An Ordinary Boy

An Ordinary Boy

Author: Brian Centrone

Publisher:

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780988231092

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Tom Grove's family is rich, his grandparents are famous, and he's beautiful. He can have anything he wants, but all Tom really wants is to be an ordinary boy. Like his best friend, Marissa, Tom wants to fit in, make friends and date sexy boys. It would also help if he could be free of his father's weighty expectations, his mother's insane demands, and his older brother's snide remarks. When Tom begins his first year of college, he believes he's going to come out and start a new life. But Tom's plan to come out of the closet and meet hot college boys isn't exactly foolproof. His new roommate is a straight jock, the gay club at school is made up of outcasts, and the lines between going out to dinner and a date are blurry at best. If that wasn't a challenge enough, Tom has to learn how to navigate drunken college parties, the campus social hierarchy, and the attentions of the wrong sort of boys. What begins as a journey to independence turns into a series of mishaps, love, heartache, soul searching, awkward situations and the realization that life is less like an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog and more like the everyday low prices of Wal-Mart. And to make matters worse, he still has to make it through freshman year.


No Ordinary Boy

No Ordinary Boy

Author: Jennifer Johannesen

Publisher: Low to the Ground

Published: 2011-09

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9780987736703

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Twelve-year-old Owen Turney died on October 24th, 2010, of unknown causes. No Ordinary Boy is Jennifer Johannesen's extraordinary story of her profoundly disabled son, his family, his caregivers and his doctors. It is a sharply evocative, sometimes humorous, never sentimental chronicle-not only of perpetual crisis management, crushing disappointments and dashed hopes, but also one of love, spiritual growth, self-understanding, acceptance and maturity.


The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy, Book 3: The Great Powers Outage

The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy, Book 3: The Great Powers Outage

Author: William Boniface

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2008-11-25

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0060774703

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Crunch! There's something strange going on in Superopolis! The entire population has turned its back on its favorite potato chips of all time. Everyone has switched to the Amazing Indestructo's Amazing Pseudo-Chips. And all because someone named Comrade Crunch told them to. Look out! The weird thing is, no one has ever heard of Comrade Crunch. Who is he, and how is he getting the supercitizens to follow his every command? There's more! That's not the only mystery in town. The superheroes of Superopolis are losing their superpowers! Without their special gifts, they're just . . . ordinary! Luckily, there's one person in town who understands ordinary. In a city where everyone is—well, was— extraordinary, this might just be a job for ordinary boy!


The Extraordinary Tale of an Ordinary Boy

The Extraordinary Tale of an Ordinary Boy

Author: Stuart Paton

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2011-11-15

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1467009881

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Freddy Bloomenberg is a very ordinary boy but when he discovers a hidden entrance to a mysterious land at the bottom of his own garden then the most extraordinary tale begins. Follow Freddy as he meets new friends, fights new enemies and most importantly as he discovers a land more extraordinary than his wildest dreams.


Conner, an Ordinary Boy

Conner, an Ordinary Boy

Author: Ronald J. Conners

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1553696603

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Conner learned family values, beliefs, actions, and leadership from a very special father. Dad always expected, and marveled, at the actions that young Conner seemed to take so naturally. Hidden, sometimes very cleverly, in this book is a display of highly developed problem-solving and leadership displayed by Conner at a very young age. His seemingly natural ability to envision desired outcomes before taking any action was uncanny. Conner's ability to challenge himself with difficult and tiring tasks were seldom seen, or required of someone his age. he seldom, if ever, stopped to realize that he was doing some extraordinary things. Conner believed he was an ordinary boy doing very ordinary things. Athletically inclined, Conner learned to blend his athletic drive with his zest for life. He was always seen smiling, a happy-go-lucky kind of boy. His smile was contagious! Conner built on his personal strengths, while correcting only the weaknesses that seemed important for living a happy life.


The Story of an Ordinary Boy

The Story of an Ordinary Boy

Author: Karun Kris

Publisher: Karun Kris

Published: 2020-01-04

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13:

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The boy already knew that his life was somewhat different, and rather boring. There was not much for him to do besides wandering around and talking to strangers. The protagonist, a teenage boy, realises that he underestimated his somewhat different life. The incident at the park exposes him to a new side of the world thus changing his life forever. Or does it really? Is the boy even aware that his life has changed? This is a story that covers a small part about the life of an ordinary teenage boy.


An Ordinary Polish Boy

An Ordinary Polish Boy

Author: Brendan Redko

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 1481782347

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AN ORDINARY POLISH BOY JOURNEY TO ENGLAND This is the story of a fourteen-year-old boy living in south-east Poland at the beginning of the Second World War. The small town he lives in becomes the site of a massive battle involving a million men from three armies (German, Polish and Russian). An Ordinary Polish Boy describes how the Germans took over the area and how they controlled the local population through murder and forced labour. It also describes what happened when they built the first extermination camp close to the boy's town. It follows his journey after he was taken into forced labour from Berlin to Italy, where he eventually joined up with the Polish Second Corps, and finally to England. He arrived there as a refugee with thousands of other Poles who could not go back to their homes and families because of treaties signed at the end of the war which allowed Russia to annex part of eastern Poland and control most of Eastern Europe.


Using Paired Text to Meet the Common Core

Using Paired Text to Meet the Common Core

Author: William Bintz

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2014-12-11

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1462518982

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Teaching students to make connections across related texts promotes engagement and improves reading comprehension and content learning. This practical guide explains how to select and teach a wide range of picture books as paired text--two books related by topic, theme, or genre--in grades K-8. The author provides mini-lessons across the content areas, along with hundreds of recommendations for paired text, each linked to specific Common Core standards for reading literature and informational texts. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 22 reproducible graphic organizers and other useful tools. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.