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(0)Linda Williams
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Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
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In Stillwater, Mississippi, in 1955, thirteen-year-old African American Rose Lee Carter looks to her family and friends to understand her place in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. Her friend Shorty wants to change things by meeting violence with violence; her best friend Hallelujah believes in the power of peaceful protests. Can one girl make a difference?
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For all those times when your house feels like a mini-war zone--when siblings are so restless they pick on one another mercilessly or are so angry they can hardly speak--101 Activities for Siblings Who Squabble is a dynamic, creative handbook, full of games kids can play together plus peace-keeping tips that can turn sibling rivalry into sibling revelry. "Fence Menders," for example, will get feuding siblings on the same side. "Corner Warmers" can...
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One look is all he needs to see your triumphs, your tragedies, your deepest secrets. And then, whatever Simon Says must come to pass...
As the world's last Druid, Simon carries the combined powers of all his people. In exchange for this gift, he has made a Promise to fulfill their Sacred Trust to act as Guardian for the good in humankind. Elusive and discrete, he lives through the centuries and uses his mystical powers to change people's lives for...
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308 pages ; 22 cm
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"It's 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He's going to grow up to be a teacher or a lawyer--or maybe both--and live in a big brick house in town. There'll always be enough food in the icebox, and his mama won't have to run herself ragged looking for work as a maid in order to support Ellis Earl and his eight siblings and niece, Vera. So Ellis Earl applies himself at school, soaking up the lessons that Mr. Foster teaches his...
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A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her. The little old lady's fearless attitude and her clever solution as to what to do with the lively shoes, pants, shirt and pumpkin head that are chasing her will enchant young audiences. Great Halloween story. With brilliantly colored, detailed folk art illustrations.
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Clean Eating Diet Your One-Stop Clean Eating Cookbook with Clean Eating Recipes for Every Meal This Clean Eating Diet cookbook is packed with information on clean eating, how to eat a clean diet and other information that will help you pursue a clean eating lifestyle. This how-to guide offers plenty of clean eating recipes to help you start eating a healthy diet, including delicious recipes for clean eating foods for breakfast, dinner and even some...
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"Finalist for the Theatre Library Association Award for Outstanding Book in Recorded or Broadcast Performance" Linda Williams is Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, where she directs the Film Studies Program. She is the author of Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the Frenzy of the Visible and Figures of Desire: A Theory and Analysis of Surrealist Film. Her edited volumes include Viewing Positions: Ways of...
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Do you believe that spirits do exist? Do you believe that the Spirit of God and his angels could really save us in times of distress?
Larna Woods as a child had already been communicating with the spirits and even played with them. Her family, however, didn't believe she could interact with these beings, thinking these were just all in her mind. As she grew up, she wasn't aware that this was a "gift" until she met a nun who was visiting her mother's...
17) Grúas
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
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Photographs and simple text in both English and Spanish describe cranes and the work they do.