Chasing Orion

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763659983
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing Orion written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a beautiful teen with polio enters their lives, a girl and her older brother find themselves drawn into a web of lies in this compelling novel by a best-selling author. (Age 10 and up) Eleven-year-old Georgie loves science-fiction movies, but she won’t be going to the theater anytime soon. It’s a hot Indiana summer in 1952, and public places from pools to camps are closing to slow the spread of polio. Despite all the headlines, Georgie never thought she’d come as close to the fearful disease as she does when she spies a silver glint in her neighbor’s yard. There she discovers a monstrous, hissing machine, and inside is Phyllis, a girl encased in an iron lung. "I have eighty-seven cubic centimeters of air, but you have the world," Phyllis tells her. Phyllis’s ability to breathe may be limited, but her strength to manipulate is boundless. As Georgie struggles to comprehend this once-gorgeous teenager’s life in a "coffin with legs," Phyllis slowly weaves a web of lies that snare all those around her, including Georgie’s quickly smitten brother. Can Georgie untangle the truth before Phyllis’s deception achieves its inevitable end?

Author : Richard Barron
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781413720419
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing Orion written by Richard Barron and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After witnessing an unidentified object slam into the Moon near Genesis, the pre-cursor to a lunar colony, heralded amateur astronomer Daniel Kilbourne joins a US Special Operations unit's moon mission as an embedded journalist., accompanying the ill-equipped humans when they infiltrate the marooned alien spacecraft.

Author : Abhay Sarkaria
Publisher : Evincepub Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9390442907
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Orion written by Abhay Sarkaria and published by Evincepub Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-22 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An adventure filled with magic, black demons and evil spirits. Throughout his adventure, he meets magical moonlight sprites and mages. He explored places where flowers sing and trees dance, where moonlight and stars laugh, where shadows talk. Not only demons and spells, there are Witches, Kikoros, Gizans and Evlers.

Author : Sean Wilson
Publisher : Affirm Press
ISBN 13 : 192284893X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gemini Falls written by Sean Wilson and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melbourne, 1930, as the Great Depression is taking hold: Thirteen-year-old Morris Turner, a little anxious by nature, feels more at home gazing at the stars than spending time with his detached father Jude, a detective, and older sister, Lottie. When a young woman is murdered in Jude's home town of Gemini, he is assigned to solve the case. With fear and polio rising in the city, Jude reluctantly takes Morris and Lottie to the small town he left long ago. At the family farm in Gemini, Morris meets relations who are strangers - an aunt, an uncle, and a cousin obsessed with detective novels - and is drawn into a community reeling from a murder and a financial crash. Without a clear suspect for the killing, suspicions have turned to the downtrodden, huddled in camps outside the town. But Morris is sure there is more to this case. With the help of new friends, he turns his attention instead to the people around him, confronting his fears and searching for a killer in a town full of mysteries - a search that will bring secrets old and new to the surface, and leave someone else fighting for their life.

Author : Linda Geddes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643132865
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing the Sun written by Linda Geddes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our biology is set up to work in partnership with the sun. Little wonder then that humans have long worshipped and revered our nearest star: life itself arose on earth because its relationship with the sun was a special one, and that relationship still affects us well into the era of electric lighting, indoor workdays, and vitamin D supplements. What we are losing when we sever this ancient biological tie to the sun by spending more and more time inside during the day and surrounded by screens at night? Informed by cutting-edge scientific research and sparkling with memorable characters — from the modern druids who worship at Stonehenge each solstice to the Amish farmers who may have the right idea about healthy sleep patterns — Linda Geddes’s Chasing the Sun analyzes all aspects of our relationship to the sun, which continues to shape our bodies and minds in the twenty-first century. The fascinating stories, innovative science, and unique perspectives in this book make it clear that the ancients were right to put the sun at the center of our world, and it is crucial that we remember this bond as we shape our lives today.

Author : Nancy J. Polette
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610694244
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gateway to Reading written by Nancy J. Polette and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get young readers hooked on some of the best titles in juvenile literature, ranging from humor to mystery to fantasy, with unusual and effective methods like games. Getting students to want to read is one of the greatest challenges facing middle school teachers and librarians. Determining which are the "right books" that can spark a child's mental awakening is also difficult. This book from prolific author Nancy Polette furnishes interesting and fun games to pique students' interest in junior novels that are worth reading—carefully selected titles that will contribute to their educational and emotional growth. Gateway to Reading: 250+ Author Games and Booktalks to Motivate Middle Readers is a powerful tool for luring middle-school students away from the distractions of 21st-century media and introducing them to junior or 'tween novels that they won't be able to put down. By presenting children with a challenge to engage their minds—racing to decode book titles, or using their creativity to come up with titles of their own, for example—students are naturally drawn towards reading these books from well-known children's authors.

