Author: Sabina Osadca
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039114156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
“Mami, would you help me find my voice?” asked Alejandro in his best, made up, gravelly, scratchy voice. “Your voice?” his Mami asked. “What happened to your voice?” “Well, I sorta, kinda lost it in space,” said Alejandro... Mami, Would You Help Me Find My Voice? is the epic adventure of Alejandro, his best friend Tyler, and Coco, his favourite stuffed monkey. Alejandro gives his Mami a descriptive narrative of their journey through space including a flying Bugatti, Mercury and Mars, and...is that a cow? Through the storytelling process, Alejandro finds his voice on his own. He just needed his Mami to listen. Children have incredible imaginations and likewise have an insatiable need to have their voices heard. Four- to six-year-olds will directly relate to the themes of children’s needs for attention, for acceptance, and for the nurturing of their imaginations.
Mami, Would You Help Me Find My Voice?
Author: Sabina Osadca
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039114156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
“Mami, would you help me find my voice?” asked Alejandro in his best, made up, gravelly, scratchy voice. “Your voice?” his Mami asked. “What happened to your voice?” “Well, I sorta, kinda lost it in space,” said Alejandro... Mami, Would You Help Me Find My Voice? is the epic adventure of Alejandro, his best friend Tyler, and Coco, his favourite stuffed monkey. Alejandro gives his Mami a descriptive narrative of their journey through space including a flying Bugatti, Mercury and Mars, and...is that a cow? Through the storytelling process, Alejandro finds his voice on his own. He just needed his Mami to listen. Children have incredible imaginations and likewise have an insatiable need to have their voices heard. Four- to six-year-olds will directly relate to the themes of children’s needs for attention, for acceptance, and for the nurturing of their imaginations.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039114156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
“Mami, would you help me find my voice?” asked Alejandro in his best, made up, gravelly, scratchy voice. “Your voice?” his Mami asked. “What happened to your voice?” “Well, I sorta, kinda lost it in space,” said Alejandro... Mami, Would You Help Me Find My Voice? is the epic adventure of Alejandro, his best friend Tyler, and Coco, his favourite stuffed monkey. Alejandro gives his Mami a descriptive narrative of their journey through space including a flying Bugatti, Mercury and Mars, and...is that a cow? Through the storytelling process, Alejandro finds his voice on his own. He just needed his Mami to listen. Children have incredible imaginations and likewise have an insatiable need to have their voices heard. Four- to six-year-olds will directly relate to the themes of children’s needs for attention, for acceptance, and for the nurturing of their imaginations.
Before We Were Free
Author: Julia Alvarez
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 030743317X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free.
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 030743317X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free.
The Sound of Us
Author: Sarah Willis
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440625298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of A Good Distance and Some Things That Stay, a thoughtful and compelling novel about the voices that call out to us—and the ways our lives can be transformed when we learn to listen. It was past two in the morning and Alice Marlowe was in bed alone when the phone rang. Lifting the receiver, she heard the voice of a child at the other end—a child who was clearly frightened, reluctant to reveal too much, and like Alice, all alone. After a brief, halting conversation—and before she knows quite what she’s doing—Alice is at the little girl’s apartment. She has no idea where Larissa Benton’s mother has gone or when she’s coming back. She knows the right thing to do is to call the police. But when they arrive and carry a crying Larissa away, accompanied by a social worker, Alice finds it difficult to let her go. She had no plans to bring a child into her life. She is single, in her late forties. She lives with a cat named Sampson and has imaginary conversations with her dead twin brother. As a sign-language interpreter for the deaf, she is used to standing between people, facilitating their conversations with each other. But perhaps it is this unusual skill that can help Larissa, who, as she travels through the labyrinth of Cleveland’s child-welfare system, refuses to speak. And perhaps that late-night call was somehow meant to bring them together—a lonely woman with no one to love, and a beautiful, scared six-year-old girl.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440625298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of A Good Distance and Some Things That Stay, a thoughtful and compelling novel about the voices that call out to us—and the ways our lives can be transformed when we learn to listen. It was past two in the morning and Alice Marlowe was in bed alone when the phone rang. Lifting the receiver, she heard the voice of a child at the other end—a child who was clearly frightened, reluctant to reveal too much, and like Alice, all alone. After a brief, halting conversation—and before she knows quite what she’s doing—Alice is at the little girl’s apartment. She has no idea where Larissa Benton’s mother has gone or when she’s coming back. She knows the right thing to do is to call the police. But when they arrive and carry a crying Larissa away, accompanied by a social worker, Alice finds it difficult to let her go. She had no plans to bring a child into her life. She is single, in her late forties. She lives with a cat named Sampson and has imaginary conversations with her dead twin brother. As a sign-language interpreter for the deaf, she is used to standing between people, facilitating their conversations with each other. But perhaps it is this unusual skill that can help Larissa, who, as she travels through the labyrinth of Cleveland’s child-welfare system, refuses to speak. And perhaps that late-night call was somehow meant to bring them together—a lonely woman with no one to love, and a beautiful, scared six-year-old girl.
