The Shooting Star

Author: Shivya Nath
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9353052653
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
Shivya Nath quit her corporate job at age twenty-three to travel the world. She gave up her home and the need for a permanent address, sold most of her possessions and embarked on a nomadic journey that has taken her everywhere from remote Himalayan villages to the Amazon rainforests of Ecuador. Along the way, she lived with an indigenous Mayan community in Guatemala, hiked alone in the Ecuadorian Andes, got mugged in Costa Rica, swam across the border from Costa Rica to Panama, slept under a meteor shower in the cracked salt desert of Gujarat and learnt to conquer her deepest fears. With its vivid descriptions, cinematic landscapes, moving encounters and uplifting adventures, The Shooting Star is a travel memoir that maps not just the world but the human spirit.

Shooting Stars

Author: LeBron James
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059383044X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
The celebrated memoir from LeBron James - a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including his own "A book that will incredibly move and inspire you.” —Jay-Z "A heartwarming story of boys who became men, teammates who became brothers, players who became champions, wonderfully told through the maturing eyes of basketball's greatest star." — John Grisham Before LeBron James was an NBA superstar, he was just a kid from Akron, Ohio, who loved to play basketball on a team called the Shooting Stars. This is the story of how this motley group of ten-year-olds grew into a team and became men together - surviving the challenges of inner city America and enduring jealousy, hostility, exploitation, and the consequences of their own overconfidence in their quest to win a national championship. Shooting Stars is a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives.

Shooting at the Stars

Author: John Hendrix
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1613126883
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Shooting at the Stars is the moving story of a young British soldier on the front lines during World War I who experiences an unforgettable Christmas Eve. In a letter to his mother, he describes how, despite fierce fighting earlier from both sides, Allied and German soldiers ceased firing that evening and came together on the battlefield to celebrate the holiday. They sang carols, exchanged gifts, and even lit Christmas trees. But as the holiday came to a close, they returned to their separate trenches to await orders for the war to begin again. Award-wining creator John Hendrix wonderfully brings the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 to life with his signature style, interweaving detailed illustrations and hand-lettered text. His telling of the story celebrates the humanity that can persist during even the darkest periods of our history.

The Trouble with Shooting Stars

Author: Meg Cannistra
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534428984
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
“Brimming with hope and sparkling with magic…shines as bright as any shooting star.” —Cassie Beasley, author of Circus Mirandus “Loving, imaginative, and gorgeously written…shines with magic and heart.” —Anne Ursu, author of The Lost Girl Mary Poppins meets My Big Fat Greek Wedding in this heartfelt novel about magic, healing, and a loving Italian family. Twelve-year-old Luna loves the nighttime more than anything else. It’s when no one gives her “that look” about the half mask she has to wear while healing from a disfiguring car accident. It’s also the perfect time to sit outside and draw what she sees. Like the boy and girl from the new family next door…zipping out of the window in a zeppelin and up to the stars. At first, she thinks she’s dreaming. But one night they catch her watching. Now Luna spends her nights on adventures with them, as they clean full moons, arrange constellations, and catch jars of stardust. She even gets to make a wish on a shooting star they catch. But Luna learns that no wish is strong enough to erase the past—as much as she may hope to.

Thomas and the Shooting Star

Author: Wilbert Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375815232
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
One restless night, Thomas looks out and sees a shooting star flash by. Determined to see where it went, Thomas sets out into the darkened countryside. The strange nighttime sights and noises add up to a wonderful after-dark adventure for Thomas.

Shooting Star

Author: Fredrick L. McKissack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416996400
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
A natural-born athlete, Jomo Rogers has talent that is easy to spot on the football field, and local reporters are taking notice. But the buzz keeps focusing on his potential, on his promise. Jomo doesn’t want to be the “next big thing.” He wants to be the real deal . . . in as little time as possible. He adopts a new workout regimen, complete with more weights, longer runs—and steroids. A gritty, witty, and eloquent youngadult debut, Shooting Star takes on the sports headlines and brings to the page a young man whose drive is about to make his life spiral out of control.

On the Night of the Shooting Star

Author: Amy Hest
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763691542
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
Bunny and Dog live on opposite sides of the fence. No one says hello. Or hi. But on the night of the shooting star, two doors open...

Annie Oakley, the Shooting Star

Author: Charles Parlin Graves
Publisher: Facts On File
ISBN: 9780791014486
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 86

Book Description
The story of how Phoebe Ann Moses became Annie Oakley, the famous trick shooter and entertainer.

Shooting Star

Author: Brock Thoene
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556613203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
The Saga of the Sierras series of frontier stories has brought a unique American writing tradition into the Christian bookstore in a bestselling fashion. Shooting Star continues the series with the story of Andrew Jackson Sinnickson, who crossed the plains in 1846 and particpated in the Bear Flag rebellion that carried California from Mexican to American ownership.

Leaving Our Truths to the Shooting Star Vol. 1

Author: Mito Satou
Publisher: TORICO
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
When we were a child, the word "forever" seems so sparkly and lovely. The six of us thought we would be together forever. But the Subaru's accident broke us apart. One day, "she" appeared in front of Hokuto... will this strange phenomenon restore their broken bond?! The endless regret. An overwhelmed feeling. Heartwrenching adolescent days now begin...