Author: Dante Salvatierra
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411620143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The Latchkey Kids seek the pieces of an ancient statue to release a spirit that haunts their classroom. The children have to face their fears, the torment of bullies, the trials of illnesses and worst of all, an adult world that scarcely acknowledges them. Written for children and adults ages 8+. Cover Art by Nikki Coffman. Teacher's Guide now available at author's lulu.com storefront.
The Latchkey Children
Author: Eric Allen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
The Latch Key Kid
Author: M. J. Hughes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781697184792
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Growing up on a Manchester council estate was tough in the '70s. But when your mother is a cold woman with little time or care for you, beats you regularly, forgets to feed you and your sister, orders you out of the house each day and leaves you home alone at night, it's little wonder you find yourself on the wrong path in life. The Latch Key Kid is the author's moving and powerful memoir which delves deep into his early childhood and adolescent struggles. But unlike other tales of unfortunate circumstance, this frank and at times heart-breaking story also depicts the author's journey of living with a relatively unknown mental health condition called 'anhedonia'. This condition suspends its sufferers at a zero level on the emotional scale - so they never feel pleasure, happiness, joy, excitement, or even sadness in the same way everyone else does. All that's left is an overwhelming sense of injustice: how can everyone else listen to a song and feel the urge to dance? How can people eat a meal and then smile with satisfaction? Why do people see a goal on a football pitch and get all fired up? When all Mike feels is nothing? But, whilst this disorder has made the author's life unimaginably different from yours or mine, it is anhedonia that has prevented him from going under - even when pushed to extremes. Now happily married, with five children and a successful business, Mike tells the hard-hitting story of how his double-edged sword - anhedonia - has shaped his life. This is not based on a True Story it is a True Story.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781697184792
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Growing up on a Manchester council estate was tough in the '70s. But when your mother is a cold woman with little time or care for you, beats you regularly, forgets to feed you and your sister, orders you out of the house each day and leaves you home alone at night, it's little wonder you find yourself on the wrong path in life. The Latch Key Kid is the author's moving and powerful memoir which delves deep into his early childhood and adolescent struggles. But unlike other tales of unfortunate circumstance, this frank and at times heart-breaking story also depicts the author's journey of living with a relatively unknown mental health condition called 'anhedonia'. This condition suspends its sufferers at a zero level on the emotional scale - so they never feel pleasure, happiness, joy, excitement, or even sadness in the same way everyone else does. All that's left is an overwhelming sense of injustice: how can everyone else listen to a song and feel the urge to dance? How can people eat a meal and then smile with satisfaction? Why do people see a goal on a football pitch and get all fired up? When all Mike feels is nothing? But, whilst this disorder has made the author's life unimaginably different from yours or mine, it is anhedonia that has prevented him from going under - even when pushed to extremes. Now happily married, with five children and a successful business, Mike tells the hard-hitting story of how his double-edged sword - anhedonia - has shaped his life. This is not based on a True Story it is a True Story.
Revenge of the Latchkey Kids
Author: Ted Rall
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780761107453
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Angry, unappeasable, and funny as hell, Ted Rall is a mind to pay attention to, a one-on-one freelance revolutionary who sees through the hyperbole and hypocrisies of our society with a clear and unflinching eye. Syndicated as both a cartoonist and columnist through Universal Press Syndicate, he reaches more than 100 papers and magazines, and his most recent graphic novel, The Worst Thing I've Ever Done, won a Firecracker Alternative Book Award. Formerly titled Kill Your Parents Before They Kill You, Revenge of the Latchkey Kids is an illustrated manifesto for surviving the 90s and beyond, with 24 chapters of edgy insight, personal histories, advice, and cartoons. It is, in the words of Jules Feiffer, "a spicy stew of high-handed judgments-part drawing, part essay, part memoir-confession, part tantrum. The text is the thing. Funny, fractious here and there, nasty now and then, brilliant." Among topics on Ted's mind are "College Is for Suckers," "Gen Xploitation," "Making the Most of Your Dead-End Job," "Relationship Tips for the Sexless," and, in a rallying cry only a true subversive could love, "Bring On the Stock Market Crash." Bring on Ted Rall. Introduction by Jules Fieffer.
