![]() ![]() Is there a castaway living somewhere on the island.?Ĭontributor Bio(s): Warner, Gertrude Chandler: - Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in 1890 in Putnam, Connecticut, where she taught school and wrote The Boxcar Children because she had often imagined how delightful it would be to live in a caboose or freight car. The Boxcar Children are on a trip with Grandfather to a beautiful island in the South Seas The island is supposed to be deserted, but as the Aldens explore, they start to find signs that suggest they are not alone. ![]() Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 2.0 ![]() Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories But they soon suspect someone else is there too, someone who may not want them around.Ĭlick for more in this series: Boxcar Children Mysteries WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: Now vacationing with their grandfather in the South Seas, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are supposed to be on an uninhabited island. Contributor(s): Warner, Gertrude Chandler (Author), Gringhuis, Dirk (Illustrator) ![]()
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![]() ![]() Once was translated into German ( Einmal) and was nominated for the 2010 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis it won the 2011 Katholischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis. Although Once is a work of fiction, Gleitzman was inspired by the story of Janusz Korczak, the events of World War II, and Hitler's attempt to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe. ![]() He finds a girl, who is unconscious, called Zelda in a burning house with her dead parents-he takes her with him and protects her from confronting her parents' death by telling her stories. ![]() It is about a Jewish boy named Felix who lived in Poland and is on a quest to find his book-keeper parents after he sees Nazis burning the books from a Catholic orphanage in which had stayed at for 3 years and 8 months. Once is a 2005 children's novel by Australian author Morris Gleitzman. ![]() ![]() The goal is simple, the situation anything but. ![]() Neither Steel’s possessive nature nor Kendras’s shattered foot can keep him from finding the last of his brothers… or the mysterious leader of the Scorpions, a man who held Kendras’s heart long before Steel tried to take it for himself. ![]() He is a Scorpion he’ll do whatever it takes to survive.īut his true goal is to rebuild the Scorpions. When a steel-eyed stranger offers him medicine and shelter in exchange for submission and a secret task, Kendras has no choice but to accept. Kendras is a casualty of war: injured, penniless, and quite possibly the last surviving member of the only family he’s ever known-the elite fighting force known as the Scorpions. Assuming, of course, you survive the encounter. You learn your wisest lessons from your enemies. The beautiful covers were created by Anna Sikorska. ![]() Political drama, court intrigue, love, loyalty, betrayal and a plot driven story line that will keep you guessing right up to the very end. ![]() The Memory of Scorpions series is a gritty military fantasy featuring a very diverse, very queer cast of characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ellie lives in an altered version of modern-day America. The book follows a seventeen-year-old girl named Elatsoe, or Ellie, who is Native American and grounded firmly in her Lipan Apache tradition and culture. Once I found out the book was about a teenage girl with a pet ghost dog who goes on a journey to investigate the mysterious death of her cousin – I was all in. ![]() ![]() It depicts a girl in a hooded jacket surrounded by running white dogs in a painted style. I picked up “ Elatsoe” solely because of the book’s cover, which was illustrated by Rovina Cai. If you are participating in the Manhattan Public Library’s ReadMHK reading program, you can read a book by a Native American author and log it for this month’s theme of “Native Authors.” Looking for a young adult option to fulfill the prompt? I encourage you to check out “ Elatsoe” by Darcie Little Badger, who is an enrolled member of the Lipan Apache tribe of Texas. ![]() A great way to learn more about Indigenous cultures is to read books by and about Indigenous peoples. November is Native American Heritage Month, a month dedicated to the history and current culture of the Indigenous peoples of this country. “Elatsoe” by Darcie Little Badger: A Reviewīy Rashael Apuya, Teen Services Librarian ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We do our best to ensure all of our customers enjoy a happy shopping experience with however occasionally you may need to return an item. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. Erin Spencer, Huffington Post.