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Line of glory: a novel of the Alamo / (A novel Of The Alamo Ser.)
Par Thomas D. Clagett. 2018
The final 13 hours at the Alamo began around 5 o'clock on the afternoon of March 5, 1836. Colonel William…
Barrett Travis drew a line in the dirt and asked all those who would stay and fight to cross it. Destinies played out that night for four people. Susannah Dickinson, a woman of surprising gumption. Young James Taylor who came to the Alamo to free Texas from the tyrannical rule of General Santa Anna. "Moses" Rose who refused to cross Travis's line because he "wasn't prepared to die." Colonel Juan Morales, ordered to assault Crockett and his men at the south palisade, believed attacking the fort was foolhardy. But his real disgust was for Santa Anna, a man who allowed whims to dictate his decisions. 2018.Ambulance girls at war /
Par Deborah Burrows. 2019
Young Maisie Halliday has escaped the grinding poverty of the northern town where she was born to live in the…
glittering world of professional dancing. At the outbreak of the Second World War, she volunteers as an ambulance driver, finding joy both in helping the wounded during the Blitz and also in her friends among the other drivers in the Bloomsbury Auxiliary Ambulance Depot. Maisie is at the Cafe de Paris nightclub when it is bombed. In the chaos, she attempts to help an injured man, and by this charitable act she becomes mixed up in what may well be a murder. A series of incidents, all connected to a handsome, arrogant American, throw Maisie's life into a dangerous spin. Is anything what it seems in wartime? With one serious misjudgement, Maisie risks losing everything she holds dear. 2019.Broken Strings
Par Eric Walters, Kathy Kacer. 2019
A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo.…
For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase.It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is crushed to learn that she's been given the part of the old Jewish mother in the musical rather than the coveted part of the sister. But there is an upside: her "husband" is none other than Ben Morgan, the cutest and most popular boy in the school. Deciding to throw herself into the role, she rummages in her grandfather's attic for some props. There, she discovers an old violin in the corner -- strange, since her Zayde has never seemed to like music, never even going to any of her recitals. Showing it to her grandfather unleashes an anger in him she has never seen before, and while she is frightened of what it might mean, Shirli keeps trying to connect with her Zayde and discover the awful reason behind his anger. A long-kept family secret spills out, and Shirli learns the true power of music, both terrible and wonderful.A Song from Faraway
Par Deni Béchard. 2020
A time warp into the strange and painful life of men past, present, and future.The second time Andrew sees his…
half-brother, Hugh, is at their father's funeral. Andrew has little interest in the father with whom he grew up, but Hugh, who looks like a country-rock star, is fascinated by the life and writings of the reclusive man he hardly knew. When Hugh finds a book in his father's study, a mysterious work by Rafael Estrada, he is certain that it holds the key to his identity.A Song from Faraway takes readers from 19th-century Prince Edward Island to modern-day Iraq. An Irish-Acadian soldier carries his fiddle and folksong across the battlefields of the First World War. An orphan-turned-assassin pursues his target across the deserts of Mexico and Texas, using a novel as evidence for his location. Relationships are forged and broken, wars are fought, and trauma is handed down from father to son.With whispers of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A Song from Faraway pieces together "the stories that we tell about ourselves" in a picaresque novel of uncommon beauty and ferocity.Un monstre dans ma cuisine
Par Marie-France Comeau. 2020
Grand-maman Rosi l’a dit : pour obtenir un beau et délicieux monstre, il faut mettre la main à la pâte…
!Il faut le travailler, le pétrir, l’attaquer, le taper ! Et quand il bouge, quand des bulles sortent de son ventre ? Vite il faut le faire redescendre, le maitriser ! Et ensuite ? Il lui faut de la chaleur, et une bonne sieste. Découvrez la meilleure recette de monstre avec ce nouvel album de la conteuse Marie-France Comeau !The Moon King
Par Cara Kansala. 2020
***BEST BOOKS FOR KIDS AND TEENS 2020, PICTURE BOOKS*** When the magical Moon King tips over the night, it spills…
across the land and sea, and he seeks the help of animals big and small to collect the stars and return them to the sky. In this beautifully illustrated bedtime story, Cara Kansala weaves an enchanting fable destined to become a children’s classic—the perfect way to welcome the night and celebrate the wonder of dreams.Histoire de Galet
Par Marie Cadieux. 2016
Martin est un adolescent normal vivant à Dieppe. Mais la guerre fait rage et son pays, la France, est occupé…
par les Nazis. La cohabitation est difficile et les conditions de vie, précaires. Logé chez Madame Agnès, une vieille dame débrouillarde et dégourdie, Martin sera entraîné malgré lui dans le terrible second conflit mondial et fera une rencontre qui bouleversera sa vie…Où tu vas, Emma?
