[PDF] Write Before Your Eyes eBook

Author : Lisa Williams Kline
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,96 MB
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0440422515

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TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GRACIE IS always flying under the radar of her overworked parents and outspoken siblings. But when she buys an old journal at a yard sale, Gracie is stunned to realize that everything she writes in the journal comes true—though sometimes in unexpected ways. At first Gracie uses the journal selfishly, controlling her mother’s BlackBerry and eliminating the dress code at school. But then she starts to think about bigger issues: what about world hunger? Global warming? World peace Unfortunately, before she can make headway on any of those issues, the journal falls into the wrong hands—and soon Gracie and her best friend/crush Dylan are rushing around town trying to undo the damage! This fun, warm, emotionally honest novel is both a fantastic adventure and a testament to the power of writing to change the world.

Author : Caroline Bock
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1250035678

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In Caroline Bock's Before My Eyes, Claire has spent the last few months taking care of her six-year-old sister, Izzy, as their mother lies in a hospital bed. Claire believes she has everything under control until she meets a guy online who appears to be a kindred spirit. Claire is initially flattered by the attention but when she meets Max, the shy state senator's son, her feelings become complicated. Working alongside Max at a beachfront food stand is Barkley. Lonely and obsessive, Barkley has been hearing a voice in his head. Narrated in turns by Claire, Max, and Barkley, Before My Eyes captures a moment when possibilities should be opening up, but instead everything teeters on the brink of destruction.

Author : Maria Riva
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 35,72 MB
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1639361405

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A richly imagined portrait of an immigrant woman in the heady and unpredictable first half of the twentieth century. Sweeping and panoramic, You Were There Before My Eyes is the epic and intimate story of a young woman who chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village. When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for the gleaming promises that await her and her young husband in Mr. Ford’s factories. Determined to survive, and perhaps even thrive, young Jane finds herself navigating not just a new language and country, but a world poised upon the edge of economic and social revolution—and war. As Jane searches for inner fulfillment while building young family, the tide of history ebbs and flows. From the chaos of Ellis Island to the melting pot of industrial Detroit, You Were There Before My Eyes spills over with colorful characters and vivid period details. Maria Riva paints an authentic portrait of immigrant America and poignantly captures the ever evolving nature of the American dream.

Author : Paula Daly
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 14,93 MB
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802146449

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A woman must face her husband’s secrets when he is suddenly attacked in this “superior domestic thriller” of envy and literary ambition (Publishers Weekly, starred review). A biracial couple with two young children, the Campbells face as many challenges as any family in Liverpool. But Jane tends to let her husband, Leon—a bestselling thriller writer—fight their battles. Averse to conflict, she prefers to focus on what seems to be going right: her two precious children; her occasionally rocky but still loving marriage; and while her manuscripts keep getting rejected, she enjoys teaching creative writing. But then Leon is brutally attacked in their own driveway, and Jane is forced to face reality. With Leon in a coma, Jane needs to take matters into her own hands—and open her eyes to the secrets that have been kept from her all this time. Suddenly, she sees her life in a shocking new light. But if she wants to find out who hurt her husband, she will have to pay attention to every unpleasant detail

Author : Jonathan Bryan
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Ltd.
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1911600796

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Can you imagine not being able to speak or communicate? The silence, the loneliness, the pain. But, inside you disappear to magical places, and even meet your best friend there. However, most of the time you remain imprisoned within the isolation. Waiting, longing, hoping. Until someone realises your potential and discovers your key, so your unlocking can begin. Now you are free, flying like a wild bird in the open sky. A voice for the voiceless. Jonathan Bryan has severe cerebral palsy, a condition that makes him incapable of voluntary movement or speech. He was locked inside his own mind, aware of the outside world but unable to fully communicate with it until he found a way by using his eyes to laboriously choose individual letters, and through this make his thoughts known. In Eye can Write, we read of his intense passion for life, his mischievous sense of fun, his hopes, his fears and what it's like to be him. This is a powerful book from an incredible young writer whose writing ability defies age or physical disability - a truly inspirational figure. Foreword by Sir Michael Morpurgo A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Jonathan Bryan's charity, Teach Us Too. http://www.teachustoo.org.uk/

Author : Nicci Cloke
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 49,19 MB
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1471406229

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Southfield High School is oh so normal, with its good teachers, its bad, and its cliques. But despite the cliques, there's a particular group of friends who have known each other forever and know that they can rely on each other for anything. There's the twins: Vis, rebellious, kind, and just a tiny bit worried about what the hell she's going to do once this year is over, and Aisha, smart, quiet and observant. Then there's Remy, the loudmouth, and Gemma, who's more interested in college boys and getting into the crap club in town. And then there's Elise: the pretty one. But at the start of Year 11, when the group befriend the new boy, Elijah, things start to change. The group find themselves not as close as they used to be. Until one Tuesday, when the students are trapped inside the school building. And one of them has a gun. Close Your Eyes is the story of a school shooting which, through interviews, messages and questionable actions, asks: Who is truly responsible?

Author : Marianne Nelson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,76 MB
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462822312

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When Mia finds herself bored and burned out teaching high school, she decides to pursue her life-long dream of writing a book, but needs to do it during the day while at school. Trials and tribulations of working with teenagers all day as well as a best friend who sneaks in and out of closets with her in-school lover provide Mia with more than enough material for her book. Her writing challenge soon becomes more difficult as she tries to juggle her own new love interest—another teacher at school—while keeping the secret from her husband of fifteen years who is loving but set in his ways. Will this affair enhance or destroy Mia’s marriage?

Author : Ali Merci
Publisher : Typewriter Pub
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 15,73 MB
Release : 2019-08-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781644340677

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Carmen West likes to paint.Art, she believes, makes up for the lack of light in her. Even if it comes in the form of a boy who carries the sun in his eyes.Asa San Román is afraid his looks are all that he'll be liked for.He's reckless, sometimes hotheaded, incredibly passionate and likes to drown him-self in whatever takes the insecurities away. Carmen is satisfied living with her heart under wraps, but then she meets Asa, who wears his on his sleeve-and he reminds her that even after the darkest of nights, comes the breaking of light.Asa is fine with trying to erase parts of his identity, but then she meets Carmen, the girl with midnight hair and thundercloud eyes-who teaches him that beauty doesn't lie in the colour of his skin, but runs soul-deep instead.Asa and Carmen fall into place beside each other like two halves of a jigsaw puzzle-perfectly into place.But then one of them embarks on a journey of self-love while the other still struggles to admit they have too many open wounds that need healing.And when two people, regardless of the intensity of their feelings, are in complete-ly different points of their lives......is love really enough?

Author : Sarah Stup
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 24,29 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Autistic people
ISBN : 9780978840808

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Visit www.SarahStup.com to order. In this honest and heartfelt collection of writings, Sarah takes us inside her world so we can experience the very sights, sounds and feel of autism. Her vivid imagery and wrenching language reveals "the beast" but also the special gifts it imparts, gifts that make her the unique person she is. This book is about more than autism, however. Ultimately, it is a book about life. From family to oceans, coffee to snowflakes, writing to love--Sarah shares her insights about each and more through her poems, reflections and essays. In doing so, she joins the company of other great young writers.

Author : R. L. Stine
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2006-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0385746954

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When Inkweed, the evil ghost, inhabits Max and awaits for him to fall asleep in order to complete his task of ending the lives of Nicky and Tara, the two friends have to secure their safety by keeping Max awake while also trying to find a way to rid him of the ghostly intruder within.