CCBC Choices 1994

CCBC Choices 1994 PDF Author: Kathleen T. Horning
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ISBN: 9780931641046
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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CCBC Choices 1994

CCBC Choices 1994 PDF Author: Kathleen T. Horning
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931641046
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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CCBC Choices

CCBC Choices PDF Author:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You

Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You PDF Author: Hanna Jansen
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®
ISBN: 1467765961
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Before one fateful April day, Jeanne lived the life of a typical Rwandan girl. She fought with her little sister, went to school, and teased her brother. Then, in one horrifying night, everything changed. Political troubles unleashed a torrent of violence upon the Tutsi ethnic group. Jeanne’s family, all Tutsis, fled their home and tried desperately to reach safety. They—along with nearly 1 million others—did not survive. The only survivor of her family’s massacre, Jeanne witnessed unspeakable acts. But through courage, wits, and sheer force of will, she survived. Based on a true story, this haunting novel by Jeanne’s adoptive mother makes unforgettably real the events of the 1994 Rwandan genocide as one family experienced it. Jeanne’s story is a tribute to the human spirit and its capacity to heal.

CCBC Choices 2000

CCBC Choices 2000 PDF Author: Kathleen T. Horning
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ISBN: 9780931641107
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Broken Memory

Broken Memory PDF Author: Elisabeth Combres
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554981611
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149

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IRA Notable Books for a Global Society selection Hiding behind an armchair, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything. And when the assassins finally leave, the young Tutsi girl somehow manages to stumble away from the scene, motivated only by the memory of her mother's last words: "You must not die, Emma!" Eventually Emma is taken in by an old Hutu woman who risks her own life to hide the child. Emma stays with the old woman and a quiet bond forms between the two, but long after the war ends, the young girl is still haunted by nightmares. When the country establishes courts to allow victims to face their tormenters in their villages, Emma is uneasy and afraid. But through her growing friendship with a young torture victim and the gentle encouragement of an old man charged with helping child survivors, Emma finds the courage to return to the house where her mother was killed and begin the journey to healing.

Bulletin

Bulletin PDF Author:
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 716

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Grandfather's Journey

Grandfather's Journey PDF Author: Allen Say
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547350538
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

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A picture book masterpiece from Caldecott medal winner Allen Say now available in paperback! Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid—words used to describe Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man’s love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers’ attention and hearts. Fifteen years later, it remains as historically relevant and emotionally engaging as ever.

Yummy

Yummy PDF Author: Greg Neri
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9781606869390
Category : African American youth
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A graphic novel based on the true story of Robert Yummy Sandifer, an 11-year old African American gang member from Chicago who shot a young girl and was then shot by his own gang members.

Make Lemonade

Make Lemonade PDF Author: Virginia Euwer Wolff
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805080704
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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In order to earn money for college, fourteen-year-old LaVaughn babysits for a teenage mother.

Rite of Passage

Rite of Passage PDF Author: Richard Wright
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006447111X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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"Johnny, you're leaving us tonight . . . " Fifteen-year-old Johnny Gibbs does, well in school, respects his teachers, and loves his family. Then suddenly, with a few short words, his idyllic life is shattered. He learns that the family he has loved all his life is not his own, but a foster family. And now he is being sent to live with someone else. Shocked by the news, Johnny does the only thing he can think of: he runs. Leaving his childhood behind forever, Johnny takes to the streets where he learns about living life--the hard way. Richard Wright, internationally acclaimed author of Black Boy and Native Son, gives us a coming-of-age story as compelling today as when it was first written, over fifty years ago. ‘Johnny Gibbs arrives home jubilantly one day with his straight ‘A’ report card to find his belongings packed and his mother and sister distraught. Devastated when they tell him that he is not their blood relative and that he is being sent to a new foster home, he runs away. His secure world quickly shatters into a nightmare of subways, dark alleys, theft and street warfare. . . . Striking characters, vivid dialogue, dramatic descriptions, and enduring themes introduce a enw generation of readers to Wright’s powerful voice.’—SLJ. Notable 1995 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)