The Button War
The Button War

Author: Avi

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2020-03-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1536204897

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“Captures the ways that war can forever alter a child’s sense of order, morality, and security in the world. Strongly visual scenes . . . will long resonate in readers’ minds.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Twelve-year-old Patryk knows little of the world beyond his tiny Polish village; the Russians have occupied the land for as long as anyone can remember, but otherwise life is unremarkable. Patryk and his friends entertain themselves by coming up with dares — some more harmful than others — until the Germans drop a bomb on the schoolhouse and the Great War comes crashing in. As control of the village falls from one nation to another, Jurek, the ringleader of these friends, devises the best dare yet: whichever boy steals the finest military button will be king. But as sneaking buttons from uniforms hanging to dry progresses to looting the bodies of dead soldiers — and as Jurek’s obsession with being king escalates — Patryk begins to wonder whether their “button war” is still just a game. When devastation reaches their doorstep, the lines between the button war and the real war blur, especially for the increasingly callous Jurek. Renowned master of historical fiction, and award-winning author Avi delivers a stark, fierce account of the boys of one war-torn village who are determined to prove themselves with a simple dare that spins disastrously out of control — now out in paperback with a newly imagined cover.

Tales from the Indiana Hoosiers Locker Room
Tales from the Indiana Hoosiers Locker Room

Author: John Laskowski

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1613210167

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Covers over a century of Indiana University (IU) basketball. This title explains the excitement, the disappointment, the laughter, and the celebration that has turned IU basketball into a statewide religion. It reveals the history of the Indiana program through the memories of the school's hundreds of lettermen.

Macbeth
Macbeth

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Start Classics

Published: 2024-05-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Murder mayhem and magic.Pushed by his wife to seize the throne Macbeth kills his rightful liege and then tries desperately to hold onto the kingdom that he has wrongfully usurped. Prophesy and magic abound in this dark moody and atmospheric play.Out damned spot! Out I say!One- two -why then 'tis time to do't. Hell is murky. Fie my lord fie! A soldier and afeard? What need we fear who knows it when none can call ourpower to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?

Last Message
Last Message

Author: Shane Peacock

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1554699371

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Adam has a good life in Buffalo: great parents, a cute girlfriend, adequate grades. He's not the best at anything, but he's not the worst either. He secretly lusts after Vanessa, the hottest girl in school, and when his dead grandfather's will stipulates that he go on a mission to France, Adam figures he might just have a chance to impress Vanessa and change his life from good to great. When he gets to France, he discovers he has not one but three near-impossible tasks before him. He also discovers a dark and shameful episode from his grandfather's past, something Adam is supposed to make amends for. But how can he do that when he barely speaks the language and his tasks become more and more dangerous? Despite the odds, Adam finds a way to fulfill his grandfather's wishes and, in the process, become worthy of bearing his name. Adam's adventures start in Separated, part of The Seven Prequels and continue in Double You, part of The Seven Sequels.

Seven Bundle
Seven Bundle

Author: Various Orca

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2012-10-10

Total Pages: 3304

ISBN-13: 1459802705

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7 Grandsons. 7 Journeys. 7 Authors. 1 Amazing Series.

The Beats
The Beats

Author: Harvey Pekar

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-04-13

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0809016494

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Details the history of the Beat movement, which began in the 1940s, and describes the lives of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs; along with other writers, artists, and events in a graphic novel format.

Seven (the Series) Ebook Bundle
Seven (the Series) Ebook Bundle

Author: Eric Walters

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 3304

ISBN-13: 1459802721

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The bestselling Seven (the Series) comprises seven linked novels that can be read in any order. When David McLean, well-loved grandfather and avid adventurer, dies, he leaves behind an unusual will that outlines seven tasks he has set for his seven grandsons. Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock bring their signature writing styles to a series of adventures that take readers from the top of Kilimanjaro to the bottom of the Mediterranean. The Seven series bundle includes Between Heaven and Earth, Lost Cause, Jump Cut, Ink Me, Close to the Heel, Devil's Pass and Last Message. "Richly detailed and satisfying." —Kirkus Reviews "Delivers handsomely with a resolution that satisfies but doesn’t simplify. Happily, there are six other titles in the series." —Booklist for Devil's Pass

Reading for Storyness
Reading for Storyness

Author: Susan Lohafer

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1421429195

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The short story has been a staple of American literature since the nineteenth century, taught in virtually every high school and consistently popular among adult readers. But what makes a short story unique? In Reading for Storyness, Susan Lohafer, former president of the Society for the Study of the Short Story, argues that there is much more than length separating short stories from novels and other works of fiction. With its close readings of stories by Kate Chopin, Julio Cortázar, Katherine Mansfield, and others, this book challenges assumptions about the short story and effectively redefines the genre in a fresh and original way. In her analysis, Lohafer combines traditional literary theory with a more unconventional mode of research, monitoring the reactions of readers as they progress through a story—to establish a new poetics of the genre. Singling out the phenomenon of "imminent closure" as the genre's defining trait, she then proceeds to identify "preclosure points," or places where a given story could end, in order to access hidden layers of the reading experience. She expertly harnesses this theory of preclosure to explore interactions between pedagogy and theory, formalism and cultural studies, fiction and nonfiction. Returning to the roots of storyness, Lohafer illuminates the intricacies of classic short stories and experimental forms of surreal, postmodern, and minimalist fiction. She also discusses the impact of social constructions, such as gender, on the identification of preclosure points by individual readers. Reading for Storyness combines cognitive science with literary theory to present a compelling argument for the uniqueness of the short story.