Husky
Husky

Author: Justin Sayre

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-09-22

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0399540040

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"[G]enuinely funny, heart-wrenching . . ." - Kirkus Reviews "[A] moving journey of self-discovery and a gratifying coming-of-age story." - Publishers Weekly "Husky . . . is a superb addition to the middle grade literary canon." - VOYA Reviews "There is not a false note in the writing . . ." - Lambda Literary A beautifully voiced debut captures an intimate story of change and acceptance. Twelve-year-old Davis lives in an old brownstone with his mother and grandmother in Brooklyn. He loves people-watching in Prospect Park, visiting his mom in the bakery she owns, and listening to the biggest operas he can find as he walks everywhere. But Davis is having a difficult summer. As questions of sexuality begin to enter his mind, he worries people don’t see him as anything other than “husky.” To make matters worse, his best girlfriends are starting to hang out with mean girls and popular boys. Davis is equally concerned about the distance forming between him and his single mother as she begins dating again, and about his changing relationship with his amusingly loud Irish grandmother, Nanny. Ultimately, Davis learns to see himself outside of his one defining adjective. He’s a kid with unique interests, admirable qualities, and people who will love him no matter what changes life brings about.

Nala Sky: My Siberian Husky
Nala Sky: My Siberian Husky

Author: Mosezella Williams

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2019-03-18

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1480958883

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Nala Sky: My Siberian Husky By: Mosezella Williams and D’Kaydon Dames When a family decides to adopt a young Siberian Husky and name her Nala Sky, they face the many challenges that come with an energetic and sometimes troublesome dog. The family learns about the depth of love and responsibility that come with dog ownership. Young D’Kaydon realizes hidden lessons of courage, humility, responsibility and how sometimes the biggest act of love is knowing how to let go.

A Spirited Life
A Spirited Life

Author: Mary Oquendo

Publisher: WorkingChihuahua Press

Published: 2024-02-24

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 098288317X

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A Spirited Life is a must for any dog lover. Spirit walks you through his life. If you ever feel like life has given you a raw deal this is the book for you. This dog was given a hand of the worst cards possible, and he turned them into something quite grand with the help of his mom, Mary Oquendo. His antics will make you laugh, cry, and occasionally spit your drink. Spirit, my blind husky, was an integral part of my journey in the pet industry. He was a colleague, a travel buddy, and my friend. Everyone who met him loved him. He graces many a wedding photo album with people he met that day, as well as in, too many to count, cell phone photo libraries. This is Spirit's life told from his perspective.

The Adventures of Cain and Frankie
The Adventures of Cain and Frankie

Author: Jodi Ekberg

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 1622125290

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The Adventures of Cain and Frankie tells the true story of two Siberian huskies that were brought into author Jodi Ekberg's life to help her through cancer treatments and the subsequent surgeries and broken bones. Says the author, "I had become weak and depressed while I was going through cancer treatments and had finally given up fighting. I thought that my days were numbered. My husband Bruce saw how depressed and sick I was getting. So when I said I wanted a husky puppy, he found Cain, hoping that somehow the puppy could help me. Bruce trained him while I watched. The more Cain learned how to do things, the more I wanted to be a part of it, so I started to go to other doctors to see if they could help me. "Bruce noticed that when I was with Cain I was not depressed and seemed to be getting better each day. Cain was treated like one of our children, as our kids are grown up. Cain went everywhere we went, and did everything we did, including eating what we ate and sleeping in our bed. "Bruce and I had discussed the possibility of getting another husky so Cain would not be alone. We felt that if one husky could help me to heal, than two may help me heal twice as fast."

So Few on Earth
So Few on Earth

Author: Josie Penny

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2010-10-04

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1770705651

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Josephine Mildred Curl Penny grew up in Labrador during the 1940s and 1950s. Like many Métis, she and her family lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle, moving inside to the primitive settlement of Roaches Brook each fall to hunt and trap, and outside to Spotted Islands in the spring to harvest the rich fishing grounds. Sent away to hospital at age four, to boarding school when she was seven, and forced out to work at age eleven, Josie lost the family bond so important to a young child. She recounts the years spent at Lockwood Boarding School where she suffered atrocious punishments, merciless teasing, and the humiliation of two rapes. The depersonalization and constant punishment eventually took their toll, and her once free-spirited nature was broken. Reading became her only escape. Set against the beauty and ruggedness of the Labrador coast, So Few on Earth is a story of perseverance in a harsh environment and the possibility of life starting anew from shattered beginnings.

