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Author: Lois Peterson Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 1459800524 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 116
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Life is hard for ten-year-old Safiyah in the Kibera slum outside Nairobi. Too poor to go to school, she makes a meager living for herself and her grandmother Cucu by selling things she finds at the garbage dump. After using scavenged paper to fix up the inside of the hut, Safiyah starts a mural on the outside. As word of the paper house spreads, Safiyah begins to take pride in her creation. When Cucu collapses after a fire, Safiyah stays at the hospital to help care for her grandmother. While Safiyah is away, her friend Pendo works on the mural, which upsets Safiyah. But when Pendo attracts media attention to the paper house, Safiyah and her grandmother are given a chance of a better life.
Author: Lois Peterson Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 1459800524 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
Life is hard for ten-year-old Safiyah in the Kibera slum outside Nairobi. Too poor to go to school, she makes a meager living for herself and her grandmother Cucu by selling things she finds at the garbage dump. After using scavenged paper to fix up the inside of the hut, Safiyah starts a mural on the outside. As word of the paper house spreads, Safiyah begins to take pride in her creation. When Cucu collapses after a fire, Safiyah stays at the hospital to help care for her grandmother. While Safiyah is away, her friend Pendo works on the mural, which upsets Safiyah. But when Pendo attracts media attention to the paper house, Safiyah and her grandmother are given a chance of a better life.
Author: Carlos María Domínguez Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780151011476 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 124
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Immersed in a volume of poetry, Bluma Lennon is hit by a car while crossing the street. Her successor in Cambridge's English department travels to Buenos Aires to track down the source of a novel encrusted in cement that was sent to the late Bluma in this tale--part mystery, part social comedy, and part examination of bibliomania.
Author: Anna Spargo-Ryan Publisher: Picador Australia ISBN: 1925479528 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 249
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"Gorgeously written and genuinely assured, The Paper House is a moving and viscerally real portrait of family bonds pushed to their limits ... Anna Spargo-Ryan is a rising star." Jo Case, author of Boomer and Me: A memoir of motherhood, and Asperger's And then I was pregnant, and we realised we had no space for a baby. We looked at all kinds of houses: big, new ones with columns and render; little cottages with beaten weatherboard; a yellow brick monstrosity with a paved yard where there should have been grass. But we were drawn to the rolling water. And our heart stayed behind when we left. Heather and Dave have found the perfect place to raise their first child. The house has character, but it's the garden that really makes it: red-faced impatiens, pockmarked gums, six upright pittosporums to keep the neighbours out. It's a jungle. A hiding place. A refuge. And then, without warning, that life is over. Heartbreaking, fearless, and ablaze with a coruscating beauty all its own, The Paper House tells the story of a woman sinking into the depths of grief, and the desperate efforts of her loved ones to bring her up for air. A sharp-eyed, bittersweet depiction of the love between parents and children, and the havoc that love can wreak. MORE PRAISE FOR THE PAPER HOUSE "Gorgeously written and genuinely assured, The Paper House is a moving and viscerally real portrait of family bonds pushed to their limits - and the fragility and resilience at the heart of a struggle with grief, loss and mental illness. Anna Spargo-Ryan is a rising star." Jo Case, author of Boomer and Me: A memoir of motherhood, and Asperger's "... a strong debut novel from a fascinating new voice in Australian fiction, which will appeal to fans of Jessie Cole, Kirsten Tranter and Michelle de Kretser." Books + Publishing "Spargo-Ryan is a young writer to watch ... She is not afraid to delve into difficult areas and is open about her own experience of mental illness. Her writing in this novel really sings - the descriptions are beautiful, quirky and wholly original." Readings "The Paper House is a stunning piece of literature ... A ground-breaking new book perfectly describes one woman's struggle with her own mental health after the loss of her baby." Australian Women's Weekly
Author: Dalena Theron Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa ISBN: 1415206325 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 196
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Twenty-two-year-old Anna’s unconventional family is prone to raising eyebrows: she lives with two eccentric dads in a small town in rural KwaZulu-Natal and, after surviving her parents’ divorce, she’s used to the questioning glances of conservative Afrikaans family members and curious neighbours. Now, amid a menagerie of pets and her kaftan-clad mother, Anna must manage the ailing health of one of her dads. Her experiences on her reporter’s beat don’t make her days any easier. But how do you remain a supportive daughter and still live your own life? Told with warmth and gentle humour, The Paper House is a celebration of life, love and the family that shapes us.
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder Publisher: HarperFestival ISBN: 9780694009008 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 24
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Bring Laura's pioneer adventures to life with this latest collection of paper dolls adapted from the "Little House on the Prairie" series. Join Laura as she travels to the wide-open Kansas prairie and plays in the high prairie grass. With Laura, Mary, Ma, Pa, Baby Carrie, Jack and even Mr. Edwards, this newest collection is sure to bring hours of enjoyment.
Author: Dorothy Minchin-Comm Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 1466908122 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 219
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The Paper House is neither an account of soul-stirring achievement nor heart-rending abuse. Rather, it simply records the adventures of a child occupied with the business of growing up.
Author: Denise McGill Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359645720 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 54
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This is one of seventeen US paper model houses books with patterns and instructions for 3 little Western paper houses perfect for educational or craft purposes. They are Oregon Lighthouse, Utah Adobe House, Washington House, and Wyoming Ranch House. These little projects were used in classrooms and homeschools before I gathered them into book form. They make charming Christmas villages or just fun geometric exercises. Perfect for grades Kindergarten through high school and adults.
Author: Norman Mailer Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674005907 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 540
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Originally published in 1959, Advertisements for Myself is an inventive collection of stories, essays, polemic, meditations, and interviews. It is Norman Mailer at his brilliant, provocative, outrageous best. Emerging at the height of "hip," Advertisements is at once a chronicle of a crucial era in the formation of modern American culture and an important contribution to the great autobiographical tradition in American letters.
Author: Denise McGill Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359633161 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 50
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This is one of four US houses books with patterns and instructions for 3 little Southern paper houses perfect for educational or craft purposes. They are South Carolina Plantation House, Texas Ranch House, Virginia Church, and West Virginia General Store. These little projects were used in classrooms and homeschools before I gathered them into book form. They make charming Christmas villages or just fun geometric exercises. Perfect for grades Kindergarten through high school and adults.
Author: Lois Peterson
Author: Lois Peterson
Author: Carlos María Domínguez
Author: Anna Spargo-Ryan
Author: Dalena Theron
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Author: Mark Thompson
Author: Dorothy Minchin-Comm
Author: Denise McGill
Author: Norman Mailer
Author: Denise McGill