Author: Abbas Kazerooni
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1743430000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This amazing true story of a boy fleeing Tehran on his own during the Iran-Iraq War provides a powerful child's-eye view of political tumult, separation, survival, dreams and triumphs in a moving memoir that chronicles extraordinary times in an ordinary boy's life.
On Two Feet and Wings
Author: Abbas Kazerooni
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1743430000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This amazing true story of a boy fleeing Tehran on his own during the Iran-Iraq War provides a powerful child's-eye view of political tumult, separation, survival, dreams and triumphs in a moving memoir that chronicles extraordinary times in an ordinary boy's life.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1743430000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This amazing true story of a boy fleeing Tehran on his own during the Iran-Iraq War provides a powerful child's-eye view of political tumult, separation, survival, dreams and triumphs in a moving memoir that chronicles extraordinary times in an ordinary boy's life.
Wings and Feet
Author: Lisa Reinicke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997810332
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A butterfly and a boy learn to adapt to each others differences and what makes the unique. An adoptions of friendship and a love that continues with a gift for generations
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997810332
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A butterfly and a boy learn to adapt to each others differences and what makes the unique. An adoptions of friendship and a love that continues with a gift for generations
Wings for Per
Author: Ingri D'Aulaire
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A Norwegian boy grows up to become a World War II flyer.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A Norwegian boy grows up to become a World War II flyer.
Dancing in the Wings
Author: Debbie Allen
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0803725019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Sassy worries that her too-large feet, too-long legs, and even her big mouth will keep her from her dream of becoming a star ballerina. So for now she's just dancing in the wings, watching from behind the curtain, and hoping that one day it will be her turn to shimmer in the spotlight. When the director of an important dance festival comes to audition her class, Sassy's first attempts to get his attention are, well, a little wobbly. But Sassy just knows, somehow, that this is her time to step out from those wings, and make her mark on the world. Actress/choreographer Debbie Allen and Kadir Nelson collaborated on Brothers of the Knight, about which School Library Journal raved, "the strutting high-stepping brothers are full of individuality, attitude, and movement."
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0803725019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Sassy worries that her too-large feet, too-long legs, and even her big mouth will keep her from her dream of becoming a star ballerina. So for now she's just dancing in the wings, watching from behind the curtain, and hoping that one day it will be her turn to shimmer in the spotlight. When the director of an important dance festival comes to audition her class, Sassy's first attempts to get his attention are, well, a little wobbly. But Sassy just knows, somehow, that this is her time to step out from those wings, and make her mark on the world. Actress/choreographer Debbie Allen and Kadir Nelson collaborated on Brothers of the Knight, about which School Library Journal raved, "the strutting high-stepping brothers are full of individuality, attitude, and movement."
If I Had Two Wings: Stories
Author: Randall Kenan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324005475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Finalist for 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction Finalist for the 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Mingling the earthy with the otherworldly, these ten stories chronicle ineffable events in ordinary lives. In Kenan’s fictional territory of Tims Creek, North Carolina, an old man rages in his nursing home, a parson beats up an adulterer, a rich man is haunted by a hog, and an elderly woman turns unwitting miracle worker. A retired plumber travels to Manhattan, where Billy Idol sweeps him into his entourage. An architect who lost his famous lover to AIDS reconnects with a high-school fling. Howard Hughes seeks out the woman who once cooked him butter beans. Shot through with humor and seasoned by inventiveness and maturity, Kenan riffs on appetites of all kinds, on the eerie persistence of history, and on unstoppable lovers and unexpected salvations. If I Had Two Wings is a rich chorus of voices and visions, dreams and prophecies, marked by physicality and spirit. Kenan’s prose is nothing short of wondrous.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324005475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Finalist for 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction Finalist for the 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Mingling the earthy with the otherworldly, these ten stories chronicle ineffable events in ordinary lives. In Kenan’s fictional territory of Tims Creek, North Carolina, an old man rages in his nursing home, a parson beats up an adulterer, a rich man is haunted by a hog, and an elderly woman turns unwitting miracle worker. A retired plumber travels to Manhattan, where Billy Idol sweeps him into his entourage. An architect who lost his famous lover to AIDS reconnects with a high-school fling. Howard Hughes seeks out the woman who once cooked him butter beans. Shot through with humor and seasoned by inventiveness and maturity, Kenan riffs on appetites of all kinds, on the eerie persistence of history, and on unstoppable lovers and unexpected salvations. If I Had Two Wings is a rich chorus of voices and visions, dreams and prophecies, marked by physicality and spirit. Kenan’s prose is nothing short of wondrous.
