Julie Hamston's Books

Combining humor and art with STEM subjects of science, technology, and math, Betty Builds It explores a burgeoning friendship between a genius engineering robot girl and her sweet younger brother who just wants to support his sister. Betty could build just about anything. Whatever she needs, she can make it for herself. But with a screen as her parental unit and her baby brother Toby who can’t do much, Betty longs for a friend—so she builds one! While Toby struggles to get his sister’s attention, Betty continues to build and build, until finally she realizes what she was looking for was beside her the whole time. Betty Builds It is a sweet family story of the new friendship between siblings, and also celebrates and promotes women and girls in science.

In Texas, myth often clashes with the reality of everyday government. Explore the state’s rich political tradition with the Eighth Edition of Lone Star Politics. Utilizing a comparative approach, the authors set Texas in context with other states′ constitutions, policymaking, electoral practices, and institutions as they delve into the evolution of its politics. Critical thinking questions and unvarnished Winners and Losers discussions guide students toward understanding Texas government and assessing the state′s political landscape. The Eighth Edition includes a brand-new chapter on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, along with the "tried and true" updates in every chapter that highlight the push-pull relationship between the state, federal, and local governments.

In 1925, Liz Hampton Adams is sent on a business trip to Miami to take her mind of her intended divorce. She meets developer Rick Pulaski, but just how far can she trust him?

Knowing Me, Knowing You teaches children about difference, how to live with it, how to respect it and how to critique representations of difference. It encourages students to be involved in a process of learning and relearning, about themselves and others. It contains practical activities and BLMs. There is a real need for a book like this in schools." --Eleanor Curtain Publishing.

About some of the special places on earth: places of great beauty, places where rare and endangered species can be found, places that have great value because they were created by civilizations of the past, and some incredible examples of human construction or skill. All of these are protected by the World Heritage project.

To escape her lecherous guardian, young Jeannie Fleming marries the arrogant heir to one of South Carolina's finest plantations.

Presents six fascinating case studies and a wealth of teaching strategies and activities for use in the curriculum areas of Studies of Society and Environment/HSIE and English. Provides a variety of written, spoken and visual texts designed for teachers of Years 4-6 but readily adapted for Years 7-8.

Ellis, whose storytelling has garnered wide acclaim, crafts a powerful tale about a woman who dares to dream. When the stock market crashes in 1929, Carol must support her destitute family following her father's suicide. She finally gets the chance to study architecture in Paris, but will she lose the one person who matters most in her life?

Single mother Carol Evans must balance her relationship with her angry teenage daughter and her growing love for Larry Ransome.

The hamlet of Bridgehampton was settled in 1656 and aptly named for the bridge that was built to connect the settlements of Mecox and Sagaponack. Ninety miles from New York City, this rural farming community was transformed by the arrival of the Long Island Rail Road in 1870. With the notion that salt air and sea breezes were the perfect relief from the hot and sweltering isle of Manhattan, wealthy New Yorkers made the sojourn to the pristine shores of the Atlantic Ocean. On a trip down Ocean Road toward the beach, one would pass the grand homes of a toy importer, a pen manufacturer, a coal industrialist, a merchant tailor, and an inventor--the established summer colony. The region quickly gained a reputation as a pleasant summer resort--a reputation that still thrives today.

A twenty-four-year-old man spurned by a forty-year-old woman decides she Sould pay for the rejection with her six-year-old son's life.

Praised by Publishers Weekly for her vivid settings and characters to care about, bestselling author Julie Ellis delivers a rich, unforgettable story about a woman of courage, passion, and conviction, that sweeps across three tumultuous decades.

To make dreams of a better life come true, Katie and Harry leave everything and everyone behind for Texas. Through the prosperous Roaring Twenties, the devastating Great Depression, and the tragedy of World War II, they struggle to build their future. Then an unexpected tragedy forces Katie to find her own strength to keep her family--and her marriage--together.

Single mother Stephanie Richards, a waitress at the family restaurant, and Paul Hamilton, a burnt-out derivatives broker, meet on a deserted beach at Montauk, New York.

Drama of four generations of women, beginning with journalist Fran Goldman, a child of the Depression and a young widow whose daughters and granddaughters benefit from her struggles and realize her dreams.

A young woman flees from turn-of-the-century Poland and pursues a brilliant stage career in the United States after an unsuccessful love affair in London

Saga of love and betrayal set in the American deep South.

Some twenty years after they graduated from college, full of hope and plans for the future, Claudia Adams is the envy of her friends. Her husband Todd is a successful investment banker, whose money pays for glamorous Caribbean holidays and a desirable New York home. But appearances are not everything. When Todd's business success turns out to be founded upon a fraud, and their marriage is revealed as a sham, Claudia must find out the hard way about financial insecurity and the realities of the employment market. As a middle-aged woman with no real work experience except as a wife, mother and hostess she is forced to take a low-level job as a saleswoman at Millers Department Store. Gradually, she starts to rebuild her shattered life one day at a time . . .

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