Traci Edmonds Discovers Her Destiny
Author: Patrice A. Everage
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462836046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
Traci Edmonds is a 53 year old single mother of three, living a modest an certainly uneventful life. She is a relatively shy, stay at home mom operating a small travel business. She has determined that at her age, her time for finding a life-mate is over, and she resigns herself to living the rest of her life without love. Then she makes a bid to provide travel arrangements for an electronics firm’s annual retreat. She is given the contract to make arrangements for the retreat aboard a cruise ship, with the stipulation that she personally give the firm’s top executive staff a pre-retreat trial run. Little does she know that this particular cruise would bring the unexpected and her life would be changed forever. During the cruise Traci meets the company owner, Gary Crosse. He is what most women fantasize as their dream man; tall, dark, handsome, sometimes brooding. He is also rich and successful, and a playboybut. Like Traci, he is in his 50’s, 57 to be exact. Gary has an infamous reputation in business and his personal life. He is a stickler for detail in business and a barracuda in his romances. Prior to meeting Mr. Crosse, Traci is warned, have all of your T’s crossed, your I’s dotted before presenting anything to Mr. Crosse. And “do not” fall prey to his very lethal charm. Traci heeds the warnings on her interactions with Gary Crosse, and makes sure that her dealings with him are conscientious and professional. Until one fatal night just prior to the end of the cruise, Gary Crosse visits her cabin in the middle of the night and makes his intentions known, and they are not professional. This single act, catapults them on a 30 year relationship filled with passion, romance, spirituality, physical and emotional trials, as well as, danger, intrigue and family unity. They endure tragedy, jealousy, betrayal and forced separation. Then, a racially motivated physical attack nearly destroys their relationship. It ́s that incident which leads Traci into the development of a family ministry. But in spite of the trials they endure, they do endure with the love they share and the grace, mercy and protection of God almighty. And they bequeath a legacy of wisdom and faith to their family, friends and all that knew them.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462836046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
Traci Edmonds is a 53 year old single mother of three, living a modest an certainly uneventful life. She is a relatively shy, stay at home mom operating a small travel business. She has determined that at her age, her time for finding a life-mate is over, and she resigns herself to living the rest of her life without love. Then she makes a bid to provide travel arrangements for an electronics firm’s annual retreat. She is given the contract to make arrangements for the retreat aboard a cruise ship, with the stipulation that she personally give the firm’s top executive staff a pre-retreat trial run. Little does she know that this particular cruise would bring the unexpected and her life would be changed forever. During the cruise Traci meets the company owner, Gary Crosse. He is what most women fantasize as their dream man; tall, dark, handsome, sometimes brooding. He is also rich and successful, and a playboybut. Like Traci, he is in his 50’s, 57 to be exact. Gary has an infamous reputation in business and his personal life. He is a stickler for detail in business and a barracuda in his romances. Prior to meeting Mr. Crosse, Traci is warned, have all of your T’s crossed, your I’s dotted before presenting anything to Mr. Crosse. And “do not” fall prey to his very lethal charm. Traci heeds the warnings on her interactions with Gary Crosse, and makes sure that her dealings with him are conscientious and professional. Until one fatal night just prior to the end of the cruise, Gary Crosse visits her cabin in the middle of the night and makes his intentions known, and they are not professional. This single act, catapults them on a 30 year relationship filled with passion, romance, spirituality, physical and emotional trials, as well as, danger, intrigue and family unity. They endure tragedy, jealousy, betrayal and forced separation. Then, a racially motivated physical attack nearly destroys their relationship. It ́s that incident which leads Traci into the development of a family ministry. But in spite of the trials they endure, they do endure with the love they share and the grace, mercy and protection of God almighty. And they bequeath a legacy of wisdom and faith to their family, friends and all that knew them.