Tainna
Tainna

Author: Norma Dunning

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre

Published: 2021-03-27

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1771622725

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Drawing on both lived experience and cultural memory, Norma Dunning brings together six powerful new short stories centred on modern-day Inuk characters in Tainna. Ranging from homeless to extravagantly wealthy, from spiritual to jaded, young to elderly, and even from alive to deceased, Dunning’s characters are united by shared feelings of alienation, displacement and loneliness resulting from their experiences in southern Canada. In Tainna—meaning “the unseen ones” and pronounced Da‐e‐nn‐a—a fraught reunion between sisters Sila and Amak ends in an uneasy understanding. From the spirit realm, Chevy Bass watches over his imperilled grandson, Kunak. And in the title story, the broken-hearted Bunny wanders onto a golf course on a freezing night, when a flock of geese stand vigil until her body is discovered by a kind stranger. Norma Dunning’s masterful storytelling uses humour and incisive detail to create compelling characters who discover themselves in a hostile land where prejudice, misogyny and inequity are most often found hidden in plain sight. There, they must rely on their wits, artistic talent, senses of humour and spirituality for survival; and there, too, they find solace in shining moments of reconnection with their families and communities.

Hide Away Husky
Hide Away Husky

Author: Lisa McCue

Publisher: Sterling Children's Books

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454918127

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Paw was a little Husky who dreamed of being part of a dog sled team. But no matter how much he begged, his owner just ruffled his ears and said, "Only the biggest, fastest, and strongest dogs can pull my sled." Then one day, his owner's son disappears. Can Paw rescue the boy--and prove how brave he really is?

The Chase: London Affair Part 2
The Chase: London Affair Part 2

Author: Rhyannon Byrd

Publisher: Headline Eternal

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1472251199

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The Chase continues Rhyannon Byrd's sexy new serial, London Affair, where a dangerous web of passion, deception and intrigue unfolds into an explosive love story... Perfect for fans of Sylvia Day, J. Kenner and Jodi Ellen Malpas. When American art-history graduate Emmy Reed arrived in London, she was hoping to land her dream job with an exclusive scoop on a famous reclusive artist. Thrown into the path of millionaire playboy Jase Beckett, Emmy found herself agreeing to be his date for a family wedding when she discovered that her sought-after artist was his grandfather. After a stunning weekend of intense sexual connection, even amidst his family's devious scheming, neither Emmy nor Jase wanted to let go. But both had been burned by a lifetime of family tragedies and, with neither able to say what the other wanted to hear, Emmy returned to San Diego. Now, realising he's been a fool, Jase follows Emmy, determined to leave the past behind and fight for his future. But will San Diego be far enough away to escape the dark, damaging secrets that surround the Beckett family - especially when the revelations threaten his and Emmy's lives, as well as their relationship? Emmy and Jase's sizzling London Affair began in The Weekend and continues in The Confession. 'From London to the English countryside, Jase and Emmy burn up the sheets in this first installment of Rhyannon Byrd's London Affair' P.T. Michelle, New York Times bestselling author 'London Affair is signature Rhyannon Byrd - exciting, sexy, and romantic. Byrd brilliantly crafts a steamy love story with a couple that dazzles, and I couldn't put it down!' Virna DePaul, New York Times bestselling author Looking for more sexy reads from Rhyannon Byrd? Check out the steamy Dangerous Tides titles: Take Me Under, Make Me Yours and Keep Me Closer.

Take Me Under
Take Me Under

Author: Rhyannon Byrd

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-06-04

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1101595620

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Ben Hudson had a thing for shy, sexy Reese Monroe from the moment he first saw her three years ago. Back then, she was married and living in Boston—two very good reasons for the Miami detective with a bad-boy reputation to stay away. But that was then… Now Reese is divorced and moving to Florida, where her mother has rented her a small beach house—one that happens to be owned by Ben. Living right next door, he can’t get Reese’s soft curves out of his mind. He has waited three long years to touch her in all the ways he’s been dreaming about, and this time he won’t let anything get in his way. For Reese, Ben’s sudden advances are thrilling but leave her stunned. With her limited experience in the bedroom, she never expected a man with such a wicked reputation to go after her. She knows she should be on guard, but he’s a temptation she can’t resist. And when trouble follows her down from Boston, threatening her life, Ben may be the only one who can help her. FIRST IN A NEW SERIES

The Shape of My Eyes
The Shape of My Eyes

Author: Dave Gibbons

Publisher: Worthy Books

Published: 2024-07-23

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1546003258

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A touching, humorous account of the author’s cultural reckoning with his Korean heritage and hidden family secrets. A surprising diagnosis of PTSD led Dave Gibbons to look to his past for clues to explain the unexpected result. Born to an American soldier and a Korean mother in the wake of the Korean War, Dave has spent his life struggling to blend his Korean roots and his very American upbringing. The family joins a conservative church that embraces a strict, rule-based faith, and they try to navigate life as one of the few mixed-raced families in their community. But when tragedy strikes, tearing the family apart, Dave is forced to face long- buried secrets that he can no longer ignore. As he explores his family’s difficult past, he confronts his own pain and the persistent feelings of not quite fitting in either in America or his mother’s home country. And when a DNA test ultimately reveals a truth that shatters everything he understood about his history, he begins the journey to reconcile his American upbringing with his deep Korean roots, and he is forced to confront the traumas he unknowingly carried. The Shape of My Eyes beautifully weaves historic reference points of the oppression and discrimination against Asian Americans with Dave’s own personal story. Dave’s wrestling with belonging in his family, in America, and in the church creates a raw, thought-provoking memoir about race, religion and finding home.