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Author: Olin Thompson Publisher: Bookwarren Publishing Servi ISBN: 094594926X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 219
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This story is of two families, drawn together by friendship as well as desire to give justice to the small communities in a raw Wyoming. They dealt it as it should be done, swiftly and surely. They had little time or patience with those who would take and waste lives of those who would strive for life in the harshest of environments. The Deans and Egans were epitome of hard work, endurance, and justice in the late 1870s.
Author: Marina Budhos Publisher: Yearling ISBN: 0553534254 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 209
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In the tumult of 1970s New York City, kids are expected to figure out issues of race that adults haven't when seventh graders are bused from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica. Jamila, Josie, and Francesca are three mixed-race girls who have always felt like outsiders in their mostly white neighborhood in Queens, but at least they have each other. Now it's seventh grade, and they're part of an experiment where kids will go on a long bus ride to integrate a new school in a black neighborhood. Maybe there the three girls can finally fit in. But Francesca's parents put her in private school. And Jamila and Josie discover that they're not even in the same classes. How do they find their place in a school divided between black and white? And what about the boys wanting to be friends--and maybe more? Can kids come together when grown-ups stay apart? In this tender story of friendship and family love, award-winning author Marina Budhos captures what it's like to tip from twelve to thirteen and to try to carry the dreams of adults.
Author: Nicholas Sparks Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 1455520667 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 422
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From the dark days of WWII to present-day North Carolina, this New York Times bestseller shares the lives of two couples overcoming destructive secrets -- and finding joy together. Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together - how they met, the precious paintings they collected together, the dark days of WWII and its effect on them and their families. Ira knows that Ruth can't possibly be in the car with him, but he clings to her words and his memories, reliving the sorrows and everyday joys that defined their marriage. A few miles away, at a local bull-riding event, a Wake Forest College senior's life is about to change. Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward -- even life and death - loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans -- a future that Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the secret he's keeping doesn't destroy it first. Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.
Author: Pam Holden Publisher: Flying Start Books ISBN: 1776548620 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 16
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In this story, poor Dad had two problems. First he made a mistake because he was thinking hard about his important work. Then a lot of noise stopped him from hearing an important message. He was very sorry.
Author: Lucian Spataro Publisher: ISBN: 9780983501909 Category : Environmental protection Languages : en Pages : 0
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IPPY 2012 Outstanding Books of the Year, "Most Likely to Save the Planet" Award Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist for Autobiography/Memoirs A vivid, sweeping, passionate story about a modern-day adventure, this is a beautiful chronology of Lucian Spataro and his team’s record-setting Arabian horse ride across the United States to draw attention to the destruction of the world’s rainforests. Told with wit and eloquence, the story moves from the beaches and crowded streets of Los Angeles, across Death Valley and the Painted Desert, through hundreds of towns and cities in the Midwest, before ending on the East Coast in an effort to bring an eye to environmental issues that in 1989 had no visibility or advocate in the United States. The urgency and importance of Spataro’s mission remains today as 20 years later the situation has not improved. Like the original ride itself, this book serves as both a report from the environmental front line and a fresh call to action.
Author: Emilio Scotto Publisher: Motorbooks ISBN: 9780760346501 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 0
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For his eighth birthday, Emilio Scotto received a World Atlas. Promptly he announced his plan to make a route that would pass through all the countries of the world, a route he named BLUE ROAD ONE. When, some years later, he found himself astride a black 1100 Honda Gold Wing motorcycle, Blue Road One beckoned, and Scotto set off on a journey that would last more than a decade, take him virtually everywhere in the world, and land him in the Guinness Book of World Records. This is his story, a thrill ride that begins in his native Argentina, crosses Panama in the tumultuous time of Noriega, Mexico in the midst of an earthquake, and finds him broke in L.A. where, in a chance meeting, Muhammad Ali gives him fifty dollars and a signed book. Breaching the Iron Curtain, crossing the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie, being blessed by the Pope, set upon by cannibals in Sierra Leone, fleeing Somalia on a freighter, Scotto's adventures would be unbelievable if they weren't true. His tale of touring the world from Tunisia to Turkey, Petra to Afghanistan, Yugoslavia to Singapore, traveling miles enough to take him to the moon and back, is unlike any ever told. Come along, for the ride of a lifetime.
