Author: Carol Cujec
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
ISBN: 9781639930807
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Inspired by a true story. My name is Charity. I am thirteen years old. Actually, thirteen years plus eighty-seven days. I love sour gummies and pepperoni pizza. That last part no one knows because I have not spoken a sentence since I was born. Each dawning day, I live in terror of my unpredictable body that no one understands. Charity may have mad math skills and a near-perfect memory, but with a mouth that can't speak and a body that jumps, rocks, and howls unpredictably, most people incorrectly assume she cannot learn. Charity's brain works differently from most people's because of her autism, but she's still funny, determined, and kind. So why do people treat her like a disease or ignore her like she's invisible? When Charity's parents enroll her in a public junior high school, she faces her greatest fears. Will kids make fun of her? Will her behavior get her kicked out? Will her million thoughts stay locked in her head forever? With the support of teachers and newfound friends, Charity will have to fight to be treated like a real student. Inspired by a true story, Real speaks to all those who've ever felt they didn't belong and reminds readers that all people are worthy of being included.
Real
Author: Carol Cujec
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
ISBN: 9781639930807
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Inspired by a true story. My name is Charity. I am thirteen years old. Actually, thirteen years plus eighty-seven days. I love sour gummies and pepperoni pizza. That last part no one knows because I have not spoken a sentence since I was born. Each dawning day, I live in terror of my unpredictable body that no one understands. Charity may have mad math skills and a near-perfect memory, but with a mouth that can't speak and a body that jumps, rocks, and howls unpredictably, most people incorrectly assume she cannot learn. Charity's brain works differently from most people's because of her autism, but she's still funny, determined, and kind. So why do people treat her like a disease or ignore her like she's invisible? When Charity's parents enroll her in a public junior high school, she faces her greatest fears. Will kids make fun of her? Will her behavior get her kicked out? Will her million thoughts stay locked in her head forever? With the support of teachers and newfound friends, Charity will have to fight to be treated like a real student. Inspired by a true story, Real speaks to all those who've ever felt they didn't belong and reminds readers that all people are worthy of being included.
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
ISBN: 9781639930807
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Inspired by a true story. My name is Charity. I am thirteen years old. Actually, thirteen years plus eighty-seven days. I love sour gummies and pepperoni pizza. That last part no one knows because I have not spoken a sentence since I was born. Each dawning day, I live in terror of my unpredictable body that no one understands. Charity may have mad math skills and a near-perfect memory, but with a mouth that can't speak and a body that jumps, rocks, and howls unpredictably, most people incorrectly assume she cannot learn. Charity's brain works differently from most people's because of her autism, but she's still funny, determined, and kind. So why do people treat her like a disease or ignore her like she's invisible? When Charity's parents enroll her in a public junior high school, she faces her greatest fears. Will kids make fun of her? Will her behavior get her kicked out? Will her million thoughts stay locked in her head forever? With the support of teachers and newfound friends, Charity will have to fight to be treated like a real student. Inspired by a true story, Real speaks to all those who've ever felt they didn't belong and reminds readers that all people are worthy of being included.
Lucky in Lace
Author: Melissa Brayden
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1636794351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Juliette Jennings lives her life like a tightly laced corset—not that she’d ever wear one. As a business owner of a stationery store, structure is her favorite. But when her best friend and her ex fall head over heels for each other, everything unravels and leaves her exposed. Even worse, a scandalous lingerie shop has moved in next door, and its tantalizing window displays will drive away her conservative customers. If only the owner would turn off the charm, Juliette is sure she could stop imagining her in nothing but the shop’s lacy best sellers. Peyton Lane loves a clean slate. In fact, she desperately needs one after a series of bad choices. She also likes sexy things, and uptight Juliette next door would be a fun bow to untie. But when Peyton’s feelings enter new territory, she realizes the world might be scarier than she’d planned. Juliette has Peyton longing for forever on one hand and lacing up her running shoes with the other. What’re a structured stationery store owner and a sexy lingerie peddler to do?
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1636794351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Juliette Jennings lives her life like a tightly laced corset—not that she’d ever wear one. As a business owner of a stationery store, structure is her favorite. But when her best friend and her ex fall head over heels for each other, everything unravels and leaves her exposed. Even worse, a scandalous lingerie shop has moved in next door, and its tantalizing window displays will drive away her conservative customers. If only the owner would turn off the charm, Juliette is sure she could stop imagining her in nothing but the shop’s lacy best sellers. Peyton Lane loves a clean slate. In fact, she desperately needs one after a series of bad choices. She also likes sexy things, and uptight Juliette next door would be a fun bow to untie. But when Peyton’s feelings enter new territory, she realizes the world might be scarier than she’d planned. Juliette has Peyton longing for forever on one hand and lacing up her running shoes with the other. What’re a structured stationery store owner and a sexy lingerie peddler to do?
