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A brilliant, hilarious, and ultimately devastating debut novel about how racial discord grows in America
In late-1980s rural Ohio, bright but mostly friendless Barry Nadler begins his freshman year of high school with the goal of going unnoticed as much as possible. But his world is upended by the arrival of Gurbaksh, Gary for short, a Sikh teenager who moves to his small town and instantly befriends Barry and, in Gatsby-esque fashion,...
In late-1980s rural Ohio, bright but mostly friendless Barry Nadler begins his freshman year of high school with the goal of going unnoticed as much as possible. But his world is upended by the arrival of Gurbaksh, Gary for short, a Sikh teenager who moves to his small town and instantly befriends Barry and, in Gatsby-esque fashion,...
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 52
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IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Jack has learned how to fly, but things on earth are getting scary.
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.
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Newly published as a stand-alone edition, Vogel's widely celebrated masterpiece How I Learned to Drive was the winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Obie and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Play, and other honors. Known for its dark subject matter, the play examines the effects of child abuse on identity and the discovery of strength through trauma.
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Shining light into the depths of darkness...
"Lisa Kessler-Peters invites you on a healing journey in her new book, How I Learned to Hide. Lisa's deep brokenness began as a child and continued into adulthood. Reading her healing process will start to break the stronghold of pain, giving you hope and practical steps to receive your healing." -Cindy Stewart, Author and Senior Leader at The Gathering with Jesus
In this book, Lisa pulls from her own...
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Peter Dankelson's story is a reminder that circumstances don't define your life, how you react to them does. You will be inspired by how Peter overcomes adversity with a positive attitude and a loving family. You will be motivated to choose courage over fear, embrace what makes you different, and reflect on what's important in your life. Readers will battle with Peter through his thirty-six surgeries, laugh with him as he searches for an ear store,...
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How I Learned to Speak Israel is a guide for Americans wanting to better, understand the Israel/Palestine situation. It is the author's story of how he thought he knew about the situation and history only to learn that a lot of mythology was, mixed in. This book provides tools and approaches for discerning, what is fact, from fiction. How I Learned to Speak Israel emphasizes the importance of the language used to create the understandings we have...
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A disorderly literary romp in which Otto Pulaski, while in the course of a Covid-era Thanksgiving dinner at which he is an unwelcome family member, remembers, regrets, and relishes his moving and at times risqué and violent history of how he learned French, as well as how, in the present, he is drawn to reconnect with family in the form of a curious and insistent grand-daughter with gender identity questions.
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It was facts that helped him explain how the world works. But it was curiosity and commitment that made the late Hans Rosling, co-author of the bestselling book Factfulness, the most popular researcher of our time.
How I Learned to Understand the World is Hans Rosling's own story, which he wrote while working on Factfulness in the months before his death, of how he became a revolutionary thinker, and takes us from the swelter of an emergency clinic...
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Forgiveness is the tool to open the doors of blessings.
The world we live in has people that will cause us to hurt. So we hold grudges. These grudges block blessings God has planned for us.
This book will help you discover the things to do to forgive and open your doors of blessings.
Bearing the hurt
Surviving the hurt
Letting the hurt go.
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English
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BABY BOOMER WOMEN DO NOT BELIEVE THEY ARE OLD. HERE'S THEIR CHANCE TO LAUGH THEIR WAY TO REALITY
Baby Boomers are famous for denying they are old. "I don't look at all like my mother did when she was my age," they boast on their way for a six-hour hike. "My children have no idea how cool I am," they pronounce. "Seventy is the new thirty-five," they chant.
Baby Boomer women have a particular challenge in accepting the fact that they are not twenty...
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Are your employees like a synchronized "V" of geese in flight-sharing goals and taking turns leading? Or are they more like a herd of buffalo-blindly following you and standing around awaiting instructions? If they're like buffalo, their passivity and lack of initiative could doom your company. In How I Learned to Let My Workers Lead, you'll discover how to transform buffalo into geese-by reshaping organizational systems and redefining employees'...
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Roger and Adelia are the very best of friends. They've spent many springtimes collecting birds' nests, autumns jumping into piles of colorful leaves, and winters building snowmen. When the time comes for Adelia to move away, the two friends must say good-bye. But Adelia has one parting gift for Roger: She will teach him, once and for all, how to climb a tree. Lyrical and colorful, the narrative flips between Adelia's instructions ("hold on tight,"...
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Two African-American teenage brothers suddenly find themselves on their own after being mysteriously abandoned by their parents. Deeply haunted by the mental and physical abuse inflicted by their father (Wu-Tang Clan's Cliff "Method Man" Smith), elder brother Daniel (Marcus Scribner, ABC's Black-ish) is determined to prevent their lives from falling apart. He maintains a daily routine, works as a dishwasher and does his best to keep a roof over their...
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Tony Rihan
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"This series of books will help beginning & advanced traders and investors improve their trading & investing skills by raising their probability of success, [and] helping them take control of their own money."--Description from Amazon website.