Author: Rob Reid
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880000304
Category : Exercise
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This action-packed book on different ways to say goodbye will delight young children as they discover how to wave with their entire bodies. F/c illustrations. Ages 1-6. Illustrated by Lorraine Williams.
Author: Doug Magee
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439160090
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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A riveting family drama about the kidnapping of children en route to summer camp, Never Wave Goodbye is a fast-paced and thrilling debut. An innocent rite of passage turns into a nightmare for four couples, exposing their secrets and risking the lives of their children. After passing the bittersweet parental milestone of putting her daughter, Sarah on the bus to sleep-away camp for the first time, Lena Trainor plans to spend the next two weeks fixing all the problems in her marriage. But when a second bus arrives to pick up Sarah for camp, no one seems to know anything about the first bus or its driver. Sarah and three other children have been kidnapped, and within hours of the crime the parents receive an email demanding $1,000,000. When the specifics of the delivery terms throw suspicion on the parents of two of the abducted children, some of the parents begin to turn on each other, exposing fault lines in already strained marriages and forging new alliances. While the kidnapped children are living their parents' worst nightmare, the police are trying to sort the lies from the truth in conflicting stories and alibis that seem to be constantly changing. Deftly weaving the emotional story that pits the parents of the missing campers against the police—and each other—with the fate of the kidnapped children hanging in the balance, Never Wave Goodbye will keep readers holding their breath until the last page.
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448198062
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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'A heart-warming story packed with Second World War detail' - Daily Express 'Carrie's War for a new generation of children' - Belfast Telagraph September, 1939: At the breakout of the Second World War , ten-year-old Shirley is sent away on a train. She doesn't know where she's going, or what's going to happen to her when she gets there. All she has been told is that she's going on 'a little holiday'. She soon finds herself lodged deep in the countryside, with two boys from the East End of London, Kevin. But here, living in the strange, half-empty Red House with the mysterious and reclusive Mrs Waverley, the children's lives will be changed for ever. Award-winning, bestselling and beloved author Jacqueline Wilson has created a beautiful, moving story of friendship and bravery against the backdrop of the worst conflict the world has ever known. 'So good, I couldn't put it down.' - Reader review, BookTrust 'The reigning queen of British children's fiction, Jacqueline Wilson, turns to the second World War with Wave Me Goodbye . . .The story handles the balance of big worries - the war - with the smaller details of what it means to be separated from one's family while life still goes on.' - The Irish Times
Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588369528
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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BONUS: This edition contains a No Time to Wave Goodbye discussion guide and an excerpt from Jacquelyn Mitchard's Second Nature. Twenty-two years have passed since Beth Cappadora’s three-year-old son, Ben, was abducted. By some miracle he returned nine years later, and the family began to pick up the pieces of their lives. Now, in this sequel to Mitchard’s beloved bestseller The Deep End of the Ocean, the Cappadora children are grown: Ben is married and has a baby girl, Kerry is studying to be an opera singer, and ne’er-do-well older son Vincent is a fledgling filmmaker. His new documentary—focusing on five families caught in the torturous web of never knowing the fate of their abducted children—shakes his parents to the core. As Vincent’s film earns greater and greater acclaim and Beth tries to stave off a torrent of long-submerged emotions, the Cappadoras’ world is rocked as Beth’s greatest fear becomes reality. The family is soon drawn precipitously into the past, revisiting the worst moment of their lives—this time with only hours to find the truth that can save a life. A spellbinding novel about family loyalty and love pushed to the limits of endurance, No Time to Wave Goodbye is Jacquelyn Mitchard at her best.
Author: Ben Wicks
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Within hours of the German invasion of Poland in 1939, children were being evacuated out of the cities into the countryside in a carefully planned operation. For all these children, evacuation was an emotional experience; for some it was deeply traumatic, yet others discovered the pleasure of living in the country and formed lasting friendships.;Here, in their own words, are the personal accounts of evacuees, both famous and unknown, written in reponse to advertisements placed in newspapers all over the world. Many of them speak here for the first time and snapshots of the children both then and now are included, as well as letters written by children to their parents in the cities.;The introduction is by one-time evacuee Michael Caine and the author himself was also evacuated and brings his own experiences to bear on this exploration of a phenomenon that dramatically changed so many children's lives.
Author: Robert Evans
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781516839506
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Are you ready to get off of the diet roller coaster and clear out your closet full of exercise gimmicks? "Wave Your Fat Goodbye - The Ultimate Weight Loss Handbook" is your secret recipe for making lifestyle changes that will last. Obesity is the fastest growing and one of the most dangerous epidemics in America. This book will put the power and knowledge in your hands to overcome the pitfalls and challenges that continually trap you on your weight loss journey. This simple and effective plan will teach you how to take command over your "fork in the mouth" compulsions. You'll learn how to make healthy decisions and easily control your portion sizes without starving yourself. So get ready to celebrate a new start by living the healthier life that God has planned for you and send your fat packing today!
Author: Ruby Jackson
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007506252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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The first in a series of books featuring four young women whose lives will be forever changed by WWII.
Author: Deanna Dikeman b. 1954
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982250723
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Author: Nancy Hoch
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595420184
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Remarkable scientific research, mapping the human genome, reveals how similar we all are to each other. Only a tiny fraction of difference separates us one from another. Each of us says "Hello" to our individual experience here on earth, and each of us will ultimately and assuredly say "Goodbye." Between those landmark events in our lives, there are all kinds and types of "Hellos" and "Goodbyes," some happy; some sad; some funny-and all part of the amazing school called life. This book awakens us to both the glitter, and sometimes the gloom, that life presents on an almost daily basis. It awakens a realization that life is truly important and meaningful, and that each day is a gift to be opened and treasured.
Author: Katie Sherman
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
ISBN: 9781646626380
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Katie Sherman's beautiful, powerful stories explore themes of motherhood, memory, and broken bonds. I will long remember "Hook Wounds" for its deeply moving evocation of elephants' grief and mystery. This is a masterful debut collection. -Cary Holladay, author of Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella With the arrival of her superb debut collection, Katie Piccirillo Sherman has established herself as one of the freshest new voices in American short fiction. Bravo! -T.D. Johnston, winner of the International Book Award for FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND OTHER STORIES, and Editor of Short Story America Katie Sherman's finely wrought first collection, They Always Wave Goodbye, is a deep and insightful look at motherhood written in piercing prose that mines "the secrets no one will share." But Sherman does share for her readers "the pain and pleasure so intertwined you can't distinguish one from the other" in these stories about heartbreak, horrific loss, and the bonds of love that can't be broken between a mother and child. Ultimately, though, Sherman uses the lens of motherhood to examine how we all suffer loss and celebrate love. An impressive debut. -Marlin Barton, author of Children of Dust and Pasture Art They Always Wave Goodbye and Other Stories is a collection filled with harrowing beauty and tender wisdom. From young children who must parent their parents in "The Fairy House," to a mother who learns that loving is the hardest thing in "The Easiest Thing," these emotionally intelligent stories resonate long after reading. Continuing the tension-taut theme of familial relationships, in the haunting title story, a West-Virginia-born daughter returns home from her new life in Chicago to watch her brilliant father disappear to dementia one memory at a time. Be advised that these stories are not highlights; the collection itself is the highlight, proving that even the hard times can hearten us. Katie Piccirillo Sherman is a storyteller to watch! -Rhonda Browning White, author of The Lightness of Water
