Jasper is thrilled when he finds his dad�s favorite childhood toy, Marcel Mouse, at his grandmother�s place. He�s so afraid to lose the family treasure that he keeps Marcel on a string around his neck. But sometimes Jasper has to take off the little plastic mouse, and that leads to all sorts of trouble. First, Marcel goes missing from under Jasper�s pillow, then he gets sent to the principal�s office and disappears again! Then one day, something TERRIBLE happens, and it seems Marcel might be lost forever ó Will Jasper ever see Marcel Mouse again?
“This book is a treasure—a touching story of friendship, loss, and finding beauty in the everyday, with characters who stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page. I absolutely loved it.”—R. J. Palacio, New York Times bestselling author of Wonder Laurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island, returns with another unforgettable story of the moments in which we find out who we are, and the life-altering friendships that show us what we can be. The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta. The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility. But Leah feels. . . lost. She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago, when everything changed. Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah’s been adrift and alone. Then she meets Jasper, a girl unlike anyone she has ever known. There’s something mysterious about Jasper, almost magical. And Jasper, Leah discovers, is also lost. Together, the two girls carve out a place for themselves, a hideaway in the overgrown spaces of Atlanta, away from their parents and their hardships, somewhere only they can find. But as the days of this magical June start to draw to a close, and the darker realities of their lives intrude once more, Leah and Jasper have to decide how real their friendship is, and whether it can be enough to save them both.
This is Volume XX in a series of twenty-one on Cognitive Psychology. Originally published in 1933, this is a psychological study of the various defects of speech and the suggestion that additional facilities are needed for dealing with the speech-handicapped child or adolescent, because of the bearing of speech disorders upon personality, socialization and economic success.
This book covers the JavaOne award winning JasperReports tool at length. Written by JasperForge’s Teodor Danciu, Founder and Architect JasperReport, this authoritative book: Shows the power that this open source Java reporting tool has and its ability to deliver rich content onto the screen, to the printer, or into PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV and XML files Demonstrates how JasperReports can be used in a variety of Java-enabled applications, including Java EE or web applications, to generate dynamic content Teaches you how to create page-oriented, ready-to-print documents in a simple and flexible manner
