Next Stop

Author: Ivan Sanchez
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416562761
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Beyond the safety of New York City's news headlines, Next Stop is a train ride into the heart of the Bronx during the late eighties and early nineties at the height of the crack epidemic, a tumultuous time when hip-hop was born and money-hungry slumlords were burning down apartment buildings with tenants still inside. From one stop to the next, this gritty memoir follows Ivan Sanchez and his crew on their search for identity and an escape from poverty in a stark world where street wars and all-night symphonies of crime and drug-fueled mayhem were as routine as the number 4 train. In the game, the difference between riches and ruin was either a bullet or a lucky turn away. Almost driven insane by the poverty, despair, and senseless violence, Ivan left it all behind and moved to Virginia, but the grotesque images and voices of the dead continued to haunt him. This book honors the memories of those who died. At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, Next Stop shares with a whole new generation the insights and hard lessons Ivan learned.

Deer Growing Up in the Wild

Author: Judith E. Rinard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439162272
Category : Deer
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Describes how baby deer are reared in the wild and some of the hardships they, and other animals like them, encounter.

Growing Up WILD

Author: Council for Environmental Education
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734754209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This is the reformatted edition of the popular title Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children. With this second edition, the book is now conventionally sized at 8.5" x 11". In addition to the book title, Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education program that builds on children's sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, Growing Up WILD provides an early foundation for developing positive impressions about the natural world and lifelong social and academic skills.

Freckled

Author: Tw Neal
Publisher: Toby Neal
ISBN: 9781732771253
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
For fans of The Glass Castle and Educated, comes mystery author Toby Neal's personal story of surviving a wild childhood in paradise.Born in 1965 to hippie surfer parents who just want to ride waves, use substances, and hide from society, red-headed Toby grows up as one of only a few hundred Caucasian "haole" people on the rugged, beautiful North Shore of Kauai, Hawaii.Toby's idealistic parents, breaking away from high achieving families, struggle with mental health and addiction issues as they try to live according to their own rules. Despite the hardship and deprivations of life on Kauai, they return again and again to an island whose hold on them is more powerful than any drug.Told from the immersive, first-person view of a child experiencing turbulent times as they occur, Freckled will take you on a journey you won't soon forget as Toby catches an octopus with her bare hands to feed the family, careens on her first bike down a rugged dirt trail deep in the jungle, and makes money by selling magic mushrooms to a drug dealer. Living in tents and off the land without electricity or communication with the outside world, Toby escapes into reading and imagination to deal with racial harassment and indifferent parenting. Sensitive, imaginative, and resilient,like a surfer girl Anne of Green Gables. Toby clings to a dream of academic achievement and a "normal" life. "Neal's prose is often effortless and elegant." ~Kirkus Reviews

Bears (Growing Up Wild)

Author: Sandra Markle
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439286572
Category : Bear cubs
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Describes different kinds of bear cubs and the changes they go through in their appearance and behavior as they grow up and become successful adult bears.

Wild Kids

Author: Ta-chun Chang
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023150005X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan's most famous and best-selling literary cult figure. Chang Ta-chun's intricate narrative and keen, ironic sense of humor poignantly and piercingly convey the disillusionment and cynicism of modern Taiwanese youth. Interweaving the events between the birth of the narrator's younger sister and her abortion at the age of nineteen, the first novel, My Kid Sister, evokes the complex emotional impressions of youth and the often bizarre social dilemmas of adolescence. Combining discussions of fate, existentialism, sexual awakening, and everyday "absurdities" in a typically dysfunctional household, it documents the loss of innocence and the deconstruction of a family. In Wild Child, fourteen-year-old Hou Shichun drops out of school, runs away from home, and descends into the Taiwanese underworld, where he encounters an oddball assortment of similarly lost adolescents in desperate circumstances. This novel will inevitably invite comparisons with the classic The Catcher in the Rye, but unlike Holden Caulfield, Hou isn't given any second chances. With characteristic frankness and irony, Chang's teenagers bear witness to a new form of cultural and spiritual bankruptcy.

Growing up Wild

Author: Alexia Barrable
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1472139038
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
Have you ever noticed how much calmer and more engaged your children are when they are outside in the natural world? A growing body of evidence is pointing to the need for children to spend more time outside. Being outdoors has the potential to energise, entertain and educate our children, often with minimal input from adults. Growing Up Wild is for anyone who wants to encourage their kids to spend more time outdoors. Combining the latest scientific research with a host of enjoyable activities, the authors show you how to access nature with your children. From making the most of local parks, woodlands, the beach, and your own back garden Growing Up Wild gives you easy ways to get out there, connect with nature, and have fun together. Inspired by the increasingly popular forest school philosophy, and emphasising the benefits of starting early with your baby or toddler, Growing Up Wild tells you: - The reasons why getting dirty makes you happier and healthier. - Activities that make the most of wind, rain or snow - Tips on hiking and foraging with your children - How to run wild with kids - from parks to fells and beyond - How to build an outdoor space in your back garden. This book is a must have for parents who love nature and want to give their children the proven benefits of playing outdoors.

Grow Wild

Author: Katy Bowman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943370160
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Place of publication from publisher's website.

Gone to the Woods: A True Story of Growing Up in the Wild

Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN: 1760984302
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
From the author of the bestselling Hatchet comes a true story of high-stakes wilderness survival! At the age of five Gary Paulsen escaped from a shocking Chicago upbringing to a North Woods homestead, finding a powerful respect for nature that would stay with him throughout his life. At the age of thirteen a librarian handed him his first book, and there he found a lasting love of reading. As a teenager he desperately enlisted in the Army, and there amazingly discovered his true calling as a storyteller. A moving and enthralling story of grit and growing up, Gone to the Woods is perfect for newcomers to the voice and lifelong fans alike, from the acclaimed author at his rawest and realest.

The Magic Barn

Author: Je Czaja
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781495377068
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58

Book Description
When you were a kid, did you get sent to the principal's office? Every day? Ever try to catch a hundred pound snapping turtle? Ever seek advice from a wizard with bones hanging on his house? The Magic Barn, volume two continues the true adventures of growing up wild on a New England farm, with original paintings by the author.