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Author: Paul Fleischman Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 0763680133 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 97
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Cue the lights for a nonstop farce that juxtaposes seven different plays--performed simultaneously--with a comic genius reminiscent of masters from Monty Python to the Marx Brothers. Combing spot-on parodies of Anton Chekhov, Agatha Christie, Tennessee Williams, Samuel Beckett, Neil Simon, and performance art, and throwing in scenes from "Richard III " for good measure, "Zap" mixes genres and story lines with the same speed that we flick through channels and navigate browser windows. In the ten years since "Zap" was first published, Paul Fleischman has spoken to many of the producers, actors, and directors who have brought his hilarious and insightful play to life. With their feedback in mind, he presents this fine-tuned, newly revised edition of a play that comically explores the collision of narratives that occurs on our screens every day and rings true now more than ever.
Author: Martha Freeman Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534405593 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 304
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Shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery “Mystery lovers will be satisfied by the plot and adults will love the curriculum and social awareness tie-ins.” —School Library Journal Eleven-year-old Luis is left looking for answers after a city-wide blackout leads him to an electrifying mystery in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from Martha Freeman. Luis Cardenal is toasting a Pop-Tart when a power outage strikes Hampton, New Jersey. Elevators and gas pumps fail right away; soon cell phones die and grocery shelves empty. Cold and in the dark, people begin to get desperate. Luis likes to know how things work, and the blackout gets him wondering: Where does the city’s electricity come from? What would cause it to shut down? No one seems to have answers, and rumors are flying. Then a slip of the tongue gives Luis and his ex-best friend Maura a clue. Brushed off by the busy police, the two sixth graders determine they are on their own. To get to the bottom of the mystery, they know they need to brave the abandoned houses of Luis’s poor neighborhood and find the homeless teen legend known as Computer Genius. What they don’t know is that someone suspects they know too much, someone who wants to keep Hampton in the dark. In this highly charged mystery, two can-do sleuths embark on a high-tech urban adventure to answer an age-old question: Who turned out the lights?
Author: Paul Fleischman Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 076368838X Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 97
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“High-school theater departments willing to experiment with something new might try this as an alternative to the same old reruns of Grease and Romeo and Juliet.” —Kirkus Reviews Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman has considered the advice of performers and producers in this newly refreshed and thoroughly updated edition of a high-school tour de force. When high school drama departments are not dusting off the old classics—over and over—they are constantly in search of new material. But what play could possibly suit the sound bite attention span of kids who flit from text messages to social networks throughout their day? Cue the lights for Zap, a nonstop farce that juxtaposes seven different plays—performed simultaneously—with comic genius. An extensive author’s note provides information and insight on the plays and playwrights spoofed in Zap.
Author: Mike Gaddis Publisher: Stackpole Books ISBN: 9780811701969 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 378
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Mike Gaddis swore to be painfully selective in choosing the puppy that would accompany him on the horseback pointing dog trials he so badly wanted to participate in. He knew the smallest female born sixth in the litter of twelve English setters was special, but he didn't understand the power of her potential until he let her loose in the field. Her lightning speed earned her the name Zip Zap, and she grew to be the best bird dog Gaddis ever owned. In this memoir, Gaddis celebrates the dog's indomitable spirit and tells the story of training and developing superior pointers, from their first unrefined runs in the amateur puppy stakes to winning major championships.
Author: John L. Shefelbine Publisher: ISBN: 9780590116602 Category : Dogs Languages : en Pages : 36
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This book features: consonants g, x, k, v, y, and qu and consonant digraphs th and sh ; short vowels e and u and phonograms -et, -en, -in, -ub, -un, and -ut ; high frequency words.
Author: Gerard Casey Publisher: Andrews UK Limited ISBN: 1788360249 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 161
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We're all in favour of free speech — except when we're not! Often it's a case of 'free speech for me, but not for thee’. The regulation of speech is a matter that is typically dealt with arbitrarily without there being any obvious principled basis for the decisions that are made. Is hate speech, so-called, a form of free speech? What of blasphemy, in either its ancient or contemporary forms? Should certain forms of speech be mandatory? As with free speech, we’re all in favour of tolerance — except when we're not! Tolerance is increasingly coming to seem, well, intolerable and new and improved forms of intolerance are everywhere on the rise, not least as embodied in the currently fashionable doctrines of diversity, inclusion and equality. In ZAP, Gerard Casey presents a critical and unified approach to both free speech and tolerance based on the Zero Aggression Principle, keeping the critical discussion topical and grounded by reference to current events.
Author: Ken Blanchard Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0060503009 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 164
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Target Higher Performance and Achieve It! In the bestselling tradition of The One Minute ManagerR, Zap the Gaps combines a fast–moving business parable with step–by–step instructions for implementing the GAPS approach to problem solving.
Author: John Cassidy Publisher: Klutz ISBN: 9781570541087 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 0
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Written in collaboration with the world-famous San Francisco Exploratorium, this science book-o-rama takes readers on a 17-story roller coaster science ride. Divided into five sections, "Zap Science" invites readers to dive into the exciting world of science experiments. Full color.
Author: Chris Osburn Publisher: FastPencil Inc ISBN: 1607462575 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 281
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Eric Trotter wasn't expecting to disappear. One look at his face on the security footage was proof of that. Was this a one-time event, or are we next? If Eric can disappear into nowhere, so could anyone else. How did this happen--and why?Terra Tyler-Padgett wasn't expecting a mystery. She was just going to spend the summer on her dad's farm. But when Eric stops returning his calls, a lot of people start getting nervous.
Author: Martha Freeman Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534405585 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 304
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Eleven-year-olds Luis and Maura investigate the cause of a long-term, city-wide power outage in Hampton, New Jersey. Includes facts about electric power and instructions for assembling an emergency kit.
Author: Michael Armstrong Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 0759524394 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 216
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The Zap gives... and the Zap takes away. Because of the very nature of the Zap -- the big thermonuclear bomb that had scrambled and rearranged the neurons of everyone's brains -- there was no way of telling what it had taken from them all. The past was a jumbled mass of tantalizing glimpses and agonizing blanks. But the Zap's gifts were many and varied. The "Readers" got the rare and often dangerous ability to make sense of the writings of the past... The "Memors" got perfect recall -- of everything they'd heard since the Zap... The "Bush Punks" got a chance to live free and easy -- and die the same way... The "God Weirders" got religion -- if you could call it that... The "Blimpers" got a purpose -- a purpose that could save them, or destroy them all. Now Holmes, a "Reader, " was in the perfect position to tip the scales for or against survival -- if only he could figure out which side was which.
Author: Paul Fleischman
Author: Martha Freeman
Author: Paul Fleischman
Author: Mike Gaddis
Author: John L. Shefelbine
Author: Gerard Casey
Author: Ken Blanchard
Author: John Cassidy
Author: Chris Osburn
Author: Martha Freeman
Author: Michael Armstrong