The Liberation of Gabriel King

The Liberation of Gabriel King

Author: K. L. Going

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0142407666

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Gabriel King was a born chicken. He’s afraid of spiders, corpses, loose cows, and just about everything related to the fifth grade. Gabe’s best friend, Frita Wilson, thinks Gabe needs some liberating from his fears. Frita knows something about being brave— she’s the only black kid in school in a town with an active Ku Klux Klan. Together Gabe and Frita are going to spend the summer of 1976 facing down the fears on Gabe’s list. But it turns out that Frita has her own list, and while she’s helping Gabe confront his fears, she’s avoiding the thing that scares her the most.


Fat Kid Rules the World

Fat Kid Rules the World

Author: Kelly L. Going

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780399239908

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this outstanding, funny, and edgy debut, Going tells an engaging story of two unlikely friends who meet when a high-school dropout talks a boy out of suicide--and who ultimately save each other.


Pieces of Why

Pieces of Why

Author: K. L. Going

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-09-08

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0147509874

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the award winning author of Fat Kid Rules the World and The Liberation of Gabriel King comes a lyrical, middle grade gem that asks all the hard questions and hits all the right notes--perfect for fans of Cynthia Rylant and Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Tia lives with her mom in a high-risk neighborhood in New Orleans and loves singing gospel in the Rainbow Choir with Keisha, her boisterous and assertive best friend. Tia's dream is to change the world with her voice; and by all accounts, she might be talented enough. But when a shooting happens in her neighborhood and she learns the truth about the crime that sent her father to prison years ago, Tia finds she can't sing anymore. The loss prompts her to start asking the people in her community hard questions--questions everyone has always been too afraid to ask. Full of humanity, Pieces of Why is a timely story that addresses grief, healing, and forgiveness, told through the eyes of a gifted girl who hears rhythm and song everywhere in her life.


The Next Great Jane

The Next Great Jane

Author: K. L. Going

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-05-19

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0698408772

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From award-winning author K. L. Going comes a happily-ever-after story of a girl who discovers the true secret to all good writing--through an unlikely friendship, some well-intentioned matchmaking, and little bit of science. Jane Brannen wants nothing more than to become a famous author like Jane Austen--she just needs to figure out the key to literary success! Her chance to uncover the secret arrives when bestselling author J. E. Fairfax visits her tiny town of Whickett Harbor. Unfortunately, a hurricane rolls in and Jane gets stuck with the author's snobbish son, Devon, instead. But when the skies clear, Jane realizes the wind has blown in something worse than annoying boys: Her mother, Susan, and Susan's new fiancé, Erik, have flown all the way from Hollywood to file for custody and bring Jane back to California. Now she needs to find a mate for her marine biologist father and figure out what's truly important about Whickett Harbor, so she can prove to her mother that this is where she's meant to stay.


Saint Iggy

Saint Iggy

Author: Kelly L. Going

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0152062483

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The second novel from a Printz Honor winner. Iggy leaves public housing behind to make something of his life. It's not easy for Iggy--he's just 16, has no skills, and his only friend is mixed up with the dealer who got Iggy's mom hooked.


The General in His Labyrinth

The General in His Labyrinth

Author: Gabriel García Márquez

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2014-10-15

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1101911123

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN eBOOK! General Simon Bolivar, “the Liberator” of five South American countries, takes a last melancholy journey down the Magdalena River, revisiting cities along its shores, and reliving the triumphs, passions, and betrayals of his life. Infinitely charming, prodigiously successful in love, war and politics, he still dances with such enthusiasm and skill that his witnesses cannot believe he is ill. Aflame with memories of the power that he commanded and the dream of continental unity that eluded him, he is a moving exemplar of how much can be won—and lost—in a life.


The Garden of Eve

The Garden of Eve

Author: Kelly L. Going

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2009-04

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780152066147

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Eve gave up her belief in stories and magic after her mother's death, but a mysterious birthday present takes her and a boy who claims to be a ghost on a strange journey, to where their supposedly cursed town flourishes.


Night of the Living Ted

Night of the Living Ted

Author: Barry Hutchison

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2020-05-19

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0593174291

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This Halloween season discover a new action-comedy series about two kids battling an army of evil teddy bears! What a nightmare! Can they save the day before bedtime? After Lisa-Marie and her big brother, Vernon, visit a Create-A-Ted store, the unexpected happens. Their teddy bears come to life! But it turns out they aren't the only ones. All kinds of teddy bears--zombies, ghosts, aliens and more--are suddenly alive and creating mayhem . . . and soon there is an army of evil teddy bears on the loose! Can Lisa-Marie and her big brother Vernon save themselves--and the world? The Living Ted series appeals to readers of all ages with quick chapters, laugh-out-loud action scenes, and lively illustrations throughout.


Dog in Charge

Dog in Charge

Author: Kelly L. Going

Publisher: Puffin Books

Published: 2016-05-03

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1101997737

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

When his human family goes to the store, Dog is left in charge of five wily cats.


The Graduation of Jake Moon

The Graduation of Jake Moon

Author: Barbara Park

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2000-09

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 068983912X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Fourteen-year-old Jake recalls how he has spent the last four years of his life watching his grandfather descend slowly but surely into the horrors of Alzheimer's disease.