Author: Maria Campanella
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 168139054X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Come join the spunky street smart "Maria The Ice Cream Girl" on her adventures with her loyal puppy sidekick, lovingly named "Chicken". Maria rides through the city neighborhoods on her wondrous Ice Cream Truck, where she shepherds children though their problems and life lessons by dispensing big sisterly advice on the world and the people around them. From teaching children on how to manage conflict, to navigating complex social situations or appreciating diversity, Maria The Ice Cream Girl pr
Author: Todd Fertig
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1615667946
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Nine-year-old Katy lives in Costa Rica with her missionary parents. Having lived there nearly all her life, she speaks perfect Spanish and feels at home in the culture despite her light skin and blonde hair. But Katy is learning that it isn't easy being the daughter of missionaries. Fitting in, making friends, and achieving success won't come without a struggle. Learn lessons of friendship, forgiveness, and integrity fromThe Missionaries' Daughter. 'For parents who want to encourage their children to make healthy, godly decisions,The Missionaries' Daughtercan open opportunities for discussion. It will challenge young readers to do the right thing, even when it isn't popular.' Joe White, President, Kanakuk Kamps 'This story will entertain young readers while writing messages of goodness and mercy on their hearts.' Gary Smalley, Founder of the Smalley Relationship Center 'Having grown up as the child of missionaries and now raising my own children biculturally, I love how this story brings out the challenges and joys of the lives of missionaries.' Shawn Inchaustegui, Camp Entrepreneur/Missionary, New Mission Systems International 'The Missionaries' Daughteris going to spread Jesus's passion to all those who read it.' Andy Braner, Author ofLove ThisandDuplicate ThisDiscussion questions included in the back of the book!
Author: Jerome Charyn
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453251596
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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DIVIn debt to the mob, Sidel’s sidekick brings hell to One Police Plaza/divDIV/divDIVFor Detective Caroll Brent, special attention from Commissioner Sidel is not a good thing. Sidel’s last pet detective, Manfred Coen, was killed by a gang of smugglers, and none of Sidel’s favorites have had good luck since. But when Sidel taps Brent for an unusual assignment, the young cop can’t refuse./divDIV /divDIVAs part of a feud with the head of the Board of Education, Sidel turns Brent into a one-man special task force to patrol the city’s schools. The lonely, miserable, dangerous work is not Brent’s only trouble. Ever since he made the mistake of marrying an heiress, he has been spending like mad to keep up with her lifestyle, borrowing money from the mob to keep himself in tuxedos on a detective’s salary. When his money runs out, it’s Sidel who will have to cover the debt./div
Author: Amy Ettinger
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101984198
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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A journalist channels her ice-cream obsession, scouring the United States for the best artisanal brands and delving into the surprising history of ice cream and frozen treats in America. For Amy Ettinger, ice cream is not just a delicious snack but a circumstance and a time of year—frozen forever in memory. As the youngest child and only girl, ice cream embodied unstructured summers, freedom from the tyranny of her classmates, and a comforting escape from her chaotic, demanding family. Now as an adult and journalist, her love of ice cream has led to a fascinating journey to understand ice cream’s evolution and enduring power, complete with insight into the surprising history behind America’s early obsession with ice cream and her experience in an immersive ice-cream boot camp to learn from the masters. From a visit to the one place in the United States that makes real frozen custard in a mammoth machine known as the Iron Lung, to the vicious competition among small ice-cream makers and the turf wars among ice-cream trucks, to extreme flavors like foie gras and oyster, Ettinger encounters larger-than-life characters and uncovers what’s really behind America’s favorite frozen treats. Sweet Spot is a fun and spirited exploration of a treat Americans can’t get enough of—one that transports us back to our childhoods and will have you walking to the nearest shop for a cone.
Author: Angela Hart
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509874879
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
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The Sunday Times bestseller about a young girl in need of some care and compassion. Lucy is eight years old and ends up in foster care after being abandoned by her mum and kicked out by her new stepmother. Two aunties and then her elderly grandmother take her in but it seems nobody can cope with Lucy’s disruptive behaviour. Social Services hope a stay with experienced foster carer Angela will help Lucy settle down. She misses her dad and three siblings and is desperate for a fresh start back home, but will Lucy ever be able to live in harmony with her stepmother and her stepsister – a girl who was once her best friend at school? The Girl Who Wanted to Belong is the fifth book from well-loved foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Angela Hart. A true story that shares the tale of one of the many children she has fostered over the years. Angela's stories show the difference that quiet care, a watchful eye and sympathetic ear can make to those children whose upbringing has been less fortunate than others.