Twisted Luck Series 1-8
Author: Mel Todd
Publisher: Bad Ash Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1908
Book Description
The entire Twisted Luck series in one place, with two novellas included. My Luck - Cori Munroe is a young woman with a BFF, estranged parents, and the weirdest luck you've ever seen. Hired Luck - Cori is in a new city, with a new job, and a new dead body. That she can deal with, but finding out she's a mage? Educated Luck - School is mandatory for mages, but why is there a bounty on Cori's head? No Luck - Charles has never been the popular one, but it doesn't mean he's unable to protect himself. Inherited Luck - The first part of schooling is done and Cori inherits a house with a definite personality. Drafted Luck - Government is rarely intelligent with where they put people, but did it have to involve dragons? Faded Luck - The things you do for the people you love, but being pregnant might be more than she bargained for. Unbalanced Luck - The herald of magic is supposed to fix everything, but all Cori knows it's getting worse and she still has no idea. Balanced Luck - Cori can't save everyone, but she is willing to die trying.
Publisher: Bad Ash Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1908
Book Description
The entire Twisted Luck series in one place, with two novellas included. My Luck - Cori Munroe is a young woman with a BFF, estranged parents, and the weirdest luck you've ever seen. Hired Luck - Cori is in a new city, with a new job, and a new dead body. That she can deal with, but finding out she's a mage? Educated Luck - School is mandatory for mages, but why is there a bounty on Cori's head? No Luck - Charles has never been the popular one, but it doesn't mean he's unable to protect himself. Inherited Luck - The first part of schooling is done and Cori inherits a house with a definite personality. Drafted Luck - Government is rarely intelligent with where they put people, but did it have to involve dragons? Faded Luck - The things you do for the people you love, but being pregnant might be more than she bargained for. Unbalanced Luck - The herald of magic is supposed to fix everything, but all Cori knows it's getting worse and she still has no idea. Balanced Luck - Cori can't save everyone, but she is willing to die trying.
A Ghost in New Orleans
Author: Jason Medina
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 150357492X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Ray Durante is a paranormal investigator and would-be writer from New York City, who travels to New Orleans, Louisiana, in search of a good ghost story for his upcoming book. New Orleans certainly has no shortage of ghost stories, considering it is one of the oldest cities in the southern United States. Upon his arrival, Ray wastes no time and begins his research by conducting a paranormal investigation on his first day there. As the days go by, he continues his research and takes a haunted tour that eventually leads to his meeting with a local Creole street musician named Rini. Rini gradually introduces him to a whole new world, which just may turn his own world upside down. Join Ray on his journey through the haunts of the French Quarter in what will surely become the most intense time of his life.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 150357492X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Ray Durante is a paranormal investigator and would-be writer from New York City, who travels to New Orleans, Louisiana, in search of a good ghost story for his upcoming book. New Orleans certainly has no shortage of ghost stories, considering it is one of the oldest cities in the southern United States. Upon his arrival, Ray wastes no time and begins his research by conducting a paranormal investigation on his first day there. As the days go by, he continues his research and takes a haunted tour that eventually leads to his meeting with a local Creole street musician named Rini. Rini gradually introduces him to a whole new world, which just may turn his own world upside down. Join Ray on his journey through the haunts of the French Quarter in what will surely become the most intense time of his life.
Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking
Author: Erin Dionne
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101599480
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Edgar Award Finalist For fans of The Westing Game and From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes a clever, treasure-hunt mystery based on a real-life art heist. Moxie Fleece knows the rules and follows them--that is, until the day she opens her front door to a mysterious stranger. Suddenly Moxie is involved in Boston's biggest unsolved mystery: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist. Moxie has two weeks to find the art, otherwise she and the people she loves will be in big-time danger. Her tools? Her best friend, Ollie, a geocaching addict who loves to find stuff; her Alzheimer's suffering grandfather, Grumps, who knows lots more than he lets on; and a geometry proof that she sets up to sort out the clues. It's a race against the clock through downtown Boston as Moxie and Ollie break every rule she's ever lived by to find the art and save her family.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101599480
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Edgar Award Finalist For fans of The Westing Game and From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes a clever, treasure-hunt mystery based on a real-life art heist. Moxie Fleece knows the rules and follows them--that is, until the day she opens her front door to a mysterious stranger. Suddenly Moxie is involved in Boston's biggest unsolved mystery: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist. Moxie has two weeks to find the art, otherwise she and the people she loves will be in big-time danger. Her tools? Her best friend, Ollie, a geocaching addict who loves to find stuff; her Alzheimer's suffering grandfather, Grumps, who knows lots more than he lets on; and a geometry proof that she sets up to sort out the clues. It's a race against the clock through downtown Boston as Moxie and Ollie break every rule she's ever lived by to find the art and save her family.
