Adopted by Caucasian parents, biracial teen Lizzie feels like she never belonged. After the death of her father, Lizzie starts acting out — dating, staying away from home for days and giving up her plans to continue her education. When Lizzie discovers she is pregnant, she is faced with the difficult choice of having a child or getting an abortion. This leads Lizzie to want to find her own birth mother. After running away from home, Lizzie ends up in Kingston, where she tracks down an older woman named Ruth who sheds light on the circumstances surrounding Lizzie's birth.
Be blown away by this weather-focused series! This fantastic reader from QED shines a light on the ever-changing weather whilst also encouraging development of reading skills. This well-presented series educates readers on the falling rain, the icy snow, the whistling wind and the beaming sun. The repetitive text can motivate those who find reading difficult with simple, appealing language and structure. Each paragraph of text is accompanied by a stand-out image. The combination of eye-catching images with simple sentences creates titles that readers at level one want to read by themselves or out loud. Whether it’s night or day, summer or winter, raining or snowing, these books can be enjoyed whatever the weather!
Be blown away by this weather-focused series! This fantastic reader from QED shines a light on the ever-changing weather whilst also encouraging development of reading skills. This well-presented series educates readers on the falling rain, the icy snow, the whistling wind and the beaming sun. The repetitive text can motivate those who find reading difficult with simple, appealing language and structure. Each paragraph of text is accompanied by a stand-out image. The combination of eye-catching images with simple sentences creates titles that readers at level one want to read by themselves or out loud. Whether it’s night or day, summer or winter, raining or snowing, these books can be enjoyed whatever the weather!
Be blown away by this weather-focused series! This fantastic reader from QED shines a light on the ever-changing weather whilst also encouraging development of reading skills. This well-presented series educates readers on the falling rain, the icy snow, the whistling wind and the beaming sun. The repetitive text can motivate those who find reading difficult with simple, appealing language and structure. Each paragraph of text is accompanied by a stand-out image. The combination of eye-catching images with simple sentences creates titles that readers at level one want to read by themselves or out loud. Whether it’s night or day, summer or winter, raining or snowing, these books can be enjoyed whatever the weather!
It is one thing to draw a line in the sand but another to enforce it. In this innovative new work, Jessica Lauren Taylor follows the Native peoples and the newcomers who built and crossed emerging boundaries surrounding Indigenous towns and developing English plantations in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake Bay. In a riverine landscape defined by connection, Algonquians had cultivated ties to one another and into the continent for centuries. As Taylor finds, their networks continued to define the watery Chesapeake landscape, even as Virginia and Maryland’s planters erected fences and forts, policed unfree laborers, and dispatched land surveyors. By chronicling English and Algonquian attempts to move along paths and rivers and to enforce boundaries, Taylor casts a new light on pivotal moments in Anglo-Indigenous relations, from the growth of the fur trade to Bacon’s Rebellion. Most important, Taylor traces the ways in which the peoples resisting colonial encroachment and subjugation used Native networks and Indigenous knowledge of the Bay to cross newly created English boundaries. She thereby illuminates alternate visions of power, freedom, and connection in the colonial Chesapeake.
A practical guide for women, nonbinary, and LGBTQIA+ people to claim our right to be safe, to take up space, and to speak up for ourselves. Don’t walk alone at night. Don’t leave your drink unattended. Don’t hurt anyone’s feelings. Most women and nonbinary people are taught these rules, intended to keep us safe from harassment, abuse, and assault, from a young age. While the #MeToo movement has swept the globe and shined a light on the pervasiveness of gender-based violence that led to these “rules,” the fears persist—and for good reason. While men—who commit almost all gender-based violence—are the ones who should be responsible for changing, those of us who are targeted shouldn’t have to wait for the world to transform and become a better place in order to live safer, fuller, more authentic lives. Through real-life stories, meaningful questions, and interactive exercises, Get Empowered will teach readers to: understand why gendered violence exists and how it shows up take up space say what they want let go of self-blame heal from past traumas Whether you’re looking for ways to stand up for yourself, you’re a survivor focused on healing, or you’re committed to being an ally, this book will give you the tools you need to thrive.