Author: Jessica Anderson
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1681914573
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The 32-page book, Milkshakes with Maria Mitchell, introduces young readers to an important historical figure while strengthening their reading proficiency. The fictionalized storyline creates a relatable scenario of meeting a history-defining American and learning more about their way of life. The charming illustrations and adventure-filled text of the Time Hop Sweets Shop books work together to support young readers. With comprehension questions, biographical information, and websites for further discovery, this series helps children develop strong reading comprehension skills while also gaining important historical knowledge.
Author: Sam Human
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1776391365
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Maria is a young woman raised as a Jehovah’s Witness in South Africa, and this book documents her experiences of gender victimisation, sexual abuse and cover-ups within the church, as well as her eventual ‘escape’ from its doctrines and control. Maria’s freedom came at a price, however – she can never see her mother and sister again. Entering the church is easy, but leaving it can be a matter of life or death, as Maria and countless others discovered ...
Author: Mario Iezzoni
Publisher: Mario Iezzoni
ISBN: 0978918703
Category : Nuns
Languages : en
Pages : 421
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Author: Angela Hart
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529008662
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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The Girl Who Wanted to Belong can either be read as a full-length eBook or in three serialized eBook-only parts. This is part one of three. Author Angela Hart is an experienced foster carer; The Girl Who Wanted to Belong is the moving story of her experience fostering one little girl with a heavy burden to carry. Lucy is eight years old and ends up in foster care after being abandoned by her mum and kicked out by her new stepmother. Two aunties and then her elderly grandmother take her in but it seems nobody can cope with Lucy’s disruptive behaviour. Social Services hope a stay with experienced foster carer Angela will help Lucy settle down. She misses her dad and three siblings and is desperate for a fresh start back home, but will Lucy ever be able to live in harmony with her stepmother and her stepsister – a girl who was once her best friend at school? The Girl Who Wanted to Belong is the fifth book from well loved foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Angela Hart. Another true story from the experienced and bestselling foster carer – sharing the tale of one of the many children she has fostered over the years. A story of the difference that quiet care, a watchful eye and sympathetic ear can make to those children whose upbringing has been less fortunate than others.
Author: Gavin Lambert
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 030781680X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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She spent her life in the movies. Her childhood is still there to see in Miracle on 34th Street. Her adolescence in Rebel Without a Cause. Her coming of age? Still playing in Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story and countless other hit movies. From the moment Natalie Wood made her debut in 1946, playing Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles’s ward in Tomorrow Is Forever at the age of seven, to her shocking, untimely death in 1981, the decades of her life are marked by movies that–for their moments–summed up America’s dreams. Now the acclaimed novelist, biographer, critic and screenwriter Gavin Lambert, whose twenty-year friendship with Natalie Wood began when she wanted to star in the movie adaptation of his novel Inside Daisy Clover, tells her extraordinary story. He writes about her parents, uncovering secrets that Natalie either didn’t know or kept hidden from those closest to her. Here is the young Natalie, from her years as a child actress at the mercy of a driven, controlling stage mother (“Make Mr. Pichel love you,” she whispered to the five-year-old Natalie before depositing her unexpectedly on the director’s lap), to her awkward adolescence when, suddenly too old for kiddie roles, she was shunted aside, just another freshman at Van Nuys High. Lambert shows us the glamorous movie star in her twenties—All the Fine Young Cannibals, Gypsy and Love with the Proper Stranger. He writes about her marriages, her divorces, her love affairs, her suicide attempt at twenty-six, the birth of her children, her friendships, her struggles as an actress and her tragic death by drowning (she was always terrified of water) at forty-three. For the first time, everyone who knew Natalie Wood speaks freely–including her husbands Robert Wagner and Richard Gregson, famously private people like Warren Beatty, intimate friends such as playwright Mart Crowley, directors Robert Mulligan and Paul Mazursky, and Leslie Caron, each of whom told the author stories about this remarkable woman who was both life-loving and filled with despair. What we couldn’t know–have never been told before–Lambert perceptively uncovers. His book provides the richest portrait we have had of Natalie Wood.
