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Author: Gary Paulsen Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 0374314187 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
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From the legendary author of Hatchet, a laugh-out-loud misadventure about a boy, his free-thinking dad, and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down. Twelve-year-old Carl is fed up with his father's single-minded pursuit of an off-the-grid existence. His dad may be brilliant, but dumpster-diving for food, scouring through trash for salvageable junk, and wearing clothes fully sourced from garage sales is getting old. Increasingly worried about what schoolmates and a certain girl at his new school might think of his circumstances—and encouraged by his off-kilter best friend—Carl adopts the principles set forth in a randomly discovered puppy-training pamphlet to “retrain” his dad’s mindset . . . a crackpot experiment that produces some very unintentional results. This is a fierce and funny novel about family, green-living, and untangling some of the ties that bind from middle-grade master Gary Paulsen.
Author: Audrey Khuner Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1449456979 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 43
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The pictures are paired with tongue-in-cheek captions showcasing the likes and dislikes of both the man and the kitten. Like the guys themselves, this book is the perfect combination of cute, sexy, and funny. You'll find yourself saying "ooh" and "aw" at the same time!
Author: Gary Paulsen Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 0374314187 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
From the legendary author of Hatchet, a laugh-out-loud misadventure about a boy, his free-thinking dad, and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down. Twelve-year-old Carl is fed up with his father's single-minded pursuit of an off-the-grid existence. His dad may be brilliant, but dumpster-diving for food, scouring through trash for salvageable junk, and wearing clothes fully sourced from garage sales is getting old. Increasingly worried about what schoolmates and a certain girl at his new school might think of his circumstances—and encouraged by his off-kilter best friend—Carl adopts the principles set forth in a randomly discovered puppy-training pamphlet to “retrain” his dad’s mindset . . . a crackpot experiment that produces some very unintentional results. This is a fierce and funny novel about family, green-living, and untangling some of the ties that bind from middle-grade master Gary Paulsen.
Author: C.D. Gill Publisher: C.D. Gill ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 259
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Maybe breaking up would save them both. Desperate to make up to her family for her past absence, Gia Carter agrees to take over a partially finished architecture job from her grieving cousin, which means more time spent in New Orleans. But when the threats from environmental activists turn violent, she’s assigned a bodyguard who is with her more than she’s been with Xander in the last six months. Maybe it would just be easier to be with someone who wasn’t long-distance? Stuck in Denver trying to clear his name through a settlement, Xander Reinerman can feel the distance creeping into his relationship with Gia. She’s the one he wants to spend forever with, but he’s just not good enough—yet. When anonymous letters appear and local gang members assault him, he questions whether they will ever get their chance at forever after all. Life and love are on the line. Can Gia and Xander survive when everything is threatening to end them? **The books in Against All Odds series are meant to be read sequentially.**
Author: Domenica Ruta Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN: 0525510834 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The fates of a cast of seemingly unconnected people converge during the celebration of an ancient holiday in “a darkly glittering novel” (The New York Times) that brings to mind Station Eleven and The Age of Miracles. “A beautifully written, thought-provoking book about life at the end.”—Refinery29 In Domenica Ruta’s profoundly original novel, the end of the world comes once a year. Every May 28, humanity gathers to anticipate the planet’s demise—and to celebrate as if the day is truly its last. On this holiday, three intersecting sets of characters embark on a possibly last-chance quest for redemption. In Boston, bookish wunderkind Sarah is looking for love and maybe a cosmic reversal from the much older Kurt, a tattoo artist she met at last year’s Last Day BBQ—but he’s still trying to make amends to the family he destroyed long ago. Dysfunctional Karen keeps getting into trouble, especially when the voices she’s been hearing coax her to abandon everything to search for her long-lost adoptive brother; her friend Rosette has left the Jehovah’s Witnesses to follow a new pastor at the Last Kingdom on Earth, where she brings Karen on this fateful day. Meanwhile, above them all, three astronauts on the International Space Station, Bear, an American; Russian Svec; and billionaire Japanese space tourist Yui, contemplate their lives as well as their precious Earth from afar. With sparkling wit, verbal ingenuity, and wild imagination, Ruta has created an alternate world in which an ancient holiday brings into stark reflection our deepest dreams, desires, hopes, and fears. In this tour-de-force debut novel she has written a dazzling, haunting love letter to humanity and to our planet. Praise for Last Day “In Ruta’s fiction debut, each May 28 people around the world gather to celebrate what could be the end of the world. The author chooses seven quite different characters, tied together in various ways (romantically, for one pair; orbiting Earth on a space station for three others). Her focus on individual needs and choices as disaster potentially looms gives her story emotional heft.”