A Boy Called Allis
A Boy Called Allis

Author: Patricia E. Linson

Publisher: Word Alive Press

Published: 2016-11-15

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1486613950

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Eleven-year-old Allister McRuer’s fears materialize when he and his family arrive at their Manitoba pioneer homestead in 1892. What could make it worse? Being called Allis.During the trip from Lachute, Quebec to Cherry Creek, Manitoba, Allister shares a train boxcar with three of his brothers and all of their family’s livestock. The closer he gets to the homestead his father and oldest brother, John, started three years ago, the worse Allister’s misery gets as older brother, Will, torments Allister by calling him “Allis,” a name he hates because it sounds like “Alice.”Allister’s first hour in Cherry Creek does little to ease his concerns. While their brothers unload the McRuers’ two boxcars, Allister and his twin brother, Jim, explore the town. Allister is discouraged at the small size of the local school, wondering how he will ever finish grade eight. As they continue walking, Allister and Jim witness a terrible accident. Although they’re able to help a horse and an injured driver, Allister’s anxiety over his family’s move to the prairies takes a new turn when he’s told that the only doctor

The Gentleman Outlaw and Me--Eli
The Gentleman Outlaw and Me--Eli

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 039573083X

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With her faithful dog Caesar, 12-year-old Eliza Yates heads for Colorado to find her father, who left years ago to seek his fortune. Along the eay, Eliza puts on a boy's clothes, chops off her braids, and transforms herself into Elijah Bates. When "Eli" teams up with young Calvin Featherbone, none of their adventures turns out quite as expected.

Wild Boy
Wild Boy

Author: Mary Losure

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2013-03-26

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0763663697

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What happens when society finds a wild boy alone in the woods and tries to civilize him? A true story from the author of The Fairy Ring. One day in 1798, woodsmen in southern France returned from the forest having captured a naked boy. He had been running wild, digging for food, and was covered with scars. In the village square, people gathered around, gaping and jabbering in words the boy didn’t understand. And so began the curious public life of the boy known as the Savage of Aveyron, whose journey took him all the way to Paris. Though the wild boy’s world was forever changed, some things stayed the same: sometimes, when the mountain winds blew, “he looked up at the sky, made sounds deep in his throat, and gave great bursts of laughter.” In a moving work of narrative nonfiction that reads like a novel, Mary Losure invests another compelling story from history with vivid and arresting new life. Back matter includes an author’s note, source notes, and a bibliography.

Time for Andrew
Time for Andrew

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780618873166

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When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diptheria.

The Fairy Ring
The Fairy Ring

Author: Mary Losure

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2012-03-27

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0763659657

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The enchanting true story of a girl who saw fairies, and another with a gift for art, who concocted a story to stay out of trouble and ended up fooling the world. Frances was nine when she first saw the fairies. They were tiny men, dressed all in green. Nobody but Frances saw them, so her cousin Elsie painted paper fairies and took photographs of them “dancing” around Frances to make the grown-ups stop teasing. The girls promised each other they would never, ever tell that the photos weren’t real. But how were Frances and Elsie supposed to know that their photographs would fall into the hands of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? And who would have dreamed that the man who created the famous detective Sherlock Holmes believed ardently in fairies — and wanted very much to see one? Mary Losure presents this enthralling true story as a fanciful narrative featuring the original Cottingley fairy photos and previously unpublished drawings and images from the family’s archives. A delight for everyone with a fondness for fairies, and for anyone who has ever started something that spun out of control. Back matter includes source notes and a bibliography.

Saved by a Song
Saved by a Song

Author: Mary Gauthier

Publisher: St. Martin's Essentials

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1250202124

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"A handbook for compassion... a Must-Read Music Book.” —Rolling Stone Country "Generous and big-hearted, Gauthier has stories to tell and worthwhile advice to share." —Wally Lamb, author of I Know This Much Is True "Gauthier has an uncanny ability to combine songwriting craft with a seeker’s vulnerability and a sage’s wisdom.” —Amy Ray, Indigo Girls From the Grammy nominated folk singer and songwriter, an inspiring exploration of creativity and the redemptive power of song Mary Gauthier was twelve years old when she was given her Aunt Jenny’s old guitar and taught herself to play with a Mel Bay basic guitar workbook. Music offered her a window to a world where others felt the way she did. Songs became lifelines to her, and she longed to write her own, one day. Then, for a decade, while struggling with addiction, Gauthier put her dream away and her call to songwriting faded. It wasn’t until she got sober and went to an open mic with a friend did she realize that she not only still wanted to write songs, she needed to. Today, Gauthier is a decorated musical artist, with numerous awards and recognition for her songwriting, including a Grammy nomination. In Saved by a Song, Mary Gauthier pulls the curtain back on the artistry of songwriting. Part memoir, part philosophy of art, part nuts and bolts of songwriting, her book celebrates the redemptive power of song to inspire and bring seemingly different kinds of people together.

