Author: Ruth Behar
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399546464
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Winner of the 2018 Pura Belpre Award! “A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds.”—Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative—based on the author’s childhood in the 1960s—a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed. Ruthie’s plight will intrigue readers, and her powerful story of strength and resilience, full of color, light, and poignancy, will stay with them for a long time. Ruthie Mizrahi and her family recently emigrated from Castro’s Cuba to New York City. Just when she’s finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of English—and enjoying her reign as her neighborhood’s hopscotch queen—a horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined her to her bed for a long recovery. As Ruthie’s world shrinks because of her inability to move, her powers of observation and her heart grow larger and she comes to understand how fragile life is, how vulnerable we all are as human beings, and how friends, neighbors, and the power of the arts can sweeten even the worst of times.
Lucky Broken Girl
Author: Ruth Behar
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399546464
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Winner of the 2018 Pura Belpre Award! “A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds.”—Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative—based on the author’s childhood in the 1960s—a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed. Ruthie’s plight will intrigue readers, and her powerful story of strength and resilience, full of color, light, and poignancy, will stay with them for a long time. Ruthie Mizrahi and her family recently emigrated from Castro’s Cuba to New York City. Just when she’s finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of English—and enjoying her reign as her neighborhood’s hopscotch queen—a horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined her to her bed for a long recovery. As Ruthie’s world shrinks because of her inability to move, her powers of observation and her heart grow larger and she comes to understand how fragile life is, how vulnerable we all are as human beings, and how friends, neighbors, and the power of the arts can sweeten even the worst of times.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399546464
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Winner of the 2018 Pura Belpre Award! “A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds.”—Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative—based on the author’s childhood in the 1960s—a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed. Ruthie’s plight will intrigue readers, and her powerful story of strength and resilience, full of color, light, and poignancy, will stay with them for a long time. Ruthie Mizrahi and her family recently emigrated from Castro’s Cuba to New York City. Just when she’s finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of English—and enjoying her reign as her neighborhood’s hopscotch queen—a horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined her to her bed for a long recovery. As Ruthie’s world shrinks because of her inability to move, her powers of observation and her heart grow larger and she comes to understand how fragile life is, how vulnerable we all are as human beings, and how friends, neighbors, and the power of the arts can sweeten even the worst of times.
The Diary of a Broken Woman
Author: Aicha Yoder
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781718699175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Once you reach a certain level of success, it's important to pass that wisdom down to the next woman. We all have a responsibility to make sure that each woman who comes after us wins in life. This book has been my way of giving just that. My life has not been easy. So many times I've asked God why me, but what I came to realize is the question should have been "why not me." I invite you to read the greatest gift I will give to this world. My story. My diary. My life. No cake or ice cream, but instead my journeys dead ends, moments of hopelessness, and I wish I wasn't here moments.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781718699175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Once you reach a certain level of success, it's important to pass that wisdom down to the next woman. We all have a responsibility to make sure that each woman who comes after us wins in life. This book has been my way of giving just that. My life has not been easy. So many times I've asked God why me, but what I came to realize is the question should have been "why not me." I invite you to read the greatest gift I will give to this world. My story. My diary. My life. No cake or ice cream, but instead my journeys dead ends, moments of hopelessness, and I wish I wasn't here moments.
Diary of a Broken Girl
Author: Kaitlyn Henderson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387433903
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The journey of a young girls mental battle is captured through poetry. If you have trouble understanding mental health issues and often question "Why?", this is a good answer for you.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387433903
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The journey of a young girls mental battle is captured through poetry. If you have trouble understanding mental health issues and often question "Why?", this is a good answer for you.
A Broken Girl's Diary
Author: Tiffany Jones
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548651565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A Broken Girl's Diary dives deep into the inner workings of the authors brain. She talks about her time in foster care, her battle with depression, and even suicidal thoughts.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548651565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A Broken Girl's Diary dives deep into the inner workings of the authors brain. She talks about her time in foster care, her battle with depression, and even suicidal thoughts.
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501157868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He’s blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501157868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He’s blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.
The Broke Diaries
Author: Angela Nissel
Publisher: Villard
ISBN: 0375506705
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
“People always say I’m going to look back on these days and laugh — why put it off?” When Angela Nissel found herself struggling financially while in college, instead of sulking, she decided to entertain herself by creating an online journal that chronicled her day-to-day trials and tribulations. Written with humor and intelligence, her “Broke Diary” quickly found an audience as people wrote to Angela to empathize with, console, and laugh with her about her experiences and even share their own. The Broke Diaries is the first complete compilation of her experiences, written in a voice that is funny, unique, and dead-on. On buying ramen noodles: I am sooooooo embarassed. I only have 33 cents. I (please don’t laugh) put the money on the counter and quickly attempt to dash out with my Chicken Flavored Salt Noodles. The guy calls me back! I look up instinctively, I should have run . . . Why didn’t I run???!! He tells me the noodles are 35 cents. I try to apologize sincerely. I thought the sign said 33 cents yesterday, so that’s all I brought with me. Could he wait while I ran home and get the 2 cents? I show him my student I.D. to let him know I am not a thief. He shakes his head and motions either for me to get the hell out of his store and never come back again or get the money as do come back. I don’t know. He said something like “Nyeh” and swiped his hand in my direction. I can’t translate hand motions well. The noodles: tasty!!!
