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Author: Dan Smith Publisher: ISBN: 9781912626755 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 0
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Nisha and her mother, Amma, flee the war in Malaya to take refuge at her father's ancestral home in England. Here, however, Nisha must follow her stern grandmother's countless rules - and most of all ignore the ghost child beckoning her from the weeping tree high on the cliff top ...
Author: Dan Smith Publisher: ISBN: 9781912626755 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Nisha and her mother, Amma, flee the war in Malaya to take refuge at her father's ancestral home in England. Here, however, Nisha must follow her stern grandmother's countless rules - and most of all ignore the ghost child beckoning her from the weeping tree high on the cliff top ...
Author: Veera Hiranandani Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0735228531 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 305
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A 2019 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK "A gripping, nuanced story of the human cost of conflict appropriate for both children and adults." -Kirkus, starred review In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders. Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn't know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. When Papa decides it's too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark first by train but later on foot to reach her new home. The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can't imagine losing her homeland, too. But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together. Told through Nisha's letters to her mother, The Night Diary is a heartfelt story of one girl's search for home, for her own identity...and for a hopeful future.
Author: Jack Meggitt-Phillips Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534478906 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Handsome Ebenezer Tweezer has lived comfortably for nearly 512 years by feeding the magical beast in his mansion's attic whatever it wants, but when the beast demands a child, they are not prepared for Bethany.--
Author: Michael Truscello Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 0262358727 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 378
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How "drowned town" literature, road movies, energy landscape photography, and "death train" narratives represent the brutality of industrial infrastructures. In this book, Michael Truscello looks at the industrial infrastructure not as an invisible system of connectivity and mobility that keeps capitalism humming in the background but as a manufactured miasma of despair, toxicity, and death. Truscello terms this "infrastructural brutalism"--a formulation that not only alludes to the historical nexus of infrastructure and the concrete aesthetic of Brutalist architecture but also describes the ecological, political, and psychological brutality of industrial infrastructures.
Author: Craig Jennex Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing ISBN: 1773272489 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 406
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The ArQuives, the largest independent LGBTQ2+ archive in the world, is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and celebrating the stories and histories of LGBTQ2+ people in Canada. Since 1973, volunteers have amassed a vast collection of important artifacts that speak to personal experiences and significant historical moments for Canadian queer communities. Out North: An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada is a fascinating exploration and examination of one nation’s queer history and activism, and Canada’s definitive visual guide to LGBTQ2+ movements, struggles, and achievements.
Author: SJ Sindu Publisher: Soho Press ISBN: 1616957913 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
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“What a gorgeous, heartbreaking novel.”—Roxane Gay A necessary and exciting addition to both the Sri Lankan-American and LGBTQ canons, SJ Sindu's debut novel offers a moving and sharply rendered exploration of friendship, family, love, and loss. Lucky and her husband, Krishna, are gay. They present an illusion of marital bliss to their conservative Sri Lankan–American families, while each dates on the side. It’s not ideal, but for Lucky, it seems to be working. She goes out dancing, she drinks a bit, she makes ends meet by doing digital art on commission. But when Lucky’s grandmother has a nasty fall, Lucky returns to her childhood home and unexpectedly reconnects with her former best friend and first lover, Nisha, who is preparing for her own arranged wedding with a man she’s never met. As the connection between the two women is rekindled, Lucky tries to save Nisha from entering a marriage based on a lie. But does Nisha really want to be saved? And after a decade’s worth of lying, can Lucky break free of her own circumstances and build a new life? Is she willing to walk away from all that she values about her parents and community to live in a new truth? As Lucky—an outsider no matter what choices she makes—is pushed to the breaking point, Marriage of a Thousand Lies offers a vivid exploration of a life lived at a complex intersection of race, sexuality, and nationality. The result is a profoundly American debut novel shot through with humor and loss, a story of love, family, and the truths that define us all.
Author: Nina Varela Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062823965 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 379
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From debut author Nina Varela comes the first book in a richly imagined epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls—one human, one Made—whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution. Perfect for fans of Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Curse as well as Game of Thrones and Westworld. After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners’ estates and bent the human race to their will. Now Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging her family’s death…by killing the sovereign’s daughter, Lady Crier. Crier was Made to be beautiful, flawless, and to carry on her father’s legacy. But that was before her betrothal to the enigmatic Scyre Kinok, before she discovered her father isn’t the benevolent king she once admired, and most importantly, before she met Ayla. Now, with growing human unrest across the land, pressures from a foreign queen, and an evil new leader on the rise, Crier and Ayla find there may be only one path to love: war.
Author: Veera Hiranandani Publisher: Yearling ISBN: 0375871675 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 226
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By the author of the Newbery Honor Book The Night Diary, a thoughtful and relatable story about cultural identity, friendship, and what it means to fit in without losing who you are. After her father loses his job, Sonia Nadhamuni, half Indian and half Jewish American, finds herself yanked out of private school and thrown into the unfamiliar world of public education. For the first time, Sonia's mixed heritage makes her classmates ask questions—questions Sonia doesn't always know how to answer—as she navigates between a group of popular girls who want her to try out for the cheerleading squad and other students who aren't part of the "in" crowd. At the same time that Sonia is trying to make new friends, she's dealing with what it means to have an out-of-work parent—it's hard for her family to adjust to their changed circumstances. And then, one day, Sonia's father goes missing. Now Sonia wonders if she ever really knew him. As she begins to look for answers, she must decide what really matters and who her true friends are—and whether her two halves, no matter how different, can make her a whole. What greater praise than to be compared to Judy Blume!--"Each [Blume and Hiranandani] excels in charting the fluctuating discomfort zones of adolescent identity with affectionate humor."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Author: Kaiya Patel Publisher: BookRix ISBN: 3755433591 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 41
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For centuries, the Keepers have protected the world from the shadows, ensuring that the forces of darkness never gain a foothold. Led by their fearless leader, the Eternal Keeper, the team is comprised of individuals from all walks of life who are united in their mission to keep the world safe. When a new threat arises, the Keepers must face their greatest challenge yet. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, they must use all their skills and knowledge to stop the dark forces from taking over. As they embark on their perilous journey, the Keepers discover secrets that will shake them to their core. They must confront their own fears and weaknesses and come together as a team to overcome the odds. With twists and turns at every corner, "The Eternal Keepers" is a thrilling tale of courage, loyalty, and sacrifice. Will the Keepers prevail and save the world, or will the darkness finally triumph?
Author: Dan Smith
Author: Dan Smith
Author: Veera Hiranandani
Author: Jack Meggitt-Phillips
Author: Michael Truscello
Author: Craig Jennex
Author: SJ Sindu
Author: Nina Varela
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Author: Veera Hiranandani
Author: Kaiya Patel