Author: Suzanne I. Barchers
Publisher: Red Chair Press
ISBN: 1684526590
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Two brothers’ lives take different paths with one living a prosperous life and one struggling to survive. But fate has a way of turning the tables in this popular tale from Vietnam.
The Brothers and the Star Fruit Tree
Author: Suzanne Barchers
Publisher: Red Chair Press
ISBN: 1939656850
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Two brothers' lives take different paths with one living a prosperous life and one struggling to survive. But fate has a way of turning the tables in this popular tale from Vietnam.
Publisher: Red Chair Press
ISBN: 1939656850
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Two brothers' lives take different paths with one living a prosperous life and one struggling to survive. But fate has a way of turning the tables in this popular tale from Vietnam.
The Brothers and the Star Fruit Tree: A Tale from Vietnam
Author: Suzanne I. Barchers
Publisher: Red Chair Press
ISBN: 1684526590
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Two brothers’ lives take different paths with one living a prosperous life and one struggling to survive. But fate has a way of turning the tables in this popular tale from Vietnam.
Publisher: Red Chair Press
ISBN: 1684526590
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Two brothers’ lives take different paths with one living a prosperous life and one struggling to survive. But fate has a way of turning the tables in this popular tale from Vietnam.
Luis Paints the World
Author: Terry Farish
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®
ISBN: 1512406686
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Luis wishes Nico wasn't leaving for the Army. To show Nico he doesn't need to go, Luis begins a mural on the alleyway wall. Their house, the river, the Parque de las Ardillas—it's the world, all right there. Won't Nico miss Mami's sweet flan? What about their baseball games in the street? But as Luis awaits his brother's return from duty, his own world expands as well, through swooping paint and the help of their bustling Dominican neighborhood.
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®
ISBN: 1512406686
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Luis wishes Nico wasn't leaving for the Army. To show Nico he doesn't need to go, Luis begins a mural on the alleyway wall. Their house, the river, the Parque de las Ardillas—it's the world, all right there. Won't Nico miss Mami's sweet flan? What about their baseball games in the street? But as Luis awaits his brother's return from duty, his own world expands as well, through swooping paint and the help of their bustling Dominican neighborhood.
Fruits of the Poisonous Tree
Author: Wade Bey
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 164701784X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
In 1987, Chicago's street gangs were highly organized, and the Ida B. Wells housing projects were one of the most dangerous in the nation. Two brothers, Carl and Tommy, were born into a world of hell and chaos, fighting every day to survive living with drug-addicted parents. A child's innocence was a small price to pay in order to secure the next fix. Abandoned by their mother after their father's incarceration, they turned to their friend Lucky and joined the Gangster Disciples. After years of them learning life's lessons in the streets, their father is released from prison a born-again Christian. Carl finds it in his heart to forgive him; however, Tommy, a psychopathic killer, wants revenge in the worst way. To add to the chaos, the brothers are caught in the middle of a Gangster Disciple and Black Disciple gang war. The Black Disciples win the war, and Lucky flips to join the opposing gang, led by King Neal. He quickly rises to the top of the lucrative drug trade in the Ida B. Wells housing projects. Events quickly unfold into a bloody fight for survival as Lucky's list of adversaries continues to grow, with his childhood friend being at the top.
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 164701784X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
In 1987, Chicago's street gangs were highly organized, and the Ida B. Wells housing projects were one of the most dangerous in the nation. Two brothers, Carl and Tommy, were born into a world of hell and chaos, fighting every day to survive living with drug-addicted parents. A child's innocence was a small price to pay in order to secure the next fix. Abandoned by their mother after their father's incarceration, they turned to their friend Lucky and joined the Gangster Disciples. After years of them learning life's lessons in the streets, their father is released from prison a born-again Christian. Carl finds it in his heart to forgive him; however, Tommy, a psychopathic killer, wants revenge in the worst way. To add to the chaos, the brothers are caught in the middle of a Gangster Disciple and Black Disciple gang war. The Black Disciples win the war, and Lucky flips to join the opposing gang, led by King Neal. He quickly rises to the top of the lucrative drug trade in the Ida B. Wells housing projects. Events quickly unfold into a bloody fight for survival as Lucky's list of adversaries continues to grow, with his childhood friend being at the top.
Brothers
Author: George Howe Colt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416547789
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Blends history and memoir in an account that in alternating chapters explores the author's quest to understand the impact of his brothers on his life and the complex relationships between iconic brothers, including the Thoreaus, the Van Goghs, and the Marxes.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416547789
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Blends history and memoir in an account that in alternating chapters explores the author's quest to understand the impact of his brothers on his life and the complex relationships between iconic brothers, including the Thoreaus, the Van Goghs, and the Marxes.
Inside Out & Back Again
Author: Thanhha Lai
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702251178
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702251178
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.
Vietnamese Immigrants
Author: Cynthia Kennedy Henzel
Publisher: Momentum
ISBN: 9781503820326
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Vietnamese immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index.
Publisher: Momentum
ISBN: 9781503820326
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Vietnamese immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index.
200 Years and Growing
Author: Leann Zotta
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692312919
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A complete history of Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co., founded in 1816 and now the world's largest online direct-to-consumer nursery. Stark Bro's discovered both the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples, and is responsible for the creation of hundreds other fruit-tree and plants.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692312919
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A complete history of Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co., founded in 1816 and now the world's largest online direct-to-consumer nursery. Stark Bro's discovered both the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples, and is responsible for the creation of hundreds other fruit-tree and plants.
Have You Seen Trees?
Author: Joanne Oppenheim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590466912
Category : Seasons
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Illustrations and rhyming text introduce the characteristics of common trees
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590466912
Category : Seasons
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Illustrations and rhyming text introduce the characteristics of common trees
Five Decades with Tropical Fruit
Author: William Francis Whitman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971140202
Category : Exotic plants
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Five Decades with Tropical Fruit is the personal journey of one unique and dedicated man, William Francis Whitman. This book contains his collected papers and hundres of photographs extending back to when he got the tropical fruit "bug" on a 1947 trek to Tahiti. Published by Quisqualis Books for Fairchild Tropical Garden, the premier tropical botanical garden in the world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971140202
Category : Exotic plants
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Five Decades with Tropical Fruit is the personal journey of one unique and dedicated man, William Francis Whitman. This book contains his collected papers and hundres of photographs extending back to when he got the tropical fruit "bug" on a 1947 trek to Tahiti. Published by Quisqualis Books for Fairchild Tropical Garden, the premier tropical botanical garden in the world.