Author: Dan & Connie BurkhardtPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692691441
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Growing Up with the River
Author: Dan & Connie BurkhardtPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692691441
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The River Child
Author: Jo TuscanoPublisher: Odyssey Books
ISBN: 1922311480
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Standing beside Elise’s grave, Siobhan Montrell remembers how her mother finally blew the perfect smoke ring on the day that Elise disappeared. Remembers the day that would change and define her life forever. The toddler's body was found in the river near Gables Guesthouse. Only eleven years old at the time, Siobhan has carried the guilt of Elise’s death with her since that day. Twenty-eight years later, Siobhan returns to Rachley Island, having inherited Gables -- guesthouse and family home -- from her aunt. Cleaning the property to prepare it for sale, she discovers an old book in which her aunt used to draw and write, revealing the truth about the tragic drowning. The River Child is a tale of grief and guilt, deceit and secrets, and ultimately forgiveness.
Growing Up Below Sea Level
Author: Rachel BialePublisher:
ISBN: 9781942134633
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
An informative memoir of kibbutz life that reveal a piece of Israel's early story that should not be forgotten.
The River Is Home
Author: Patrick D. SmithPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1683342852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Poor in material possessions, Skeeter's kinfolk are rich in their appreciation of their beautiful natural surroundings. The river on which they live—with its food supply, steamboats, and floods—figures strongly in their lives as the source of life, change, and death. Though their life is a simple one, it's filled with friendship, loyalty, love, and compassion
Born by the River
Author: Jenness ClarkPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692797525
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In 1963, the whirlpools of a changing culture inundate the Mississippi River region, where a young girl tries to comprehend and stay above the conflicting traditions that challenge her family's very survival.
Once Upon a River: A Novel
Author: Bonnie Jo CampbellPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393082008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
"A demonstration of outstanding skills on the river of American literature." —Entertainment Weekly Bonnie Jo Campbell has created an unforgettable heroine in sixteen-year-old Margo Crane, a beauty whose unflinching gaze and uncanny ability with a rifle have not made her life any easier. After the violent death of her father, Margo takes to the river in search of her mother with only a biography of Annie Oakley to her name. Her river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation and to deciding what price she is willing to pay for her choices.
Growing Up on Clinch River
Author: Ms. BeautyPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453516344
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Downriver
Author: Will HobbsPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442445475
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Daughter of the River
Author: Ying HongPublisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802136602
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
From her upbringing in the slums of Chongqing to her sexual and intellectual awakening to her search to unravel the mystery of her birth, a coming-of-age portrait by a renowned poet and novelist details her turbulent life against the backdrop of Communist China.
Down by the River
Author: Andrew WeinerPublisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683352831
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
One beautiful autumn day, Art sets out with his mother and grandfather for a fishing trip. Fishing days are Art’s favorite. He loves learning the ropes from Grandpa—the different kinds of flies and tackle and the trout that frequent their favorite river. Art especially appreciates Grandpa’s stories. But, this time, hearing the story about Mom’s big catch on her first cast ever makes Art feel insecure about his own fishing skills. But, as Art hooks a beautiful brown trout, he finds reassurance in Grandpa’s stories and marvels in the sport and a day spent with family, promising to continue the tradition with his own grandkids generations later. Illustrated with lush imagery by rising star April Chu, Down by the River celebrates fishing, family, and fun.