Tumble Home
Tumble Home

Author: Amy Hempel

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1998-05-28

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 143910512X

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Critically acclaimed master of the short story Amy Hempel’s Tumble Home is narrated by people with skewed visions of home. Not exactly crazy, they become obsessed and irrational as their inner logic leads them astray. In the title novella, a woman living in a psychiatric halfway house writes to a man she has met only once. Proceeding in brief vignettes that link and illuminate, she recounts her peculiar life with the other patients. The accretions of anecdote lead deeper and deeper into the psyche and history of the narrator, gradually revealing the reason for her urgent letter.

Tumble & Blue
Tumble & Blue

Author: Cassie Beasley

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-08-29

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0698189078

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Circus Mirandus comes the magic-infused story of a golden gator, two cursed kids, and how they take their destinies into their own hands. When the red moon rises over the heart of the Okefenokee swamp, legend says that the mysterious golden gator Munch will grant good luck to the poor soul foolish enough to face him. But in 1817, when TWO fools reach him at the same time, the night’s fate is split. With disastrous consequences for both . . . and their descendants. Half of the descendants have great fates, and the other half have terrible ones. Now, Tumble Wilson and Blue Montgomery are determined to fix their ancestors’ mistakes and banish the bad luck that’s followed them around for all of their lives. They’re going to face Munch the gator themselves, and they’re going to reclaim their destinies. But what if the legend of Munch is nothing but a legend, after all? Full of friendship, family, and the everyday magic and adventure that readers of Savvy and A Snicker of Magic love, Cassie Beasley’s newest middle grade book is another crowd-pleasing heart-warmer—perfect for reading by yourself, or sharing with someone you love.

The Angel of Santo Tomas
The Angel of Santo Tomas

Author: Tammy Yee

Publisher: Tumblehome, Incorporated

Published: 2021-11

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781943431748

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Fe del Mundo's sister dreamt of becoming a doctor--a big dream for a girl in the Philippines in the early 1900s. When her sister dies, young Fe vows to take her place, a promise she carries with her the rest of her life. In 1936 she becomes the first woman and first person of Asian descent to study at Harvard Medical School. When WWII begins in the Pacific, Fe faces a choice: remain in Boston, where she is safe, or return to the Philippines, where she is needed most. Fe follows her vision and returns home to care for the American and British children forced into the internment camp at Santo Tomas. Beautiful color drawings bring to life this gentle and courageous character, her family and her patients. The story of the courageous Dr. Fe del Mundo, recipient of the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for distinguished women "whose life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity," and the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, will inspire children to pursue science and medicine in the service of humanity.

Tumblehome
Tumblehome

Author: Brenda Missen

Publisher: Inanna Memoir Series

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9781771338455

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On a warm August evening, Brenda Missen, a 37-year-old single, unattached writer, pitches her tent beside a lake in Canada's 7,600 square-kilometre [3,000 square-mile] Algonquin Provincial Park. She is on a four-night "reconnaissance mission," an hour's paddle from the parking lot, to find out if she has the capability>--and nerve>--to one day take a real canoe trip in the park interior by herself. Paddling and portaging from her campsite by day and surviving imaginary bear attacks by night, she decides she's ready. Then a ranger arrives to check her permit, and an inexplicable, powerful intuition tells her this is the person she's meant to marry. Going solo may not be necessary after all. But the fairy tale unravels. In the wake of a broken engagement to her One True Paddling Partner, Brenda ventures into the near wilderness on a series of solo canoe trips that blow all her perceptions of romance, relationships, God, and her own self (gently) out of the water. In our high-tech, urban age, when so many people are disconnected from the natural world, Tumblehome--part spiritual memoir, part travel adventure, and great part ode to the Earth--is a timely and important exploration of where our real roots lie.

The Puffin Plan
The Puffin Plan

Author: Derrick Z. Jackson

Publisher: Tumblehome, Incorporated

Published: 2020-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781943431571

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Fifty years ago, a young ornithologist named Steve Kress fell in love with penguins. After learning that hunting had eradicated their colonies on small, rocky islands off the coast of Maine, he resolved to bring them back. So began a decades-long quest that involved collecting chicks in Canada, flying them to Maine, raising them in coffee-can nests, transporting them to their new island home, watching over them as they grew, and then waiting--for years--to see if they would come back. This is the story of how the Puffin Project reclaimed a piece of our rich biological heritage, and how it inspired other groups around the world to help other species re-root in their native lands.

Escape Greenland
Escape Greenland

Author: Ellen Prager

Publisher: Tumblehome, Incorporated

Published: 2021-04

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781943431700

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Ezzy Skylar has inherited some of her geologist mother's daring along with her collection of special scarves. Now, along with her surgeon father and ten-year-old brother Luke, she has embarked on a trip to Greenland's Kangia Icefjord. But something isn't right.

Heroic Women of the Art World
Heroic Women of the Art World

Author: Eugene H. Pool

Publisher: Tumblehome, Incorporated

Published: 2020-01-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781943431533

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Painters, a sculptor, an architect, a photographer, a poet in light, a cop, a conservator, even a spy: inspiring life stories of 16 remarkable women of art from the Renaissance to present. -- adapted from back cover.

Sharks at Your Service
Sharks at Your Service

Author: Mary Cerullo

Publisher: Tumblehome, Incorporated

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781943431632

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This book combines fiction and fact to present readers with a story that not only increases their knowledge of sharks, but also provides a sense of empathy and understanding of the species overall.

Sometimes We Do
Sometimes We Do

Author: Omowale Moses

Publisher: Mathtalk

Published: 2019-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781943431472

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"Johari loves daddy days, when he and his father make scrumptious pancakes, ride trains, play ball and talk about concepts like thick and thin, tall and short, and humongous. Written by Math Talk founder, Omo Moses, this book will spark fun family conversations packed with learning"--Back cover.

Earth Will Survive
Earth Will Survive

Author: Katie Coppens

Publisher: Tumblehome, Incorporated

Published: 2021-10-31

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9781943431779

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"What is Earth's history, including the history of life? Where is Earth headed, and what can we do? A middle school science teacher addresses these questions with a friendly narrative voice and a focus both on how science is done and the diverse people who do it. Women like Mary Anning and Rachel Carson get equal attention to men like James Hutton and Georges Cuvier. Present problems of the Earth discussed include not only climate change but human-caused extinctions, plastic pollution, and invasive species. A final section suggests things kids can do to make a difference, from changing their behavior as consumers to recycling, energy use, and voting."--Provided by publisher.