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![]() That part was true.īut then she wrote that she was going San Francisco. In it, she had written that she was sorry, that she wished she’d never been born, that she didn’t want to make them angry, and that she’d never bother them again. It would be better not to face the world with visible bruises. She could do this.īy the light of her phone, Katrina applied concealer around her eye and to her cheek. ![]() She was in her room, behind a locked door. Katrina clutched her ribs, then propped herself up. Through the dark, she heard her mother’s one last cough. Breathe, be quiet, and listen.Īnd so, Katrina listened … for footsteps, for breathing, for sleep. Say it’s all your fault-say you’re sorry, say you’ll promise to change.īut another, stronger, part of Katrina was calm, even cold. Why had she let it come to this? Why couldn’t she be what her parents wanted? Katrina had made an escape bag the first time her father threatened to kill her.Īt first, the bag seemed an “in case of emergency,” a glass that one would never break. Her throat was raw from screaming.Ĭautiously, Katrina Nguyen felt under her bed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lesson #1: What you see isn’t necessarily what you get. ![]() “What happens with her ex-best friend?” “Does that guy go to jail?” “Does everything go back to normal?” Just Listen, despite resolving its most pressing conflicts, leaves me wondering. In fairytales, the bad guys lose, the good guys win, the prince marries the princess, and everyone lives happily ever after. ![]() Instead, she maintains the identity of a teenage girl by riding the emotional roller coaster to the end. I spent half the book cheering her on and the other half with my head in my lap.Įven more importantly, the author, Sarah Dessen, wrestles with heavy issues -without making them seem like heavy issues and without breaking character. She’s anyone’s best friend: confused, affectionate and exasperating. My mind never wandered.Īnyone can connect with the main character, Annabel. Like all thrilling tales, Just Listen sucked me in and never let me go. This is fantastic.” I picked up the book at 8:00 a.m. In roughly three and a half minutes, my brain shifted from “A model, a petty best friend, and a hunky lover boy? Sounds cheesy,” to “Wow. All in all, reading this book taught me three things: 1) I should read more young adult fiction 2) I need to remember how complicated growing up can be 3) Books like this can create a good space to deal with stuff that’s normally hard to talk about.ĭan Coyle is the author of The Talent Code. ![]() ![]() ![]() Latino poetry, Art, and Biographies for children, published by Santillanaĭr. Puertas al Sol - Pathways to the Sun, published by Santillana ![]() ![]() Música amiga, a program for learning through songs, published by Del Sol Books She has authored several reading programs, among them two Spanish reading programs :Īnd is a series consultant for Relatos de la historia (1-5), a Spanish social studies program developed by Harcourt School Publishers.Īmong her most substantive contributions to the transmission of Hispanic culture to children are : The award-winning author of numerous children’s books and a prolific translator, Alma Flor Ada is a leading mentor and philosopher of bilingual education in the United States. Ada also works in school districts with children, teachers and parents. Reading Up!, Natural Head Start AssociationĪ frequent speaker at national and international conferences, Dr. USIBBY, US Branch of the International Board of Books for Young PeopleĪdvisory Board of Loose Leaf Public Radio Programs She has been active for many years in various professional associations including : IRA, International Reading AssociationĬABE, California Association for Bilingual Education ![]() NABE, Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education Ada was the founder and First Editor in Chief of : ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now his arm is broken, his B&B is understaffed, and the dangerously unpredictable Eve is fluttering around, trying to help. ![]() Then she hits him with her car-supposedly by accident. So when a purple-haired tornado of a woman turns up out of the blue to interview for his open chef position, he tells her the brutal truth: not a chance in hell. The bed and breakfast owner’s on a mission to dominate the hospitality industry-and he expects nothing less than perfection. It's time for Eve to grow up and prove herself-even though she's not entirely sure how… But when her personal brand of chaos ruins an expensive wedding (someone had to liberate those poor doves), her parents draw the line. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong-so she’s given up trying. I loved it from start to finish.