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A Girl's Guide To Guys (So Little Time #10)
by Nancy Butcher"A Girl's Guide to Guys". Don't accept a date on less than three days' notice. Make sure you're busy the second time he asks you out. No kissing until the fourth date -- at least. Never ever tell him how you feel before he does!
Frozen Rodeo
by Catherine ClarkSummer is supposed to be fun. Right? Peggy Fleming Farrell's summer has taken a turn for the worse: She works at the Gas 'n Git to pay back her parents for wrecking two cars, takes summer school French from a succession of increasingly lame substitute teachers, loves an IHOP waiter, and attends Lamaze class with her mother while her father prepares for his professional ice-skating comeback (read: midlife crisis). Just when the only exciting event looming before her is the town's annual Rodeo Roundup Days -- "exciting" being a relative term -- things take an unexpected turn for the better. Between hijinks with a hijacked golf cart, plans for streaking at the Rodeo parade, and a showdown over pancakes, Peggy's summer becomes more about mayhem than money management, and definitely something close to fun. Even if she never learns to speak French.
Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America
by Charisse Jones Kumea Shorter-GoodenInscription from the author: The Users of Bookshare.org-- May you find ways to fulfill your dreams and to help create a better world---Kumea Shorter-Gooden Shifting A RESOURCE FOR WOMEN THAT Finally gives a name to the behavioral changes and emotional ups and downs that Black women undergo in the face of bias Shows how age-old myths and stereotypes continue to affect Black women today Breaks down the coping mechanisms Black women utilize to deal with discrimination, such as "walling it off" and fighting back Candidly talks about the "home codes" Black women must follow within their own community, such as speaking a certain way or behaving submissively in church or with their partners Pointedly discusses how undervalued and overlooked many Black women feel in the workplace Shows the connection between dealing with bias and the disproportionately high rates of hypertension, obesity, and depressive symptoms among Black women Sheds light on the "Sisterella complex," a distinct manifestation of depression common among Black women Explores the "lily complex," the pressure Black women feel to reflect a White beauty ideal Provides answers and offers examples of how women can reconnect with their true selves by seeking professional counseling, starting their own businesses, joining support groups, or taking other proactive steps WHAT SETS THIS BOOK APART Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, this is one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted of Black women's experiences with bias Engages all people, regardless of gender or ethnicity, with its poignant stories and common themes Unlike most books in the marketplace, Shifting explores the impact of both racial and gender bias on Black women Written in an accessible style; the dozens of women interviewed tell their personal stories in their own voices. Their honesty reminds readers that they are not the only ones dealing with certain challenges Weaves together the existing research on the impact of bias on Black women while also building upon it with original findings Gives a window into the experiences of 19 million Americans Shines a light on the persistence of bias and discrimination in the twenty-first century and provides insights for all Americans on how we might build a fairer and more just society
The Secret Under My Skin
by Janet McnaughtonIn the year 2368, humanity struggles to recuperate from a technocaust that has left a generation of orphans in its wake. Strict government regulations convince people that technology is dangerous; confusion and fear rule the earth. Blay Raytee is a government work-camp orphan. Her future seems as bleak as that of the world around her. But when she is chosen for a special mission by a guardian of the environment named Marrella, Blay begins to discover that all may not be as it seems. The secrets she uncovers could hold the key both to the healing of the world and to her own past. What she learns may just empower her to join those who struggle to restore democracy -- and to discover at last who she really is. Master storyteller Janet McNaughton vividly imagines an all-too-believable future where one child's brave search for the truth could restore a broken world.
Tell Me About It (Mary-Kate and Ashley, So Little Time)
by Megan StineGet invited to the party of the century. Sneak out of the house after curfew. Cover for your friend when her parents ask questions. Don't get caught! Chloe and Riley Carlson . . . So much to do . . . So little time.
Too Good To Be True (So Little Time Series #3)
by Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley OlsenToo good to be true: Get a good grade in sewing -- no matter what. Go on a date with the cutest guy ever. Make brownies without starting a fire. Be nice to your boyfriend's perfect ex-girlfriend. (Yeah, right.) Chloe and Riley Carlson. . . So much to do. . . So Little Time
Blindsided: a Reluctant Memoir
by Richard M. CohenBook Description: Illness came calling when Richard M. Cohen was twenty-five years old. A young television news producer with expectations of a limitless future, his foreboding that his health was not quite right turned into the harsh reality that something was very wrong when diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. For thirty years Cohen has done battle with MS only to be ambushed by two bouts of colon cancer at the end of the millennium. And yet, he has written a hopeful book about celebrating life and coping with chronic illness.
