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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 18
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Up until now, middle school hasn’t exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he’s not too broken up about it. But when Greg realizes this means he’s going to be sent to a different school than his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, he changes his tune. Can Greg and his classmates save their school before it’s shuttered for good? Or is this the start of a whole new chapter for Greg?
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The Men Within is a collection of intimate thoughts, prayers, and letters that represent the struggles of the man, the good man, and the godly man that dwell within me and a sharing of insight into how they transition from one to another.
I believe that we all have had situations when we have struggled between doing what is right or wrong, being generous or selfish, demonstrating initiative or procrastination, being caring or obtuse, and being...
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Get the Summary of David Sedaris's A Carnival of Snackery in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Carnival of Snackery" by David Sedaris is a compilation of diary entries that provide a window into the author's life, filled with humor, cultural observations, and personal reflections. Sedaris recounts dining with friends in London, witnessing a racial exchange on a bus, and experiencing anti-war sentiments in Paris....
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A deeply personal, behind-the-scenes exploration of Alex Miller's six-decade writing life.
A Kind of Confession is a secret look into Alex Miller's writing life, spanning sixty years of creativity and inspiration. As a young man in 1961 Miller left his work as a ringer in Queensland and set out to achieve his dream of becoming a serious novelist. It was not until 1988 that his first novel, Watching the Climbers on the Mountain, was published. Twelve...
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2010.
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329 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Nigel Mullet, a 100-year-old vampire doomed to spend eternity in the body of a socially awkward fifteen-year-old boy, records his attempts to impress the love of his life, Chloe, while battling an embarrassingly overwhelming desire to sink his fangs into her.
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S J Parker has spent many years on America's Death Row. This book is a collection of short stories and poetry that he has written during the time he has been incarcerated. Many of these stories have been entered into Prison writing competitions and have won prizes. Inside you will find stories dealing with all aspects of prison life, from how they deal with mental health to how friendships are formed inside and how easily they can crumble. To tales...
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Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2024]
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112 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Told through diary entries, twelve-year-old Paloma and her family must navigate changes they cannot control and hope for a better future when United States soldiers invade Spanish controlled Puerto Rico in 1898.
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Best wishes (Mlynowski) volume 3
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"In this book, written by bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski and three-time Newbery Honor recipient Christina Soontornvat, the magic bracelet comes to a girl in Texas, who ends up in a Groundhog Day-style time loop."--
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"Enthralling essays on the expatriate experience in Paris and shrewd literary criticism by one of the twentieth century's finest writers. Mavis Gallant is revered as one of the finest short story writers of her generation, but she was also an astute observer and formidable reporter. This selection of Gallant's essays and reviews written between 1968 and 1985 begins with her impressions of the Parisian student uprising in May 1968-originally published...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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373 pages ; 22 cm
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"It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine's vanity drawer, she begins writing stories about herself--a more popular version of herself, that is. But then the hot guy in her art class describes...
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Dr. Pam Chubbuck, a world-wide respected therapist, has written the most comprehensive book to date on how to deal with the experience of losing a father. The workbook/art therapy aspect in Goodbye, Dad. I'll Always Love You is genius! There is no better way to help youngsters through their trauma than the combined art, writing, and emotional movement processes that Dr. Chubbuck masterfully shows us. Part one is for Kids. Part two, is for all caregivers:...
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Surprenant et déconcertant.
Michel Zaccaro dans ce second ouvrage nous divertit. La finesse, la fluidité de sa plume nous embarque avec habileté dans une multitude de textes, essais et nouvelles. Il aiguise, finalise les extraits de poésie proposés dans son premier récit : Je suis, tel que vous m'avez défait.
L'auteur nous livre ses ressentis en nous faisant voyager au fil d'une série de textes simples, mais également très travaillés,...
15) Be that way
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Sixteen-year-old Christine keeps a journal of an eventful year of her life in mid-90s Asheville, North Carolina, which she records through prose and illustration.
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E.J. Rudsdale's role as a museum curator and air-raid shelter superintendent at Colchester Castle during the Second World War gave him the perfect opportunity to record life on the Home Front in his journals. Seventy years later, the selected extracts gathered here provide a remarkable insight into wartime life. Rudsdale's writing is characterised throughout by his wry observations of wartime officialdom and his lack of conformity with the prevailing...
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Begin transmission...
Running from May 2018 to June 2020, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide.
Readers received updates straight from A.P. Fuchs that were meant to entertain, educate, and inform.
The Long Year Five was a long time in the making with A.P. Fuchs battling an illness which prevented him from sending out newsletters every week. During this tumultous time, Fuchs eventually got better and continued the tradition...
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X Puck, Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
2023.
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315 pages ; 22 cm
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Quinn mantiene listas de todo, desde los días en que lloró feamente hasta cosas que nunca admitiría en voz alta y todos los chicos que le gustaría besar. Sus listas la mantienen cuerda. Al escribir sus miedos (así como sus verdades vergonzosas y vergonzosas) en papel, nunca tendrá que enfrentarlos en la vida real. Es decir, hasta que su diario desaparece. Una cuenta anónima publica una de sus listas en Instagram para que toda la escuela la...
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2024.
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British teen Kat Evens, determined to be a good feminist, stumbles through high school with all its bullies, parties, embarrassing moments and crippling self-doubt with the help of her best friends, her parents and her diary as she figures out how to reach her goal.
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