Sixteen-year-old Rosa lives in one of the eight enclosed cities of The Woodlands, where the lone survivors of a devastating race war have settled in the Russian wilderness—the only habitable land left on the planet. The Superiors are ruthless in their control of the concrete cities, striving to create a 'raceless' society where everyone is the same. But Rosa has always been different—and that makes her a liability. She finds her counterpoint in Joseph and as the two grow closer, it becomes clear that if they want to be together, they will have to escape the tightly controlled Woodlands—and leave behind the only life they've ever known. A dystopian page-turner with over 1,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads, The Woodlands Series is perfect for fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Divergent Series by Veronica Roth, and The Jewel Series by Amy Ewing. Readers can purchase this boxed set at a significant discount over the cost to purchase each novel individually. This is a complete-series boxed set. The Woodlands is an Award-Winning Finalist in the "Fiction: Young Adult" category of the USA Best Book Awards, as well as a Semifinalist in The Kindle Book Awards by the Kindle Book Review. "Lauren Taylor's writing is powerfully descriptive; she is a master of words and similes." Author Erica Kiefer "It seems so rare these days to find a dystopian with an original vein in it. The Woodlands Succeeds." Author Pauline Creeden "I went into this story with my own ideas, but they were obliterated by what I found instead. I was so happy to be wrong because this story touched my heart deeply in a way that I never expected." Reviewer Amber Douglas Mcallister "This book was fantastic! Spectacular! It had everything I look for in a book: Action, Adventure, and even romance!" Reviewer Jocelyn Sanchez "Great storyline. Love the characters. I started with the first in the series then slammed through all 4. I couldn't put it down." Amazon Reviewer
EJ Johnson is in love and finally starting her life long time love John Markham in Philadelphia just as the tarot cards had told her, she thinks. But moving from Tyler, Texas to the City of Brotherly Love has some big surprises in store the least of which is Michael Atter, her nemesis and love of her life. Meanwhile Janet Davis, EJ's best friend and confidant, is dealing with troubles of her own, namely a philandering husband. Janet is a hilariously foul mouthed mother of two boys trying to support her bestie as she navigates the roller coaster of life but finds she is on her on wild ride. She finally asks EJ to do a tarot spread for her and the results lead to Janet finally getting her 'mad on'. EJ and Janet have been best friends for as long as either can remember and for as long as either can remember their mothers have hated each other. The stage is set for Linda Johnson and Vicki Wilson to rumble. EJ will survive her challenges but at what cost and with whom, It's All in the Cards...
Considers why U.S. society is believed to be less healthy in spite of disproportionate spending on health care, identifying a lack of social services, outdated care allocations, and a resistance to government programs as the problem.
Elizabeth Jean "EJ" Johnson, a beautiful business woman in her mid-30's, has hit a major stumbling block in her life, the passing of her father, her guiding light in navigation of her life. To fill this void she decides to explore the "predictions" of Tarot Cards, in replacement to her father's loving counsel, but first she must learn to read the cards accurately without skewing their message to only fulfill her heart's desires. Janet Davis is EJ's best friend and confidant who fears her dear friend's use of the cards is going to cause her to "burn in hell." As EJ employs the "Black Arts" she reminds her that common sense would surely serve her better. Janet is also there to defend EJ from her Texas socialite mother, Linda Johnson, whose attempts to ensure EJ and her former fiancE, John Markham, remain estranged are uncovered. The Tarot cards take EJ on a roller coaster ride of sex, lies and betrayal as she struggles with her love for John and her desire for her boss, Bob Thompson. The cards' messages serve not only as excitement, but also as her guide to get right with herself. Who will she choose, John or Bob? It's All in the Cards! www.swampirishbooks.com
New from Lauren Nicolle Taylor, the best-selling author of Nora and Kettle, comes a fresh take on a classic tale. Breaker Van Winkle is a recently returned Vietnam vet, struggling with PTSD and the difficulties of readjusting to civilian life with his mother. Eighteen-year-old Sunny is a high-achieving Chinese-French immigrant who fled Vietnam during the war. Sunny is usually as cheerful as her name implies, but she has her struggles too. Haunted by violent memories of the bombing that killed her parents, and chafing under the rule of her eccentric grandmother, she finds solace deep in the Catskills, at a place she calls the Ugly Tree. When Breaker stumbles upon Sunny and the Ugly Tree, things start to change. They are drawn to each other, and feel called to the tree. As they spend more time together and their relationship deepens, they notice that their time at the tree is becoming twisted somehow. Sunny's mind yawns and her ambitions begin to slip away. Breaker feels safe and carefree, his memories finally burying themselves in the distant past. They are being lulled toward a tempting, peaceful sleep--but there is a cost to this magical serenity, and it may be more than either of them can bear...
A brand-new illustrated chapter book series by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle! Winnie Perry’s sweet baby brother, Ty, is the quintessential dreamer, full of big ideas and wacky plans that only a seven-year-old boy could hatch. Whether it’s battling the family cat with a Dustbuster or smuggling a baby penguin out of the aquarium, Ty is always in the middle of a well-intended, big-hearted scheme. In the spirit of the Judy Moody spinoff Stink series, Ty will work his way into the hearts and funny bones of a whole new generation of Myracle fans.
Scarlett Wakefield postpones her romance with the son of the school groundskeeper in order to travel to Scotland with her American sidekick in search of clues to the murder of a boy who dropped dead after kissing her.
Scarlett thought Dan McAndrew's murder was long behind her, but when she and her classmates arrive in Edinburgh for a weeklong field trip, she's startled to be joined by her old St. Tabby's cohorts--and enemies--who are visiting the area on a field trip as well. Even more startling, Callum, Dan's surviving twin, is in the area--and his cold treatment leaves Scarlett wondering what's changed, especially when a series of attacks makes her believe that someone's out to get her for her past mistakes. Would Callum ever hurt her, though? And what's Scarlett to make of her conflicting feelings for Callum, now that Jase isn't around? Even more upsetting, why is her most trusted confidante, Taylor, acting distant and dismissive?
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