Holly Starcross
by Berlie Doherty"Holly Starcross" feels alone in the world. Years ago she'd been wrenched from her familiar, comforting home to a new one with her cold, TV-star mother, friendly, producer stepfather, and, eventually, rambunctious half-siblings. Ever since, she's been haunted by sadness, by dreams, by vague memories of her father and of belonging. Recently she's developed a new friend on the Internet -- someone named Zed, who knows how to speak to Holly's secret, inner self. And a mysterious stranger in an old, battered car is stalking her. Everyone at school is frightened by this prowler. A special meeting is called, the police have been informed, escorts to the buses have been arranged. Holly is both fascinated by the stranger and scared. She wants to meet him. She doesn't want to. Are he and Zed somehow connected? Could he -- dare she think it -- be her father? And if she meets him, talks to him, will she find herself or lose herself?
The Tiger's Apprentice (Book One of the Tiger Trilogy)
by Laurence YepA tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world.
His Brother's Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine
by Jonathan WeinerFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Beak of the Finch" comes a book about the new biology and how it touches a defiant family-in-crisis fighting an incurable disease.
For Parents and Teenagers: Dissolving the Barrier Between You and Your Teen
by William A. GlasserThe author of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy offers a powerful approach for helping troubled teens. In his decades as a therapist, Dr William Glasser has often counselled parents and teenagers. His advice has healed shattered families and changed lives. Now in his first book on the lessons he has learned, he asks parents to reject the 'common sense' that tells them to 'lay down the law', ground teens, or try to coerce them into changing behaviour. These strategies have never worked, asserts Dr Glasser, and never will. Instead he offers a different approach based upon Choice Theory. Glasser spells out the seven deadly habits parents practiSe and then shows them how to accomplish their goals by changing their own behaviour. Above all, he helps parents keep their relationship with their child strong. Dr Glasser provides a groundbreaking method that any parent can use with confidence and love.
Tree Castle Island
by Jean Craighead GeorgeFourteen-year-old Jack sets out in a handmade canoe for the legendary Okefenokee Swamp. But after several idyllic days of exploring, he's hit with some bad luck. He can't find his way home, and he runs into a hungry alligator who takes a bite out of his canoe. When he pulls up to a remote island, he finds another surprise: a mystery that will reach far into his own past . . . and force him to question the world he's left behind.
Pitied But Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare, 1890-1935
by Linda GordonWhen Americans denounce "welfare", most are thinking of the program of aid for single mothers and their children--the only program of the Social Security Act to become stigmatized. In this book, Gordon uncovers the tangled roots of competing visions of welfare and shows that welfare reform can only work if it recognizes that single motherhood is an enduring aspect of contemporary life.
Baby Boomers Guide to Caring for Aging Parents
by Bart AstorThis easy-to-use handbook gives useful information to make caring for an aging parent easier to manage.
Pride and Prejudice and Related Readings
by Jane AustenThe related readings are: Society from What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool (social history), The Best Sort of Husband by Susan B. Kelly (short story), Austen Boom Shows an Un-American Craving for Civility by Henry Grunwald (newspaper article), Habitation by Margaret Atwood (poem), and Autres Temps by Edith Wharton (short story). [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 11-12 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
The Reason for Janey
by Nancy Hope WilsonPhilly’s life changes greatly when, after her parents' divorce, her mother takes in Janey, a retarded adult, to live with them. "I like to know the reasons for things,” says Philura Higley Mason. “When I know the reason for something, it fits. I can manage it.” She especially wants to know why Janey, a mentally retarded woman who moved in four months ago, fits into the family better than Dad, who moved out three years ago. After all, what makes a family a family? Last year, Philly won first prize at the fifth-grade science fair, so this year, superbrain Danny Stapleton is determined to outdo her. But Philly can’t even choose a topic. She’s wondering instead about Janey--that little-girl locket she wears, that mismatched pack of cards she carries, and that place she lived that makes Mom strangely angry: the Morrisville State School for the Mentally Retarded. And when Janey’s mother died, what happened to her father? As Philly uncovers Janey’s past, she unexpectedly collides with her own. Suddenly she must confront new truths about Dad, about Mom, and about herself. (She even makes some discoveries about Danny Stapleton.) The author of Bringing Nettie Back (also Macmillan U.S.A.) has artfully interwoven such complex issues as divorce, mental retardation, keeping secrets, and what it really means to be a family.
The Moon Lady
by Amy TanNainai tells her granddaughters the story of her outing, as a seven-year-old girl in China, to see the Moon Lady and be granted a secret wish.
