Lightning Lit and Comp

Lightning Lit and Comp PDF Author: Elizabeth Kamath
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ISBN: 9781578962402
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Languages : en
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Lightning Lit and Comp

Lightning Lit and Comp PDF Author: Elizabeth Kamath
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The Odds of Lightning

The Odds of Lightning PDF Author: Jocelyn Davies
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481440551
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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A bolt of lightning inspires an incredible journey in this charming, magical realism adventure that takes four teens on an all-night journey through the streets of New York City. Extraordinary things happen when we least expect them. Tiny, Lu, Will and Nathaniel used to be best friends. Then life-defining events the summer before high school tore them apart. Now, three years later, they hardly talk anymore. Nathaniel has become obsessed with winning the prestigious science scholarship that his genius older brother once won. Will has risen from anonymity to popular soccer star. Lu grew into a brash, impetuous actress. And shy, poetic Tiny has slowly been fading away. But fate weaves their lives together again the night before the SATs, during a wild thunderstorm that threatens to shut down New York City. And lightning strikes. Before they know what's hit them, the four teens embark on an epic all-night adventure to follow their dreams, fall in and out of love, reconcile the past, and overcome the fears that have been driving them since that one lost summer. And by the time the sun rises, odds are they’ll discover that there’s a fine line between science and magic, and that the mysteries of love and friendship can’t be explained.

Path Lit by Lightning

Path Lit by Lightning PDF Author: David Maraniss
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147674842X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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A biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete that “goes beyond the myth and into the guts of Thorpe’s life, using extensive research, historical nuance, and bittersweet honesty” (Los Angeles Times), by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered. Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. Most famously, he won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, he was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, the star of the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for John McGraw’s New York Giants. Even in a golden age of sports celebrities, he was one of a kind. But despite his awesome talent, Thorpe’s life was a struggle against the odds. At Carlisle, he faced the racist assimilationist philosophy “Kill the Indian, Save the Man.” His gold medals were unfairly rescinded because he had played minor league baseball, and his supposed allies turned away from him when their own reputations were at risk. His later life was troubled by alcohol, broken marriages, and financial distress. He roamed from state to state and took bit parts in Hollywood, but even the film of his own life failed to improve his fortunes. But for all his travails, Thorpe survived, determined to shape his own destiny, his perseverance becoming another mark of his mythic stature. Path Lit by Lightning “[reveals] Thorpe as a man in full, whose life was characterized by both soaring triumph and grievous loss” (The Wall Street Journal).

The Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief PDF Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423131894
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him.

Weave the Lightning

Weave the Lightning PDF Author: Corry L. Lee
Publisher: Solaris
ISBN: 1786182688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417

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Empire. Revolution. Magic. Gerrit is the son of Bourshkanya’s Supreme-General. Despite his powerful storm-affinity and the State’s best training, he can’t control his magic. To escape the brutal consequences, he flees. Celka is a travelling circus performer, hiding both her link to the underground and her storm-affinity from the prying eyes of the secret police. But Gerrit’s arrival threatens to expose everything: her magic, her family, and the people they protect. The storms have returned, and everything will change.

Love That Dog

Love That Dog PDF Author: Sharon Creech
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0747557497
Category : Children's poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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This is an utterly original and completely beguiling prose novel about a boy who has to write a poem, and then another, and then even more. Soon the little boy is writing about all sorts of things he has not really come to terms with, and astounding things start to happen.

Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages

Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages PDF Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684868733
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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The nation's most celebrated literary critic introduces children to the exciting world of literature through this collection of great stories by Hans Christian Andersen, William Blake, O. Henry, Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, and others. 100,000 first printing.

The Color of Lightning

The Color of Lightning PDF Author: Paulette Jiles
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061970999
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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“Meticulously researched and beautifully crafted.... This is glorious work.” — Washington Post “A gripping, deeply relevant book.” — New York Times Book Review From Paulette Jiles, author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Enemy Women and Stormy Weather, comes a stirring work of fiction set on the untamed Texas frontier in the aftermath of the Civil War. One of only twelve books longlisted for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize—one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards—The Color of Lightning is a beautifully rendered and unforgettable re-examination of one of the darkest periods in U.S. history.

Spirits White as Lightning

Spirits White as Lightning PDF Author: Mercedes Lackey
Publisher: Baen Books
ISBN: 0671318535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255

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Eric Banyon must face the latest plot to wipe out humanity by Aerune mac Audelaine, a lord of the Unseleighe Sidhe.

When Lightning Strikes

When Lightning Strikes PDF Author: Kristin Hannah
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345465634
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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During a magical storm, romance writer Alaina Costanza is hurled back in time, into the Western world of her latest novel. There she is kidnapped by her own character, a ruthless outlaw known only as Killian. Thrown together by fate, Alaina and Killian will discover a love too magnificent to last a single lifetime. But even magic has a price, and time is running out. For the sake of Alaina's child, they must risk it all and fight for a future than depends on lightning striking . . . twice.