įrom Rupi Kaur, the bestselling author of Milk and Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Accompanied by her own sketches, the beautifully honest poems read like the everyday, collective experiences of todays modern woman. Rupi Kaur first book, Milk and Honey is the poetry collection every woman needs on her nightstand or coffee table. illustrated by the author, themes of nature and nurture, light and dark, rest here. home body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself - reminding readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family, and embrace change. Rupi Kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home body, she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present and the potential of the self. ![]() ![]() ![]() Who knows but that Fairyland is filled with old, lovable Rag Dolls-soft, loppy Rag Dolls who ride through all the wonders of Fairyland in the crook of dimpled arms, snuggling close to childish breasts within which beat hearts filled with eternal sunshine. The more you become torn, tattered and loose-jointed, Rag Dolls, the more you are loved by children. No wonder Rag Dolls are the best beloved! You are so kindly, so patient, so lovable. What lessons of kindness and fortitude you might teach could you but talk you with your wisdom of fifty-nine years. ![]() What joy and happiness you have brought into this world!Īnd no matter what treatment you have received, how patient you have been! ![]() What adventures you must have had, Raggedy! True, she has been nibbled by mice, who have made nests out of the soft cotton with which she has been stuffed, but Raggedy smiled just as broadly when the mice nibbled at her, for her smile is painted on. There she sits, a trifle loppy and loose-jointed, looking me squarely in the face in a straightforward, honest manner, a twinkle where her shoe-button eyes reflect the electric light.Įvidently Raggedy has been to a “tea party” today, for her face is covered with chocolate. The same Raggedy Ann with which my mother played when a child. As I write this, I have before me on my desk, propped up against the telephone, an old rag doll. ![]() ![]() While the Revolution of 1776-1783 created the United States, the Civil War of 1861-1865 determined what kind of nation it would be. The Civil War is the central event in America's historical consciousness. 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![]() There are several types of tyranny faced by de-notified and nomadic tribe's people. Verbal, physical, and sexual harassment are commonly practised against de-notified and nomadic tribe women. ![]() Women are also the worst sufferer in this community. Their increasing marginality compounds the already existing prejudices against them, so they are seen to be perennially disloyal. These contemporary oppressed situations get worse for them and push this community to marginalize. They all suffered injustices from both government and society. Even after India's independence, the act was carried on, and those tribes came to be called 'de-notified tribes', but society remained stigmatized as criminals. Those tribes were notified as criminals since colonial India in 1871 under the Criminal Tribal Act. Society generally recognizes those communities as 'criminal tribes'. In our country, there are 198 de-notified tribes and 313 nomadic tribes. ![]() ![]() The de-notified and nomadic tribes are an integral part of our Indian society. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a moment for introspection and stripping down to bare essentials. ![]() Consumerism is on the retreat, and the acquisition of material objects is a dead end. Where there was certainty, there is now doubt and angst. Another towering human structure, capitalism, is trembling at the foundations. "The light gleams an instant, then it's night once more." But it is also funny and poetic, and reveals humanity's talents for stoicism, companionship and keeping going. As a modernist existential meditation it can at first appear bleak: "They give birth astride of a grave," says Pozzo. Waiting for Godot seems to have a unique resonance during times of social and political crisis. Man on Wire, the Oscar-winning documentary about Philippe Petit's high-wire walk between New York's Twin Towers in 1974, has been described as the most powerful 9/11 film yet made, precisely because it does not mention 9/11. But often the most eloquent response is the most indirect. Does theatre have a purpose when the world's financial system is in downturn, or rather recession, or rather depression? There may be a play to come that will dissect the avarice, incompetence and structural causes of the malaise. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book provides instruction in how to guide students in the transition from a self-image of being "damaged goods" to one of "survivor's pride," while presenting them with alternatives to violent and delinquent behaviors to cope with their feelings and set directions for their lives. Even rebellious acts are reframed as signs of resilience in attempting to cope with debilitating circumstances. The various programs of Starr Commonwealth operate under the belief that problem youth are best helped not by undermining their self-esteem through punishment and authoritarian control but rather by identifying and building upon their resilient strengths under adverse conditions. ![]() |