Monsters and Saints
Author: Shantel Martinez
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496848756
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Contributions by Kathleen Alcalá, Sarah Amira de la Garza, Sarah De Los Santos Upton, Moises Gonzales, Luisa Fernanda Grijalva-Maza, Leandra Hinojosa Hernández, Spencer R. Herrera, Brenda Selena Lara, Susana Loza, Juan Pacheco Marcial, Amanda R. Martinez, Diana Isabel Martínez, Shantel Martinez, Diego Medina, Kelly Medina-López, Cathryn J. Merla-Watson, Arturo “Velaz” Muñoz, Eric Murillo, Saul Ramirez, Roxanna Ivonne Sanchez-Avila, ire’ne lara silva, Lizzeth Tecuatl Cuaxiloa, and Bianca Tonantzin Zamora Monsters and Saints: LatIndigenous Landscapes and Spectral Storytelling is a collection of stories, poetry, art, and essays divining the contemporary intersection of Latinx and Indigenous cultures from the American Southwest, Mexico, and Central and South America. To give voice to this complicated identity, this volume investigates how cultures of ghost storytelling foreground a sense of belonging and home in people from LatIndigenous landscapes. Monsters and Saints reflects intersectional and intergenerational understandings of lived experiences, bodies, and traumas as narrated through embodied hauntings. Contributions to this anthology represent a commitment to thoughtful inquiry into the ways storytelling assigns meaning through labels like monster, saint, and ghost, particularly as these unfold in the context of global migration. For many marginalized and displaced peoples, a sense of belonging is always haunted through historical exclusion from an original homespace. This exclusion further manifests as limited bodily autonomy. By locating the concept of “home” as beyond physical constructs, the volume argues that spectral stories and storytelling practices of LatIndigeneity (re)configure affective states and spaces of being, becoming, migrating, displacing, and belonging.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496848756
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Contributions by Kathleen Alcalá, Sarah Amira de la Garza, Sarah De Los Santos Upton, Moises Gonzales, Luisa Fernanda Grijalva-Maza, Leandra Hinojosa Hernández, Spencer R. Herrera, Brenda Selena Lara, Susana Loza, Juan Pacheco Marcial, Amanda R. Martinez, Diana Isabel Martínez, Shantel Martinez, Diego Medina, Kelly Medina-López, Cathryn J. Merla-Watson, Arturo “Velaz” Muñoz, Eric Murillo, Saul Ramirez, Roxanna Ivonne Sanchez-Avila, ire’ne lara silva, Lizzeth Tecuatl Cuaxiloa, and Bianca Tonantzin Zamora Monsters and Saints: LatIndigenous Landscapes and Spectral Storytelling is a collection of stories, poetry, art, and essays divining the contemporary intersection of Latinx and Indigenous cultures from the American Southwest, Mexico, and Central and South America. To give voice to this complicated identity, this volume investigates how cultures of ghost storytelling foreground a sense of belonging and home in people from LatIndigenous landscapes. Monsters and Saints reflects intersectional and intergenerational understandings of lived experiences, bodies, and traumas as narrated through embodied hauntings. Contributions to this anthology represent a commitment to thoughtful inquiry into the ways storytelling assigns meaning through labels like monster, saint, and ghost, particularly as these unfold in the context of global migration. For many marginalized and displaced peoples, a sense of belonging is always haunted through historical exclusion from an original homespace. This exclusion further manifests as limited bodily autonomy. By locating the concept of “home” as beyond physical constructs, the volume argues that spectral stories and storytelling practices of LatIndigeneity (re)configure affective states and spaces of being, becoming, migrating, displacing, and belonging.
