Author: Libby Gleeson
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia
ISBN: 9781741753349
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Mahtab and her family are forced to leave their home in Afghanistan and travel secretly to faraway Australia, a journey she must endure along with the disappearance of her father.
Mahtab's Story
Author: Libby Gleeson
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia
ISBN: 9781741753349
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Mahtab and her family are forced to leave their home in Afghanistan and travel secretly to faraway Australia, a journey she must endure along with the disappearance of her father.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia
ISBN: 9781741753349
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Mahtab and her family are forced to leave their home in Afghanistan and travel secretly to faraway Australia, a journey she must endure along with the disappearance of her father.
Hannah Plus One
Author: Libby Gleeson
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140380903
Category : Children's stories, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
When Hannah learns her mum is expecting another baby, she is convinced it will be another set of twins, leaving her the odd one out. Here is the moving sequel to Skating on San d.
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140380903
Category : Children's stories, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
When Hannah learns her mum is expecting another baby, she is convinced it will be another set of twins, leaving her the odd one out. Here is the moving sequel to Skating on San d.
My Name Is Mahtob
Author: Mahtob Mahmoody
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 0718022114
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The daughter at the center of the international bestseller Not Without My Daughter completes her story: escaping from Iran, growing up in fear, battling deadly disease, and learning to forgive. Two decades ago, millions of readers worldwide thrilled to the story told in the international bestseller Not Without My Daughter—subsequently made into a film starring Sally Field—that told of an American mother and her six-year-old child’s daring escape from an abusive and tyrannical Iranian husband and father. Now the daughter returns to tell the whole story, not only of that imprisonment and escape but of life after fleeing Tehran: living in fear of re-abduction, enduring recurring nightmares and panic attacks, attending school under a false name, battling life-threatening illness—all under the menacing shadow of her father. This is the story of an extraordinary young woman’s triumph over life-crushing trauma to build a life of peace and forgiveness. Taking readers from Michigan to Iran and from Ankara, Turkey, to Paris, France, My Name Is Mahtob depicts the profound resilience of a wounded soul healed by faith in God’s goodness and in his care and love. And Mahmoody reveals the secret of how she liberated herself from a life of fear, learning to forgive the father who had shattered her life and discovering joy and peace that comes from doing so.
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 0718022114
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The daughter at the center of the international bestseller Not Without My Daughter completes her story: escaping from Iran, growing up in fear, battling deadly disease, and learning to forgive. Two decades ago, millions of readers worldwide thrilled to the story told in the international bestseller Not Without My Daughter—subsequently made into a film starring Sally Field—that told of an American mother and her six-year-old child’s daring escape from an abusive and tyrannical Iranian husband and father. Now the daughter returns to tell the whole story, not only of that imprisonment and escape but of life after fleeing Tehran: living in fear of re-abduction, enduring recurring nightmares and panic attacks, attending school under a false name, battling life-threatening illness—all under the menacing shadow of her father. This is the story of an extraordinary young woman’s triumph over life-crushing trauma to build a life of peace and forgiveness. Taking readers from Michigan to Iran and from Ankara, Turkey, to Paris, France, My Name Is Mahtob depicts the profound resilience of a wounded soul healed by faith in God’s goodness and in his care and love. And Mahmoody reveals the secret of how she liberated herself from a life of fear, learning to forgive the father who had shattered her life and discovering joy and peace that comes from doing so.
