Author: Kathleen Ernst
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9781593698904
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Continues the story of Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812.

Author: Ronald B. Schram
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438914288
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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I had the career of a lifetime. I was a teacher. I began my teaching career believing that one person could make a difference, and throughout the years, I never lost sight of that conviction. Teaching connected me to my students in ways quite humorous, as well as heart breaking. I hope the reader laughs a lot and cries only a little, while walking in my footsteps as an educator. Laugh with me as you read about Fred, the crusty cockroach we set free to find his wife and eighty-seven children. In addition, there is always my favorite story about the scary monster under the bed holding a student's homework hostage. I fed a rooster and his hens bread crumbs for breakfast each morning, until they tried to follow me, in single file, into the school board building one day. Some difficult students in summer school mistakenly believed my black patent leather belt to be a black belt in Karate. Who was I to tell them differently? Coming right on top of the laughs were the times I went home to cry. I remember the student, new to our school, who went home one evening and hung himself, his cries for help coming too late. I remember with equal sadness, the foster child we sponsored in Kenya who died because help did not reach him in time. Closer to home was the overage student who was shot and killed while he participated in a home invasion, just days after he finished summer school. Outside factors reached inside our classroom as well, reeking havoc with the emotions of both the children and me. The disastrous space shuttle, with the teacher on board, happened before our very eyes; while the greatest tragedy of all was the destruction of the twin towers on 9/11. These stories and many more comprise my educational career, and although there was no easy button, I would do it all over again. I was a teacher.

Author: Kathleen Ernst
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9781593698836
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When the British attack Caroline's village, she makes a daring choice that helps to win the day.

Author: Kathleen Ernst
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9781609580858
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Caroline worries that British spies may be lurking in Sackets Harbor. When strange things start happening at Abbott's Shipyard, Caroline wonders if a spy, either someone she has known all her life or Papa's long-lost friend, is responsible.

Author: Kathleen Ernst
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9781593698867
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Continues the story of Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812.

Author: Edwidge Danticat
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1569478023
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Arriving one year after the Haitian-American's first novel (Breath, Eyes, Memory) alerted critics to her compelling voice, these 10 stories, some of which have appeared in small literary journals, confirm Danticat's reputation as a remarkably gifted writer. Examining the lives of ordinary Haitians, particularly those struggling to survive under the brutal Duvalier regime, Danticat illuminates the distance between people's desires and the stifling reality of their lives. A profound mix of Catholicism and voodoo spirituality informs the tales, bestowing a mythic importance on people described in the opening story, "Children of the Sea," as those "in this world whose names don't matter to anyone but themselves." The ceaseless grip of dictatorship often leads men to emotionally abandon their families, like the husband in "A Wall of Fire Rising," who dreams of escaping in a neighbor's hot-air balloon. The women exhibit more resilience, largely because of their insistence on finding meaning and solidarity through storytelling; but Danticat portrays these bonds with an honesty that shows that sisterhood, too, has its power plays. In the book's final piece, "Epilogue: Women Like Us," she writes: "Are there women who both cook and write? Kitchen poets, they call them. They slip phrases into their stew and wrap meaning around their pork before frying it. They make narrative dumplings and stuff their daughter's mouths so they say nothing more." The stories inform and enrich one another, as the female characters reveal a common ancestry and ties to the fictional Ville Rose. In addition to the power of Danticat's themes, the book is enhanced by an element of suspense (we're never certain, for example, if a rickety boat packed with refugees introduced in the first tale will reach the Florida coast). Spare, elegant and moving, these stories cohere into a superb collection.

Author: Kathleen Ernst
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9781593698928
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Continues the story of Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812.

Author: Caroline B. Cooney
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307818918
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Fifteen-year-old Macey Clare loves her Connecticut hometown, where her mother grew up and her grandparents still live, and she likes visiting her grandparents even more now that their neighbors’ handsome grandson, Austin, has moved in. But when Macey decides to research the history of a burned-out barn across the street from her grandparents’ home for a school report, she gets a shock about what happened. Nobody can change the past, but is Macey ready to take the responsibility for the present and in the process reveal dark secrets about her town and the people she loves?

Author: Caroline Linden
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062025325
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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A bargain that was all business . . . and pure passion. Neither wealth nor beauty will help Lady Francesca Gordon win custody of her young niece Georgina, saving the girl from a cruel stepmother; she needs London’s top solicitor for that. But when Edward de Lacey, son of the powerful Duke of Durham, hires away the one man who can do the job, Francesca decides Edward himself must champion her case . . . if only she can melt the dashing lord’s stony heart. Edward has reason to be guarded, though. London’s tabloids have just exposed a secret that could ruin his entire family. When Francesca offers a unique chance to undo the damage, Edward is forced to agree to a partnership . . . and now, each moment together feeds the flames of his scandalous longing for the passionate widow. But when Georgina disappears, fate will test them both . . . and leave their love hanging in the balance.

Author: Kathleen Ernst
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9781593698898
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When a warship threatens American supplies, can Caroline save the day?