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780761107453
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Angry, unappeasable, and funny as hell, Ted Rall is a mind to pay attention to, a one-on-one freelance revolutionary who sees through the hyperbole and hypocrisies of our society with a clear and unflinching eye. Syndicated as both a cartoonist and columnist through Universal Press Syndicate, he reaches more than 100 papers and magazines, and his most recent graphic novel, The Worst Thing I've Ever Done, won a Firecracker Alternative Book Award. Formerly titled Kill Your Parents Before They Kill You, Revenge of the Latchkey Kids is an illustrated manifesto for surviving the 90s and beyond, with 24 chapters of edgy insight, personal histories, advice, and cartoons. It is, in the words of Jules Feiffer, "a spicy stew of high-handed judgments-part drawing, part essay, part memoir-confession, part tantrum. The text is the thing. Funny, fractious here and there, nasty now and then, brilliant." Among topics on Ted's mind are "College Is for Suckers," "Gen Xploitation," "Making the Most of Your Dead-End Job," "Relationship Tips for the Sexless," and, in a rallying cry only a true subversive could love, "Bring On the Stock Market Crash." Bring on Ted Rall. Introduction by Jules Fieffer.
The Latchkey Children
Author: André Launay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780859976213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780859976213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Handbook for Latchkey Children and Their Parents
Author: Lynette Long
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877955078
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A guide offering parents and their children solutions for reducing problems and anxieties.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877955078
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A guide offering parents and their children solutions for reducing problems and anxieties.
The Latchkey Kids
Author: Vivian Munnoch
Publisher: Latchkey Kids
ISBN: 9781989714003
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Five kids, twelve and thirteen years old, on their own after school, each faces their own struggle. A broken home, illness, crushes, bullying, depression, absent parents, suicidal thoughts, broken friendships, and fears of being only a kid and home alone. There is also something in the basement.
Publisher: Latchkey Kids
ISBN: 9781989714003
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Five kids, twelve and thirteen years old, on their own after school, each faces their own struggle. A broken home, illness, crushes, bullying, depression, absent parents, suicidal thoughts, broken friendships, and fears of being only a kid and home alone. There is also something in the basement.
Kids Under the Latch Key
Author: Cherie White
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483441040
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
During the summer of 1987, then sixteen-year-old Grace Bradshaw, her younger brother Max, and neighborhood friends befriend Randy Spence, a twenty-one-year-old mentally disabled man with the IQ of a child. Mocked by many in the corrupt small town, Randy is taken under wing and protected by his younger friends while learning hard lessons about the way most people treat those who are different. Along the way, Grace, her brother and younger neighborhood friends also learn shocking lessons about good and evil." A first-person narrative told by a now middle-aged and widowed Grace Bradshaw McGuire to her adult children, "Kids Under the Latch Key" is a heart-touching story of the summer which prompted her to question God and challenged her initial belief that all humans are inherently good.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483441040
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
During the summer of 1987, then sixteen-year-old Grace Bradshaw, her younger brother Max, and neighborhood friends befriend Randy Spence, a twenty-one-year-old mentally disabled man with the IQ of a child. Mocked by many in the corrupt small town, Randy is taken under wing and protected by his younger friends while learning hard lessons about the way most people treat those who are different. Along the way, Grace, her brother and younger neighborhood friends also learn shocking lessons about good and evil." A first-person narrative told by a now middle-aged and widowed Grace Bradshaw McGuire to her adult children, "Kids Under the Latch Key" is a heart-touching story of the summer which prompted her to question God and challenged her initial belief that all humans are inherently good.
The Latchkey Dog
Author: Jodi Andersen
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062736663
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
With more and more pet owners on career paths that require extended office hours, dogs are spending more time by themselves than ever before. Professional dog trainer Jodi Andersen provides practical advice to help all owners change their dog's--and their own--behavior in order to adapt to the demanding realities of 21st century living.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062736663
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
With more and more pet owners on career paths that require extended office hours, dogs are spending more time by themselves than ever before. Professional dog trainer Jodi Andersen provides practical advice to help all owners change their dog's--and their own--behavior in order to adapt to the demanding realities of 21st century living.
The latchkey kid
Author: Helen Forrester
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780754040446
Category : Humorous stories
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Mrs Olga Stych, daughter of an Ukrainian immigrant, has finally made it to the top of her social pyramid. But in doing so she has neglected her son and made many enemies. So when her moment of decline arrives, it is greeted with joy by her rivals.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780754040446
Category : Humorous stories
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Mrs Olga Stych, daughter of an Ukrainian immigrant, has finally made it to the top of her social pyramid. But in doing so she has neglected her son and made many enemies. So when her moment of decline arrives, it is greeted with joy by her rivals.
The Latchkey Dog
Author: Joan Dalgleish
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books Australia
ISBN: 9780340605400
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Second edition of a children's story first published in 1980. Tells of the escapades of Sebastian, an affectionate and enthusiastic labrador, who constantly escapes from the Linton family's back garden. The author's other novels include 'Cats Don't Bark'.
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books Australia
ISBN: 9780340605400
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Second edition of a children's story first published in 1980. Tells of the escapades of Sebastian, an affectionate and enthusiastic labrador, who constantly escapes from the Linton family's back garden. The author's other novels include 'Cats Don't Bark'.