“Reluctant readers and fans of the Wimpy Kid series and its ilk will appreciate the book’s dynamic type, graphics galore, cartoonish illustrations, and ironic footnotes.”—Kirkus Don’t call him scaredy-cat Sam, because Sam Wu IS NOT AFRAID of ghosts! Except . . . he totally is. Can he conquer his fear by facing the ghost that lives in the walls of his house? After an unfortunate (and very embarrassing) incident in the Space Museum, Sam goes on a mission to prove to the school bully, and all his friends, that he’s not afraid of anything—just like the heroes on his favorite show, Space Blasters. And when it looks like his house is haunted, Sam gets the chance to prove how brave he can be. A funny, touching, and charming story of ghost hunting, escaped pet snakes, and cats with attitude!
Sam and older brother Daniel are heading on their first overnight tent camping trip with their mom. Daniel is determined to scare his little brother. Sam is determined to be brave. They meet new friends, go on an exciting night hike and all the while realize that being brave is a choice. This book is written for 6-10 year olds. At the end of each chapter, there is a short list of questions. These questions are geared to help your child's reading comprehension. The entire book is less than 5k words. A great introduction to chapter books for your blossoming reader. The goal of this book, and all the books in the Traveling Sam Series are to instill a sense of adventure, the power of choices and to improve reading comprehension in a fun way. Both the paperback and the kindle version have questions and spaces for answers. If you are using a kindle, please use the "notes" function to allow your child to record their answers. Directions for notes on kindle: "On the Kindle, you'll have to select "Create Note" before you start. On the Kindle Touch, the option will say "Add Note," and on the Kindle Fire, it will simply say "Note." Use the on-screen keyboard to enter your note. On the Kindle Keyboard, you can just begin typing to enter your note."
A hell-bound fantasy starring demons, damsels, and an unlikely hero. “A fast-paced, page-turning adventure built out of a strikingly original mythology. Eerie, surprising, and a lot of fun.” — Elan Mastai, author of All Our Wrong Todays Sixteen-year-old Sam Sullinger lives in the shadow of adolescence. He's lost among his overachieving siblings, constantly knocked down by his harsh father, and bullied daily. His only solace is his best friend and crush, Harper. In a grand plan designed to help him confess his love to Harper, Sam accidentally sets off a series of events that lead to her being kidnapped and taken to Hell. Racked with guilt, Sam makes a bold decision for the first time in his life: he’s going to rescue his only friend. Sam is thrust into a vivid world fraught with demons, vicious beasts, and a falling city. And every leg of his journey reminds him that he isn’t some brave knight on a quest — he’s an insecure teenager yearning to make his mark on at least one world.
An inspirational, practical, and research-based guide for standing up and speaking out skillfully at work. Have you ever wanted to disagree with your boss? Speak up about your company's lack of diversity or unequal pay practices? Make a tough decision you knew would be unpopular? We all have opportunities to be courageous at work. But since courage requires risk—to our reputations, our social standing, and, in some cases, our jobs—we often fail to act, which leaves us feeling powerless and regretful for not doing what we know is right. There's a better way to handle these crucial moments—and Choosing Courage provides the moral imperative and research-based tactics to help you become more competently courageous at work. Doing for courage what Angela Duckworth has done for grit and Brene Brown for vulnerability, Jim Detert, the world's foremost expert on workplace courage, explains that courage isn't a character trait that only a few possess; it's a virtue developed through practice. And with the right attitude and approach, you can learn to hone it like any other skill and incorporate it into your everyday life. Full of stories of ordinary people who've acted courageously, Choosing Courage will give you a fresh perspective on the power of voicing your authentic ideas and opinions. Whether you’re looking to make a mark, stay true to your values, act with more integrity, or simply grow as a professional, this is the guide you need to achieve greater impact at work.
Find yourself. Find your place. Find your brave. This uplifting tale, which award-winning author Leslie Connor dubbed “a perfectly paced journey of the heart” is perfect for fans of Lisa Graff and Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Cyrus Olson’s dad is a hero—Northfield’s former football star and now one of their finest firefighters. Everyone expects Cyrus to follow in his dad’s record-breaking footsteps, and he wishes they were right—except he’s never been brave like that. But this year, with the help of a stray dog, a few new friends, a little bit of rhythm, and a lot of nerve, he may just discover that actually…he is. Lauded as “remarkable” by the New York Times Book Review, Lindsey Stoddard’s heartfelt stories continue to garner critical acclaim, and her latest novel will have fans new and old rooting for Cyrus and Parker’s special bond and the courage it helps them both to find.
