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"Jaquira Díaz writes an unflinching account of growing up as a queer biracial girl searching for home as her family splits apart and her mother struggles with mental illness and addiction. From her own struggles with depression and drug abuse to her experiences of violence to Puerto Rico's history of colonialism, every page vibrates with music and lyricism"--
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As a little girl, Teressa's father dotes on her and little sister, Karen, while mercilessly mocking her older sister, Debbie. Teressa thinks its Debbie's fault-until she gets a little older and he begins tormenting her, too. Soon enough, his verbal abuse turns physical. Her sergeant father brings his military life home, meeting each of his daughters' infractions with extreme punishment for them all. Meanwhile, their mother watches silently, never...
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"A powerful and luminous story of grief and coming-of-age and a beautiful tribute to the relationship between a father and daughter. Alexandra "Al" Silber seems to have everything: brilliance, beauty, and talent in spades. But when her beloved father dies after a decade-long battle with cancer when she is just a teenager, it feels like the end of everything. Lost in grief, Al and her mother hardly know where to begin with the rest of their lives....
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"The captivating story behind the bestselling single in the history of Christian music--and the man who wrote the song. MercyMe's crossover hit, "I Can Only Imagine," has touched millions of people around the world. But few know about the pain, redemption, and healing that inspired it. Now Bart Millard, award-winning recording artist and lead singer of MercyMe, shares how his dad's transformation from abusive father to man of God sparked a divine...
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Chika Jeune was born in Haiti shortly before the devastating 2010 earthquake. When Chika is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, a doctor tells her orphanage that no doctor in Haiti can help. Mitch Albom and his wife Janine bring Chika to Detroit to see if they can find her help and discover a family they didn't know they were looking for.
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The Abraham Lincoln: Addressing a Nation primary source reader builds literacy skills while offering engaging content across social studies subject areas. Primary source documents provide an intimate glimpse into what life was like during the 1800s. This nonfiction reader can be purposefully differentiated for various reading levels and learning styles. It contains text features to increase academic vocabulary and comprehension, from captions and...
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Learn to be a leader by exploring the legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower. This Spanish nonfiction book describes Eisenhower's leadership in World War II and beyond. Ideal for young readers, the book also includes a short fiction story related to the topic, glossary, inspiring civics project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book explores the path Eisenhower took on his way to becoming the 34th president of the...
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Learn to be a leader by exploring the legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower. This nonfiction book describes Eisenhower's leadership in World War II and beyond. Ideal for young readers, the book also includes a short fiction story related to the topic, glossary, inspiring civics project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color book explores the path Eisenhower took on his way to becoming the 34th president of the United States....
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In this darkly funny, surprising memoir, the original "Lit Girl" and author of the era-defining Slaves of New York considers her life in and outside of New York City, from the heyday of the 1980s to her life today in a tiny upstate town that proves that fact is always stranger than fiction. With the publication of her acclaimed short story collection Slaves of New York, Tama Janowitz was crowned the Lit Girl of New York. Celebrated in rarified literary...
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I am a person with Dystonia a rare muscle disorder that knocked me down a lot but never knocked me out. I am a storyteller, but when stories are told as truth it is a lie. This book is my redemption, also an apology to thousands of people I hope will find it in their heart to forgive me. I wrote this as an autobiography that will continue Lord willing for the next hundred years of my life.
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Conversations are the heart of a gathering among friends.
In “Stories Around the Table: Laughter, Wisdom, and Strength in Military Life”, military spouses, parents, children, and service members gather together to laugh, cry, lend perspective, and share personal stories from their military life experience. From poignant to practical, tragic to humorous, these candid conversations from friends old and new shed heartfelt insight on many aspects...
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The book narrates the true story of a child who grew up in Beirut during an era of war. During that chaotic period, she found comfort and hope in nature. Her love for nature later took her to the Idaho forests to study forestry. A canceled flight led to her being stranded in Paris for the day. An unfortunate event put her on the path of love where she met the man of her dreams. Together they ended up exploring countless countries and eventually marrying...
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Heart-gripping accounts from family, friends, and military brethren show that the battle seldom ends when veterans come home. The physical and psychological scars mar them for life, a permanent bane that they endure for our peace and safety. Such scenarios have occurred countless times throughout our country's history to defend the red, white, and blue. Remarkably, most would do it all over again if needed. Despite PTSD, one such veteran, Jeremy Smith,...
14) Flesh Wounds
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A deluded mother who invented her past, an alcoholic father who couldn't deal with the present, a son who wondered if this could really be his family.
Richard Glover's favourite dinner party game is called 'Who's Got the Weirdest Parents?'. It's a game he always thinks he'll win. There was his mother, a deluded snob, who made up large swathes of her past and who ran away with Richard's English teacher, a Tolkien devotee, nudist and stuffed-toy collector....
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Relive a unique piece of history and culture as told through my Uncle Tim's letters to home from Vietnam. Real life anecdotes, insights and observations of the times and the war from an officer stationed primarily at Camp Red Ball from May 1967 through November 1968. Not just any officer, Tim worked in personal effects and was responsible for sending the deceased soldiers personal items home. This presentation of Tim's actual letters tell his story....
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The wind-swept prairie provided a gentle start to Priscilla's life while her father pastored a tiny church in the early nineteen-sixties. As they descended deeper into the isolation of their religious culture, mental illness shrouded the family's ability to make decisions and threatened to destroy them. Bound by rules and a controlling fear of the outside world, Priscilla faces a terrifying journey. Would she, be the first in her family to leave,...
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Your Loving Son, Andrew is the story of a young man named Andrew Knox who leaves behind his parents and his responsibilities on the family farm in Virginia to enlist as a soldier in the U.S. army, enticed by the promise of seeing the world and learning what it truly means to be a man.
After a heartfelt goodbye to his parents, Mike and Marie Knox, Andrew is on the bus heading to basic training when he meets Donald Birch, another young man who...
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The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of George H. W. Bush in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, author biography, timeline, glossary, index, and other informative backmatter. The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. These books examine the lives of famous historical...
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The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life former First Lady Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Alta Johnson in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, author biography, timeline, glossary, index, and other informative back matter. Author/Illustrator biography Glossary of key words Index Table of contents Timeline...
20) Barack Obama
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Ella gets to work digging her garden. This A-level story uses decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book uses a combination of sight words and short-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Author Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former director of the Language and Literacy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education developed a specific format...
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