![]() ![]() It is a quiet story about common, ordinary people. Henkes manages to make the everyday events of life deeply meaningful, and he has an astonishing ability to convey the thoughts and feelings of children. the characters are all pretty average people, and there are no extraordinary events in the book. But as I am an adult who just likes books for intermediate and teen readers, it didn't bother me.There is much in common with Henkes' books for middle grade readers here. You won't find many books quite like this one, because few second graders read well enough to tackle this book, and 4th or 5th graders, whose reading level it's closer to, don't generally want to read about younger children. The stories take place as Billy tries to navigate his 2nd grade year at school. ![]() ![]() The Year of Billy Miller is told in four segments, each largely an independent story, focusing on Billy's relationships with his 1) Teacher 2) Father 3) 3-year old sister and 4) Mother. ![]()
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![]() ![]() One night, he hears from his soldier friend, Iago, that Desdemona has secretly married his General, the Moorish Othello. Othello allows jealousy to consume him, murders Desdemona, and then kills himself.īefore Othello begins, Roderigo has been pursuing Desdemona, a Venetian noblewoman. Iago manipulates Othello into believing his wife Desdemona is unfaithful, stirring Othello's jealousy. Iago is furious about being overlooked for promotion and plots to take revenge against his General Othello, the Moor of Venice. TL DR (may contain spoilers): Iago manipulates literally everyone. Information to help you plan your visit to Shakespeare's family homes Prices, booking, opening times and more to help you get organisedĮnjoy seasonal activities and special events throughout the year Walk in Shakespeare's footsteps at Shakespeare's New Place Relive Shakespeare's love story at Anne Hathaway's Cottage Visit William Shakespeare's Birthplace and explore his childhood world, right where it all began. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And when he asks Jessi to pretend to be his girlfriend for the final months of Mel’s life, Jessi finds herself drawn back into the world of the Cohens. Everything’s changed, but Jessi can’t help wanting to be a Cohen, even if it means playing pretend for one final summer. But when Luke comes home from college, it's hard to ignore the past. Now Jessi spends her days at a dead-end summer job avoiding her real mother, who suddenly wants to play a role in Jessi's life after being absent for so long. Mel is in remission and Luke hates Jessi for the role she played in breaking his family apart. It’s been almost a year since Jessi last visited the Cohen house. She’d spent her childhood in the house next door, challenging Rowan Cohen to tennis matches while his older brother, Luke, studied in the background and Mel watched over the three like the mother Jessi always wished she had.īut then everything changed. ![]() For fans of Far From the Tree, Emergency Contact, and Nina LaCour.īefore she kissed one of the Cohen boys, seventeen-year-old Jessi Rumfield knew what it was like to have a family-even if, technically, that family didn’t belong to her. This Is Us for teens, this luminous and heartbreaking contemporary novel follows a girl caught between two brothers as the three of them navigate family, loss, and love over the course of two summers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Uncovering the adolescent roots of issues that remain important to American women throughout their lives, this groundbreaking book challenges us to change the way we raise and educate girls. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR The classic account of the. By taking us into the lives of real young women who are struggling with eating disorders, sexual harrassment, and declining academic achievement, Orenstein brings the disturbing statistics to life with the skill and flair of an experienced journalist. Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-esteem, And The Confidence Gap EPUB 5u67q95hv0m0. Inspired by an American Association of University Women survey that showed a steep decline in confidence as girls reach adolescence, Orenstein set out to explore the obstacles girls face-in school, in the hoime, and in our culture.įor this intimate, girls' eye view of the world, Orenstein spent months observing and interviewing eighth-graders from two ethnically disparate communities, seeking to discover what was causing girls to fall into traditional patterns of self-censorship and self-doubt. ![]() When Peggy Orenstein's now-classic examination of young girls and self-esteem was first published, it set off a groundswell that continues to this day. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ![]() ![]() Blum discussed Tubes with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air BBC 4 presented it as a "Book of the Week" and Blum spoke about his research on the stages of TED Global and the London School of Economics, among dozens of other venues. It was a national bestseller, and met with wide acclaim from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Salon, The Guardian, The Economist, The Independent, Kirkus Reviews, Bookforum, Scientific American, New Scientist, Brain Pickings, Ars Technica, Science News and many others. ![]() Tubes was first published in June 2012 by Ecco/Harpercollins in the US and Viking/Penguin in the UK. Drawing on the research in his book, "Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet," Blum will argue for a continued emphasis on the Internet's real-world geography.