Author: Sandi Toksvig Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0552566594 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 482
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"Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life . . . Slim Hannigan and her family are poor but happy. Theirs is a life filled with love and laughter - and a pet pig called Hamlet. But things change overnight, and suddenly they find themselves facing hunger and danger like they have never known . . . So they leave their village in Ireland to journey to America where, they hope, family and fortune await them. Slim soon finds herself living a life that feels just like one of those far-fetched stories her Da has always told. Can one brave girl keep her family together no matter what is thrown at them . . . ? "
Author: Kevin Polman Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 276
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Lemon Slice Moon is a contemporary novel about married couple Gordon and Esperanza and their dog Jack. Everyday problems pertaining to all stages of their lives are mixed with elements of magical realism and spirituality.
Author: John A. Read Publisher: Formac Publishing Company ISBN: 1459505220 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 82
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Have you always wanted to explore the Moon like Neil Armstrong or the eleven other astronauts who have walked on its surface? You can tour the Moon from your own backyard with a small telescope or binoculars. This book will point you to the Sea of Tranquility (the landing spot for Apollo 11) and many other fascinating features you can spot on the Moon's surface. Beginning with the New Moon, as each day passes, an additional slice of the Moon becomes visible. With each new slice comes new craters, lunar seas and jagged mountain ranges. This easy-to-use, illustrated reference book enables everyone, young and old, to better appreciate our nearest neighbour in space.
Author: Sandi Toksvig Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1448121515 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 404
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11-year-old Slim Hannigan and her family left their home in Ireland to travel to America - in search of a better life. It has been so long and such a journey that Slim Hannigan and the rest of her family can't even imagine what home looks like anymore. And there are many, many miles across America for them to travel before they reach their destination. Between them and the home of their uncle lie thousands of miles of dangerous land, wild animals and strangers who do not wish them well. Slim has to draw on bravery like she's never known to keep her family together and to keep them moving forward.
Author: Natalie Babbitt Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 0545393027 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 90
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The new novel by Natalie Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting Joe Casimir needed help with the choice he had to make. But how do you choose the person who will help you choose? Mr. Boulderwall, the millionaire, knew exactly what he wanted Joe to choose. And millionaires are experts at making choices. Well, aren't they? But Vinnie, the number-two man down at Sope Electric, didn't much approve of millionaires. He said to Joe, "Listen, kid, all of 'em act like they're the only ones with a ticket to the show!" But he didn't have any real advice to offer. Joe's Gran didn't either, as it turned out, and neither did Aunt Myra.The good advice was there, though. Right across the street. Just waiting right across the street. There are a lot of good things just waiting. You'll see.
Author: Sheherazade Goldsmith Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0756662117 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 356
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Provides a comprehensive guide to growing one's own food organically, as well as how to cook home-grown produce, raise one's own selected livestock, and develop a more sustainable lifestyle.
Author: J. B. Caine Publisher: ISBN: 9780578813783 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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YA Paranormal Literature: Book One of the Arcana seriesSummaryLia has always been unique. Never one to fit into the crowd, always a little too smart and a little too fascinated by Poe, magic, and a good pair of Doc Martens...a little too DIFFERENT to mix with her high school crowd. When she writes and performs her own short play about the struggles of a true Witch during the Salem Witch Hunts, strange things begin to happen, uncovering a not-so-hidden family secret and a vast conspiracy outside of the normal, sleepy life in her hometown.
Author: Michael Price Nelson Publisher: ISBN: 9781735029702 Category : FICTION Languages : en Pages :
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In this touching debut novel, a grownup Truman "Scrump" Armstrong recalls the childhood incident that led to his fateful involvement in one of attorney Abraham Lincoln's most celebrated criminal trials. In 1857, at the age of nine, Scrump's idyllic boyhood ends the day he discovers a lynched black man on his father's farm. In the wake of this, Scrump's father, Jack, offers his barn as a station house along the Underground Railroad, and no one suspects. Then, in a seemingly unrelated event, Scrump's older brother, Duff, is ensnared in a murder charge and everything is at stake. . Told through the eyes of Scrump, The Lincoln Moon offers a colorful glimpse of the future president' in a courtroom. Ultimately, this is a story about family, faith, and acts of conscience is troubling times"Finding a moment in a great man's younger life that captures his greatness and brilliance long before he becomes "a great man" and then turning that moment into a compelling and moving story is exactly what Michael Price Nelson has done in his debut novel, The Lincoln Moon."
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