Fiela's Child
Author: Dalene Matthee
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226510832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Set in nineteenth-century rural Africa, Fiela's Child tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds crying on her doorstep. For nine years Fiela raises Benjamin as one of her own children. But when census takers discover Benjamin, they send him to an illiterate white family of woodcutters who claim him as their son. What follows is Benjamin's search for his identity and the fundamental changes affecting the white and black families who claim him. "Everything a novel can be: convincing, thought-provoking, upsetting, unforgettable, and timeless."—Grace Ingoldby, New Statesman "Fiela's Child is a parade that broadens and humanizes our understanding of the conflicts still affecting South Africa today."—Francis Levy, New York Times Book Review "A powerful creation of time and place with dark threads of destiny and oppression and its roots in the almost Biblical soil of a storyteller's art."—Christopher Wordsworth, The Guardian "The characters in the novel live and breathe; and the landscape is so brightly painted that the trees, birds, elephants, and rivers of old South Africa are characters themselves. A book not to miss."—Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226510832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Set in nineteenth-century rural Africa, Fiela's Child tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds crying on her doorstep. For nine years Fiela raises Benjamin as one of her own children. But when census takers discover Benjamin, they send him to an illiterate white family of woodcutters who claim him as their son. What follows is Benjamin's search for his identity and the fundamental changes affecting the white and black families who claim him. "Everything a novel can be: convincing, thought-provoking, upsetting, unforgettable, and timeless."—Grace Ingoldby, New Statesman "Fiela's Child is a parade that broadens and humanizes our understanding of the conflicts still affecting South Africa today."—Francis Levy, New York Times Book Review "A powerful creation of time and place with dark threads of destiny and oppression and its roots in the almost Biblical soil of a storyteller's art."—Christopher Wordsworth, The Guardian "The characters in the novel live and breathe; and the landscape is so brightly painted that the trees, birds, elephants, and rivers of old South Africa are characters themselves. A book not to miss."—Kirkus Reviews
How to Bee
Author: Bren MacDibble
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1925576876
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, 2018 WINNER: 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature WINNER: 2018 New Zealand Book Awards, Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction "Sometimes bees get too big to be up in the branches, sometimes they fall and break their bones. This week both happened and Foreman said, 'Tomorrow we'll find two new bees.' Peony lives with her sister and grandfather on a fruit farm outside the city. In a world where real bees are extinct, the quickest, bravest kids climb the fruit trees and pollinate the flowers by hand. All Peony really wants is to be a bee. Life on the farm is a scrabble, but there is enough to eat and a place to sleep, and there is love. Then Peony's mother arrives to take her away from everything she has ever known, and all Peony's grit and quick thinking might not be enough to keep her safe. How To Bee is a beautiful and fierce novel for younger readers, and the voice of Peony will stay with you long after you read the last page.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1925576876
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, 2018 WINNER: 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature WINNER: 2018 New Zealand Book Awards, Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction "Sometimes bees get too big to be up in the branches, sometimes they fall and break their bones. This week both happened and Foreman said, 'Tomorrow we'll find two new bees.' Peony lives with her sister and grandfather on a fruit farm outside the city. In a world where real bees are extinct, the quickest, bravest kids climb the fruit trees and pollinate the flowers by hand. All Peony really wants is to be a bee. Life on the farm is a scrabble, but there is enough to eat and a place to sleep, and there is love. Then Peony's mother arrives to take her away from everything she has ever known, and all Peony's grit and quick thinking might not be enough to keep her safe. How To Bee is a beautiful and fierce novel for younger readers, and the voice of Peony will stay with you long after you read the last page.
Refugees
Author: David Miller
Publisher: Lothian Children's Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Two ducks are forced out of their swampy home by developers and search far and wide for a new place to live.
Publisher: Lothian Children's Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Two ducks are forced out of their swampy home by developers and search far and wide for a new place to live.
Not Without My Daughter
Author: Betty Mahmoody
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0552152161
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The true story of Betty Mahmoody's escape from Iran with her daughter after her Iranian husband attempted to turn a two-week vacation into a permanent relocation and a life of subservience for Betty and her daughter.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0552152161
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The true story of Betty Mahmoody's escape from Iran with her daughter after her Iranian husband attempted to turn a two-week vacation into a permanent relocation and a life of subservience for Betty and her daughter.
The Little Refugee
Author: Anh Do
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9781742378329
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The story of one Vietnamese family's survival against the odds, and the healing power of hope.
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9781742378329
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The story of one Vietnamese family's survival against the odds, and the healing power of hope.
A Ghost in my Suitcase
Author: Gabrielle Wang
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1742285074
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The flute music stops, and my breath catches in my throat. Silence falls like a veil. Then I hear something - no, I feel it in my chest. 'Steady yourself,' Por Por whispers. 'It's here . . . ' When Celeste travels to China to visit her grandmother, she uncovers an incredible family secret. And with this secret comes danger and adventure. If Celeste is to save her family and friends, she must learn to harness her rare and powerful gift as a ghost-hunter. . . From the award-winning author of The Garden of Empress Cassia
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1742285074
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The flute music stops, and my breath catches in my throat. Silence falls like a veil. Then I hear something - no, I feel it in my chest. 'Steady yourself,' Por Por whispers. 'It's here . . . ' When Celeste travels to China to visit her grandmother, she uncovers an incredible family secret. And with this secret comes danger and adventure. If Celeste is to save her family and friends, she must learn to harness her rare and powerful gift as a ghost-hunter. . . From the award-winning author of The Garden of Empress Cassia
An Ordinary Day
Author: Libby Gleeson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
An ordinary day is not so ordinary when Jack starts daydreaming on his way to school.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
An ordinary day is not so ordinary when Jack starts daydreaming on his way to school.