Author: Mariko Tamaki
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554980690
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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A New York Times Book Review choice as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008. Skim is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth stuck in a private girls' school in Toronto. When a classmate's boyfriend kills himself because he was rumoured to be gay, the school goes into mourning overdrive, each clique trying to find something to hold on to and something to believe in. It's a weird time to fall in love, but that's high school, and that's what happens to Skim when she starts to meet in secret with her neo-hippie English teacher, Ms. Archer. But when Ms. Archer abruptly leaves, Skim struggles to cope with her confusion and isolation, armed with her trusty journal and a desire to shed old friendships while cautiously approaching new ones. Depression, love, sexual identity, crushes, manipulative peers --teen life in all its dramatic complexities is explored in this touching, pitch-perfect, literary graphic masterpiece. Cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki collaborate brilliantly in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being sixteen. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
Author: Thomas Henege
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
ISBN: 9780897331906
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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The officers of the Manhattan Banking Corporation and their families, friends, and employees walk a dangerous tightrope when a billion-dollar loan is made to the corrupt West African Republic of Maraka.
Author: A. F. Gilloti
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 0897336070
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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If Tony Gould, head of international banking at the Manhattan Banking Corporation, can prod his fellow bankers to syndicate a one billion dollar loan to the African Republic of Maraka, the rewards are rich. His bank would rise to the top ranks in the New York banking world, and Tony would be one step closer to replacing Miles Vanderpane as Chairman and CEO. Tony has many obstacles to surmount: Maraka has natural resources, but is massively corrupt; its elite live like kings while most starve; and multinational corporations routinely bribe the government for a piece of the action. Closer to home, both the bank’s Risk Manager, who won’t approve the loan, and Vanderpane stand in Tony’s way. Then there are the obstacles which Tony does not anticipate, involving his wife, Maureen, and Samantha Vanderpane, the Chairman’s wife, who is a force to be reckoned with. Often satiric, Skim is a novel grounded in the real world of high-stakes banking. This absorbing story can serve as a cautionary tale as it illuminates the irresponsible behaviors underlying the near collapse of the banking system in 2008.
Author: Jenae Cohn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952271038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Students are reading on screens more than ever--how can we teach them to be better digital readers?
Author: Robert J. Hastings
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809313051
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Told from the point of view of a young boy, this account shows how a family "faced the 1930s head on and lived to tell the story." It is the story of growing up in southern Illinois, specifically the Marion, area during the Great Depression. But when it was first published in 1972 the book proved to be more than one writer's memories of depression-era southern Illinois. "People started writing me from all over the country," Hastings notes. "And all said much the same: 'You were writing about my family, as much as your own. That's how I remember the 1930s, too.'" As he proves time and again in this book, Hastings is a natural storyteller who can touch upon the detail that makes the tale both poignant and universal. He brings to life a period that marked every man, woman, and child who lived through it even as that national experience fades into the past.
Author: Earle O. Whittier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Casein
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Author: Arnold Orlando Dahlberg
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Author: Charles Sterling Trimble
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Casein
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Author: Homer J. Preston
Publisher:
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Category : Dairy products
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Author: Charles Sumner Plumb
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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