Geography & Cultures
epub |eng | 2011-12-04 | Author:Kekla Magoon

CHAPTER 29 Smiling, i step out into the aisle. “hi, Bailey.” I tuck the Pop-Tarts behind my back like some kind of contraband. Bailey’s mom is a tall, pretty woman ...
( Category: African-American December 5,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Elizabeth Enright

VII. “As a Ragpicker’s Pocket” IT WAS an old bus but still jaunty looking, and the driver had a rose stuck in his cap, and a pencil behind one ear. ...
( Category: United States December 5,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-10-17 | Author:Alexander, Nick [Alexander, Nick]

Once Ken’s Megane has pulled away, Tim sets the kids up with “Bug’s Life” in Boris’ bedroom, then joins Natalya in the lounge. “Phew!” he says, chucking himself onto the ...
( Category: Short Stories December 5,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lois Lenski

“No Mama,” said Orvie. “Well, you know it now and I don’t want you to forget it.” “I won’t do it again, Mama. But can’t I have even a nickel ...
( Category: Farm Life November 12,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-05-13 | Author:John R. Erickson

Chapter Seven: True Love Actually there wasn’t any breakfast. And then there wasn’t any lunch. Along toward the middle of the afternoon, it occurred to me that if I wanted ...
( Category: Farm Life November 12,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lois Lenski

“You see, we en’t stole your precious doll-baby, you!” roared Claude Broussard. “You believe me, yes?” “I not believe one word you say!” shouted Papa Jules. He was angry now. ...
( Category: Native North & South Americans November 12,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-13 | Author:Marilyn Nelson

Mama’s rented a colonial house a block from the ocean, in a village where we’re the First Negroes of everything. We’re the First Negro Family in Town, the First Negro ...
( Category: African-American November 12,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-01-08 | Author:Maureen Johnson

17 ENGLAND IS STRANGE IN MANY WAYS, AND ONE OF THOSE ways is that they leave things like Stonehenge sitting at the side of the road. I think I expected ...
( Category: Europe November 5,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jenn Bennett

17 As I walked under the arch, I glanced up at the camera and felt his fingers slide around mine. “Hi,” he said in a softer voice. God, he smelled ...
( Category: City Life November 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-29 | Author:Martin W. Sandler [Sandler, Martin W.]

As Bertholf would discover, traveling with such heavy loads, even over relatively unchallenging terrain, could present potential problems. By this time, Bertholf, while still hardly a veteran of the frozen ...
( Category: 1800s October 30,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-09-17 | Author:Renn, Diana [Renn, Diana]

Around seven-thirty, guests began trickling down to the tables, just as Mom and I had finished setting up the buffet. We greeted them in the small dining area off the ...
( Category: Family October 26,2015 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Chloe Taylor [Taylor, Chloe]

The next evening at dinner, her father said he’d spoken to the camp director. “The good news is that she was really impressed to hear you’d built up such a ...
( Category: City Life October 14,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2010-06-09 | Author:Osborne, Mary Pope & Sal Murdocca & Murdocca, Sal [Osborne, Mary Pope]

Jack felt sorry for the rhinos. Too bad animals can’t wear glasses, he thought. He read more: The Indian rhino is a very endangered animal. This means that there are ...
( Category: Nature October 13,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2012-03-01 | Author:Deborah Ellis

Palwasha, 16 During the reign of the Taliban, the soccer stadium was a torture chamber. Every Friday they would force spectators into the seats to watch prisoners being punished. People ...
( Category: Middle East October 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-02 | Author:Margi Preus

Later, sitting in the soba shop, hunched over a bowl of broth, he thought of his conversation with Kiku about belonging. He did not belong here, in this place, with ...
( Category: Asia October 11,2015 )