Author: Rupert Isaacson Publisher: ISBN: 9780996627603 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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Rowan came back from the shamans in Mongolia a changed boy. The three most debilitating effects of his autism - his incontinence, his endless tantruming, and his inability to make friends - were gone.But a year almost to the day since Rowan's improvement he started regressing: the accidents and tantrums reappeared, terrifying his father Rupert. Something had to be done.Father and son embarked on a new quest, journeying from the bushmen of Namibia to the coastal rainforests of Queensland, Australia and finally to the Navajo reservations of the American southwest, where Rowan was transformed - they had begun the Long Ride Home.
Author: Olin Thompson Publisher: Bookwarren Publishing Servi ISBN: 094594926X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 219
Book Description
This story is of two families, drawn together by friendship as well as desire to give justice to the small communities in a raw Wyoming. They dealt it as it should be done, swiftly and surely. They had little time or patience with those who would take and waste lives of those who would strive for life in the harshest of environments. The Deans and Egans were epitome of hard work, endurance, and justice in the late 1870s.
Author: Bonnie Bryant Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1497653835 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 129
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School’s out, and three horse-crazy best friends promise to have the best summer ever Before Lisa Atwood, Stevie Lake, and Carole Hanson become high school juniors in the fall, the girls have a busy summer ahead. Lisa is spending every waking minute with her boyfriend, Alex—who’s also Stevie’s twin brother—until she leaves to visit her dad and his new family in California. Stevie just got her driver’s license, and when she isn’t delivering pizza, she’s hanging out with her boyfriend, Phil Marsten. And Carole is working long hours at Pine Hollow Stables—for the horses and for Ben Marlow, the mysterious stable hand who’s just as horse crazy as she is. But everything changes when the new girl arrives in town with a champion horse in tow. Will Lisa, Stevie, and Carole’s friendship ever be the same again?
Author: Marsha Hubler Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0310716926 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 146
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Thirteen-year-old Skye, who lives at Keystone Stables with her foster parents and wheelchair-bound foster sister, has been wondering about her real parents, and, with God's help, she is finally able to meet them.
Author: Christa Scott Reide Publisher: Tate Publishing ISBN: 1622950992 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 264
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Looking for love is natural. Finding it about to give birth in the back of a cab is anything but ordinary. Seth Locklear and his vocal group had just left their first televised concert when they came upon a taxi on the side of the interstate. Pulling over to assist, they discover one of their newest fans in the backseat about to give birth. Before help can arrive, Seth has to help the young woman deliver the baby and instantly, a bond is formed between him and the newborn. Now, little Marissa Wilkerson is at the center of Seth's world, but that means her mother, the young, unwed, but beautifully charming Emily Wilkerson, is too. Despite her ungodly situation, Seth can't take his attention away from Emily. Surely God planned for his perfect wife to have saved herself for marriage, and Emily clearly does not fit that description. Seth's stubborn rejection of Emily's favor may cost him the bond with the beautiful baby he helped to bring into this world. Now, Seth must discover if is his bond with Marissa is influencing his growing desire to be with Emily or if he's really falling in love with her. Having a family of his own one day is God's will, he's sure of it, but could that mean falling in love with a ready-made family? In this heartwarming story, Seth finds himself losing all confidence in his preconceived notions about who his future family will be. Emily has made an impact on his life, but will it be enough for him to dissolve his old ways and let himself fall in love with her? Join Seth, Emily, and the beautiful baby Marissa as they endure The Long Ride Home.
Author: Olin Thompson
Author: Marina Budhos
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Author: Pam Holden
Author: Lucian Spataro
Author: Emilio Scotto
Author: Rupert Isaacson
Author: Olin Thompson
Author: Bonnie Bryant
Author: Marsha Hubler
Author: Christa Scott Reide