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I Belong to Her
Author: A Place to Belong
Author: Cynthia KadohataPublisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
ISBN: 1481446649
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 A Japanese-American family, reeling from their ill treatment in the Japanese internment camps, gives up their American citizenship to move back to Hiroshima, unaware of the devastation wreaked by the atomic bomb in this piercing look at the aftermath of World War II by Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata. World War II has ended, but while America has won the war, twelve-year-old Hanako feels lost. To her, the world, and her world, seems irrevocably broken. America, the only home she’s ever known, imprisoned then rejected her and her family—and thousands of other innocent Americans—because of their Japanese heritage, because Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan, the country they’ve been forced to move to, the country they hope will be the family’s saving grace, where they were supposed to start new and better lives, is in shambles because America dropped bombs of their own—one on Hiroshima unlike any other in history. And Hanako’s grandparents live in a small village just outside the ravaged city. The country is starving, the black markets run rampant, and countless orphans beg for food on the streets, but how can Hanako help them when there is not even enough food for her own brother? Hanako feels she could crack under the pressure, but just because something is broken doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed. Cracks can make room for gold, her grandfather explains when he tells her about the tradition of kintsukuroi—fixing broken objects with gold lacquer, making them stronger and more beautiful than ever. As she struggles to adjust to find her place in a new world, Hanako will find that the gold can come in many forms, and family may be hers.
Belonging
Author: Toko-pa Turner Publisher: Her Own Room Press
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Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
2018 Readers' Favorite Gold Winner 2019 IAN Book of the Year Award 2017 Nautilus Award Gold Winner Feel like you don’t belong? You’re not alone.The world has never been more connected, yet people are lonelier than ever. Whether we feel unworthy, alienated, or anxious about our place in the world — the absence of belonging is the great silent wound of our times. Most people think of belonging as a mythical place, and they spend a lifetime searching for it in vain. But what if belonging isn’t a place at all? What if it’s a skill that has been lost or forgotten? With her signature depth and eloquence, Toko-pa maps a path to Belonging from the inside out. Drawing on myth, stories and dreams, she takes us into the origins of our estrangement, reframing exile as a necessary initiation into authenticity. Then she shares the competencies of belonging: a set of ancestral practices to heal our wounds and restore true belonging to our lives and to the world.
Born to Belonging
Author: Mab SegrestPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813531014
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Veteran activist Mab Segrest takes readers along on her travels to view a world experiencing extraordinary change. As she moves from place to place, she speculates on the effects of globalization and urban development on individuals, examines the struggles for racial, economic, and sexual equality, and narrates her own history as a lesbian in the American South. From the principle that we all belong to the human community, Segrest uses her personal experience as a filter for larger political and cultural issues. Her writings bring together such groups as the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, fledging gay rights activists in Zimbabwe, and resistance fighters in El Salvador. Segrest expertly plumbs her own personal experiences for organizing principles and maxims to combat racism, homophobia, sexism, and economic exploitation.
You Belong to Me
Author: Elizabeth CookePublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504019288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
To escape the distress of her divorce, Faith Collins buys a rundown house on the Dorset Coast. But unknown to her, the retreat is the obsession of a complete stranger: a woman whose unspeakable childhood makes her pursue both the house and Faith, with terrible consequences. This edition is the first publication of this title outside the United Kingdom.
Belonging
Author: Sharon A. HershPublisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1631469606
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
"We all live with an ache, a deep and inexplicable hope to belong to something more. Our modern world--with its disconnection and anger, its entitlement and emptiness--only intensifies this ache. We are surrounded by people, and yet we feel utterly alone in our secrets, fears, desires, and dreams ... our longings can draw us toward the innate belonging and worthiness that God writes into our stories. And in discovery, we can start to imagine how to invite others into this greater sense of belonging."--Page 4 of cover
Hers To Belong To
Author: Jm BlakePublisher: Independently Published
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Love found, and love lost... Ayden and Cassidy were fated for a fairytale- until a sudden and shocking tragedy tore them apart. Choosing to protect what matters the most, they separate in the most painful of ways-hoping to forget each other and the love they once shared. But life has other plans, and this time Ayden will have to fight with everything he has. Because this time, Cassidy needs to know that he is hers to belong to. Forever.
Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers
Author: Don MarquisPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 208
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A Woman to Belong To
Author: Fiona LowePublisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460356063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Proposal under the Eastern sun… To Dr. Tom Bracken, working in the Far East is about more than setting up a health-care agency. He's come to cleanse his heart by dedicating himself to his patients. When nurse Bec Monahan arrives on his doorstep, he thinks she's just another nurse. But something about her beautiful violet eyes and the secrets they hide intrigues him. Gradually, as they work together amongst the lush valleys, high mountains and stunning lagoons, Tom realizes that Bec holds the key to his guarded heart. Might he have finally found a woman to belong to?
These Schools Belong to You and Me
Author: Deborah MeierPublisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807024732
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracy In These Schools Belong to You and Me, MacArthur award–winning educator, reformer, and author Deborah Meier draws on her fifty-plus years of experience to argue that the purpose of universal education is to provide young people with an “apprenticeship for citizenship in a democracy.” Through an intergenerational exchange with her former colleague and fellow educator Emily Gasoi, the coauthors analyze the last several decades of education reform, challenging narrow profit-driven conceptions of school success. Reflecting on the trajectory of education and social policies that are leading our country further from rule “of, for, and by the people,” the authors apply their extensive knowledge and years of research to address the question of how public education must change in order to counter the erosion of democratic spirit and practice in schools and in the nation as a whole. Meier and Gasoi candidly reflect on the successes, missteps, and challenges they experienced working in democratically governed schools, demonstrating that it is possible to provide an enriched education to all students, not just the privileged few. Arguing that public education and democracy are inextricably bound, and pushing against the tide of privatization, These Schools Belong to You and Me is a rousing call to both save and improve public schools to ensure that all students are empowered to help shape our future democracy.
