[PDF] Diamond Willow eBook

Author : Helen Frost
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 13,25 MB
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1466896345

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There's more to me than most people see. Twelve-year-old Willow would rather blend in than stick out. But she still wants to be seen for who she is. She wants her parents to notice that she is growing up. She wants her best friend to like her better than she likes a certain boy. She wants, more than anything, to mush the dogs out to her grandparents' house, by herself, with Roxy in the lead. But sometimes when it's just you, one mistake can have frightening consequences . . . And when Willow stumbles, it takes a surprising group of friends to help her make things right again. Using diamond-shaped poems inspired by forms found in polished diamond willow sticks, Helen Frost tells the moving story of Willow and her family. Hidden messages within each diamond carry the reader further, into feelings Willow doesn't reveal even to herself. Diamond Willow is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Rick Charlebois
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 2015-01-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781505571677

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ARE YOU TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH DIAMOND WILLOW? Can't find a book on the subject? After thirty years of working with this unique wood, a diamond willow guru shares his secrets. At last, you can take that beautiful specimen out of the garage and confidently turn it into a one-of-a-kind work of art. This book will provide you with information even the GOOGLE gods can't find. You will discover how to work with this beautiful wood, how to find it, and the tools you will need. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions for creating marketable items with color photos to show the finer details will guide you on your way to success.

Author : Helen Frost
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 22,36 MB
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1466896337

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Two sisters, Jeannie and Sarah, tell their separate yet tightly interwoven stories in alternating narrative poems. Each sister – Jeannie, who leaves Scotland during the Highland Clearances with her father, mother, and the younger children, and Sarah, who hides so she can stay behind with her grandmother – carries a length of the other's hair braided with her own. The braid binds them together when they are worlds apart and reminds them of who they used to be before they were evicted from the Western Isles, where their family had lived for many generations. The award-winning poet Helen Frost eloquently twists strand over strand of language, braiding the words at the edges of the poems to bring new poetic forms to life while intertwining the destinies of two young girls and the people who cross their paths in this unforgettable novel. An author's note describes the inventive poetic form in detail. The Braid is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Jenny Manzer
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 23,59 MB
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1459818334

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A heartwarming, funny, fast-paced story about the bravery it takes to live as your true self, no matter the cost. Ten-year-old Caspar "Caz" Cadman loves baseball and has a great arm. He loves the sounds, the smells, the stats. When his family moves from Toronto to a suburb of Seattle, the first thing he does is try out for the local summer team, the Redburn Ravens. Even though Caz is thrilled when he makes the team, he worries because he has a big secret. No one in this city knows that before Caz told his parents he was a boy, he lived a very different life. It's nobody's business. Caz will tell his new friends when he's ready. But when a player on a rival team starts snooping around, Caz's past is revealed, and Caz worries it will be Toronto all over again. Will Caz's teammates rally behind their star pitcher? Or will Caz be betrayed once more?

Author : Becky Citra
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,75 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1554693462

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When Thea's father gets a job at a guest ranch in the Cariboo, Thea earns the trust of an abused horse, solves an old mystery and makes a new friend.

Author : Margaret Roach
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 32,19 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1604698772

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“A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.

Author : Helen Frost
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 23,82 MB
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1466896329

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An unforgettable narrative collage told in poems Keesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can't make it on their own. They are Stephie – pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason – Stephie's boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay – in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen – arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a juvenile detention center for a judge to hear her case; Harris – disowned by his father after disclosing that he's gay, living in his car, and taking care of himself; Katie – angry at her mother's loyalty to an abusive stepfather, losing herself in long hours of work and school. Stretching the boundaries of traditional poetic forms – sestinas and sonnets – Helen Frost's extraordinary debut novel for young adults weaves together the stories of these seven teenagers as they courageously struggle to hold their lives together and overcome their difficulties. Keesha's House is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Helen Frost
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 24,40 MB
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1466896353

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Maybe you won't rock a cradle, Muriel. Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat. Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. Her family's closest friends, the Normans, live on the other. For as long as Muriel can remember, the families' lives have been intertwined, connected by the crossing stones that span the water. But now that Frank Norman—who Muriel is just beginning to think might be more than a friend—has enlisted to fight in World War I and her brother, Ollie, has lied about his age to join him, the future is uncertain. As Muriel tends to things at home with the help of Frank's sister, Emma, she becomes more and more fascinated by the women's suffrage movement, but she is surrounded by people who advise her to keep her opinions to herself. How can she find a way to care for those she loves while still remaining true to who she is? Written in beautifully structured verse, Crossing Stones captures nine months in the lives of two resilient families struggling to stay together and cross carefully, stone by stone, into a changing world.

Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 32,24 MB
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0385386060

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On a moonlit winter night, a team of dogs pulls a sled, taking the narrator and readers on a wondrous ride through the snow, into and out of the woods. It is a ride you'll wish would never end. Through this exquisite prose poem, Gary Paulsen shares the joy, the beauty, and the grandeur of the outdoors. With his joyous text and Ruth Wright Paulsen's exuberant and expressive illustrations, Dogteam is a celebration of nature, a dance that invites everyone to join in.

Author : Heather Smith
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1771388382

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Eleven-year-old Jett has moved back home for the summer to live with his unconventional Grandma Jo, after "a rotten bad year" in a new town. Jett is bringing along a secret. Will Grandma Jo help Jett come to terms with his mistakes?