Author: Liz Lofthouse
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1933605529
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Based on real events is the moving story of a little girl whose family has lost almost everything. This beautiful picture book takes us on her brave journey to make a new life far from home.
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Author: Angela May George
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9781743629017
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A little girl and her mother have fled their homeland, making the long and treacherous journey by boat to seek asylum. Timely, powerful and moving, Out celebrates the triumph of the human spirit in the darkest times, and the many paths people take to build a new life.
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9781743629017
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A little girl and her mother have fled their homeland, making the long and treacherous journey by boat to seek asylum. Timely, powerful and moving, Out celebrates the triumph of the human spirit in the darkest times, and the many paths people take to build a new life.
The London Eye Mystery
Author: Siobhan Dowd
Publisher: David Fickling Books
ISBN: 0375849351
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin. And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery. This is an unput-downable spine-tingling thriller–a race against time.
Publisher: David Fickling Books
ISBN: 0375849351
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin. And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery. This is an unput-downable spine-tingling thriller–a race against time.
Suri's Wall
Author: Lucy Estela
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0143505963
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Eva squeezed Suri's hand. "What's there? What can you see?" "What can I see?" Suri looked out over the wall. "Oh, it's beautiful, let me tell you all about it." A moving tale of the power of the human spirit brought alive by Lucy Estela and award-winning illustrator Matt Ottley."--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0143505963
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Eva squeezed Suri's hand. "What's there? What can you see?" "What can I see?" Suri looked out over the wall. "Oh, it's beautiful, let me tell you all about it." A moving tale of the power of the human spirit brought alive by Lucy Estela and award-winning illustrator Matt Ottley."--Publisher's description.
Map of Dreams
Author: Uri Shulevitz
Publisher: Andersen Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781842707609
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
When war devastates their country, a boy and his parents are forced to flee to another country far east, where they must live in a small room shared with another couple. Food is scarce. But one day, when father goes to the bazaar to buy bread, he comes home with a map instead. The boy and his mother are furious, they are so hungry! But the map floods their cheerless room with colour. The boy becomes fascinated by it and is transported far away without ever leaving the room. Father was right to buy it, after all.
Publisher: Andersen Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781842707609
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
When war devastates their country, a boy and his parents are forced to flee to another country far east, where they must live in a small room shared with another couple. Food is scarce. But one day, when father goes to the bazaar to buy bread, he comes home with a map instead. The boy and his mother are furious, they are so hungry! But the map floods their cheerless room with colour. The boy becomes fascinated by it and is transported far away without ever leaving the room. Father was right to buy it, after all.
Big Nate: Pray for a Fire Drill
Author: Lincoln Peirce
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449448348
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Big Nate, who is always notoriously unprepared for class, turns to divine intervention to spare him! Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate, the daily and Sunday comic strip. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade Renaissance Man. Nate, who lives with his dad and older sister, enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449448348
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Big Nate, who is always notoriously unprepared for class, turns to divine intervention to spare him! Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate, the daily and Sunday comic strip. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade Renaissance Man. Nate, who lives with his dad and older sister, enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.