God Is Not a Boy's Name
God Is Not a Boy's Name

Author: Lyn Brakeman

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2016-03-02

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1498226272

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Lyn Brakeman was among the first women to enter the ordination process in the Episcopal Church just after the General Convention voted in 1976 that women could be priests. The bishop of her diocese had voted against ordaining women priests and hospitality towards female aspirants was guarded at best. So why would a forty-year-old institutional naif, suburban housewife, and mother of four enter such unfriendly territory to seek priestly ordination at a time when her personal life was in chaos? Things would have been easier had she been a man and had she not read Betty Friedan, not been headed for divorce, and not engaged in sins beginning with "a." How did she manage to stay this course? Brakeman offers no easy answers but tackles difficult issues--addiction, death and grief, divorce, the nature of priesthood, church politics, Christian feminism, and Jesus the Christ--with candor. Her story is held together by her spiritual connection to the voice of God from within and her growing conviction that the nature of divinity is gender-free; hence, theological language in sanctuary and classroom must reflect this truth in a balanced way.

A Boy Called Slow
A Boy Called Slow

Author: Joseph Bruchac

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780545627467

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The childhood of Sitting Bull, who was called Slow and then became the greatest Lakota hero.

A Boy Named Jesus
A Boy Named Jesus

Author: P. Dalton Simms

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2022-12-27

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 109807159X

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I must express my eternal gratitude to the Holy Spirit whose inspiration brought light to the writing of this book.Truly all good wisdom, knowledge, and understanding are the sources.I received the inspiration to write this book in 2008, and when it was completed, I had put it aside because I realize that it needed editing.I was also concerned about acquiring suitable illustrations.I was very privileged to attend a promotion event for Eulene Greenland's book, Thoughts and Tales, which motivated me to finish my own book.To Dr. Lena Woodhouse, as I typed away on my computer, she was there when the title A Boy Named Jesus came to me.Also to Dr. Noel Paris, he read the text and approved it.My granddaughter, Brenna R. Coy, also read my book to her daughter.Brielle George, they both loved it.Special thanks to Pastor Samuel and Millicent James for the many times she made suggestions on the publication of this book, A Boy Named Jesus.She also contributed the initial payment.I must also acknowledge the many times I have called upon her and Eulene to assist in reviewing the work in this book.They were at my service in lending a hand in the final review and editing.Thanks to my dear friend Aurille Moore, who always gives me inspiration.Also to Chanda Lennon and Patricia Brown, who also assisted.The boy Jesus became the man Christ Jesus, who has made many great impressions in the lives of countless persons with whom he came into contact.Even as a child Jesus is known to have impacted so many lives in so many different ways.And even presently, surely, he can and is still making great differences in the lives of all who may allow him. So without questioning, I would like to appeal to any reader to kindly allow Christ Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, to lead you, and then choose to follow.Let us encourage each other by the reading, hearing, teaching, and doing of God's holy Word.I truly hope that this book will be an inspiration to its readers and hearers.Author P. Dalton Simms

The Persian Boy
The Persian Boy

Author: Mary Renault

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2013-09-10

Total Pages: 818

ISBN-13: 1480432377

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A New York Times–bestselling novel of the ancient king of Macedon and his lover by the author Hilary Mantel calls “a shining light.” The Persian Boy centers on the most tempestuous years of Alexander the Great’s life, as seen through the eyes of his lover and most faithful attendant, Bagoas. When Bagoas is very young, his father is murdered and he is sold as a slave to King Darius of Persia. Then, when Alexander conquers the land, he is given Bagoas as a gift, and the boy is besotted. This passion comes at a time when much is at stake—Alexander has two wives, conflicts are ablaze, and plots on the Macedon king’s life abound. The result is a riveting account of a great conqueror’s years of triumph and, ultimately, heartbreak. The Persian Boy is the second volume of the Novels of Alexander the Great trilogy, which also includes Fire from Heaven and Funeral Games. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary Renault including rare images of the author. “Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. She shows us their strangeness; discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us.” —Hilary Mantel