A Girl Named Disaster
Title | A Girl Named Disaster PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Farmer |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 322 |
Release | 2010-02-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0545229782 |
Orchard Classics is a collectible hardcover line of Newbery award-winning titles from the Orchard backlist that have fresh, beautiful new designs and include author prefaces and discussion guides.A GIRL NAMED DISASTER is the humorous and heartwrenching story of young girl who discovers her own courage and strength when she makes the dangerous journey from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Nhamo is a Shona girl living in a traditional village in Mozambique in 1981. When her family tries to force her into a marriage with a cruel man, she flees. What was supposed to have been a short boat trip across the border into Zimbabwe, where she hoped to find her father, turns into an adventure filled with challenges and danger that lasts a year.
A Girl Named Disaster *BookPeople*
Title | A Girl Named Disaster *BookPeople* PDF eBook |
Author | Farmer Nancy |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1998-06-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9788888839097 |
Girl Named Disaster
Title | Girl Named Disaster PDF eBook |
Author | Mcgraw-Hill-Glencoe Staff |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 2001-11-01 |
Genre | Paranormal fiction |
ISBN | 9780078282645 |
While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
Teaching with Favorite Newbery Books
Title | Teaching with Favorite Newbery Books PDF eBook |
Author | Lori Licciardo Musso |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 92 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780590019750 |
Contains engaging discussion questions, vocabulary builders, writing prompts, and great literature response activities.
Girl Named Disaster Counterpack
Title | Girl Named Disaster Counterpack PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Farmer |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1998-06-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781858819853 |
Girl Named Disaster Study Guide
Title | Girl Named Disaster Study Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Mcgraw-Hill-Glencoe Staff |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2001-12-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780078282652 |
The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators
Title | The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 564 |
Release | |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780547348896 |
Upon publication, Anita Silvey’s comprehensive survey of contemporary children’s literature, Children’s Books and Their Creators, garnered unanimous praise from librarians, educators, and specialists interested in the world of writing for children. Now The Essential Guide to Children’s Books and Their Creators assembles the best of that volume in one handy, affordable reference, geared specifically to parents, educators, and students. This new volume introduces readers to the wealth of children’s literature by focusing on the essentials — the best books for children, the ones that inform, impress, and, most important, excite young readers. Updated to include newcomers such as J. K. Rowling and Lemony Snicket and to cover the very latest on publishing and educational trends, this edition features more than 475 entries on the best-loved children’s authors and illustrators, numerous essays on social and historical issues, thirty personal glimpses into craft by well-known writers, illustrators, and critics, and invaluable reading lists by category. The Essential Guide to Children’s Books and Their Creators summarizes the canon of contemporary children’s literature, in a practical guide essential for anyone choosing a book for or working with children.