Me and Fat Glenda

Me and Fat Glenda PDF Author: Lila Perl
Publisher: Fat Glenda
ISBN: 9781939601032
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Get Book Here

Book Description
Moving to a new town is hard. Being friends with Fat Glenda is harder.

Me and Fat Glenda

Me and Fat Glenda PDF Author: Lila Perl
Publisher: Fat Glenda
ISBN: 9781939601032
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Get Book Here

Book Description
Moving to a new town is hard. Being friends with Fat Glenda is harder.

The Lascar's Dagger

The Lascar's Dagger PDF Author: Glenda Larke
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316399647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415

Get Book Here

Book Description
Faith will not save him. Saker appears to be a simple priest, but in truth he's a spy for the head of his faith. Wounded in the line of duty by a Lascar sailor's blade, the weapon seems to follow him home. Unable to discard it, nor the sense of responsibility it brings, Saker can only follow its lead. The dagger puts Saker on a journey to distant shores, on a path that will reveal terrible secrets about the empire, about the people he serves, and destroy the life he knows. The Lascar's dagger demands a price, and that price will be paid in blood.

Someone We Know

Someone We Know PDF Author: Shari Lapena
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525557679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Get Book Here

Book Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “Poised and chilling.” —Wall Street Journal “No-one does suburban paranoia like Shari Lapena—this slowly unfurling nightmare will have you biting your nails until the end.” —Ruth Ware Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Not a Happy Family Maybe you don't know your neighbors as well as you thought you did . . . "This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much. . . My son broke into your home recently while you were out." In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they're telling? And how far will all these very nice people go to protect their own secrets? In this neighborhood, it's not just the husbands and wives who play games. Here, everyone in the family has something to hide . . . You never really know what people are capable of.

Four Perfect Pebbles

Four Perfect Pebbles PDF Author: Lila Perl
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062475746
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111

Get Book Here

Book Description
The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s acclaimed Holocaust memoir features new material by the author, a reading group guide, a map, and additional photographs. “The writing is direct, devastating, with no rhetoric or exploitation. The truth is in what’s said and in what is left out.”—ALA Booklist (starred review) Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s unforgettable and acclaimed memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitler’s rise to power, the Blumenthal family—father, mother, Marion, and her brother, Albert—were trapped in Nazi Germany. They managed eventually to get to Holland, but soon thereafter it was occupied by the Nazis. For the next six and a half years the Blumenthals were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps, including Westerbork in Holland and Bergen-Belsen in Germany, before finally making it to the United States. Their story is one of horror and hardship, but it is also a story of courage, hope, and the will to survive. Four Perfect Pebbles features forty archival photographs, including several new to this edition, an epilogue, a bibliography, a map, a reading group guide, an index, and a new afterword by the author. First published in 1996, the book was an ALA Notable Book, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and IRA Young Adults’ Choice, and a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and the recipient of many other honors. “A harrowing and often moving account.”—School Library Journal

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade PDF Author: Barthe DeClements
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101077662
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Get Book Here

Book Description
A fifth grade class, repelled by the overweight new student who has serious home problems, finally learns to accept her.

Skinny

Skinny PDF Author: Donna Cooner
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 054546997X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Get Book Here

Book Description
Hopeless. Freak. Elephant. Pitiful. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies's head. Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about her. Ever knows she weighs over three hundred pounds, knows she'll probably never be loved, and Skinny makes sure she never forgets it. But there is another voice: Ever's singing voice, which is beautiful but has been silenced by Skinny. Partly in the hopes of trying out for the school musical - and partly to try and save her own life - Ever decides to undergo a risky surgery that may help her lose weight and start over. With the support of her best friend, Ever begins the uphill battle toward change. But demons, she finds, are not so easy to shake, not even as she sheds pounds. Because Skinny is still around. And Ever will have to confront that voice before she can truly find her own. Donna Cooner brings warmth, wit, and startling insight to this unforgettable debut.

45 Pounds (More or Less)

45 Pounds (More or Less) PDF Author: Kelly Barson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142422657
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Get Book Here

Book Description
Here are the numbers of Ann Galardi's life: She is 16. And a size 17. Her perfect mother is a size 6. Her Aunt Jackie is getting married in 2 months, and wants Ann to be a bridesmaid. So Ann makes up her mind: Time to lose 45 pounds (more or less). Welcome to the world of informercial diet plans, wedding dance lessons, endless run-ins with the cutest guy Ann's ever seen—and some surprises about her not-so-perfect mother. And there's one more thing—it's all about feeling comfortable in your own skin—no matter how you add it up! K.A. Barson's sparkling debut is "deliciously relatable, with a lot of laughter on the side." -- Rita Williams-Garcia, New York Times best-selling author

Isabel's War

Isabel's War PDF Author: Lila Perl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939601360
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Get Book Here

Book Description
Isabel thinks World War II is a drag--until the horrors of war literally come right into her home.

Michael and Me

Michael and Me PDF Author: Shana Mangatal
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613736207
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Get Book Here

Book Description
More than six years after his death, Michael Jackson continues to fascinate the world. Shana Mangatal was one of Jackson's only constant and true rocks of stability for nearly two decades. Their relationship was quiet and sweet and real—a closely guarded secret, known only to a few trusted employees and friends. Shana is now coming forward to tell their love story. Her story is rich with every little detail. She witnessed the scandals, lawsuits, the release of groundbreaking albums and subsequent world tours, big-budget short films, addictions. Michael and Me entertains and inspires, but above all, Shana continues to treat Michael (and his legacy) with respect. This is not an exploitative tell-all, but rather a book that shows the side of Michael people never knew. In it, Shana paints a more intimate picture of this beloved, yet very misunderstood man.

The Death of Sweet Mister

The Death of Sweet Mister PDF Author: Daniel Woodrell
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316206156
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Get Book Here

Book Description
Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him -- she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts to boost his confidence and give him hope for his future. Shuggie's purported father, Red, is a brutal man with a short fuse who mocks and despises the boy. Into this small-town Ozarks mix comes Jimmy Vin Pearce, with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. When he and Glenda begin a torrid affair, a series of violent events is inevitably set in motion. The outcome will break your heart. "This is Daniel Woodrell's third book set in the Ozarks and, like the other two, Give Us a Kiss and Tomato Red, it peels back the layers from lives already made bare by poverty and petty crime."-Otto Penzler, Penzler Pick, 2001