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Author: Torey L. Hayden
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2003-05-27
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 0060297921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid has never had a permanent home or a real friend, but when he decides to try to hatch an owl egg with the help of a classmate, his life slowly begins to change for the better.
Author: Jamie Wright
Publisher: Convergent Books
Published: 2018-04-03
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0451496531
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“The reason you love Jamie (or are about to) is because she says exactly what the rest of us are thinking, but we’re too afraid to upset the apple cart. She is a voice for the outlier, and we’re famished for what she has to say.” --Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author of Of Mess and Moxie and For the Love Wildly popular blogger "Jamie the Very Worst Missionary" delivers a searing, offbeat, often hilarious memoir of spiritual disintegration and re-formation. As a quirky Jewish kid and promiscuous punkass teen, Jamie Wright never imagines becoming a Christian, let alone a Christian missionary. She is barely an adult when the trials of motherhood and marriage put her on an unexpected collision course with Jesus. After finding her faith at a suburban megachurch, Jamie trades in the easy life on the cul-de-sac for the green fields of Costa Rica. There, along with her family, she earnestly hopes to serve God and change lives. But faced with a yawning culture gap and persistent shortcomings in herself and her fellow workers, she soon loses confidence in the missionary enterprise and falls into a funk of cynicism and despair. Nearly paralyzed by depression, yet still wanting to make a difference, she decides to tell the whole, disenchanted truth: Missionaries suck and our work makes no sense at all! From her sofa in Central America, she launches a renegade blog, Jamie the Very Worst Missionary, and against all odds wins a large and passionate following. Which leads her to see that maybe a "bad" missionary--awkward, doubtful, and vocal—is exactly what the world and the throngs of American do-gooders need. The Very Worst Missionary is a disarming, ultimately inspiring spiritual memoir for well-intentioned contrarians everywhere. It will appeal to readers of Nadia Bolz-Weber, Jen Hatmaker, Ann Lamott, Jana Reiss, Mallory Ortberg, and Rachel Held Evans.
Author: Aaron Elkins
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2012-08-07
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0425251446
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor Bryan Bennett, designing hostage negotiation programs is the perfect job—as long as he doesn’t deal directly with kidnappers or their victims. Intense nightmares of his own abduction and imprisonment as a small boy still plague him thirty-some years later, and claustrophobia prevents him from attempting to travel. So when Bryan’s boss asks him to fly to Reykjavik to teach his corporate-level kidnapping and extortion seminar, he initially refuses. But a CEO has specifically requested Bryan—or no one else. Finally Bryan relents… For decades he’s treaded gingerly around his deepest terrors. Now, on this trip, Bryan’s taken hostage again and must face his fears full-on. Will he realize that in this battle of will and nerve, he is his own greatest enemy? Or has this fight already been lost years ago?
Author: Audrey Vernick
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2020-07-07
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 0823448088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeft reeling after her thoughtless mistake causes a terrible accident, 12-year-old Army Morand channels her grief to help someone in need. Army Morand feels like her life has been blown to bits when the worst thing imaginable happens--her beloved dog dies. It was an accident, but it was also Army's fault. She can't seem to stop hiding from everything and everybody including her best friend JennaLouise. But then Army sees Madison, the little girl who moved in across the way, climbing a tree and walking down the street unsupervised. Her family is not neglectful, just overwhelmed. Army finds herself overcome with the need to help Madison's family to make sure another worst thing doesn't happen--which becomes even more challenging when a big storm threatens her town. After the Worst Thing Happens is a bittersweet story about a girl surprised by the force of a growing need inside her to reach out and lend a hand while trying to escape the swirling sadness of her own sudden loss. In the end, it is about finding love and hope and friendship in very surprising places.
Author: Alice Kuipers
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2012-05-15
Total Pages: 109
ISBN-13: 1443402362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll Sophie wants is to forget what happened last summer. But that’s not easy when people keep asking if she’s okay, and her mother locks herself behind closed doors for hours at a time. And now her best friend, Abigail, cares more about parties and boys than about hanging out with Sophie. Lost in memories of the life she had before that terrible day, Sophie retreats into herself. But it’s only so long before she must confront the tragedy of her past so she can face the future.
Author: Jackie Branham Hall
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2022-08-01
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 1098032209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFebruary 28th, 1958 at 8:10 AM the nation is shocked and horrified at the news coming from a little community called Knotley Hollow. Three miles south of Prestonburg, KY. on US 23, a school bus loaded with forty-eight children ages ranging from 8-17 struck a wrecker tow truck in the rear. It rolled across the highway, struck a legally parked car, and kept rolling to the edge of a nearby cliff and disappeared. Floyd County school bus No. 27 driven by 27-year-old John Alex Dorssett rolled down an eighty-three-foot hill and plunged into the Big Sandy River. Due to melting snows and recent rain at the time the river was thirty feet deep. In less than one minute the 12,000-pound school bus with forty-eight screaming, terrified children make a frantic dash for the rear exit. Twenty-two children survived, Twenty-six and the driver lost their lives in the worst school bus disaster in U.S. History. Words and pictures tell the story of the worst unsolved school bus disaster of the 20th century. Coming soon aEURoeWashed AwayaEUR the first fact filled written story of school bus No. 27 and its last run.
Author: Kathleen Lane
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2016-06-07
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 0316257834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFront door locked, kitchen door locked, living room windows closed. Nobody in the closet, nobody under the beds. Still, Maggie is worried. Ever since she started middle school, she sees injustice and danger everywhere--on the news, in her textbooks, in her own neighborhood. Even her best friend seems to be changing. Maggie believes it is up to her, and only her, to make everything all right. Can she come up with a plan to keep everyone safe? The Best Worst Thing is a perceptive novel about learning the limits of what you can control, and the good--sometimes even best--things that can come of finally letting go.
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2013-09-26
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1448194016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarty and her sister Melissa couldn't be more different. "That's the worst thing about my sister. She NEVER misses a chance to wind me up." Football-mad Marty loves her Converse and helping her dad with his DIY. Melissa, however, loves all things pink and girly. So it comes as no surprise that when they have to share a bedroom, Marty and Melissa struggle to get along. But all that changes after a terrible accident, which helps the sisters realise they are closer than they thought... From bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, The Worst Thing About My Sister explores sibling rivalry and the importance of family. The Worst Thing About My Sister is full of fun, frolics and little pearls of wisdom. Here she focuses on that old family chestnut - sibling rivalry - and gives quarrelling sisters plenty of food for thought - Blackpool Gazette
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Published: 2010
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Very Worst Thing was the award-winning documentary film that revisited the 1958 Floyd County, KY school bus tragedy that claimed the lives of 26 children, as well as their driver. Thefilm not only had a profound impact in Eastern Kentucky, but it also affected those who created it. Through photographs, news broadcasts, and interviews, A Life of its Own tells the story behind the making of The Very Worst thing. the film also features computerized simulations of the bus accident, as well as never before seen 8 mm color video footage of the school bus as it is pulled out of the Big Sandy River in March of 1958.
Author: Sam Jordison
Publisher: Portable Press
Published: 2020-03-24
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1645171604
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWatch out for the people whose actions have earned them a place in this entertaining book! The 10 Worst of Everything is a celebration of failures, doom, disaster, mistakes, miscalculations, hubris, and folly from across a range of human endeavors—and when humans are involved, the potential for failure is great. This book includes chapters that focus on science, nature, pop culture, travel, and even romance. Each entertaining article will leave you shaking your head and wondering what these people were thinking.
