The Notorious Izzy Fink

The Notorious Izzy Fink

Author: Don Brown

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1626726752

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Sam Glodsky lives among the rough-and-tumble gangs on the streets of New York's Lower East Side. When 13-year-old Sam falls in with fearsome gangster Monk Eastman, he joins an outrageous scheme to rescue Eastman's prize racing-pigeon from a cholera-ridden steamship quarantined in the harbor. The caper Monk hatches to snatch the bird pairs Sam with his archenemy, the notorious Izzy Fink. Widely acclaimed for his picture book histories, Don Brown's first historical novel is a fast-paced tale of immigrant life at the turn of the twentieth century.


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Download or read book The Notorious Izzy Fink written by Don Brown and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Glodsky lives among the rough-and-tumble gangs on the streets of New York's Lower East Side. When 13-year-old Sam falls in with fearsome gangster Monk Eastman, he joins an outrageous scheme to rescue Eastman's prize racing-pigeon from a cholera-ridden steamship quarantined in the harbor. The caper Monk hatches to snatch the bird pairs Sam with his archenemy, the notorious Izzy Fink. Widely acclaimed for his picture book histories, Don Brown's first historical novel is a fast-paced tale of immigrant life at the turn of the twentieth century.


Teens in the U.S.A.

Teens in the U.S.A.

Author: Kitty Shea

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0756534089

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Explores the lives, pastimes, and customs of teenagers in the United States of America. Includes full-color photographs, a historical timeline, a glossary, and further reading sources.


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Download or read book Teens in the U.S.A. written by Kitty Shea and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the lives, pastimes, and customs of teenagers in the United States of America. Includes full-color photographs, a historical timeline, a glossary, and further reading sources.


Value-Packed Booktalks

Value-Packed Booktalks

Author: Lucy Schall

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-04-07

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1598847368

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In this guide, 100 recommended books and booktalks offer the perfect way to start value discussions with teens and teen/adult book groups. With its focus on current, popular titles, Value-Packed Booktalks: Genre Talks and More for Teen Readers is a flexible tool for all educators—from Young Adult (YA) librarians and readers' advisors at public libraries to school librarians and teachers. Booktalks are provided for young adult literature published between 2006 and 2010, organized by values addressed in specific genres. Examples of discussions show how these booktalks can help teens define what is personally important to them and why. Unique in that it ties current popular genres to values (courage with adventure titles, problem-solving with mystery/suspense), the book focuses on 100 recently published YA fiction and nonfiction titles, offering summaries, lists of themes, values statements, booktalks, and curriculum connections. It also cites passages appropriate for read-aloud booktalks, designates a general grade-range (middle, junior, or senior high school), notes gender appeal for the titles (male, female, or cross gender), and lists similar or related works, some published before 2006.


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Download or read book Value-Packed Booktalks written by Lucy Schall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this guide, 100 recommended books and booktalks offer the perfect way to start value discussions with teens and teen/adult book groups. With its focus on current, popular titles, Value-Packed Booktalks: Genre Talks and More for Teen Readers is a flexible tool for all educators—from Young Adult (YA) librarians and readers' advisors at public libraries to school librarians and teachers. Booktalks are provided for young adult literature published between 2006 and 2010, organized by values addressed in specific genres. Examples of discussions show how these booktalks can help teens define what is personally important to them and why. Unique in that it ties current popular genres to values (courage with adventure titles, problem-solving with mystery/suspense), the book focuses on 100 recently published YA fiction and nonfiction titles, offering summaries, lists of themes, values statements, booktalks, and curriculum connections. It also cites passages appropriate for read-aloud booktalks, designates a general grade-range (middle, junior, or senior high school), notes gender appeal for the titles (male, female, or cross gender), and lists similar or related works, some published before 2006.


Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens

Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens

Author: Silver

Publisher: Jewish Publication Society

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0827611218

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Linda Silver selected the titles that "represent the best in writing, illustration, reader appeal, and authentically Jewish content--in picture books, fiction and non-fiction, for readers ranging from early childhood through the high school years."--P. [4] of cover.


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Download or read book Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens written by Silver and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Silver selected the titles that "represent the best in writing, illustration, reader appeal, and authentically Jewish content--in picture books, fiction and non-fiction, for readers ranging from early childhood through the high school years."--P. [4] of cover.


The Train Jumper

The Train Jumper

Author: Don Brown

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2014-06-24

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1466874368

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OUT OF WORK AND OUT OF LUCK. In Don Brown's The Train Jumper Ed "Collie" Collier encounters hobos, misers, racists, and even some kindness while riding the rails during the Great Depression. Collie leaves home in search of his older brother, who has run off. Battling hunger, hostility, and wrathful weather, he meets an unlikely ally in a young drifter. They jump a freight train, joining thousands and thousands of young boys and men who try riding out the Great Depression by riding the rails.