—The Washington Post “Domenica Ruta’s empathy is broad and deep, her prose fine-grained, her humor sharp but tender. Last Day is a life-affirming antidote to these pre-apocalyptic times.”—Teddy Wayne, author of Loner
Author: Jo Owens Publisher: Random House Canada ISBN: 0735278830 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 224
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A poignant, uplifting, brilliantly insightful story of one woman's end-of-life reckoning with her past, her lost daughter and herself, for readers of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Still Alice and Elizabeth Is Missing. When her husband left her with a baby, a toddler and a fledgling business, Francesca managed--she wasn't always gentle or patient, but the business thrived and Chris and Angelina had food to eat. At nearly 70, she feels she's earned a peaceful retirement. But when a massive stroke leaves her voiceless, partially paralyzed and wholly reliant on the staff of an extended care facility, it seems her freedom is lost. However, Francesca is still clear-headed and sharp, and she knows one thing: she wants to live. She savours her view of a majestic chestnut tree through the hospital window, and speaks in her mind to her beloved friend Anna, dead for two years. The daily tasks and dramas of the rotating crew of care aides tether her to the world: Young Lily, eager to fall in love and regularly falling apart when things don't work out; Michiko, with her spiky hair and tattoos and wicked sense of humour; Molly, endlessly kind and skilled in her work; Blaire, cold and enigmatic. Amidst the indignities of bed baths and a feeding tube, Francesca is surprised to experience flashes of hilarity and joy, even the blossoming of a new friendship with a fellow patient. But as she reflects to Anna on her dutiful son and her troubled and absent daughter, regrets and painful realizations rise to the surface. For the first time, there is nowhere for Francesca to hide from her own choices, and she must reckon with her past before it's too late. A Funny Kind of Paradise is a warm and insightful novel about one woman's opportunity for reinvention--for unconditional love, acceptance and closure--in the unlikeliest of places.
Author: Caroline Lee Publisher: Caroline Lee ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 123
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April Calendar might be a little obsessed with Christmas. Or a lot. As far as she's concerned, Christmas isn't just the most wonderful time of year, it's basically her reason for existing! Now, if she could--just once--manage to win the annual town Christmas Tree Decorating Contest and win the money her family's ranch so desperately needs, she'll be able to prove her Christmas obsession is actually useful! Too bad she can't come up with a winning theme. And too bad she's paired up with the ranch's grumpy new handyman in her attempts to win the contest...no matter how hot he is. Cole Carpenter only took on this new job because he wants to save money for the house he's building. He doesn't need the distraction of an adorable, far too energetic, Christmas-obsessed lady. And he definitely doesn't need to worry about some stupid tree-decorating contest. But it's hard to deny her enthusiasm, though silly, is starting to make him feel pretty good inside. And it's impossible to deny how good she feels in his arms. Maybe there's something to this whole "Magic of the Christmas Season" thing after all. Maybe that's all it'll take for a grinch and an elf to find love this year!
Author: Bill Breedlove Publisher: Crossroad Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 277
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A lonely little girl finds a monster, and decides to keep it. A student's project involves the release of hundreds of life-affirming balloons. A young boy collects incredibly detailed serial killer dolls. A pragmatic young man will do whatever he thinks is necessary to keep his girlfriend. What could possibly go wrong? In this collection of twenty exceedingly odd and original stories, Bram Stoker-nominated Bill Breedlove takes everyday items-magic shampoo, Boy Scout hatchets, animatronic Howler monkeys-and creates tales which are by turns comical, horrifying and endlessly entertaining.
Author: Gary Paulsen
Author: Audrey Khuner
Author: Audrey Khuner
Author: Leslie Mosier
Author: Gary Paulsen
Author: C.D. Gill
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Author: Domenica Ruta
Author: Jo Owens
Author: Caroline Lee
Author: Bill Breedlove