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspired by her popular TED Talk, the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code urges women to embrace imperfection and live a bolder, more authentic life. “A timely message for women of all ages: Perfection isn’t just impossible but, worse, insidious.”—Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit Imagine if you lived without the fear of not being good enough. If you didn’t care how your life looked on Instagram. If you could let go of the guilt and stop beating yourself up for making human mistakes. Imagine if, in every decision you faced, you took the bolder path? As women, too many of us feel crushed under the weight of our own expectations. We run ourselves ragged trying to please everyone, pass up opportunities that scare us, and avoid rejection at all costs. There’s a reason we act this way, Saujani says. As girls, we were taught to play it safe. Well-meaning parents and teachers praised us for being quiet and polite, urged us to be careful so we didn’t get hurt, and steered us to activities at which we could shine. As a result, we grew up to be women who are afraid to fail. It’s time to stop letting our fears drown out our dreams and narrow our world, along with our chance at happiness. By choosing bravery over perfection, we can find the power to claim our voice, to leave behind what makes us unhappy, and to go for the things we genuinely, passionately want. Perfection may set us on a path that feels safe, but bravery leads us to the one we’re authentically meant to follow. In Brave, Not Perfect,Saujani shares powerful insights and practices to help us let go of our need for perfection and make bravery a lifelong habit. By being brave, not perfect, we can all become the authors of our best and most joyful life.
In this dark comic novel by the author of Home Land, a college development officer’s last chance to keep his job comes at a high cost. A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Milo Burke—husband, father, development officer at a third-tier university—has just joined the burgeoning class of the newly unemployed. Grasping after off jobs to support his wife and child, Milo is relieved to get another chance from his former boss. All he has to do is reel in a potential donor who, mysteriously, has requested Milo’s involvement. But it turns out that the ask is Milo’s sinister college classmate Purdy Stuart. And the “give” won’t come cheap. Exploring such themes as work, war, sex, class, child rearing, romantic comedies, Benjamin Franklin, cooking shows on death row, and the eroticization of chicken wire, The Ask is a hilarious tour de force from a writer who has already shown that the deepest fictions are often the funniest.
This adventure, is packed with so much rich historical fact, the idea of fiction will be pushed from your mind. For instance, in the first chapter, there is a fire at 159 Hudson Street.In 1844, when our adventure starts, there was, in fact, a fire at 159 Hudson Street, in New York City. At the age of twelve, Brad Jamestown becomes a street kid in the most horrid city of the times, New York City in the eighteen hundreds. That is an unrelenting location to learn how to survive. He develops a street gutter heart. Soon he is taken in by two very tough, but decent men that own a saloon. His ability to fight to extremes is a story in itself. By way of a realistic situation, Brad is taught how to defend himself without weapons. Some of the confrontations were taken from events that happened in my own life. The methods and results are real. In this part of our thriller, you’ll learn horrendous facts about New York City, caused by the tremendous incoming of immigrants. Among many regrettable details, you’ll learn that seventy percent of the deaths were child. Child prostitution was rampant. Brad is given some simple advice from his mentors. ‘If you’re going to fight with every jackass you meet, be prepared to fight every day for the rest of your life.’ Another man tells him, ‘You’re to young to be a lover, be a liker. And, remember there’s enough women in the world that want to fool around, don’t pick on the one’s that don’t. Factual information is added to the story about baseball. It’s injected periodically to add some lightness too my writing. The first recorded baseball game was on June 19, 1847. Brad attends the game. In that game, the first fine was handed out.The pitcher, Davis was fined six cents for swearing at the umpire. Another game that Brad goes to, further into the story, is the first game that started the biggest and longest rivalry in baseball history, between the Giants and the Dodgers. During this time in baseball history, there was only one league, the National. The first pitcher to throw a no-hitter, was Joe Borden on May 23, 1875. Borden and Davis, interesting. When Brad was young, his mother and father were teachers and he was well educated. An event forces, Brad to move on from the saloon and his first job is working for Mr. Cogswell. He is a loveable, middle-aged man who was chosen to make the John Jacob Astor library a reality. Mr. Astor before his death bequeathed his personal library and forty thousand dollars to make his dream come true. Mr. Cogswell does quite a good job in adding knowledge to the young man’s mind. One difference between humanity and animals is, animals don’t have libraries. We learn that Brad is a restless young man. His next job is at the New York Daily Times. He is hired just before the first edition hits the street. The publisher, Mr. Henry Jarvis Raymond, takes him under his wing. The young man learns much about society. I do not take any writer’s license to justify this thought-provoking thriller. I believe a tale that grasps a readers thoughts should be logical. Frank, a reporter at the Times, becomes one of his teachers. He warns him not to be bamboozled into a false interview. He gives him an example of a young man who got the New York Sun to publish an article that immigrants were being brought into America from Europe by balloon. The man who completed the hoax was none other than Edgar Allan Poe. Frank tells Brad he should patronize high class restaurants, every once in awhile. That way he will be able to rub elbows with the rich and prosperous. Brad, although only nineteen now, is a fine figure of a man. He appears much older than he looks. One night, he goes to a fine restaurant. A twist of fate brings love into his life.It so happens,the lady is a very expensive, high class prostitute. Another part of his person is educated. As we start to put the pieces together, Brad is becoming a very well rounded young man. It so happens, the next time he goes to ru
