Dream Street

Author: Tricia Elam Walker
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
ISBN: 0525581103
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES • FIVE STARRED REVIEWS Visit a truly special street bursting with joy, hope, and dreams. Inspired by the neighborhood where they grew up as cousins, this gorgeous picture book from an award-winning illustrator and critically acclaimed author is the perfect gift or keepsake for every generation. Welcome to Dream Street--the best street in the world! Jump rope with Azaria--can you Double Dutch one leg at a time? Dream big with Ede and Tari, who wish to create a picture book together one day. Say hello with Mr. Sidney, a retired mail carrier who greets everyone with the words, "Don't wait to have a great day. Create one!" On Dream Street, love between generations rules, everyone is special, and the warmth of the neighborhood shines. A magical story from the critically acclaimed author of Nana Akua Goes to School and a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winning illustrator. Illuminating this vivid cast of characters are vibrant, joyful illustrations that make this neighborhood--based on the Roxbury neighborhood in Boston where the author and illustrator grew up together as cousins--truly sing. This book is a perfect way for parents to share with their children the importance of community.

The Café on Dream Street

Author: Adriane Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781633373013
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 486

Book Description
After twenty years of crafting delicious food in Oakmont at his El Patio Café, loving father and husband Felipe Sanchez has big plans for expanding the business-so when the undocumented immigrant disappears without a trace, his family fears the worst. Fellow Oakmont resident Frank Sullivan has his own concerns: He's convinced that day laborers congregating at the mall are really drug dealers and becomes obsessed with driving out the immigrants he believes threaten his community. As he starts attracting followers, his family faces increasing tensions at home: His wife, Bonnie, is appalled by his xenophobic worldview, while his teenage son, Colin, struggles to cope with his father's racism as his own feelings grow for Marisol Sanchez. When police arrest Colin for drug possession, Frank seizes the opportunity to save his son's future and cleanse Oakmont of foreign invaders. Who will survive the fallout? And where is Felipe? Set amidst a backdrop of social and historical upheaval on both sides of the border, a treacherous deception and a shocking betrayal threaten to unravel the lives of two families in this riveting tale of love, hope, and resilience.

Dream Weaver

Author: Jonathan London
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152009441
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
While walking on a mountain path, a young boy discovers a yellow spider spinning her web and as he quietly watches her, he sees the world from a different perspective.

Runaway Dream

Author: Louis P. Masur
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819101X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
A history of the acclaimed album, explores its themes of youth, escape, and potential, considers how it cemented Springsteen and the E Street Band's place in American art, and describes the obstacles that challenged its creation.

If I Stay

Author: Gayle Forman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101046341
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from Gayle Forman, author of Where She Went, Just One Day, and Just One Year. Soon to be a major motion picture, starring Chloe Moretz! In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, this will change the way you look at life, love, and family. Now a major motion picture starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Mia's story will stay with you for a long, long time.

Thirtynothing

Author: Lisa Jewell
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140279288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375

Book Description
Ever wondered what happened to your first love? Imagine bumping into them twelve years later and realizing you still fancy them rotten. That’s exactly what happens to Dig Ryan when he sees Delilah again. Now imagine you’re Nadine. You and Dig have been best friends for fifteen years. And you’ve finally realized that you’re in love with him. So when Delilah – who always was your nemesis – returns, you’re mad with jealousy and can’t help behaving childishly. Like phoning your first love Phil – just to get your own back ... Thirty-Nothing is a story of ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends and friends dabbling with yesterday when they really should be thinking about today.

The Two Mrs Robinsons

Author: Donna Hay
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 9780752893457
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Anna lives with Oliver Robinson and their 3-year-old son Charlie. But Oliver is still married to his first wife Eve, mother of his two teenage children. Eve is a dominant figure who insists on making her presence felt; Anna is young and beautiful, with a bright future. Each woman is weary of the other, insecure and jealous about the relationship Oliver has with the other. Petty squabbles about the division of Oliver's time and money drag on indefinitely until a terrible tragedy leaves both women shattered. Forced to pull together through their shared loss, can they put their differences aside to emerge from the adversity?

The American Dream

Author: Lesset Clarke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781662450105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Have you ever heard of a young lady who followed her dreams and got the biggest surprise of her life? Lesset is that lady. She left Jamaica, a beautiful tropical island, with nothing but sunshine-a place where one doesn't need a vacation-for America, a country with four seasons (spring, summer, fall, and winter). Most of all, she tends to enjoy the snow and a lot more for one to know. So come with Lesset on her journey and many more to come. Live, love, and stay blessed. See you in my next book.

Vince and Joy

Author: Lisa Jewell
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141012188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419

Book Description
From teenage love in an eighties holiday park to flatshares, relationships, career crises and children, this is the story of two lives separated yet forever entwined, prompting the question 'how do you know if something is really meant to be?'

31 Dream Street

Author: Lisa Jewell
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141900571
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480

Book Description
From the Number One bestselling author of Then She Was Gone, comes a romance about neighbours brought together by fate . . . For years curious and warm-hearted Leah has watched the tumbledown house across the street and its collection of slightly odd-looking inhabitants. Then one day - out of the blue - she gets a chance to peek behind the front door, when its owner comes to her with a problem. Toby's house has become home to all the waifs and strays he's helped out over the years. He'd like to sell up, move on and get a life, but he wouldn't think of turfing his tenants out. And they wouldn't think of letting him. So when Leah agrees to help out, things suddenly start to happen. But are all changes for the best? And can Toby and Leah sprinkle enough magic dust around to make their own dreams come true? 'Another gem from the modern-classic queen' Company 'A big warm-hearted book' Marie Claire