Īndrew Blum is a journalist and the author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, the first book-length look at the physical heart of the Internet itself. Popular understanding of the Internet's physical reality has changed dramatically in the past half-decade, with consequences for privacy and security. ![]() ![]() His mother, Lou-Ann, was a house slave, which gave Nat a more privileged childhood than he would have had as a field slave. As a slave, Nat was given the last name of the family who owned his parents. In the early part of the book, Nat tells us about his younger years growing up on the Turner plantation. Nat spends his final days reviewing his life and the choices he has made. The book opens with Nat already captured and awaiting trial after the execution of his long-planned uprising. The author spent countless hours poring through historical documents to provide a framework for this fictional novel, in which William Styron attempts to imagine what kind of man Nat Turner really was. ![]() The Confessions of Nat Turner tells the story of an actual slave uprising organized by a slave named Nat Turner in the year 1831. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is so much to love here, and the good news is the end is just the beginning: Fall of Giants is the first in a planned trilogy. Action-packed with blood on the battlefield and conspiracies behind closed doors, Fall of Giants brings the nuances of each character to life and shifts easily from dirty coal mines to sparkling palaces. Intriguing stories of love and loyalty abound, from a forbidden romance between a German spy and a British aristocrat to a Russian soldier and his scandal-ridden brother in love with the same woman. The story follows five families across the globe as their fates intertwine with the extraordinary events of World War I, the political struggles within their own countries, and the rise of the feminist movement. At over 1,000 pages, Fall of Giants delivers all the elements that fans of Ken Follett have come to treasure: historical accuracy, richly developed characters, and a sweeping yet intimate portrait of a past world that you'll fully inhabit before the first chapter is through. Amazon Best of the Month, September 2010: Welcome to the 20th century as you've never seen it. The first in Ken Follett's bestselling Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. ![]() ![]() ![]() I doubt that I’m the only one who wanted to live in a dugout and eat vanity cakes (“because they are all puffed up, like vanity, with nothing solid inside”) after reading this book. My introduction to Wilder’s world was the fourth book in the series, ON THE BANKS OF PLUM, CREEK and it remains my favorite. To me, Wilder will always be the little girl who ran barefoot through fragrant prairie grasses with her sunbonnet dangling down her back. ![]() ), long-legged (“Snipes!”), and sometimes naughty (and excellent at revenge). But in my mind, there is no Laura Ingalls Wilder the grown-up writer, there is only Laura Ingalls: spritely (twinkly-eyed, like Pa), braided (blue bows only, please, except that once . . . Laura Ingalls Wilder would have turned 150 this year. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Since then there have been sequels (one by Saint-Exupery’s niece), a theme park in South Korea, a museum in Japan, a French boutique with branded Little Prince merchandise, another film adaptation, and most recently, a translation in the Arabic dialect known as Hassānīya, making the book one of the most widely translated work of all-time. Soon, the prince traveled to other media audiobook vinyls debuted as early as 1954, which progressed to radio and stage plays, and eventually a 1974 film starring Bob Fosse and Gene Wilder. Though it only arrived in France after World War II, The Little Prince made it to Poland, Germany and Italy before the decade was up. The highly imaginative novella about a young, intergalactic traveler, spent two weeks on The New York Times’ best-seller list and went through at least three printings by December of that year. Though reviewers were initially confused about who, exactly, French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s had written The Little Prince for, readers of all ages embraced the young boy from Asteroid B-612 when it hit stores 75 years ago this week. ![]() ![]() ![]() Surprisingly, Millie and Emily become best friends instantly, and Millie even goes to Emily's for a sleepover. However, in a twist of fate, she meets Millicent Min, a home-schooled Chinese girl who was forced to play volleyball because there wasn't a gym at home. During these torture sessions, Emily must learn to hit the ball over the net, live with the awful Coach Gowin, and endure and reflect insults from popular girl, Julie and her "back-up singers." Just when her summer looked like it couldn't get any worse, Emily is signed up for volleyball by Alice. ![]() Emily only chose to live with Alice because if she lived with her father, she would get in his way- and the way of his band, Talky Boys, which is touring the East Coast. ![]() It was she who wanted to divorce, to tear the family apart, and to sell the house that Emily loved. The only reason she had to move was because her parents divorced, and it was all because of Alice, her boring journalist mother. The road from Allendale, New Jersey, to Rancho Rosetta, California, is not a smooth one for fun-loving Emily Ebers. Moving is not a pleasant experience- especially moving to the other side of the country with a moody mother who insists on stopping at every museum along the way. ![]() |