The Golden Days
by Gail RadleyConvinced that his new foster parents do not really want him, eleven-year-old Cory decides to run away with his new friend, an old lady from the nearby nursing home. [From the front dust jacket flap:] "When eleven-year-old Cory first meets seventy-five-year-old Carlotta, he thinks she's just a weird, cranky old lady. But gradually, as they spend more time together, he comes to enjoy her stories of life in the circus, and he realizes that the two of them are a lot alike. Neither seems to belong anywhere: Carlotta hates the restrictions and depressing atmosphere of the nursing home she lives in, and Cory is ill at ease in his new foster home--his third in two years. With no real families of their own, they pledge to be family to each other. Then Cory finds out that his foster parents are expecting a baby. He's sure it won't be long before they send him back to the children's shelter, especially when they become upset over his poor performance in school. Rather than wait for them to get rid of him, he decides to run away, and he invites Carlotta to go with him. As they make their way from town to town, Cory grows to love and trust Carlotta. But the runaway life is a hard one, one Carlotta may not be strong enough for. And even harder, Cory discovers, are the emotions and decisions that confront him as he learns what it really means to be family." Ages 8-12
Sitti's Secrets
by Naomi Shihab NyeA young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.
Your Dad Was Just Like You
by Dolores JohnsonPeter learns a valuable story from his grandfather about his own father as a young boy, bringing them closer together.
The Midnight Eaters
by Amy HestIt's midnight, and everyone is sleeping. Except Samantha J. Blustein--and her grandmother, who is sharing Sam's room. Sam and Nana are wide awake and ready for a late-night snack. "You're supposed to stay put," Sam reminds Nana. "Doctor's orders." "Well, phooey to the doctor." And with that, Nana leads Sam on a deliciously scary journey through the darkened house to the kitchen, where they build a cozy fire. Sam and Nana concoct Luscious ice- cream sundaes, and they savor every bit. Then it's time to look at the pictures in Nana's scrapbook. There is Nana, impossibly young; there is Sam's grandfather, "Mr. Handsome." Sam thinks it isn't fair that Grampa had to die, and Nana confides it's not always easy to grow old. But Sam is reassured by the knowledge that she and Nana--the "midnight eaters" are sure to have another meeting soon.
My Great-Grandpa Joe
by Marilyn GelfandSpending a memorable Sunday with her great grandfather and her other grandparents, eight-year-old Deborah realizes that with health, the elderly can lead rich and varied lives.
The Eagles' Child
by Barbara FordAmy is looking forward to staying in New York City with her godmother, Liz, while her mother's away in Africa collecting folktales. But Liz cooks strange gourmet food, cleans all the time, and doesn't even own a VCR. Amy's father lives in New York, too, but he's so preoccupied with his paintings of purple trees that it looks as though he'll have no time for her at all. Then, to make things even worse, Liz lets Amy's beloved pet rat run away! Luckily there's Amy's new best friend, Matilda, who teaches her to tap-dance and introduces her to some of the unusual people in Liz's apartment house. Meanwhile Liz and Amy's father seem to be getting interested in each other, and Amy has mixed feelings as she observes the romance develop. When Amy's mother sends her a folktale about a lizard who saves an eagle's child from a crocodile, Amy realizes the tale is like her life in the city. All the same, though, Amy is sure that she will never, ever understand grown-ups. This lively, funny novel will have readers sympathizing with Amy's struggle to get along in the strange world of adults, and cheering for her newfound self-reliance.
A Tribe for Lexi
by C. S. AdlerLexi has always been an outsider. She's lived in foreign countries and adjusted to strange climates, customs, and cultures. This summer she longs to be in a place where she fits in easily. At her aunt and uncle's farm in upstate New York, she hopes to become part of a big, happy family for at least a couple of months. But Lexi finds her five cousins are not as she remembers them. Her two girl cousins, Janet and Jesse, are preoccupied with church projects, while Jim and Joe's lives are centered exclusively on baseball. Only eleven- year- old Jeb, a year younger than Lexi, seems like someone she can talk to. Jeb, like Lexi, is a misfit, an outcast in his own family. He is fascinated by the Indian way of life, and confides to Lexi that he has heard of a small band of Onondagas living in a hidden valley in the nearby mountains. He introduces Lexi to his part- Indian friend Trueblood, who is the storyteller who has fueled Jeb's dreams. Jeb admits that he plans to run away and join the Indians, whose values he admires. He is sure he'll be accepted into their tribe. When Lexi decides to join Jeb, they set off down the river on the raft he's built. Their voyage into the Catskill Mountains is full of mishaps and is an adventure that teaches them much about their own strengths. Ages 8-12 C. S. Adler writes many books about middle school age kids. She also writes about horses. There are ten books in Bookshare's library she's written including: Tuna Fish Thanksgiving, Willie the Frog Prince, The lump in the Middle and More than a Horse with more on the way.
Parenting: Rewards and Responsibilities (4th edition)
by Verna HildebrandParenting means providing care, support, and love in a way that leads to a child's total development. Parenting includes being responsible for the child's physical needs. It means creating a nurturing environment of attention, encouragement, and love for the child. It also means providing guidance for the child. Thus parenting involves meeting the child's physical, mental, emotional, and social needs.