Railroad Telegrapher
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Telegraphers
Languages : en
Pages : 1872
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Telegraphers
Languages : en
Pages : 1872
Book Description
My Ancestral Voices
Author: Dr. Joice Christine Bailey Lewis
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483614913
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
During the Jim Crowe Era in Alabama, African- American children were told by their parents and teachers that they had to be ten times better than their white counterparts, just to stay even. Striving to be ten times better became the standard of behavior for Dr. Joice Christine Bailey Lewis who achieved success with ten times fewer resources and against ten times greater odds. What sustained her during the most diffi cult times was the evidence that her people had survived the hardships faced during two periods of slavery: the enslavement of Africans and the era of Sharecropping. Raised on a sharecropping farm and having no money to go to college, Dr. Lewis, nevertheless found a way to achieve a doctoral degree and experience success as an educator.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483614913
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
During the Jim Crowe Era in Alabama, African- American children were told by their parents and teachers that they had to be ten times better than their white counterparts, just to stay even. Striving to be ten times better became the standard of behavior for Dr. Joice Christine Bailey Lewis who achieved success with ten times fewer resources and against ten times greater odds. What sustained her during the most diffi cult times was the evidence that her people had survived the hardships faced during two periods of slavery: the enslavement of Africans and the era of Sharecropping. Raised on a sharecropping farm and having no money to go to college, Dr. Lewis, nevertheless found a way to achieve a doctoral degree and experience success as an educator.
My Kind of Crazy
Author: Robin Reul
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492631779
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Everybody needs someone who gets their crazy Hank Kirby can't catch a break. He doesn't mean to screw up. It just happens. Case in point: his attempt to ask out the girl he likes literally goes up in flames when he spelled "prom" in sparklers on Amanda Carlisle's lawn...and nearly burns down her house, without ever asking her the big question. Hank just wants to pretend the incident never happened. And he might've gotten away with it—except there is a witness. Peyton Breedlove, brooding loner and budding pyromaniac, saw the whole thing, and she blackmails Hank into an unusual friendship. Sure, Hank may be headed for his biggest disaster yet, but it's only when life falls apart that you can start piecing it back together. "Funny, authentic, and, at turns, heartbreaking."—Jessi Kirby, author of Things We Know by Heart and Moonglass "I had so much fun reading this book."—Adi Alsaid, author of Never Always Sometimes and Let's Get Lost
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492631779
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Everybody needs someone who gets their crazy Hank Kirby can't catch a break. He doesn't mean to screw up. It just happens. Case in point: his attempt to ask out the girl he likes literally goes up in flames when he spelled "prom" in sparklers on Amanda Carlisle's lawn...and nearly burns down her house, without ever asking her the big question. Hank just wants to pretend the incident never happened. And he might've gotten away with it—except there is a witness. Peyton Breedlove, brooding loner and budding pyromaniac, saw the whole thing, and she blackmails Hank into an unusual friendship. Sure, Hank may be headed for his biggest disaster yet, but it's only when life falls apart that you can start piecing it back together. "Funny, authentic, and, at turns, heartbreaking."—Jessi Kirby, author of Things We Know by Heart and Moonglass "I had so much fun reading this book."—Adi Alsaid, author of Never Always Sometimes and Let's Get Lost
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1516
Book Description
Peyton Place
Author: Grace Metalious
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Allison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of Pearl Harbor.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Allison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of Pearl Harbor.
