A Handful of Stars

Author: Cynthia Lord
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545700299
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers. When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma, the daughter of migrant workers, is in the small town with her family for the blueberry-picking season. After their initial chance meeting, Salma and Lily bond over painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather, and Salma's friendship transforms Lily's summer. But when Salma decides to run in the upcoming Blueberry Queen pageant, they'll have to face some tough truths about friendship and belonging. Should an outsider like Salma really participate in the pageant-and possibly win?Set amongst the blueberry barrens and by the sea, this is a gorgeous new novel by Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord that tackles themes of prejudice and friendship, loss and love.

A Handful of Stars

Author: Barbara Girion
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Epilepsy
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Julie, a busy high school sophomore suddenly stricken with epileptic seizures, must learn to live with her condition as the doctors attempt to control it through medication.

A Handful of Stars: Texts That Have Moved Great Minds

Author: Frank Boreham
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
A Handful of Stars' by F.W. Boreham is a collection of inspiring stories about British Christian heroes and the Bible verses that transformed their lives. The book's earnest tones come from a genuine place of ardency and conviction for the gospel, making it an infectious read. The book features 22 chapters on historical figures such as William Penn, Robinson Crusoe, and Catherine Booth and their life-changing texts. Whether read for personal inspiration or as part of a study, 'A Handful of Stars' is a Christian book that will leave a lasting impression on readers.

A Hand Full of Stars

Author: Rafik Schami
Publisher: Interlink Publishing
ISBN: 1623710227
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Amid the turmoil of modern Damascus, one teenage boy finds his political voice in a message of rebellion that echoes throughout Syria and as far away as Western Europe. Inspired by his dearest friend, old Uncle Salim, he begins a journal to record his thoughts and impressions of family, friends, life at school, and his growing feelings for his girlfriend, Nadia. Soon the hidden diary becomes more than just a way to remember his daily adventures; on its pages he explores his frustration with the government injustices he witnesses. His courage and ingenuity finally find an outlet when he and his friends begin a subversive underground newspaper. Warmed by a fine sense of humor, this novel is at once a moving love story and a passionate testimony to the difficult and committed actions being taken by young people around the world.

A Handful of Stars

Author: Ruby Dhal
Publisher: Ajmeet Dhal
ISBN: 9781527240988
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
A Handful of Stars is a journey of courage and resilience that readers take from falling to healing, realising along the way that the journey is not going to be easy. The book branches over various themes from love, heartbreak, loss and womanhood to self-love, revival and healing.

Handful of Stars

Author: Helene Saucedo
Publisher: Harper Design
ISBN: 9780062899361
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Packaged in a deluxe keepsake box, Handful of Stars by hand analyst Helene Saucedo is a beautifully illustrated, step-by-step guide to the ancient art of palmistry with a novel twist. Preprinted perforated sheets designed by Saucedo especially for the book—along with a a nontoxic ink pad, ink roller, and gel pen—enable readers to create a palm print and record notations on a single sheet of paper. Informative and entertaining, this unique volume appeals to novice hand analysts and makes a great gift for inquisitive minds of all ages.

A Handful of Dust

Author: Evelyn Waugh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description

When the Stars Go Dark

Author: Paula McLain
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0593237900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • “A total departure for the author of The Paris Wife, McLain’s emotionally intense and exceptionally well-written thriller entwines its fictional crime with real cases.”—People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE • “The kind of heart-pounding conclusion that thriller fans crave . . . In the end, a book full of darkness lands with a message of hope.”—The New York Times Book Review “This mystery will keep you guessing, and stay with you long after you finish. Dive in.”—Daily Skimm Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino to grieve. She lived there as a child with her beloved foster parents, and now she believes it might be the only place left for her. Yet the day she arrives, she learns that a local teenage girl has gone missing. The crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of the most crucial time in Anna’s childhood, when the unsolved murder of a young girl touched Mendocino and changed the community forever. As past and present collide, Anna realizes that she has been led to this moment. The most difficult lessons of her life have given her insight into how victims come into contact with violent predators. As Anna becomes obsessed with saving the missing girl, she must accept that true courage means getting out of her own way and learning to let others in. Weaving together actual cases of missing persons, trauma theory, and a hint of the metaphysical, this propulsive and deeply affecting novel tells a story of fate, necessary redemption, and what it takes, when the worst happens, to reclaim our lives—and our faith in one another.

My Handful of Stars

Author: Kenneth Felts
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781667823638
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
"My Handful of Stars" chronicles the life of a ninety-year-old gay man who had never come to terms with his gift of homosexuality. Born in 1930 during the great depression, he grew up first in a small Western Kansas town and was indoctrinated into a somewhat, fundamental Christian church. After his first male-to-male sexual experience, the influence of the church teachings to which he had been exposed forced him to internalize his homosexuality, and most of his life was spent as a straight-acting, closeted homosexual. He eventually "outed" himself to his daughter and then the world. After coming out, author Kenneth Felts has appeared on many national and international T.V. shows telling the story of his life, including his four years as a Navy Personnelman on a minesweeper during the Korean War. He also talks about the difficulty of straight-acting in a non-accepting and dangerous world. The period of change resulting from the Stonewall Riots as well as the Vietnam protester movement created an atmosphere that eventually made it safe to come out of the closet.

A Handful of Summers

Author: Gordon Forbes
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0143527908
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 358

Book Description
A cult classic, from an era populated by the most colourful tennis players of all time, A Handful of Summers is an uninhibited account of adventures on the tennis circuits of the world. More about the hilarious escapades of players than the game itself, the book begins with a short series of vignettes from Forbes' childhood on a Cape farm, then takes the reader on a tennis tour - into locker rooms and restaurants, narrow streets and small hotels, and onwards to the lawns of Wimbledon and the caramel coloured clays of Roland Garros.