Роберт МакКэй0.0 Alternating chapters present the view points of a high school boy and girl, long-time schoolmates who finally become curious about each other.
Virginia Hamilton0.0 The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. It had a century-old legend -- two fugitive slaves had been killed by bounty hunters after leaving its passageways, and Dies Drear himself, the abolitionist who had made the house into a station on the Underground Railroad, had been murdered there. The ghosts of the three were said to walk its rooms....
Элизабет Гамильтон Фрирмуд0.0 Victoria's enthusiasm and talent for photography wins her parents' approval to practice this art even though photography is deemed an unwomanly profession in 1881.
Дейл Файф0.0 Sixteen-year-old Lisala Vogel loves being part of a large family. She loves her Alsatian parents and the traditions brought from the old country. And she loves the fertile Ohio farmland which represents so much to her father, to whom ownership of land means everything.
Lisala's growing friendship with Tony Enright, son of their German neighbors, and her emergence as an individual with her own goals, sets off a storm within Lisala's family and within herself. She faces the conflict between generations and between different groups and the first generation's stubborn clinging to old ways.
How Lisala comes to an understanding of her parents and herself, and how each member of the family faces the same problem differently make an absorbing story.
Эдвард Игер3.9 В основу адаптации положена известная повесть-сказка американского детского писателя Эдварда Игера "Неделя чудес". В книге рассказывается о захватывающих приключениях пятерых американских школьников, которые, возвращаясь из библиотеки домой, попадают в самую настоящую сказку - с чудесными путешествиями и превращениями.
Книга содержит постраничный комментарий, упражнения для отработки и закрепления навыков речевой деятельности, словарь.
Пособие адресовано учащимся 7-8 классов школ, лицеев, гимназий, а также широкому кругу лиц, изучающих английский язык самостоятельно.
Джек Шефер0.0 Jack Schaefer, author of the classic Shane, has written a timeless story about the friendship of a wise old shepherd and a young boy set in the Mojave Desert.
Кэрол Кендалл0.0 The Minnipins have lost their past. Long ago, the hero Gammage led them in war against the horrible Hairless Ones. But now -- Bravery? Forgotten. Courage? No more. Heroes? The stuff of storybooks.
Yet sometimes heroes turn up when they are least expected....
Muggles, Gummy the poet, and Walter the Earl are not like the other Minnipins. They dress differently, speak their minds, and -- when Walter the Earl finds a package of old scrolls and swords -- dare to disagree with the Minnipin leaders. For their troubles, they are banished from their village.
But Walter the Earl found the weapons for a reason: The Hairless Ones have returned. And this time there is no Gammage to protect the Minnipins. This time there are only Muggles and her friends, outlaws who must rescue the very people who have cast them out.
Robert McCloskey5.0 "Out on the islands that poke their rocky shores above the waters of Penobscot Bay, you can watch the time of the world go by, from minute to minute, hour to hour, from day to day..." So begins McCloskey's classic story of one summer on a Maine island. The spell of rain, the gulls and a foggy morning, the excitement of sailing, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurrican, and, in the end, the peace of the island as the family packs up to leave are shown in poetic language and vibrant, evocative pictures.
Эдвард Игер0.0 When the ancient toy soldier comes alive, the Old One grants Roger's wish to adventure in "yeomanly" Sherwood Forest. Will Roger earn his second wish, to save his father? Need for an operation brings Roger 11 and younger Ann to stay with bossy cousin Eliza and Jack. Can the children convince Ivanhoe to marry Rebecca over Rowena, and conquer the castle - in pjs?
Джим Флора0.0 Pepito, Amelia, and their mother and father are called the Fabulous Firework Family because they make the finest fireworks in their Mexican village. They've been asked to create a grand fireworks display to honor the village's patron saint. In brilliant paintings, full of color and excitement, and in his vigorous text, Flora perfectly captures the wonders of feast day and a glorious fireworks display.
Уолтер Хэвигхерст0.0 Song of the Pines: A Story of Norwegian Lumbering in Wisconsin is a children's historical novel which was written by the husband and wife team of Walter and Marion Havighurst. Song of the Pines was part of the "Land of the Free" series of children's books.
Андрэ Нортон0.0 "Intrigue runs high and suspense cloaks all" in a fantasy adventure of pirates and Nazis from the New York Times-bestselling author and SFWA Grand Master (Kirkus Reviews).
V-E Day and V-J Day are in the past, but the war is not over. Not for Lorens van Norreys, the new master of the House of Norreys, not as long as Nazi criminals are still at large. And not for Lawrence Kane and Sam Marusaki, two former OSS men, not as long as there are Americans still missing in action. The three of them quickly become entangled in a mystery--Norreys as he searches for a lost treasure, and Lawrence and Marusaki as they search for a lost American flyer. Together they face cutthroat pirates in the thousand islands of Indonesia, then they battle an unknown foe on an island known as the Forbidden Place, an uncharted landfill mentioned only in legends and from which, it's said, not one has ever returned alive.
Роберт Макклоски4.6 Однажды в погожий денек все отправились на холм собирать чернику: мама с девочкой Сашей поднимались по одной стороне холма, а мама-медведица и ее медвежонок - по другой... История о том, как они встретились и что из этого получилось, не только завоевала сердца читателей, но и принесла своему автору вторую медаль Кальдекотта - единственный случай в истории этой престижной премии.
Лоис Ленски0.0 A boy and his grandpa hope to strike oil in drought-ridden Oklahoma
It’s hot in Oklahoma. There’s no wind, the wells are dry, and the ground is dead. Orvie’s family is doing everything they can to keep their farm going. If they miss a payment on the mortgage, the bank will take their home away, and they’ll have nowhere else to go. Farming is tough, honest work, and it’s no way to get rich. For years, Orvie’s grandfather has sworn that there’s oil under their land, and as soon as it starts bubbling up, they’ll have more money than they know what to do with. But when the oil boom sweeps across Oklahoma, Orvie will find there are some problems that money can’t solve.
This rich portrait of life during the Oklahoma oil boom provides a lovingly detailed look at a forgotten time in history.
Кэролин Треффингер0.0 Banished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his rice seedlings flourish where no one else has for generations.
Жанетт Итон0.0 The story of this man--medical missionary, explorer, scientist, and above all, friend of mankind--is more amazing than fiction. His explorations from the southern tip of Africa for thousands of miles to the north literally opened up a continent that was then unknown. He was the first to bring Christianity and medical science to hundreds of native tribes. He was the first ever to cross Africa from sea to sea, discovering new water routes into the interior....