Mike Peyton's Floating Assets
Author: Mike Peyton
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472901363
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Mike Peyton is the nautical world's best known and much loved cartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, well executed and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boating press, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in his distinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways. Following on from his successful Ever Wonder Why We Do It? this is another wonderful and unique collection of Mike Peyton's light hearted and amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, many of them his own, all illustrated in his unique cartoon style. A perfect bunkside read for seafarers and landlubbers alike. 'Here is a man who can literally draw on his experiences. Mike's mischievous sense of satire is informed by his own inimitable exploits on the water in a succession of odd craft... there is no other sailing cartoonist in the world who can match his elegant, economical wit and wisdom.' Paul Gelder, editor of Yachting Monthly
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472901363
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Mike Peyton is the nautical world's best known and much loved cartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, well executed and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boating press, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in his distinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways. Following on from his successful Ever Wonder Why We Do It? this is another wonderful and unique collection of Mike Peyton's light hearted and amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, many of them his own, all illustrated in his unique cartoon style. A perfect bunkside read for seafarers and landlubbers alike. 'Here is a man who can literally draw on his experiences. Mike's mischievous sense of satire is informed by his own inimitable exploits on the water in a succession of odd craft... there is no other sailing cartoonist in the world who can match his elegant, economical wit and wisdom.' Paul Gelder, editor of Yachting Monthly
Restoring for Love
Author: Judith Anne Staples
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1664246886
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Dave Carmichael and his daughter Peyton had been renovating homes for several years and were considered as among the best designers in the city of Calgary. When Peyton’s aunt Julie, a realtor who lived up north, contacted them with an opportunity to restore a Lodge 300 miles away in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Dave was skeptical and thought it would be too far away. Peyton was excited though. She knew it would be a huge project, but they enjoyed doing flips, and she would be able to spend time with her aunt and enjoy the outdoors. Dave was finally persuaded and they purchased the Lodge in the small town of Rocky View. Little did they know that it would change both of their lives. Peyton drove the motorhome, packed with tools and equipment for the three-month month period that they were expecting to stay at the site. Dave was driving his pickup. The weather was stormy that day, and Peyton lost Dave along the way. What she didn’t realize was that not long after they left home, he was in a serious accident and was taken back to the city in an ambulance. Peyton couldn’t reach him online and continued to the Lodge on her own. When she was finally able to speak with him, he said he wouldn’t be able to continue with the project, and she would have to do it on her own. Tom McCauley is a handsome young man who is single and the owner of a log home company in Rocky View. He is good friends with Julie and her husband Ed, and is a Christian, involved in church activities and well respected by the people in town. Julie is often trying to find a partner for Tom because he is over thirty and he would like to marry if only he could find the right one. When Peyton tells Julie and Ed about Dave’s accident, they are horrified but promise to come and help her with the restoration. Julie contacts Tom to help as well, and when the two of them meet, it is the beginning of their relationship.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1664246886
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Dave Carmichael and his daughter Peyton had been renovating homes for several years and were considered as among the best designers in the city of Calgary. When Peyton’s aunt Julie, a realtor who lived up north, contacted them with an opportunity to restore a Lodge 300 miles away in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Dave was skeptical and thought it would be too far away. Peyton was excited though. She knew it would be a huge project, but they enjoyed doing flips, and she would be able to spend time with her aunt and enjoy the outdoors. Dave was finally persuaded and they purchased the Lodge in the small town of Rocky View. Little did they know that it would change both of their lives. Peyton drove the motorhome, packed with tools and equipment for the three-month month period that they were expecting to stay at the site. Dave was driving his pickup. The weather was stormy that day, and Peyton lost Dave along the way. What she didn’t realize was that not long after they left home, he was in a serious accident and was taken back to the city in an ambulance. Peyton couldn’t reach him online and continued to the Lodge on her own. When she was finally able to speak with him, he said he wouldn’t be able to continue with the project, and she would have to do it on her own. Tom McCauley is a handsome young man who is single and the owner of a log home company in Rocky View. He is good friends with Julie and her husband Ed, and is a Christian, involved in church activities and well respected by the people in town. Julie is often trying to find a partner for Tom because he is over thirty and he would like to marry if only he could find the right one. When Peyton tells Julie and Ed about Dave’s accident, they are horrified but promise to come and help her with the restoration. Julie contacts Tom to help as well, and when the two of them meet, it is the beginning of their relationship.
Same Time, Next Christmas
Author: Christine Rimmer
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488094004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
They’re each other’s Christmas present. But what about the other 364 days? Ex-soldier Matthias Bravo likes spending the holidays hunkered down in his remote Oregon cabin. Until Sabra Bond seeks refuge from a winter storm. Now they meet every year for a no-strings Yuletide romance. But Matthias is changing the rules. This Bravo bachelor finally knows what he wants—Sabra forever. Is she ready to commit to love not just at Christmas but every day of the year?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488094004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
They’re each other’s Christmas present. But what about the other 364 days? Ex-soldier Matthias Bravo likes spending the holidays hunkered down in his remote Oregon cabin. Until Sabra Bond seeks refuge from a winter storm. Now they meet every year for a no-strings Yuletide romance. But Matthias is changing the rules. This Bravo bachelor finally knows what he wants—Sabra forever. Is she ready to commit to love not just at Christmas but every day of the year?