Five Stars in the Window

Five Stars in the Window

Author: David Komarnicki

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-03-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781544172385

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The city of Chester, Pennsylvania, is pulsing with activity during World War Two, grinding out ships, planes, and helicopters at record rates to fuel the fight against Hitler and Hirohito. Its winding streets are a patchwork quilt of ethnic neighborhoods, and families are displaying stars in their windows to show that they have sons or fathers off serving their country. There are five stars in the window of the house young David lives in, representing four of his seven brothers and the husband of one of his two sisters. While he prays daily for their safe return, David peddles newspapers to the shift-workers at the war plants, dodges the local traffic cop who tries to interfere with his shoeshine business, hookies school to hear Louis Armstrong in Philadelphia, dazzles his classmates with his yo-yo prowess, downs the pierogi and halupki his Ukrainian-born mother dishes up by the dozens, and does his best to negotiate adolescence on the home front.


Magical Window Stars

Magical Window Stars

Author: Frederique Gueret

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780863154942

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By using special paper-folding techniques, colored tissue paper can be transformed into magical window stars for every season. Fr d rique Gu ret provides step-by-step instructions for making twenty-five window stars. Each is graded for difficulty, to allow the beginner to progress easily. She also shows how the stars can be painted with additional color accents that allow the sunlight to create a dazzling veined effect.


Four Blue Stars in the Window

Four Blue Stars in the Window

Author: Barbara Eymann Mohrman

Publisher: Bern Street Publishing LLC

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780988417410

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Fifty years ago, a young girl opened a cardboard box in her basement. Long forgotten, it contained her father's World War II uniform, vintage photos, semaphore flags, and other WWII keepsakes. The box opened up a world of pain and joy to author Barbara Eymann Mohrman as she set out on a personal journey to trace her family history and inadvertently, unspoken Eymann family secrets. This is the story of hard-scrabble life in rural Oakdale, Nebraska (population 851) starting in the heyday of the 1920s. Chriss Eymann, a newly arrived Swiss immigrant and his wife, Hattie Mae, raised ten children on the Dust Bowl-ravaged plains during the 1930s in the depths of the Great Depression. But their greatest sacrifice was yet to come-when they sent four young sons off to war in the South Pacific and Europe. The mother's flag with its four blue stars proudly displayed the family's precious contribution to the war effort. The story traces in detail and vintage photos from 1930 to 1947 the anguish, danger, and their everlasting hope with some surprising family news that brings the story full circle.


Ordinary Heroes

Ordinary Heroes

Author: Dan Oja

Publisher: Media Technics Corporation

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780981782300

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Ordinary Heroes: Six Stars in the Window is the true story of one family, six brothers, and a world at war. It is the story of the Koski brothers, the men they served with, and the millions of Allied soldiers who sacrificed so much to win that war. Ordinary Heroes weaves the story of the six Koski brothers into a gripping wartime saga. This is not a dry, historical account of events. It is a detailed, accurate depiction of the real-life experiences of these ordinary soldiers, these ordinary heroes, drawn against the backdrop of those tumultuous times.


The Man in the Window

The Man in the Window

Author: Jon Cohen

Publisher: Amazon Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781477848937

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A poignant, darkly comic novel by the author of Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger. A disfigured man stays in the safety of his parents' house for 16 years--until a fateful accident causes him to meet the woman who changes his life. "A gentle romantic fantasy of piercing and eccentric beauty".--Boston Globe. Optioned for a film by Scott Rudin (Flatliners).


Big Book of Window Treatments

Big Book of Window Treatments

Author: Editors of Sunset Books

Publisher: Oxmoor House

Published: 2006-06-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780376017499

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"The most comprehensive guide to today's window treatments"--P. [4] of cover.


The Wig in the Window

The Wig in the Window

Author: Kristen Kittscher

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-06-18

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0062110527

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In this funny and clever middle grade mystery reminiscent of Rear Window and perfect for fans of the Mysterious Benedict Society series, Sophie Young and Grace Yang are best friends, seventh graders, and spies. Sophie and Grace have made a game out of spying on their neighbors. On one of their midnight stakeouts, they witness a terrifying scene at the home of their bizarre middle-school counselor Dr. Charlotte Agford (also known as Dr. Awkward). At least, they think they do. When the girls are proven wrong, they are still convinced that Dr. Agford is hiding a terrible secret—and they're determined to find out what it is. Soon the girls are breaking secret codes, being followed by a strange blue car, and tailing strangers with unibrows and Texas accents. But as their investigation heats up, Sophie and Grace start to crack under the pressure. Will solving the case destroy their friendship?


Crafting Magical Window Stars

Crafting Magical Window Stars

Author: Frederique Gueret

Publisher:

Published: 2022-02-24

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9781782507796

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Learn how to make magical window stars from coloured tissue paper using special paper-folding techniques. This book includes step-by-step instructions, easy-to-follow diagrams and inspiring colour photographs for making twenty-five beautiful window stars, suitable for all seasons. From easy patterns for beginners to more complex designs each project is graded for difficulty to allow you to progress your paper-folding skills with confidence. Perfect for crafting at any time of the year, some projects such as the wintry Frost Flower star and the springtime Daisy star are great for marking the change of the seasons. The dazzling tissue paper transparencies will brighten your home or school windows throughout the year.


Look Out the Window

Look Out the Window

Author: Joan Walsh Anglund

Publisher:

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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There are many similar houses, cats, dogs, and people but each one has a way of expressing its individuality.


The Diamond in the Window

The Diamond in the Window

Author: Jane Langton

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1973-10-31

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780064400428

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Eddy and Eleanor discover a secret attic room in their extraordinary house.