Par Hélène Devarennes. 2021
Tous les soirs en couchant Emma, Papa se demande à quoi elle peut bien rêver. Est-ce qu’elle saute dans la…
rivière? Est-ce qu’elle hurle avec les loups? Est-ce qu’elle devient papillon? Une histoire de tendresse et de complicité entre un papa et sa toute-petite, où l’on se faufile, comme une souris, dans le monde des rêves enfantins.Snoozefest
Par Samantha Berger, Kristyna Litten. 2015
This rollicking, rhyming snooze-tastic story puts a new spin on rocking your little one to sleep. So, grab a ticket…
to the place where the best of bedtime sleepers go- SnoozeFest. Snuggleford Cuddlebun is a champion sleeper. And so she decides to go to SnoozeFest, a music festival for nappers, dozers, and the very best sleepyheads. There she lounges in her hammock while bands like the Nocturnal Nesters serenade the audience with lullabies. There's warm milk for all and a fabulous pajama parade. But before she knows it, the nuzzling, snuggling, and dreaming are over - and Snuggleford has slept through it all. This rollicking, rhyming snooze-tastic story puts a new spin on rocking your little one to sleep. So, grab a ticket to the place where the best of bedtime sleepers go- SnoozeFest. 'This knowing, affectionate spoof of music festivals is fresh and timely . . . ' Publishers Weekly 'No snoozefest here-great fun.'Kirkus ReviewsEm
Par Kim Thúy. 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE Kim Thúy's Em is a virtuosic novel of profound power and sensitivity, and…
an enduring affirmation of the greatest act of resistance: love.In the midst of war, an ordinary miracle: an abandoned baby tenderly cared for by a young boy living on the streets of Saigon. The boy is Louis, the child of a long-gone American soldier. Louis calls the baby em Hồng, em meaning "little sister," or "beloved." Even though her cradle is nothing more than a cardboard box, em Hồng's life holds every possibility. Through the linked destinies of a family of characters, the novel takes its inspiration from historical events, including Operation Babylift, which evacuated thousands of biracial orphans from Saigon in April 1975, and the remarkable growth of the nail salon industry, dominated by Vietnamese expatriates all over the world. From the rubber plantations of Indochina to the massacre at My Lai, Kim Thúy sifts through the layers of pain and trauma in stories we thought we knew, revealing transcendent moments of grace and the invincibility of the human spirit."Les gravats jonchent la rue et si Anneliese frappe ceux-ci du bout de ses pieds, des femmes continuent de ramasser…
ces morceaux de bâtiments. En compagnie de son frère Peter, elle cherche un endroit où ils pourront recevoir de la nourriture, mais se retrouve plutôt dans une pièce où toutes sortes de livres sont exposés. Comme la salle ferme ses portes pour la nuit, ils y retournent le lendemain afin d'entendre l'histoire lue par une dame. Cette dernière leur présente également d'autres récits qui rappellent aux enfants leur propre réalité, comme celui du taureau Ferdinand, qui refuse de suivre les ordres, alors que leur père a été tué pour avoir résisté. Redécouvrant les rêves qui se sont envolés depuis le début de la guerre, Annaliese et Peter songent à contribuer aux efforts de leur ville pour retrouver leur vie d'avant."--[SDMWar Stories
Par Gordon Korman. 2020
A story of telling truth from lies - and finding out what being a hero really means.There are two things…
Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America.Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war - from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there's more to the story than what he's heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather's heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and importance of genuine valor.Come, Read With Me
Par Margriet Ruurs, Christine Wei. 2021
Jules et Jim, frères darmes: frères d'armes
Par Jacques Goldstyn. 2018
Jules et Jim sont inséparables. Depuis leur enfance, ils forment un duo complice. Quand la Grande Guerre éclate, Jules et…
