Day of the Night Crawlers
Title | Day of the Night Crawlers PDF eBook |
Author | Troy Cummings |
Publisher | Scholastic |
Total Pages | 89 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780545493246 |
Alexander and his new friend, Rip, are worried that the worms the rain has brought out are really the megaworms that Notebook of Doom describes but they soon discover that the night crawlers are trying to warn them about the monster tunnel fish that are threatening Stermont Elementary.
Nightcrawling
Title | Nightcrawling PDF eBook |
Author | Leila Mottley |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 282 |
Release | 2022-06-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0593318943 |
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK • A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice “bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole” (Tommy Orange, author of There There). A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, TIME, GOODREADS Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent—which has more than doubled—and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department. Rich with raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.
Chomp of the Meat-Eating Vegetables: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #4)
Title | Chomp of the Meat-Eating Vegetables: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #4) PDF eBook |
Author | Troy Cummings |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 100 |
Release | 2014-01-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 054555554X |
What could be more monstrous than giant vegetable monsters?! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In this fourth book, Alexander is still on the look-out for monsters. Now he thinks they're at school.... The lunch menu is NOT normal -- instead of good-for-you meals, there's ice cream and pie every day. His whole class is crying. And his friend Rip goes missing. Alexander must battle giant meat-eating vegetables before the whole town becomes veggie dinner! Filled with humor, suspense, and zany black-and-white illustrations, this book will keep kids turning the pages!
Rise of the Balloon Goons: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #1)
Title | Rise of the Balloon Goons: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #1) PDF eBook |
Author | Troy Cummings |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 100 |
Release | 2013-06-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0545493269 |
Monsters + Humor + Fun = THE NOTEBOOK OF DOOM! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Alexander has just moved to a new town where he uncovers all sorts of monsters! He finds an old notebook with the word "DOOM" inscribed on the front cover. The Notebook of Doom, which Alexander now holds, contains top-secret information about the monsters! In this first book, Alexander goes up against spooky balloon goons--unique and twisted arm-waving balloon guys! This book is full of humor, engaging black-and-white illlustrations, and of course...monsters!
Day of the Night Crawlers
Title | Day of the Night Crawlers PDF eBook |
Author | Troy Cummings |
Publisher | Scholastic Paperbacks |
Total Pages | 89 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780545493253 |
Alexander and his new friend, Rip, are worried that the worms the rain has brought out are really the megaworms that Notebook of Doom describes but they soon discover that the night crawlers are trying to warn them about the monster tunnel fish that are threatening Stermont Elementary.
Hughie
Title | Hughie PDF eBook |
Author | Eugene O'Neill |
Publisher | Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 1982-10 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780822205432 |
THE STORY: Originally produced on Broadway, revived to sellout houses in 1996 starring Al Pacino, HUGHIE was one of O'Neill's last works. It was originally intended as part of a series of short plays, but it became the lone survivor when O'Neill de
Midwinter Day
Title | Midwinter Day PDF eBook |
Author | Bernadette Mayer |
Publisher | New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | 130 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9780811214063 |
Perhaps Bernadette Mayer's greatest work, Midwinter Day was written on December 22, 1978, at 100 Main Street, in Lenox, Massachusetts. "Midwinter Day", as Alice Notley notes, "is an epic poem about a daily routine". In six parts, Midwinter Day takes us from awakening and emerging from dreams through the whole day -- morning, afternoon, evening, night -- to dreams again: "a plain introduction to modes of love and reason, / Then to end I guess with love, a method to this winter season / Now I've said this love it's all I can remember / Of Midwinter Day the twenty-second of December".