Author: Christina Diaz Gonzalez Publisher: Yearling ISBN: 0593372824 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 337
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A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk everything for the chance of a new beginning. "Heartbreaking yet hopeful" —Alan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee There are two versions of Héctor: the public and the private. It’s the only way to survive in communist Cuba—especially when your father was exiled to the U.S. and labeled an enemy of the people. Héctor must always be seen as a fierce supporter of the regime, even if that means loudly rejecting the father he still loves. But in the summer of 1980, those two versions are hard to keep separate. No longer able to suppress a public uprising, the Cuban government says it will open the port of Mariel to all who wish to leave the country—if they can find a boat. But choosing to leave comes with a price. Those who want to flee are denounced as traitors by family and friends. There are violent acts of repudiation, and no one knows if they will truly be allowed to leave the country or not. So when Héctor’s mother announces that she wants the family to risk everything to go to the United States, he is torn. He misses his father, but Cuba is the only home he has ever known. All his dreams and plans require him to stay. Can he leave everything behind for an unknown future? In a summer of heat and upheaval, danger and deadly consequences, Héctor’s two worlds are on a collision course. Will the impact destroy him and everything he loves?
Author: Papri Rudra Publisher: Papri Rudra ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 31
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The story of twin sisters Rashi and Trisha; the unique bond they share, and how that shapes their entire lives.The story,is presented largely through the eyes of Rashi's daughter Neeli. The cultural background of the characters, in the story is Indian Bengali (People from a state in Eastern India).Hence, it was important to introduce some Bengali words,to depict the flavour of the tale.
Author: Avery Adair Publisher: ISBN: 9781933482057 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 176
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There's double trouble at Triple Diamond Ranch. A greedy timber baron is after Matt Henshaw's land, and just when Matt needs them the most, his hired hands threaten to quit. They want to settle down and raise families, and Flat Rock, Montana, has a chronic shortage of respectable young ladies. Not knowing what else to do, Matt takes the advice of his housekeeper, Aurelia, and takes the train to Boston. There he places a newspaper ad, hoping to recruit suitable young women to come west. Yet Matt gets far more than he bargains for when he ends up with five strong willed young orphans, their feisty guardian, and a raft of Aurelia's relatives who want to find a better life in Montana. Yet while Matt's away, the timber baron makes his move. He dams the river, leaving Matt's cattle without water, and posts armed guards to protect the dam. Before Matt can respond, however, it is the orphans who take the initiative with a daring solution. When help arrives from an unexpected quarter, Matt Henshaw finds his life changing in ways he never imagined. Set in the Big Sky country of eastern Montana, The Bluest Skies, is an impressive first effort by a talented new author.
Author: Toni Morrison Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307278441 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 226
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtly and grace. In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment. Here, Morrison’s writing is “so precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry” (The New York Times).
Author: Christina Diaz Gonzalez Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0375869298 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 322
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Ani, a 12-year-old Basque girl, and Mathias, a 14-year-old German Jew, become friends and then spies in the weeks leading up to the bombing of Guernica in April 1937.
Author: Christina Diaz Gonzalez Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 1338647210 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 249
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The 2022 Edgar Award Winner for Best Juvenline Mystery! What if you had no name, no past, and no home? Ivette. Joanna. And now: Katrina Whatever her name is, it won’t last long. Katrina doesn’t know any of the details about her past, but she does know that she and her parents are part of the Witness Protection Program. Whenever her parents say they have to move on and start over, she takes on a new identity. A new name, a new hair color, a new story. Until their location leaks and her parents disappear. Forced to embark on a dangerous rescue mission, Katrina and her new friend Parker set out to save her parents—and find out the truth about her secret past and the people that want her family dead. But every new discovery reveals that Katrina’s entire life has been built around secrets covered up with lies and that her parents were actually the ones keeping the biggest secret of all. Katrina must now decide if learning the whole truth is worth the price of losing everything she has ever believed about herself and her family.
Author: Christina Diaz Gonzalez Publisher: Yearling ISBN: 0375854894 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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The Red Umbrella is a moving tale of a 14-year-old girl's journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan—an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro's revolution. In 1961, two years after the Communist revolution, Lucía Álvarez still leads a carefree life, dreaming of parties and her first crush. But when the soldiers come to her sleepy Cuban town, everything begins to change. Freedoms are stripped away. Neighbors disappear. And soon, Lucía's parents make the heart-wrenching decision to send her and her little brother to the United States—on their own. Suddenly plunked down in Nebraska with well-meaning strangers, Lucía struggles to adapt to a new country, a new language, a new way of life. But what of her old life? Will she ever see her home or her parents again? And if she does, will she still be the same girl? The Red Umbrella is a touching story of country, culture, family, and the true meaning of home. “Captures the fervor, uncertainty and fear of the times. . . . Compelling.” –The Washington Post “Gonzalez deals effectively with separation, culture shock, homesickness, uncertainty and identity as she captures what is also a grand adventure.” –San Francisco Chronicle
Author: Christina Diaz Gonzalez Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 0545773202 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 227
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In this exciting and action-packed adventure by an award-winning author, a young girl discovers her secret ancient bloodline. The fate of her family, and the world, may rest in her hands . . . Cassie Arroyo, an American studying in Rome, has her world ripped apart when someone tries to kill her father, an art history professor at an Italian university. Is she their next target?Cassie sets out to uncover what is happening, only to learn that she is a member of an ancient bloodline that enables her to use the Spear of Destiny--a legendary object that can alter the future. Now running from a secret organization intent on killing those from her bloodline, Cassie must--with the help of some friends--decipher the clues that will lead her to the Spear.Christina Diaz Gonzalez has created a fast-paced thrill-ride of a book, rich with riddles and myth, that young readers will not want to put down.
Author: Fiona Robinson Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 1683352890 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 40
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A gorgeous picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins--the first person to ever publish a book of photography After losing her mother very early in life, Anna Atkins (1799–1871) was raised by her loving father. He gave her a scientific education, which was highly unusual for women and girls in the early 19th century. Fascinated with the plant life around her, Anna became a botanist. She recorded all her findings in detailed illustrations and engravings, until the invention of cyanotype photography in 1842. Anna used this new technology in order to catalogue plant specimens—a true marriage of science and art. In 1843, Anna published the book Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions with handwritten text and cyanotype photographs. It is considered the first book of photographs ever published. Weaving together histories of women, science, and art, The Bluest of Blues will inspire young readers to embark on their own journeys of discovery and creativity.
Author: Heidi W. Durrow Publisher: Algonquin Books ISBN: 1616200154 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 300
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After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and confront her identity as a biracial woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. A first novel. Reprint.
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