To Kill a Cockroach
Author: Osvaldo Calixto Amador
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665754060
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Osvaldito’s life begins with a heartbreaking split when his father is not allowed to leave Cuba with his mother and him due to his status as a political prisoner. Later, abuse, the fear of being different, the discovery of his own homosexuality, the devastation of AIDS, and difficult family relationships mark the milestones of his journey. His dogs, his four-legged companions, always occupy a prominent place in the house of La Campina, the kingdom and refuge of the adult Osvaldito. To Kill a Cockroach is a poignant story that chronicles the experiences of Osvaldito, a Cuban-American artist and writer, traveling from his native Cuba through to his childhood and adulthood experiences in Miami, Florida. Osvaldito provides a unique perspective of the immigrant experience, as he narrates a childhood rife with challenges and loss, uncertainty and abandonment. His life journey teaches us the art of finding boundless joy in a world of relentless pain. Osvaldito’s love and longing for his mother, a “Cuban goddess,” is one of the guiding themes of this book, but so is his love of living creatures, especially dogs, and how such love saves in difficult times. Last but not least, this tale is a testament to the power of art and literature and of finding salvation and self-love through the transcendence of artistic beauty.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665754060
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Osvaldito’s life begins with a heartbreaking split when his father is not allowed to leave Cuba with his mother and him due to his status as a political prisoner. Later, abuse, the fear of being different, the discovery of his own homosexuality, the devastation of AIDS, and difficult family relationships mark the milestones of his journey. His dogs, his four-legged companions, always occupy a prominent place in the house of La Campina, the kingdom and refuge of the adult Osvaldito. To Kill a Cockroach is a poignant story that chronicles the experiences of Osvaldito, a Cuban-American artist and writer, traveling from his native Cuba through to his childhood and adulthood experiences in Miami, Florida. Osvaldito provides a unique perspective of the immigrant experience, as he narrates a childhood rife with challenges and loss, uncertainty and abandonment. His life journey teaches us the art of finding boundless joy in a world of relentless pain. Osvaldito’s love and longing for his mother, a “Cuban goddess,” is one of the guiding themes of this book, but so is his love of living creatures, especially dogs, and how such love saves in difficult times. Last but not least, this tale is a testament to the power of art and literature and of finding salvation and self-love through the transcendence of artistic beauty.
Peter Krimsov: The Stalingrad Conspiracy
Author: Lester S. Taube
Publisher: CCB Publishing
ISBN: 1771431830
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
All readers of spy fiction who have been existing in a partial vacuum since the last James Bond story can now step into the exhilarating atmosphere of a new kind of intense and suspenseful spy adventure by meeting Peter Krimsov. When Major Peter Krimsov, a former language professor, is sent on a mission behind German lines at Stalingrad, he overhears a plot by a Russian general to defect to the Nazis. He is promptly assigned to the ultra-secret State Security Department, and ordered to uncover the Russian traitor. But Krimsov has a more urgent reason to find the traitor. To conceal the meeting, a nearby village has been wiped out by Nazi extermination squads. Raped and murdered in that village was Krimsov’s pregnant wife. His first assignment is to track down Karl von Bringler, the sole German general still alive who attended the meeting, but who has disappeared. Krimsov’s travels take him throughout Europe and finally to Argentina in search of Pilar, the beautiful mistress of the missing German. Ruthless and deadly, both as a man hunter and lover, he uses Pilar as his bait to corner von Bringler for a confrontation. The irony of the search is that Krimsov himself also falls in love with the designing woman. Returning to Russia with his explosive secret, shattered in body and close to death, he must unravel the final threads of the massive plot that reaches to the very pinnacle of his government.
Publisher: CCB Publishing
ISBN: 1771431830
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
All readers of spy fiction who have been existing in a partial vacuum since the last James Bond story can now step into the exhilarating atmosphere of a new kind of intense and suspenseful spy adventure by meeting Peter Krimsov. When Major Peter Krimsov, a former language professor, is sent on a mission behind German lines at Stalingrad, he overhears a plot by a Russian general to defect to the Nazis. He is promptly assigned to the ultra-secret State Security Department, and ordered to uncover the Russian traitor. But Krimsov has a more urgent reason to find the traitor. To conceal the meeting, a nearby village has been wiped out by Nazi extermination squads. Raped and murdered in that village was Krimsov’s pregnant wife. His first assignment is to track down Karl von Bringler, the sole German general still alive who attended the meeting, but who has disappeared. Krimsov’s travels take him throughout Europe and finally to Argentina in search of Pilar, the beautiful mistress of the missing German. Ruthless and deadly, both as a man hunter and lover, he uses Pilar as his bait to corner von Bringler for a confrontation. The irony of the search is that Krimsov himself also falls in love with the designing woman. Returning to Russia with his explosive secret, shattered in body and close to death, he must unravel the final threads of the massive plot that reaches to the very pinnacle of his government.