Author : Sean Ruday
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000041271
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Elementary School Grammar Toolkit written by Sean Ruday and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching grammar can be overwhelming and is often an overlooked part of effective instruction. The Elementary School Grammar Toolkit to the rescue! Now in its second edition, this comprehensive guide makes grammar instruction fun and meaningful. You will learn how to... • Teach grammar in a practical way to help students grow as readers and writers by presenting each grammar rule as a useful writing tool. • Use mentor texts—excerpts from great literature—to help students understand grammar in action. • Promote metacognition along the way so that students become responsible for their own learning. • Implement innovative instructional strategies and tools aligned with Common Core and other state standards. Throughout the book, you'll find step-by-step recommendations for teaching each of the grammar tools to help students meet the Common Core State Standards and other state language standards for grades three to five, plus classroom snapshots that show you the tools in action, handy templates that you can use in the classroom, and new tips for extra support at the end of every chapter. New! The second edition features revised classroom snapshots and exemplars to showcase successful practices, new visuals, more free charts and activities, and new "Bonus Tips for Support" in each chapter, with extra practices and strategies to use with students who need extra support. The expanded, free annotated bibliography is updated to include contemporary, high-quality children’s and young adult literature and gives examples of key grammatical concepts found in each work. These resources are available as supplemental downloads on our website.

Author : Aratus
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421400251
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phaenomena written by Aratus and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Phaenomena was the most widely read poem in the ancient world. Its fame was immediate. It was translated into Latin by Ovid and Cicero and quoted by St. Paul in the New Testament, and it was one of the few Greek poems translated into Arabic. Aratus’ Phaenomena is a didactic poem—a practical manual in verse that teaches the reader to identify constellations and predict weather. The poem also explains the relationship between celestial phenomena and such human affairs as agriculture and navigation. Despite the historical and pedagogical importance of the poem, no English edition suitable for students and general readers has been available for decades. Aaron Poochigian’s lively translation makes accessible one of the most influential poets of antiquity. Poochigian's interpretation of the Phaenomena reestablishes the ancient link between poetry and science and demonstrates that verse is an effective medium for instruction. Featuring references to Classical mythology and science, star charts of the northern and southern skies, extensive notes, and an introduction to the work’s stylistic features and literary reception, this dynamic work will appeal to students of Ancient Greece who want to deepen their understanding of the Classical world.

Author : Travis Mulhauser
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472021656
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greetings from Cutler County written by Travis Mulhauser and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-04-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greetings from Cutler County is both a nonstop ride of tragic hilarity, and a piercing look at the complexities of youth. In one northern Michigan community the lives of desperate small-town dreamers are examined through an ensemble cast as earnest as they are outrageous, and as compelling as they are heartbreaking. The lovers, crooks, failures, and survivors of Cutler County are so flawed and genuine you can't help rooting for them-no matter how foolish or hopeless their pursuits may seem. The stories take place in Cutler County, Michigan. Most of the characters are young men who think of themselves as losers and outsiders. Short on cash, popularity, and the ambition needed for success, they nevertheless are able to examine their failings with the self-knowing humor and resignation of the perpetually thwarted ne'er-do-well. The stories are inseparable from the stark shoreline of their Lake Michigan settings-the cavernous woods and vast inland lakes that shape life in northern Michigan-and create a landscape as rugged and dramatic as youth itself. Greetings from Cutler County explores the common triumphs and tragedies of coming of age, while providing a rationale and humor that is uniquely and unforgettably its own.

Author : Doe Renée
Publisher : Meral Doe Renée Sarper
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosmic written by Doe Renée and published by Meral Doe Renée Sarper . This book was released on 2020-12-24 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would it take to ...Openly connect with Cosmic Family? Disclose zero-point energy?End the concept of suicide on Earth? Seven Spiritual Sisters, invoking the power of the Pleiadian People and other Star People, will answer these questions in this conscious novella. Jade Kelly Amare, who leads from her heart chakra, will come together with other girls and women from all over the Earth. Each of them live near a special energy center of Mother Earth and each embody different chakra and color of the rainbow. Each of them hold their own part of the solution to create a more beautiful humanity and Earth. Aided by Star People and Spirit Guides, they remember their true spiritual purpose and overcome inner struggles, like suicidal depression, and external obstacles, like ancient control forces. The Sisters explore Quantum Spirituality, parallel lives, radical self-acceptance and what it truly means to own their soul missions. The 7 Spiritual Sisters of Cosmic: Violeta Aurelia - Crown Chakra (Violet/White)Sierra Indigo - Pineal Gland/Third Eye Chakra (Indigo/Purple)Azul Deniz - Throat Chakra (Blue)Jade Kelly Amare - Heart Chakra (Green and Pink)Xanthe Grace - Solar Plexus Chakra (Yellow)Henna Otan - Sacral Chakra (Orange)Andromeda Garnet Rose - Root Chakra (Red)