Įve Brown is a certified hot mess. Act Your Age, Eve Brownreleased this week and I was both very excited and very apprehensive about this final book in the trilogy. Take a Hint, Dani Brownabsolutely blew me away and was a top book of 2020. I absolutely loved it and was all in on her Brown Sisters series. I, like many rom com readers, discovered Talia Hibbert in late 2019 with Get a Life, Chloe Brown. ![]() ![]() Maurice began working for the Dollards when he was 10. The story about Tony’s life incorporates Maurice’s abuse at the hands of Thomas. ![]() He encouraged and supported Maurice through his troubles in school and his conflicts with Thomas Dollard, the son of Maurice’s employer. Tony died of consumption when Maurice was 16 years of age. Maurice first toasts his older brother, Tony. He finishes putting his affairs in order and tries to make reparations for his past mistakes through the course of this final night. Maurice’s wife, Sadie, has been dead for two years and Maurice has decided he is too lonely and afraid to continue living without her. In the novel When All is Said by Anne Griffin, Maurice Hannigan, an 84-year-old Irish farmer tells the story of his life through a series of five toasts. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Griffin, Anne. ![]() ![]() The characters in this novel bring life and heart to this story, each with a distinct voice and personality. ![]() Her Christmas Spy is a heartfelt novel written with compassion and hope, reconciling the past to pave a road to happiness and second chances. It’s an epic tale of family, secrets, loss, marriage, betrayal, friendships, laughter, and regrets. She is a true storyteller, and Her Christmas Spy is her best book. “Her Christmas Spy” is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own. Be prepared to put everything aside as you will not be able to put the book down. ![]() The prose are beautifully written in a style that readers of MINK’s work have come to expect. “Her Christmas Spy” is an absolute page turner from page one. Download Her Christmas Spy by MINK PDF novel free. ![]() ![]() ![]() Chisholm speaks out on her life in politics while illuminating the events, personalities, and issues of her time, including the schism in the Democratic party in the 1960s and '70s-all of which speak to us today. Unbought and Unbossed is her story, told in her own words-a thoughtful and informed look at her rise from the streets of Brooklyn to the halls of Congress. ![]() who dared to be a catalyst of change." Political pioneer Shirley Chisholm-activist, member of the House of Representatives, and former presidential candidate-was a woman who consistently broke barriers and inspired generations of American women, and especially women of color. ![]() In this classic work-a blend of memoir, social criticism, and political analysis that remains relevant today-the first Black Congresswoman to serve in American history, New York's dynamic representative Shirley Chisholm, traces her extensive political struggle and examines the problems that have long plagued the American system of government. House of Representatives."-National Women's History Museum "Her motto and title of her autobiography- Unbought and Unbossed-illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. "A tremendously impressive book."- Washington Post ![]() ![]() ![]() Considerations of gender aside, perhaps Wilson's greatest achievement is to disprove the increasingly held view that versions of ancient texts require an established poet to be parachuted in, like a literary James Bond, to rescue their English lines from the prosaic. It is immensely satisfying to see The Odyssey in the hands of such a careful and creative scholar who can pore over the semantic nuances of Homer's Greek as well as those of her own English. ![]() She scrapes away at old encrusted layers, until she exposes what lies beneath. Wilson translates as though translation is a moral choice - you owe fidelity not to the author, nor to the protagonist, but to the truth behind the words and the times. Wilson's Odyssey feels like a restoration of an old, familiar building that had over the years been encrusted with too much gilt. This is certainly an Odyssey for our moment. Emily Wilson proves an appropriately beguiling female translator. Charlotte Higgins, Poetry Book of the Day - The Guardian Armed with a sharp, scholarly rigour, she has produced a translation that exposes centuries of masculinist readings of the poem. ![]() Emily Wilson's crisp and musical version is a cultural landmark. The first version of Homer's groundbreaking work by a woman will change our understanding of it for ever. ![]() ![]() The thought of losing thousands of books, many of which were very old and very valuable, is almost too much to think about. She dreams of peace and of a new library, but takes comfort in knowing that her precious books are safe.įor those of us who treasure books, the idea of losing them is gut-wrenching. Alia moves all the books, thirty thousand of them, to her house for safekeeping. ![]() Soldiers come to the restaurant but do not find the books. ![]() Nine days after removing the books, the library is destroyed by a fire. Alia asks the restaurant owner next door to the library if he will help her with the books and they swing into action, with his brothers and neighbors wrapping the books and moving them to hide in the restaurant. War does, indeed, come to Basra and the city is besieged. ![]() Undaunted, she starts taking the books home to keep them safe. Alia, afraid for the safety of her books, asks for permission to move them to safety but is denied. Alia Muhammad Baker is the librarian of Basra, a port city in the sand-swept country of Iraq.Īlia’s library is a meeting place for people to talk together and share their thoughts and opinions, but more and more, the talk has turned to the dangers of war. ![]() |