The Long Ride
The Long Ride

Author: Marina Budhos

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2021-09-14

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0553534254

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In the tumult of 1970s New York City, kids are expected to figure out issues of race that adults haven't when seventh graders are bused from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica. Jamila, Josie, and Francesca are three mixed-race girls who have always felt like outsiders in their mostly white neighborhood in Queens, but at least they have each other. Now it's seventh grade, and they're part of an experiment where kids will go on a long bus ride to integrate a new school in a black neighborhood. Maybe there the three girls can finally fit in. But Francesca's parents put her in private school. And Jamila and Josie discover that they're not even in the same classes. How do they find their place in a school divided between black and white? And what about the boys wanting to be friends--and maybe more? Can kids come together when grown-ups stay apart? In this tender story of friendship and family love, award-winning author Marina Budhos captures what it's like to tip from twelve to thirteen and to try to carry the dreams of adults.

The Long Ride
The Long Ride

Author: Olin Thompson

Publisher: Bookwarren Publishing Servi

Published: 2005-06

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 094594926X

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This story is of two families, drawn together by friendship as well as desire to give justice to the small communities in a raw Wyoming. They dealt it as it should be done, swiftly and surely. They had little time or patience with those who would take and waste lives of those who would strive for life in the harshest of environments. The Deans and Egans were epitome of hard work, endurance, and justice in the late 1870s.

The Long Ride
The Long Ride

Author: Bonnie Bryant

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-08-19

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1497653835

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School’s out, and three horse-crazy best friends promise to have the best summer ever Before Lisa Atwood, Stevie Lake, and Carole Hanson become high school juniors in the fall, the girls have a busy summer ahead. Lisa is spending every waking minute with her boyfriend, Alex—who’s also Stevie’s twin brother—until she leaves to visit her dad and his new family in California. Stevie just got her driver’s license, and when she isn’t delivering pizza, she’s hanging out with her boyfriend, Phil Marsten. And Carole is working long hours at Pine Hollow Stables—for the horses and for Ben Marlow, the mysterious stable hand who’s just as horse crazy as she is. But everything changes when the new girl arrives in town with a champion horse in tow. Will Lisa, Stevie, and Carole’s friendship ever be the same again?

The Long Ride Home
The Long Ride Home

Author: Marsha Hubler

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2010-05

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0310716926

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Thirteen-year-old Skye, who lives at Keystone Stables with her foster parents and wheelchair-bound foster sister, has been wondering about her real parents, and, with God's help, she is finally able to meet them.

The Long Ride Home
The Long Ride Home

Author: Christa Scott Reide

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1622950992

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Looking for love is natural. Finding it about to give birth in the back of a cab is anything but ordinary. Seth Locklear and his vocal group had just left their first televised concert when they came upon a taxi on the side of the interstate. Pulling over to assist, they discover one of their newest fans in the backseat about to give birth. Before help can arrive, Seth has to help the young woman deliver the baby and instantly, a bond is formed between him and the newborn. Now, little Marissa Wilkerson is at the center of Seth's world, but that means her mother, the young, unwed, but beautifully charming Emily Wilkerson, is too. Despite her ungodly situation, Seth can't take his attention away from Emily. Surely God planned for his perfect wife to have saved herself for marriage, and Emily clearly does not fit that description. Seth's stubborn rejection of Emily's favor may cost him the bond with the beautiful baby he helped to bring into this world. Now, Seth must discover if is his bond with Marissa is influencing his growing desire to be with Emily or if he's really falling in love with her. Having a family of his own one day is God's will, he's sure of it, but could that mean falling in love with a ready-made family? In this heartwarming story, Seth finds himself losing all confidence in his preconceived notions about who his future family will be. Emily has made an impact on his life, but will it be enough for him to dissolve his old ways and let himself fall in love with her? Join Seth, Emily, and the beautiful baby Marissa as they endure The Long Ride Home.

