As abolitionists fought to end slavery and influential southerners fought to keep it, the institution of slavery became a political issue. This valuable resource for student reports presents the impassioned debates made on the subject. Primary source document excerpts help further understanding.
Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Awkward, and All's Faire in Middle School, this graphic novel follows a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary cardboard into fantastical homemade costumes as they explore conflicts with friends, family, and their own identity. "A breath of fresh air, this tender and dynamic collection is a must-have." --Kirkus, Starred Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their ordinary block into cardboard kingdom. This is the summer when sixteen kids encounter knights and rogues, robots and monsters--and their own inner demons--on one last quest before school starts again. In the Cardboard Kingdom, you can be anything you want to be--imagine that! The Cardboard Kingdom was created, organized, and drawn by Chad Sell with writing from ten other authors: Jay Fuller, David DeMeo, Katie Schenkel, Kris Moore, Molly Muldoon, Vid Alliger, Manuel Betancourt, Michael Cole, Cloud Jacobs, and Barbara Perez Marquez. The Cardboard Kingdom affirms the power of imagination and play during the most important years of adolescent identity-searching and emotional growth. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS * THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY * SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL * A TEXAS BLUEBONNET 2019-20 MASTER LIST SELECTION "There's room for everyone inside The Cardboard Kingdom, where friendship and imagination reign supreme." --Ingrid Law, New York Times bestselling author of Savvy "A timely and colorful graphic novel debut that, like its many offbeat but on-point characters, marches to the beat of its own cardboard drum." --Tim Federle, award-winning author of Better Nate Than Ever
It's nearly Halloween in The Cardboard Kingdom, and one thing is for sure: a mystery is afoot. Nate is positive he saw a monster in his backyard. It wasn't a shadow or a rustling tree. It wasn't his eyes playing a trick on him. It was a monster, plain and simple. But the trouble is, no one believes him. Even his stepbrother, Elijah, says he must have imagined it ... Until it shows up over and over again in the kingdom. Always at night, always on the move. This monster is quick, and it's, well, super scary. Even Vijay the Beast is rattled by this menacing new creature. But what does the monster want? Why has it come to the kingdom? And what can the kids do about it? It will take the greatest heroes, scientists, and sleuths in the Cardboard Kingdom to crack the case!"--Jacket
It is difficult for the modern student to truly understand how America could have supported slavery. This volume, containing primary source first-person accounts, allows readers to learn directly from the people of the time. Through their wordssome hateful, others inspiringstudents will develop a fuller understanding of this chapter in American history.
It is difficult for the modern student to truly understand how America could have supported slavery. This volume, containing primary source first-person accounts, allows readers to learn directly from the people of the time. Through their wordssome hateful, others inspiringstudents will develop a fuller understanding of this chapter in American history.
Imagine not trusting anyone around you! Imagine being so aloof that people did not even bother trying to get to know you! That is what Nick Walters did. He was tough, mean and sarcastic. He had people right where he wanted them-away from him. But Nick Walters learned a hard-and almost deadly-lesson. Its a lesson that he did not see coming. When he tried to find out what happened to him, he found that There Is No One Else to Blame.
As abolitionists fought to end slavery and influential southerners fought to keep it, the institution of slavery became a political issue. This valuable resource for student reports presents the impassioned debates made on the subject. Primary source document excerpts help further understanding.
What you'll learnPass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate ExamDesign Highly Resilient and Scaleable Websites on AWSBecome Intimately Familiar With The AWS PlatformBecome Amazon CertifiedBecome A Cloud Guru In this book we will start with a broad overview of the AWS platform and then deep dive into the individual elements of the AWS platform. You will explore Route53, EC2, S3, Cloud Front, Autoscaling, Load Balancing, RDS, RedShift, DynamoDB, EMR, VPC etc. AWS are constantly evolving their platform, in 2018 there have been over 1300 new product releases. As 2019 progresses we will continuously update this course with new content so you will never have to worry about missing out or failing the AWS certification test because of new content. This is the best online AWS training available, at a great affordable rate. Who this course is for:AWS Absolute Beginners. No prior AWS experience necessaryExisting Solutions ArchitectsProgrammers Interested in Deploying Applications on AWSPeople interested in hosting highly scaleable, fault tolerant applications (such as Wordpress and Joomla) on the AWS cloud.
Learn about the core AWS's services like compute, storage, networking services and how they work with other services like Identity, Mobile, Routing, and Security. This course provides you with a good grasp an all you need to know of AWS services.This book has been designed by three AWS Solution Certified Architects who have a combined industry experience of 17 years. We aim to provide you with just the right depth of knowledge you need to have.
Imagine not trusting anyone around you! Imagine being so aloof that people did not even bother trying to get to know you! That is what Nick Walters did. He was tough, mean and sarcastic. He had people right where he wanted them-away from him. But Nick Walters learned a hard-and almost deadly-lesson. Its a lesson that he did not see coming. When he tried to find out what happened to him, he found that There Is No One Else to Blame.
It has been a continuous struggle with myself as to whether I should write this journal. I was frustrated and needed to ascertain some way of keeping my sanity. It finally dawned on me that on the occasions when I was very frustrated, writing thoughts down might become a way to alleviate some of that stress. In writing this journal, I hoped to shed some light on the employees' and their perceptions and how they contributed to some of the problems at United Airlines. In the years I worked at United Airlines, I made some of the best friends I will ever have. I do not want you to think all the time I spent at United was negative. It was not. I have had some very good times and enjoyed working for them. Through all the challenges I faced, the good times far outweigh the bad. I always believed in doing things to enhance the work environment, and make it a fun experience for everyone so that it did not feel like being on a job. Therefore, I helped organize, plan, and create that atmosphere, through functions such as potlucks, and steak barbecues. In addition, I would bring in bagels, cakes, cookies etc. for the whole shop. We had a lot of fun. United had some of the best people you could ever imagine working for them, we were all like family! I had no intention of doing anything with these writings; it was simply a catharsis for me. When I retired there were so many things going on with United I decided at that point maybe I should publish my journal. A lot of the things that happened were events I was afraid would happen And did, such as the loss of so many jobs.
A practical handbook written for the practising physician, 'Stroke Medicine' provides an up-to-date, and easily accessible source of information on all aspects of stroke care from acute care, through to rehabilitation and secondary prevention.
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