Publisher: Villard
ISBN: 0375506705
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
“People always say I’m going to look back on these days and laugh — why put it off?” When Angela Nissel found herself struggling financially while in college, instead of sulking, she decided to entertain herself by creating an online journal that chronicled her day-to-day trials and tribulations. Written with humor and intelligence, her “Broke Diary” quickly found an audience as people wrote to Angela to empathize with, console, and laugh with her about her experiences and even share their own. The Broke Diaries is the first complete compilation of her experiences, written in a voice that is funny, unique, and dead-on. On buying ramen noodles: I am sooooooo embarassed. I only have 33 cents. I (please don’t laugh) put the money on the counter and quickly attempt to dash out with my Chicken Flavored Salt Noodles. The guy calls me back! I look up instinctively, I should have run . . . Why didn’t I run???!! He tells me the noodles are 35 cents. I try to apologize sincerely. I thought the sign said 33 cents yesterday, so that’s all I brought with me. Could he wait while I ran home and get the 2 cents? I show him my student I.D. to let him know I am not a thief. He shakes his head and motions either for me to get the hell out of his store and never come back again or get the money as do come back. I don’t know. He said something like “Nyeh” and swiped his hand in my direction. I can’t translate hand motions well. The noodles: tasty!!!
Anne Frank
Author: Anne Frank
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671430290
Category : Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Traces the life of a young Jewish girl who kept a diary during the two years she and her family hid from the Germans in an Amsterdam attic.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671430290
Category : Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Traces the life of a young Jewish girl who kept a diary during the two years she and her family hid from the Germans in an Amsterdam attic.
6 Broken Hearts
Author: Mrs Nabeela Kapery Noorani
Publisher: National Library of South Africa
ISBN: 9780620654098
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Juwayriya Rouby has her wole world turned upside when secrets from her past threaten to affect her future. As she grows into a woman and finds love, her past forces her to choose between a husband and a father. This epic tale is riddled with immense heartache, love, death and the unconditional love of maternal bonds.
Publisher: National Library of South Africa
ISBN: 9780620654098
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Juwayriya Rouby has her wole world turned upside when secrets from her past threaten to affect her future. As she grows into a woman and finds love, her past forces her to choose between a husband and a father. This epic tale is riddled with immense heartache, love, death and the unconditional love of maternal bonds.
Dear Nobody
Author: Gillian McCain
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402287593
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"A rare, no-holds-barred documentation of an American teenager's life." —Publishers Weekly Told through the actual diary entries of a real teenage girl, Dear Nobody chronicles Mary Rose's struggles with drug addiction, bullying, and a deadly secret in this raw, authentic book. Her story will inspire you—and remind you that you're not alone. They call me a freak. I'm sick of it. It makes me want dangerous, bad things. Drugs—hard drugs—and people who are bad for me, but I don't care, because I'm so lonely and no matter what their intentions are at least they're talking to me... They say that high school is supposed to be the best time of your life. But what if that's just not true? More than anything, Mary Rose wants to fit in. To be heard. To be loved. And she'll do whatever it takes to make that happen. Even if it costs her her life. Compelling and unflinchingly honest, Dear Nobody is perfect for readers looking for: contemporary young adult nonfiction true stories about drug addiction books like Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky stories that spark conversation about issues teens face
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402287593
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"A rare, no-holds-barred documentation of an American teenager's life." —Publishers Weekly Told through the actual diary entries of a real teenage girl, Dear Nobody chronicles Mary Rose's struggles with drug addiction, bullying, and a deadly secret in this raw, authentic book. Her story will inspire you—and remind you that you're not alone. They call me a freak. I'm sick of it. It makes me want dangerous, bad things. Drugs—hard drugs—and people who are bad for me, but I don't care, because I'm so lonely and no matter what their intentions are at least they're talking to me... They say that high school is supposed to be the best time of your life. But what if that's just not true? More than anything, Mary Rose wants to fit in. To be heard. To be loved. And she'll do whatever it takes to make that happen. Even if it costs her her life. Compelling and unflinchingly honest, Dear Nobody is perfect for readers looking for: contemporary young adult nonfiction true stories about drug addiction books like Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky stories that spark conversation about issues teens face
A Trail of Broken Dreams
Author: Barbara Haworth-Attard
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 9780439974059
Category : Cariboo (B.C. : Regional district)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Still reeling from the death of her mother, Harriet sets out on a dangerous journey -- disguised as a boy, since no "petticoats" are allowed on the trip -- determined to find her missing father in the gold fields of British Columbia's Cariboo. The journey itself is incredibly difficult, and Harriet still has to find her father before the winter snows close down the entire Williams Creek area. Will she be able to find him, or will her journey be for nothing?
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 9780439974059
Category : Cariboo (B.C. : Regional district)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Still reeling from the death of her mother, Harriet sets out on a dangerous journey -- disguised as a boy, since no "petticoats" are allowed on the trip -- determined to find her missing father in the gold fields of British Columbia's Cariboo. The journey itself is incredibly difficult, and Harriet still has to find her father before the winter snows close down the entire Williams Creek area. Will she be able to find him, or will her journey be for nothing?