Waiting for Anya

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780008640781
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A gripping World War II adventure from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo. Jo did not stop until he'd shut the door behind him and even then his heart could not stop pounding in his ears. Jo finds out that Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis over the mountains near his village. All goes to plan until German soldiers start patrolling the mountains, and Jo realises the children are trapped. Jo's slightest mistake could have devastating consequences ... Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Fiction award Waiting for Anya is a novel that takes children to the heart of a tumultuous period in history, providing a wider context for children who have studied the Holocaust and The Diary of Anne Frank.

Anya's Ghost

Author: Vera Brosgol
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596435526
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Features main character smoking, possessing pills; contains references to sexual harassment and violence.

Katherine

Author: Anya Seton
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544222881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 609

Book Description
John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, Chaucer's sister-in-law, fall in love in the 14th century.

Anya and the Dragon

Author: Sofiya Pasternack
Publisher: Versify
ISBN: 0358006074
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419

Book Description
This lush tale of magic and dragons is a gem for any adventure-seeking middle grader and perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the End of Time. Anya and the Dragon is the story of fantasy and mayhem in tenth century Eastern Europe, where headstrong eleven-year-old Anya is a daughter of the only Jewish family in her village. When her family's livelihood is threatened by a bigoted magistrate, Anya is lured in by a friendly family of fools, who promise her money in exchange for helping them capture the last dragon in Kievan Rus. This seems easy enough, until she finds out that the scary old dragon isn't as old--or as scary--as everyone thought. Now Anya is faced with a choice: save the dragon, or save her family.

Dust & Grooves

Author: Eilon Paz
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1607748703
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 577

Book Description
A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.

The Words in My Hands

Author: Asphyxia
Publisher: Annick Press
ISBN: 1773215302
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327

Book Description
Part coming of age, part call to action, this fast-paced #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is a unique and inspiring exploration of what it means to belong. Smart, artistic, and independent, sixteen year old Piper is tired of trying to conform. Her mom wants her to be “normal,” to pass as hearing, to get a good job. But in a time of food scarcity, environmental collapse, and political corruption, Piper has other things on her mind—like survival. Piper has always been told that she needs to compensate for her Deafness in a world made for those who can hear. But when she meets Marley, a new world opens up—one where Deafness is something to celebrate, and where resilience means taking action, building a com-munity, and believing in something better. Published to rave reviews as Future Girl in Australia (Allen & Unwin, Sept. 2020), this empowering, unforgettable story is told through a visual extravaganza of text, paint, collage, and drawings. Set in an ominously prescient near future, The Words in My Hands is very much a novel for our turbulent times.

If in Doubt, Wash Your Hair

Author: Anya Hindmarch
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526629739
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description

Pickled Watermelon

Author: Esty Schachter
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
ISBN: 1512499900
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
In the summer of 1986, Molly visits her grandparents in Israel and worries about the language barrier.

Asylum Road

Author: Olivia Sudjic
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526617412
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
'An eerily familiar reflection of our current moment ... It continues to haunt me' NATASHA BROWN, I PAPER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'I will go wherever she takes me. A phenomenal book' DAISY JOHNSON 'A brilliant, scalding novel ... sharp, intricately layered, impossible to forget' MEGAN HUNTER 'Stunning ... beautifully written and deeply unsettling' BOOKSELLER, EDITOR'S CHOICE CHOSEN AS A 2021 BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, FINANCIAL TIMES, EVENING STANDARD, GRAZIA, STYLIST, ELLE THE NATIONAL, FIVE BOOKS AND BURO A couple drive from London to coastal Provence. Anya is preoccupied with what she feels is a relationship on the verge; unequal, precarious. Luke, reserved, stoic, gives away nothing. As the sun sets one evening, he proposes, and they return to London engaged. But planning a wedding does little to settle Anya's unease. As a child, she escaped from Sarajevo, and the idea of security is as alien now as it was then. When social convention forces Anya to return, she begins to change. The past she sought to contain for as long as she can remember resurfaces, and the hot summer builds to a startling climax. Lean, sly and unsettling, Asylum Road is about the many borders governing our lives: between men and women, assimilation and otherness, nations, families, order and chaos. What happens, and who do we become, when they break down?

The Mozart Question

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406366396
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
A young journalist goes to Venice, Italy, to interview a famous violinist, who tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis, and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart.