Author: Patricia Reilly GiffPublisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307520021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the whole month of December.
Author: Gemma Reece
Author: Frank WarrenThe Book of Secrets
Author: Mat TontiPublisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1728405572
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
This exciting graphic novel presents a series of puzzling mystical Jewish stories weaving together a daring adventure tale, following siblings Rose and Ben as they search for their missing grandparents, aided only by a mysterious book, a lantern, and their wits. Anticipating danger, the kids' grandmother, Bubbe, appears to the twins in a cloud of flour and tells them to find a package that contains a book. The midrash stories they find—about the flying Ziz, the giant Og, the gatekeeper at a maze, and a treasure-seeker who lives in a mushroom hut—provide insights into defeating the creepy sorceress scheming to take the book. As the mystery deepens, the siblings must follow the Lamplighter's wise advice, slip past a guard into a maze, reunite with their grandparents, and learn why they have inherited the responsibility to protect the book—and the Jewish people.
The Secret at the Polk Street School
Author: Patricia Reilly GiffPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453220410
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
DIVTo help her class win the school contest, Dawn Bosco will have to find the person who is trying to ruin their play, Little Red Riding Hood/divDIV /divDIVMs. Rooney’s second-grade class is determined to win the school contest by putting on a surprise play. Dawn Bosco will play Little Red Riding Hood, and Jason Bazyk will be the Big Bad Wolf./divDIV /divDIVBut someone is trying to ruin everything. First, Dawn hears a scary voice backstage. Then, the wolf suit goes missing. Dawn has to get to the bottom of the mystery in order to save the play and win the prize./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Patricia Reilly Giff including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./divDIV/div
Odette's Secrets
Author: Maryann MacdonaldPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599909251
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
For Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris, every day brings new dangers. So when Odette's father is thrown into a work camp and the Nazis suspect her mother of helping the Resistance, Odette is sent to the French countryside until it is safe to return. On the surface, Odette leads the life of a regular girl, going to school, doing chores, even attending Catholic masses with other children. But inside, she is burning with secrets for the life she left behind, and the identity she must hide at all costs. Yet when the war ends, the cost of keeping secrets takes an unexpected toll: can Odette return to Paris as a Jew, or has she changed too much? Inspired by the life of the real Odette Meyer, this moving free-verse novel is a story of triumph over adversity.
The Girls' Book of Secrets
Author: Ellen BaileyPublisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545373565
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
"The Girls' Book of Secrets" is a real treasure that girls will have fun filling out now and enjoy looking back on in the years to come. It's a journal style book that includes categories like favorite foods, craziest dreams, and deepest secrets. It also includes activities, quizzes, and questionnaires that can be filled out alone or with friends. Consumable.
The Black Book of Secrets
Author: F. E. HigginsPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429930802
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch—and he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed of—a safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who trades people's deepest, darkest secrets for cash. Ludlow's job is to neatly transcribe the confessions in an ancient leather-bound tome: The Black Book of Secrets. Ludlow yearns to trust his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future intentions. What the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may be held by his new apprentice.
Author: Jef CzekajNo More Secrets
Author: Hamilton BeanPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313391564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This in-depth analysis shows how the high stakes contest surrounding open source information is forcing significant reform within the U.S. intelligence community, the homeland security sector, and among citizen activists. Since 9/11, U.S. intelligence organizations have grappled with the use of "open source" information derived from unclassified material, including international newspapers, television, radio, and websites. They have struggled as well with the idea of sharing information with international and domestic law enforcement partners. The apparent conflict between this openness and the secrecy inherent in intelligence provides an opportunity to reconsider what intelligence is, how it is used, and how citizens and their government interact in the interests of national security. That is the goal of No More Secrets: Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence. To write this thought-provoking book, the author drew on his own direct participation in the institutionalization of open source within the U.S. government from 2001 to 2005, seeking to explain how these developments influence the nature of intelligence and relate to the deliberative principles of a democratic society. By analyzing how open source policies and practices are developed, maintained, and transformed, this study enhances public understanding of both intelligence and national security affairs.
