Miggivity Stories

Miggivity Stories PDF Author: Walther Krieg
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716007275
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445

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Miggivity Stories

Miggivity Stories PDF Author: Walther Krieg
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716007275
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445

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Leaving Home

Leaving Home PDF Author: Hazel Rochman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064407063
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Leaving home for the first time is a rite of passage. Fifteen of the most respected authors of our time contribute their perspectives to this masterfully crafted anthology. From fear to desire, joy and hope, the mixed emotions that accompany each journey--physical and metaphysical--are conveyed in a manner that both stimulates the mind and satisfies the heart. Everyone eventually goes on a journey. "I remember packing a suitcase and carrying it out to the kitchen, standing very still for a few minutes, looking carefully at the familiar objects all around me. The old chrome toaster, the telephone, the pink and white Formica on the kitchen counters. The room was full of bright sunshine. Everything sparkled. My house, I thought. My life. I'm not sure how long I stood there, but later I scribbled out a short note to my parents." What I said, exactly, I don't recall now. Something vague. Taking off, will call, love Tim." --from On the Rainy River by Tim O'Brien You leave home and undergo trails and rites. "The minute I walked in and the Big Bozo introduced us, I got sick to my stomach. It was one thing to be taken out of your own bed early in the morning--it was something else to be stuck in a strange place with a girl form a whole other race." -- from "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison You come back form the journey transformed. "I felt growing light, I rose up into the air and flew out the window. Higher and higher, above the alley, over the tops of tiles roofs, where I was gathered up by the wind and pushed up toward the night sky until everything below me disappeared and I was alone." -- from Rules of the Game by Amy Tan We leave home to find home.Here is an unusual collection of short stories, from a variety of distinguished writers from different cultures and different viewpoints, that explores the turning point in every adolescent’s life when he or she is forced to take that first step away from home, family, and the known. From personal tales of unwed mothers, arranged marriages, and divorcing parents, to stories about refugees and war resistance, Leaving Home paints a canvas of universal experience for teen-age readers, and includes stories by Tim Wynne-Jones, Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, and many others.

A Story Like the Wind

A Story Like the Wind PDF Author: Gill Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192758958
Category : Boat people
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A beautifully illustrated story of freedom, music, and seeking refuge.A small group of refugees is crowded on to a boat on the sea. They share their stories as the boat travels towards the dream of safety and freedom. One boy, Rami, has brought his violin, and his story of how the violin was invented, and of a stallion that could run like the wind, weaves through theother stories, bringing them all together into a celebration of hope and of the power of music and story. A very special, beautifully illustrated, fable for all who strive to understand, and to stand together with, those around them.Gill Lewis is the multi-award-winning and best-selling author of novels such as Sky Hawk, White Dolphin, and Scarlet Ibis and A Story Like the Wind is her lyrical and unforgettable response to the refugee crisis, which will linger on in the mind long after reading. Beautiful charcoal illustrationsfrom Jo Weaver give this book a very special feel and make it a perfect gift.

A Gram of Mars

A Gram of Mars PDF Author: Becky Hagenston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Becky Hagenston manages, with subtle emotional logic, to turn the joke of the dysfunctional family on its head. These stories, conveyed in spirited, conversational prose, prove that the meaning of family prevails. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Because They Wanted to

Because They Wanted to PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781439501863
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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What is Not Yours is Not Yours

What is Not Yours is Not Yours PDF Author: Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594634635
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"A collection of intertwined stories built around the idea of keys, literal and metaphorical"--

The Devil And Mount Etna

The Devil And Mount Etna PDF Author: Walther Krieg
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 171600747X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106

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