The Long Ride Home
The Long Ride Home

Author: Stephanie Graegin

Publisher: Random House Studio

Published: 2022-06-28

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 0593426045

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A tender picture book that celebrates memories and friendship about a young koala and a friend who has moved away. Little Koala has a long ride home, and every place her mother passes invokes a memory of her best friend: the ice cream shop where they giggled uncontrollably; the hill in the park where they crashed their bikes (that memory also lives on as a little scar on Koala’s knee), the library where they borrowed their favorite book again and again. Koala’s friendship blooms beautifully on the page, seamlessly interwoven with the ride home, and soon we learn just why these memories are so important: Koala’s friend has moved away. The story ends on a lovely note of hope: Koala and her friend are still close, despite the distance. The Long Ride Home is a universal and broadly appealing friendship story that explores the power of memory with tenderness, warmth, and heart. Stephanie Graegin expertly balances the bittersweet sensations of cherishing a moment long past with artwork that is rendered in soft, sepia hues in a way that only she can.

The Long Ride from Singapore
The Long Ride from Singapore

Author: Dr. Philip Iau

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 9814779946

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A compellingly-narrated, thrillingly-portrayed account account of an epic motorcycle journey taken in 2014 from Singapore to Sweden over 100 days. Philip’s aim to increase breast cancer awareness makes it more than the run-of-the-mill adventure holiday, but a ride with a cause. Written as an internal monologue, much in keeping with long motorcycle rides where hours are spent alone in a helmet with one’s thoughts, this chronicle runs through 17 countries and the entire sweep of the Silk Road. The motorcycles give the author an immediate access to different peoples and cultures, with a unique chance to meet breast cancer patients across different Asian countries. Time pressures in order to meet collaborators leads to mental collapse and near failure. As he falters from a mental breakdown and perseveres, it makes this journey more about cancer survival than ever intended.

The Long Ride Home
The Long Ride Home

Author: Tawni Waters

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1492645443

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After the loss of her mother, Harley can barely handle her grief. But the start of summer marks new beginnings, and Harley leaves for a cross-country road trip to scatter her mother's ashes with Dean, her friend (with benefits). The two ride by motorcycle, reconnecting with people who knew her mother along the way. But it's not long before Harley realizes she's pregnant...with Dean's child. And as Harley learns that her mother faced similar choices during her own pregnancy, Harley must come to terms with her mother's past to make a difficult decision about her own future.

Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home
Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home

Author: Susan K. Marlow

Publisher: Kregel Publications

Published:

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780825493584

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Twelve-year-old Andrea Carter has several frightening encounters after taking her horse, Taffy, and running away from her home at the Circle C Ranch. She begins to realize that there really is no place like home.

The Long Ride of Major Von Schill
The Long Ride of Major Von Schill

Author: Sam A. Mustafa

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2008-09-11

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 074255743X

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This unique book traces the past 200 years of German history, using an iconic German folk hero as a bellwether of changing politics and culture. In 1809, at the height of Napoleon's power in Europe, the Prussian Major Ferdinand von Schill led a revolt against the French empire. Within a month his rebellion was crushed, and Schill became a martyr for German nationalists. As the years passed, Schill's legend grew and evolved until he had become one of Germany's most famous and celebrated Napoleonic figures: the subject of hundreds of novels, poems, plays, operas, films, biographies, and monuments. Sam A. Mustafa explores the radical changes in German society and politics in the two centuries since Schill's death. In the first English-language work on the subject, he shows how Schill remarkably endured as other heroes fell in and out of fashion. For imperial propagandists, Liberal Democrats, Nazis, and Communists alike, he was a favorite historical icon and cultural touchstone. The author traces how an obscure failed rebel became a revered national symbol of patriotism and heroism and the ways each successive German regime coopted his story for its own ideological mission. Drawing on a rich array of primary and secondary sources, Mustafa considers the nature of patriotism, the creation of heroes and heroic mythology, and the fragility of history itself in a masterful narrative that will be an invaluable reference for anyone interested in the German experience during the Napoleonic Wars.