: Shelley Noble
Author: Jack Luger
Author: Patricia Veryan
Author: Marina Budhos
Author: Shelley Noble
Author: Marina Budhos
Author: Mindy Kaling
Author: Jennifer De Leon