Wings of Fire
Author: Caris Roane
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312533731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The third book in the Guardians of Ascension series. Experience the danger and desire of a secret race of vampire warriors--and the powerful women they are sworn to protect. Original.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312533731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The third book in the Guardians of Ascension series. Experience the danger and desire of a secret race of vampire warriors--and the powerful women they are sworn to protect. Original.
On Two Feet and Wings
Author: Abbas Kazerooni
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781477847831
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"First published in 2008 as 'The little man' by Tate Publishing, USA; published in 2011 by Hachette India; published in 2012 by Allen & Unwin, Australia"--Colophon.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781477847831
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"First published in 2008 as 'The little man' by Tate Publishing, USA; published in 2011 by Hachette India; published in 2012 by Allen & Unwin, Australia"--Colophon.
The Anatomy of Wings
Author: Karen Foxlee
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1442985429
Category : Australian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Ten-year-old Jennifer Day lives in a small mining town full of secrets. Trying to make sense of the sudden death of her teenage sister Beth, she looks to the adult world around her for answers.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1442985429
Category : Australian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Ten-year-old Jennifer Day lives in a small mining town full of secrets. Trying to make sense of the sudden death of her teenage sister Beth, she looks to the adult world around her for answers.
Wings of Creation
Author: Brenda Cooper
Publisher: WordFire +ORM
ISBN: 1614759510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
A sci-fi fantasy in the Fremont’s Children series, “intense and increasingly complex” depicting “interpersonal relationships in considerable depth” (Booklist). From the Endeavor Award–winning author of The Silver Ship and The Sea Joseph has succeeded in rescuing his sister, Chelo, from a pitched battle on the colony planet Fremont. Now he and Chelo—and the love of his life, Alicia, and all of their extended family—are finally returning home. Halfway there, a probe intercepts them, sending them new coordinates and a message from Joseph’s enigmatic supporter and teacher, Marcus. War is brewing. Joseph is wanted for escaping to save Chelo. To stay safe, Joseph must bring his family and friends to the renowned planet of Lopali, where men and women can fly, and peace and freedom abound. Or do they? Alicia has always wanted to fly, but the modifications that give humans wings kill as often as they work. Joseph must learn to actually change humans, to free the fliers of a tyranny that has enslaved them, since their species was born. If he can do this, the fliers have agreed to help him stop the war. But it’s not as easy as it seems. Praise for The Silver Ship and the Sea: “An engrossing tale of six young outsiders growing up on a colony planet . . . This is an adventure story . . . But it is also a story about the relationships between insiders and outsiders . . . between people who need each other in order to survive.” —School Library Journal “Fast-paced and full-bodied, The Silver Ship and the Sea is character-driven hard SF at its best.” —The Seattle Times
Publisher: WordFire +ORM
ISBN: 1614759510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
A sci-fi fantasy in the Fremont’s Children series, “intense and increasingly complex” depicting “interpersonal relationships in considerable depth” (Booklist). From the Endeavor Award–winning author of The Silver Ship and The Sea Joseph has succeeded in rescuing his sister, Chelo, from a pitched battle on the colony planet Fremont. Now he and Chelo—and the love of his life, Alicia, and all of their extended family—are finally returning home. Halfway there, a probe intercepts them, sending them new coordinates and a message from Joseph’s enigmatic supporter and teacher, Marcus. War is brewing. Joseph is wanted for escaping to save Chelo. To stay safe, Joseph must bring his family and friends to the renowned planet of Lopali, where men and women can fly, and peace and freedom abound. Or do they? Alicia has always wanted to fly, but the modifications that give humans wings kill as often as they work. Joseph must learn to actually change humans, to free the fliers of a tyranny that has enslaved them, since their species was born. If he can do this, the fliers have agreed to help him stop the war. But it’s not as easy as it seems. Praise for The Silver Ship and the Sea: “An engrossing tale of six young outsiders growing up on a colony planet . . . This is an adventure story . . . But it is also a story about the relationships between insiders and outsiders . . . between people who need each other in order to survive.” —School Library Journal “Fast-paced and full-bodied, The Silver Ship and the Sea is character-driven hard SF at its best.” —The Seattle Times
Dirty Wings
Author: Sarah McCarry
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250049385
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In this gorgeous retelling of the Persephone myth, McCarry presents the story of Cass and MaiaNthe mothers from "All Our Pretty Songs"Nand how their fates became intertwined.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250049385
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In this gorgeous retelling of the Persephone myth, McCarry presents the story of Cass and MaiaNthe mothers from "All Our Pretty Songs"Nand how their fates became intertwined.