Nelson Beats The Odds
Nelson Beats The Odds

Author: Ronnie Nelson Sidney

Publisher:

Published: 2016-09

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9780998601106

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The Nelson Beats the Odds: Compendium One gives readers a chance to experience Nelson Beats the Odds and Tameka's New Dress in one thrilling graphic novel. The compendium presents real tips for real life situations and is a great addition to library shelves. Nelson Beats the Odds features Nelson, a young man who used to think school was all about playing and talking with his friends. When Nelson learns that he's been diagnosed as having a learning disability and ADHD, he is placed in special education and separated from his friends. Out of fear of being ridiculed and teased by classmates, Nelson attempts to keep his disability and struggles with learning a secret. With the encouragement of his parents and assistance from Mrs. T., his special education teacher, Nelson succeeds academically and reaches his full potential. Tameka's New Dress presents sensitive issues, including childhood trauma, parental substance abuse, kinship care, and bullying in a way that's gentle and suitable for children of all ages. In Tameka's New Dress, a gifted middle school student faces the challenges and fears of being the new kid at school while dealing with the harsh reality of living in an abusive home. Throughout the short story, Tameka receives the encouragement she needs from her caregiver and other adults in the community to fight off the school's bully without using violence.

Most Unlikely to Succeed - The Trials, Travels, and Ultimate Triumphs of a "Throwaway" Kid
Most Unlikely to Succeed - The Trials, Travels, and Ultimate Triumphs of a

Author: Nelson Lauver

Publisher: Nelson Lauver

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0983040303

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Life in idyllic 1960s McAlisterville, Pennsylvania seems so promising to young Nelson Lauver. But undiagnosed dyslexia soon turns hope and optimism into struggle and shame as he falls far behind in school and is branded lazy. Confused, angry, and determined not to be the dumb kid, he chooses instead to become the bad kid- ending up a loner at odds with the world and with himself. Nelson resigns himself to being hopelessly different and joins the ranks of millions of Americans who try to hide their inability to read and write. At age 29, a chance encounter leads to a diagnosis of dyslexia and a profound rebirth. Ironically, the boy who was afraid to have anyone hear him try to read launches a new career as a writer, broadcaster and speaker. An estimated 10 to 20 percent of Americans suffer from a learning disability. 14 percent of American adults are considered functionally illiterate. More than personalizing these sobering statistics, this uplifting memoir goes beyond one man's account of rising above a learning disability. Most Unlikely to Succeed is an inspirational story that will speak eloquently and profoundly to anyone who has ever struggled to be heard, to be understood, or to make his or her way in the world.

Tameka's New Dress
Tameka's New Dress

Author: Ronnie Sidney, 2nd

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-17

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780996532440

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When you're the new girl in school it can be a little scary. It's even tougher when your parents aren't there to help. Some of the kids might be friendly but what about that mean girl who's always picking on you? The author brings up the subjects of domestic abuse, drug use, relocation and bullying with a gentle touch suitable for even the youngest children. Tameka's New Dress shines a light on these tough things and lays them out on the table to talk about. He also presents us with a strong girl in Tameka, who not only finds adults who can and do support her, but also finds a way to fight off the mean girls without becoming a bully herself. Real tips for real life situations are presented here - just what real little children need - a great addition to the library shelves.

Office Hours
Office Hours

Author: Cary Nelson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0415971861

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Hip Hop America
Hip Hop America

Author: Nelson George

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-04-26

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780143035152

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From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media.

Conversations with Myself
Conversations with Myself

Author: Nelson Mandela

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2010-10-11

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 1429988398

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Nelson Mandela is widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has bestowed his entire extant personal papers, which offer an unprecedented insight into his remarkable life. A singular international publishing event, Conversations with Myself draws on Mandela's personal archive of never-before-seen materials to offer unique access to the private world of an incomparable world leader. Journals kept on the run during the anti-apartheid struggle of the early 1960s; diaries and draft letters written in Robben Island and other South African prisons during his twenty-seven years of incarceration; notebooks from the postapartheid transition; private recorded conversations; speeches and correspondence written during his presidency—a historic collection of documents archived at the Nelson Mandela Foundation is brought together into a sweeping narrative of great immediacy and stunning power. An intimate journey from Mandela's first stirrings of political consciousness to his galvanizing role on the world stage, Conversations with Myself illuminates a heroic life forged on the front lines of the struggle for freedom and justice. While other books have recounted Mandela's life from the vantage of the present, Conversations with Myself allows, for the first time, unhindered insight into the human side of the icon.

Throat
Throat

Author: R. A. Nelson

Publisher: Ember

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0375861386

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Seventeen-year-old Emma, having always felt cursed by her epilepsy, comes to realize that it is this very condition that saves her when she is mysteriously attacked and left with all the powers but none of the limitations of a vampire.

Love Match
Love Match

Author: Sandra Faulkner

Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781559721578

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The fascinating, objective story of the relationship between tennis superstar Martina Navratilova and Texas beauty Judy Nelson, whose "palimony" suit garnered national media coverage and made headlines around the world. Photographs.

Glory in the Name
Glory in the Name

Author: James L. Nelson

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 0552150975

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A stunning new novel about the Confederate Navy At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Confederate Navy must defend nearly 3,000 miles of coastline with only a meagre collection of ships and a handful of men. These include Sam Bowater, a former lieutenant in the United States Navy, who obtains his cherished first command in a tugboat turned gunboat, the Cape Fear with a ragtag crew. Struggling with the pressures of his first command, in a naval service which is still learning the ropes, Bowater finds himself and his men the only defence between the Confederate shores and the massive Union Navy. From Hampton Roads to Roanoke Island, to an exciting, bloody night time river fight for New Orleans, Glory In The Name vividly brings to life the dramatic naval battles of the Civil War.

Ninja: The Most Dangerous Game
Ninja: The Most Dangerous Game

Author: Tyler "Ninja" Blevins

Publisher: Ten Speed Graphic

Published: 2019-12-03

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1984857452

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The game is real. The stakes are life and death. It’s on gaming superstar Ninja to save the world in this original graphic novel series! A mysterious video game controller teleports Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and other players into a real battle-royale game world. Ninja quickly learns that a power-hungry villain plans to add Earth to his collection of conquered realms. Before doing so, he will force Ninja and the other gamers to fight until only one remains. But he didn’t count on Ninja fighting back and inspiring others to do the same. Ninja, his trusty sentient headband “HB,” and a ragtag team of rebels rise up and take a stand. They’re not just trying to win a game anymore, they’re ready to start a revolution.