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The Audition by Maddie Ziegler
epub |eng | | Author:Maddie Ziegler

CHAPTER 14 It wasn’t that bad,” my mother told me as she rewrapped the bandage Vanessa had given me to wrap around my banged-up knee. “Physically,” I muttered. Fortunately, I’d ...
( Category: Arts, Music & Photography November 23,2017 )
The Mystery by Lacey Sturm
epub |eng | 2016-08-24 | Author:Lacey Sturm

Hero Note: Sarah Patrick Meet Sarah Patrick. She is a hero to me because she has great faith. She is willing to pour out her life every moment in order ...
( Category: Arts & Literature November 17,2017 )
The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Margarita Engle

Writing was not considered ladylike in a castle with plenty of room for pianos and ballet. ELENA The castle where Fredrika spent her childhood was haunted. In the attic, there ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 9,2017 )
Leaving Glorytown by Eduardo F. Calcines
epub |eng | | Author:Eduardo F. Calcines

That spring, Tío William was released from prison and we thought it was a miracle that the government released him when they were supposed to. It had been a long ...
( Category: Biographies November 9,2017 )
Under Siege! by Andrea Warren
epub |eng | 2009-11-09 | Author:Andrea Warren [Warren, Andrea]

This photograph, taken after the war, shows an entrance to one of the caves. The cannonballs on display may have fallen nearby during the siege. Unbelievably, Lucy reported, “during all ...
( Category: Education & Reference November 9,2017 )
It Happened to Nancy by Beatrice Sparks
epub |eng | 1994-11-08 | Author:Beatrice Sparks

Thursday, February 28 7 P.M. Dorie’s mom let her come over after school to study and have dinner. LET HER? Here she’s about to become a mother, and she has ...
( Category: Biographies November 8,2017 )
Balcony on the Moon by Ibtisam Barakat
epub |eng | | Author:Ibtisam Barakat

Agreement “You know that I left school after the sixth grade, got engaged when I was fourteen, and married at fifteen,” Mother says. Hearing this I dart an impatient look ...
( Category: Biographies November 8,2017 )
Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary by Martha Brockenbrough
epub |eng | 2017-08-01 | Author:Martha Brockenbrough

AEDANUS BURKE ACCUSED ALEXANDER OF MAKING A CRUEL ATTACK ON SOUTHERN SOLDIERS. That word choice was provocative. More letters were exchanged in accordance with the rules for affairs of honor. ...
( Category: Education & Reference October 30,2017 )
Lost Boy, Lost Girl by John Bul Dau
epub |eng | 2010-10-26 | Author:John Bul Dau

Martha Again we started packing. We had only been in Pochala a few months, but we had to leave, this time heading for Kapoeta, a large town near the border ...
( Category: Social Issues October 26,2017 )
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Opdyke; Jennifer Armstrong
mobi |eng | 2008-12-18 | Author:Irene Opdyke; Jennifer Armstrong

The Blows of the Ax I had taken six people to the forest, and although they had disappeared, they were never far from my thoughts. When I could, I borrowed ...
( Category: Education & Reference October 24,2017 )
Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
epub |eng | 2007-07-24 | Author:Melba Pattillo Beals [Beals, Melba Pattillo]

AS with any high school on Friday, the anticipation of the weekend brought excitement, and this was a special Friday for Central High’s student body. The occasion for all the ...
( Category: Memoirs October 24,2017 )
Good Behavior by Nathan L. Henry
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-10-22 | Author:Nathan L. Henry

[ TWENTY-NINE ] Josh came by my door and asked me if I wanted to go to rec. It was raining, so it would be inside. I wondered if Dicky ...
( Category: Biographies October 22,2017 )
The Book that Made Me by Various
epub |eng | 2016-10-19 | Author:Various [Ridge, Judith]

It Looks Like a Comic Mal Peet Well, it wasn’t a particular book. It wasn’t even books in general, much as I loved them. As soon as I could read, ...
( Category: Biographies October 19,2017 )
Women of the Frontier by Brandon Marie Miller
epub |eng | 2013-10-19 | Author:Brandon Marie Miller

Charlotte “Lotta” Crabtree “Golden Wonder” of the Stage In 1855, the mining town of Rabbit Creek, California, witnessed the debut of a local performer, Miss Lotta Crabtree. The show opened ...
( Category: Biographies October 19,2017 )
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston James D. Houston
epub |eng | 2002-04-28 | Author:Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston [Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston]

One of our leaders on those excursions was a pretty young woman named Lois, about twenty-five at the time, who wore long braids, full skirts, and peasant blouses. She was ...
( Category: Ethnic & National October 18,2017 )

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