Jim s'engagent dans l'armée. Devenus frères d'armes, ils combattent avec courage et puisent leurs forces dans leur amitié.The Machine Gunners
Par Robert Westall. 1975
With Nazi planes raining bombs on England night after night, every boy in Garmouth has a collection of shrapnel, bullet…
casings, and other war souvenirs. But nothing comes close to the working machine gun Chas McGill pulls out of a downed bomber. Soon Chas realizes that he's found more than just a souvenir. While police search frantically for the missing gun, Chas and his friends build a secret fortress to fight the Germans themselves.Three Classic Franklin Stories, Vol. 1: Franklin in the Dark (25th Anniversary Edition), Franklin Says I Love You, and Franklin and the Thunderstorm
Par Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark. 2011
p Three storybooks in one Meet the lovable turtle who inspired the beloved Franklin and Friends TV show …
p i Franklin in the Dark i In the Franklin Classic Storybook that started it all poor little Franklin has one of the most common childhood afflictions he is afraid of the dark This is particularly difficult for Franklin as he happens to be a turtle and the darkness he fears is of course inside his own shell Bravely with shell in tow he sets forth to seek help and in the course of his travels discovers a bird who is afraid of heights a polar bear who is afraid of the cold and even a hydrophobic duck In the end Franklin discovers that everybody even his own mother is afraid of something and his response to what he has learned is guaranteed to draw a smile p i Franklin Says I Love You i In this Franklin Classic Storybook our hero is a very lucky turtle He has the best friends the best little sister the best goldfish and of course the best mother But when he discovers that his mother s birthday is coming up he can t find the best present After giving it some serious thought Franklin decides to do everything for his mom On the morning of her birthday he takes her breakfast in bed makes a brooch draws a picture and cuts fresh flowers from the garden And then Franklin gives his mom a great big hug and says I love you which is of course the best gift of all p i Franklin and the Thunderstorm i In this Franklin Classic Storybook Franklin is afraid of thunderstorms When a storm approaches while he is playing at Fox s house a flash of lightning sends Franklin into his shell He refuses to come out even for snacks until his friends make him laugh with their tall tales about what causes storms And when Beaver explains what really causes thunder and lightning Franklin begins to feel much saferSOMETHING HAPPENED
Par Joseph Heller. 1974
Bob Slocum was living the American dream. He had a beautiful wife, three lovely children, a nice house...and all the…
mistresses he desired. He had it all -- all, that is, but happiness. Slocum was discontent. Inevitably, inexorably, his discontent deteriorated into desolation until...something happened.Something Happened is Joseph Heller's wonderfully inventive and controversial second novel satirizing business life and American culture. The story is told as if the reader was overhearing the patter of Bob Slocum's brain -- recording what is going on at the office, as well as his fantasies and memories that complete the story of his life. The result is a novel as original and memorable as his Catch-22.Up All Night
Par Peter Abrahams, Gene Luen Yang, Libba Bray, David Levithan, Patricia Mccormick, Sarah Weeks. 2008
Phase 2 by Peter Abrahams; Not just for breakfast anymore by Libba Bray; The vulnerable hours by David Levithan; Orange…
Alert by Patricia McCormick; Superman is dead by Sarah Weeks; The motherless one by Gene Luen Yang.My Brother's Keeper: Virginia's Diary (My America)
Par Mary Pope Osborne. 2000
Blade of Fire (The Icemark Chronicles, Book #2)
Par Stuart Hill. 2007
It's been 20 years since Queen Thirrin and her allies defended the Icemark against a brutal invasion, but now General…
Bellorum is back. Also, Thirrin and Oskans cold-hearted daughter Medea may be the downfall of the kingdom. Sequel to Cry of the Icemark.