Turtleface and Beyond
Title | Turtleface and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Bradford |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 209 |
Release | 2015-02-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0374278067 |
"A collection of short stories by the author of DOGWALKER"--
Dogwalker
Title | Dogwalker PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Bradford |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 160 |
Release | 2002-01-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0375413855 |
Tender and satiric, hilarious and humane, Dogwalker plunks readers down in a land of misfits and the circumstantially strange–where one young man buys drugs from a dealer who locks his customers in a closet, while another lands a cat-faced circus freak for a roommate, and yet another must choose between his pregnant wife and the ten-pound slug he’s convinced will bring him a fortune. And throughout these stories moves a divinely inspired collection of dogs: three-legged, no-legged, dogs that sing, that talk, and that give birth to humans. Brilliant, perplexing, and moving, this is a daring debut that strolls along society’s fringes and unearths strange beauty among its misfits
Emma's Turtle
Title | Emma's Turtle PDF eBook |
Author | Eve Bunting |
Publisher | Boyds Mills Press |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781590783504 |
When Emma's box turtle digs his way out of his pen, he imagines that he is have adventures in Africa, India and other faraway lands that Emma has described to him.
The Shadow Hero
Title | The Shadow Hero PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Luen Yang |
Publisher | First Second |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2014-07-15 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1466858672 |
In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity... The Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but the acclaimed author of American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang, has finally revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that creates an origin story for the Green Turtle. With artwork by Sonny Liew, this gorgeous, funny comics adventure for teens is a new spin on the long, rich tradition of American comics lore.
Truman
Title | Truman PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Reidy |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 2019-07-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 153441665X |
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children’s book of 2019 A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 A School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2019 "An enchanting tale of bravery, heroism, and undying devotion." —The New York Times Book Review After his best friend Sarah leaves for her first day of school, a tortoise named Truman goes on an adventure across the living room and learns to be brave in this thoughtful and heartwarming twist on a first experience story. Truman the tortoise lives with his Sarah, high above the taxis and the trash trucks and the number eleven bus, which travels south. He never worries about the world below…until one day, when Sarah straps on a big backpack and does something Truman has never seen before. She boards the bus! Truman waits for her to return. He waits. And waits. And waits. And when he can wait no longer, he knows what he must do. Even if it seems…impossible!
Single, Carefree, Mellow
Title | Single, Carefree, Mellow PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Heiny |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2015-02-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0385353642 |
For the commitment-averse women in these eleven sublime laugh-out-loud stories, falling in love is never easy and always inconvenient. “Single, Carefree, Mellow is a lot like the women who populate it: smart and sexy and a little bit ruthless.” —Entertainment Weekly “Something like Cheever mixed with Ephron.” —The New York Times Book Review Maya is in love with both her boyfriend and her boss. Sadie’s lover calls her as he drives to meet his wife at marriage counseling. Nina is more worried that the Presbyterian minister living above her garage will hear her kids swearing than that he will find out she’s sleeping with her running partner. The women grapple with love amidst everything from unwelcome houseguests to disastrous birthday parties as Katherine Heiny spins a debut that is superbly accomplished and endlessly entertaining.
Red Wolf
Title | Red Wolf PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Dance |
Publisher | Dundurn |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 2014-01-20 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1459708113 |
This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young First Nations boy forced to move into a residential school and assume a new identity. Paralleling his story is that of Crooked Ear, an orphaned wolf pup he has befriended. Both must learn to survive in the white man's world.