Find Your Tribe (and 9 Other Things I Wish I'd Known in High School)

Find Your Tribe (and 9 Other Things I Wish I'd Known in High School) PDF Author: Rebecca Sparrow
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702252557
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Everybody knows that high school can be tough, especially when your best friend behaves like your worst enemy, the person you have a crush on fails to notice you exist, and your athletic skills come in for universal derision. Bestselling author Rebecca Sparrow explains how to get through it all with the help of Ruby Rose, Wil Anderson, and other celebrities. Together they explain how bouncing back, trusting your instincts, and finding your tribe can make all the difference. This is an indispensable guide for adolescents for surviving—and enjoying—their teen years.

Find Your Feet (The 8 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Left High School)

Find Your Feet (The 8 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Left High School) PDF Author: Rebecca Sparrow
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702250821
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
From bestselling author Rebecca Sparrow, comes the little book of information that every young woman should read. Everybody knows finishing high school and deciding what to do next can be tough. Should you go to university? TAFE? Get an apprenticeship? Or just travel the world? Plus there’s all the new pressures – like budgets, living out of home, making choices about a career you aren’t sure of, relationships, eating well, making friends and … the list goes on! So how do you get through it? Glad you asked. From the author of The Girl Most Likely and Find Your Tribe (and 9 other things I wish I'd known in high school) comes the follow-up book, Find Your Feet (the 8 things I wish I’d known before I left high school), a practical, humorous, guide for girls to help them navigate their post year-12 years and beyond. This little book will be invaluable and a must-read for those who need a little help in surviving the years after school.

I Know This Much Is True

I Know This Much Is True PDF Author: Wally Lamb
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780060391621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 884

Book Description
With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) PDF Author: Sherman Alexie
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316219304
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299

Book Description
A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

Find Your Feet (the 8 Things I Wish I'D Known Before I Left High School)

Find Your Feet (the 8 Things I Wish I'D Known Before I Left High School) PDF Author: Rebecca Sparrow
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
ISBN: 9780702249624
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Everybody knows finishing high school and deciding what to do next can be tough, so how do you get through it?. From the author of The girl most likely and Find your tribe (and 9 other things I wish I'd known in high school) comes a practical, humorous, guide for girls to help them navigate their post year-12 years and beyond.

Raising Readers

Raising Readers PDF Author: Megan Daley
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702263621
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 267

Book Description
Some kids refuse to read, others won't stop &– not even at the dinner table! Either way, many parents question the best way to support their child's literacy journey. When can you start reading to your child? How do you find that special book to inspire a reluctant reader? What can you do to keep your tween reading into their adolescent years? Award-winning teacher librarian Megan Daley, the passionate voice behind the Children's Books Daily blog, has the answers to all these questions and more. She unpacks her twenty years of experience into this personable and accessible guide, enhanced with up-to-date research and firsthand accounts from well-known Australian children's authors. It also contains practical tips, such as suggested reading lists and instructions on how to run book-themed activities.Raising Readers is a must-have resource for parents and educators to help the children in their lives fall in love with books.

Bronxwood

Bronxwood PDF Author: Coe Booth
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 054533246X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
The acclaimed author of TYRELL and KENDRA returns to PUSH to continue Tyrell's astonishing story.Tyrell's father is just out of jail, and Tyrell doesn't know how to deal with that. It's bad enough that his brother Troy is in foster care and that his mother is no help whatsoever. Now there's another thing up in his face, just when he's trying to settle down. Tyrell's father has plans of his own, and doesn't seem to care whether or not Tyrell wants to go along with them. Tyrell can see the crash that's coming -- with his dad, with the rest of his family, with the girls he's seeing -- but he's not sure he can stop it. Or if he even wants to.

Just Ask Us

Just Ask Us PDF Author: Heather Wolpert-Gawron
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1506363296
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Based on over 1000 nationwide student surveys, these 10 deep engagement strategies help you implement achievement-based cooperative learning. Includes video and a survey sample.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh PDF Author: Robert C. O'Brien
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665911611
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this Newbery Medal Award–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien. Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service.

Ask Me Anything

Ask Me Anything PDF Author: Rebecca Sparrow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781458794505
Category : Adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
From bestselling author Rebecca Sparrow, comes the little book of information that every young woman should read. Ask Me Anything is a question - and - answer style book for Australian teenage girls. Set out in an easy - to - read, open - at - any - page format, it covers deeply personal and real questions girls want to ask and find a trusted answer for: 'I'm ugly. How will I ever get a boyfriend?' or 'Do I need to know what I want to be when I'm older?' or 'How can I be more popular?' or 'How do you know if your friends really like you?' From the author of Find Your Tribe and Find Your Feet, Rebecca Sparrow has written the perfect big sister book, full of advice, wisdom and humour. This little book will be invaluable and a must - read for those who need a little help with friendship, life, love and family.
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