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Download or read book The Train Jumper written by Don Brown and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OUT OF WORK AND OUT OF LUCK. In Don Brown's The Train Jumper Ed "Collie" Collier encounters hobos, misers, racists, and even some kindness while riding the rails during the Great Depression. Collie leaves home in search of his older brother, who has run off. Battling hunger, hostility, and wrathful weather, he meets an unlikely ally in a young drifter. They jump a freight train, joining thousands and thousands of young boys and men who try riding out the Great Depression by riding the rails.


Lucky Boy

Lucky Boy

Author: Cameron Morfit

Publisher: Elevate Publishing

Published: 2016-02-16

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0996465510

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"Heartfelt and utterly original; a book about an unlikely alliance that should touch readers of all ages." - Kirkus Reviews Lucky Boy is a middle-grade novel about 13-year-old misfit Max, whose glasses don't fit right; his pretty and popular 15-year-old sister, Sadie, who is on the verge of making some bad decisions; and their developmentally delayed little brother Gabe, whose inability or unwillingness to talk confounds even the experts. The story begins with a small fire and the unannounced arrival of the Buras family’s self-professed “black sheep,” Dewey Tomlinson, who is some kind of cousin to their mother. Max invites “Uncle Dewey” to school for show and tell — the man has a very cool tow truck, after all — and they later become friends while making regular visits to the video poker sites in town, raking in the winnings. Dewey, a beaten-down loner with a shady past, is what polite society might call a lost cause, but he begins to find himself in Boise. He insists Max, his second cousin twice removed, is a lucky boy, and his “good mojo” is making the machines pay out. Against his better judgment, Max — also a lost cause, popularity wise — begins to believe it, too. He starts to think maybe he's fated to be something more than misfit Max with the misshapen head. Sadie, meanwhile, rethinks her rush to grow up. And when Max, Gabe and Dewey link hands on Halloween night, and Gabe suddenly begins to find his voice for the first time, Max starts to suspect larger forces at work. Lucky Boy is a meditation on luck, alchemy, and life’s unlimited capacity for surprise.


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Download or read book Lucky Boy written by Cameron Morfit and published by Elevate Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Heartfelt and utterly original; a book about an unlikely alliance that should touch readers of all ages." - Kirkus Reviews Lucky Boy is a middle-grade novel about 13-year-old misfit Max, whose glasses don't fit right; his pretty and popular 15-year-old sister, Sadie, who is on the verge of making some bad decisions; and their developmentally delayed little brother Gabe, whose inability or unwillingness to talk confounds even the experts. The story begins with a small fire and the unannounced arrival of the Buras family’s self-professed “black sheep,” Dewey Tomlinson, who is some kind of cousin to their mother. Max invites “Uncle Dewey” to school for show and tell — the man has a very cool tow truck, after all — and they later become friends while making regular visits to the video poker sites in town, raking in the winnings. Dewey, a beaten-down loner with a shady past, is what polite society might call a lost cause, but he begins to find himself in Boise. He insists Max, his second cousin twice removed, is a lucky boy, and his “good mojo” is making the machines pay out. Against his better judgment, Max — also a lost cause, popularity wise — begins to believe it, too. He starts to think maybe he's fated to be something more than misfit Max with the misshapen head. Sadie, meanwhile, rethinks her rush to grow up. And when Max, Gabe and Dewey link hands on Halloween night, and Gabe suddenly begins to find his voice for the first time, Max starts to suspect larger forces at work. Lucky Boy is a meditation on luck, alchemy, and life’s unlimited capacity for surprise.


Kid Blink Beats the World

Kid Blink Beats the World

Author: Don Brown

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780761323884

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A story of the newsboys (and girls) who took on the world's most powerful press barons--and won.


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Download or read book Kid Blink Beats the World written by Don Brown and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of the newsboys (and girls) who took on the world's most powerful press barons--and won.


Aaron and Alexander

Aaron and Alexander

Author: Don Brown

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 159643998X

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The story of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, whose politics put these Founding Founders in constant conflict which led to the most famous duel in American history.


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Download or read book Aaron and Alexander written by Don Brown and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, whose politics put these Founding Founders in constant conflict which led to the most famous duel in American history.


Jewish Book World

Jewish Book World

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13:

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Henry and the Cannons

Henry and the Cannons

Author: Don Brown

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2013-01-22

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1466830131

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Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Henry Knox crossed Massachusetts in winter—with 59 cannons in tow. In 1775 in the dead of winter, a bookseller named Henry Knox dragged 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston—225 miles of lakes, forest, mountains, and few roads. It was a feat of remarkable ingenuity and determination and one of the most remarkable stories of the revolutionary war. In Henry and the Cannons the perils and adventure of his journey come to life through Don Brown's vivid and evocative artwork.


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Download or read book Henry and the Cannons written by Don Brown and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Henry Knox crossed Massachusetts in winter—with 59 cannons in tow. In 1775 in the dead of winter, a bookseller named Henry Knox dragged 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston—225 miles of lakes, forest, mountains, and few roads. It was a feat of remarkable ingenuity and determination and one of the most remarkable stories of the revolutionary war. In Henry and the Cannons the perils and adventure of his journey come to life through Don Brown's vivid and evocative artwork.