Looked After Boy

Author : Lynda M Brennan
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1800468024
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Looked After Boy written by Lynda M Brennan and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this coming of age story, fourteen-year old Joe Mac struggles to find his own voice in a hostile world that constantly disempowers him. After years of neglect, Joe, his brothers and sisters are taken into care and separated. Despite betrayals and failures of the system supposedly protecting him, Joe vows to get all his family back together.

Author : Paolo Hewitt
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781840187311
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Looked After Kid written by Paolo Hewitt and published by Mainstream Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So begins the true story of THE LOOKED AFTER KID and his turbulent journey through life. Placed in care at a very early age after his mother's breakdown, Paolo Hewitt experienced a traumatic, often abusive relationship with his foster mother. Moved to an orphanage at the age of ten, he vividly documents what life was like for children growing up in care in the '70s and addresses the emotional struggles, the fear and rejection that so many children without a normal family life experience. Deeply moving, as well as very humourous and entertaining, with a cast of memorable characters, THE LOOKED AFTER KID is a book about love and luck, broken promises and loyalty amongst friends. It is about the strength and compassion in all of us. It is a book written from the heart and is dedicated to all of those who 'go to sleep at night believing the world to be a dark and terrible place'.

Author : Shilo Kino
Publisher : Huia Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1775505006
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pōrangi Boy written by Shilo Kino and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring – and a taniwha named Taukere. The government wants to build a prison over the home of the taniwha, and Niko’s grandfather is busy protesting. People call him pōrangi, crazy, but when he dies, it’s up to Niko to convince his community that the taniwha is real and stop the prison from being built. With help from his friend Wai, Niko must unite his whānau, honour his grandfather and stand up to his childhood bully.

Author : Helen Rutter
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338652281
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh written by Helen Rutter and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When life is funny, make some jokes about it. Billy Plimpton has a big dream: to become a famous comedian when he grows up. He already knows a lot of jokes, but thinks he has one big problem standing in his way: his stutter. At first, Billy thinks the best way to deal with this is to . . . never say a word. That way, the kids in his new school won’t hear him stammer. But soon he finds out this is NOT the best way to deal with things. (For one thing, it’s very hard to tell a joke without getting a word out.) As Billy makes his way toward the spotlight, a lot of funny things (and some less funny things) happen to him. In the end, the whole school will know -- If you think you can hold Billy Plimpton back, be warned: The joke will soon be on you!

Author : Ame Dyckman
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 037598724X
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boy and Bot written by Ame Dyckman and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day, a boy and a robot meet in the woods. They play. They have fun. But when Bot gets switched off, Boy thinks he's sick. The usual remedies—applesauce, reading a story—don't help, so Boy tucks the sick Bot in, then falls asleep. Bot is worried when he powers on and finds his friend powered off. He takes Boy home with him and tries all his remedies: oil, reading an instruction manual. Nothing revives the malfunctioning Boy! Can the Inventor help fix him? Using the perfect blend of sweetness and humor, this story of an adorable duo will win the hearts of the very youngest readers.

Author : James Hanley
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504005635
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boy written by James Hanley and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To escape a brutal life on the Liverpool docks, a boy runs away to sea Arthur Fearon is nearly thirteen, and in the eyes of the law, that makes him a man. He wants to study to become a chemist, but his family cannot afford for him to continue school. The thought of a life working the docks makes Fearon break down in front of his classmates, but there is no time to cry. This boy has to get to work. The docks are hellish, and Fearon’s first day is his last. He hops a steamer to Alexandria, looking for a better life on the sea, but everywhere he goes, he finds cruelty, vice, and the crushing weight of adulthood. He will not be a man for long. The subject of an infamous 1930s obscenity trial, this is the original, unexpurgated text of James Hanley’s landmark novel: an unflinching examination of child labor and a timeless tale of adulthood gained too soon.

Author : Eva Ibbotson
Publisher : Scholastic UK
ISBN 13 : 1407131605
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Dog and His Boy written by Eva Ibbotson and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Hal ever wanted was a dog - but a dog would damage the expensive carpets in his parents' glamorous home, and they refuse to consider one. That's until they discover Easy Pets, a dog-rental agency. Fleck the terrier arrives on Hal's birthday, and Hal is overjoyed. But when Hal discovers to his horror that his dog is to be returned, he runs away... along with a bunch of pedigree hounds, all joyfully escaping from Easy Pets! Soon Hal and his dogs - including Otto the wise St Bernard, and the fierce and excitable Pekinese Li-Chee - are being chased across the country by ruthless pursuers. Helped by a travelling circus and some orphanage children, can they race to freedom? Written in the timeless tradition of 101 Dalmations, this is a tail-wagging grand adventure that every dog-lover will adore. Praise for Eva Ibbotson: "Readers of classic children's fiction will be familiar with the bliss that steals over one when a new Eva Ibbotson novel is published." Amanda Craig, The Times "Eva Ibbotson weaves a magic like no other. Once enchanted, always enchanted." Michael Morpurgo "This kind of fun will never fail to delight." Philip Pullman

Author : Patrick Olivelle
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0192839888
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pañcatantra written by Patrick Olivelle and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 1999-11-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pancatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. No other Indian work has had a greater influence on world literature, and no other collection of stories has become as popular in India itself. A significant influence on the Arabian Nights and the Fables of La Fontaine, the Pancatantra teaches the principles of good government and public policy through the medium of animal stories. Its positive attitude towards life and its advocacy of ambition, enterprise, and drive counters any preconception of passivity and other-worldliness in ancient Indian society. Patrick Olivelle presents the Pancatantra in all its complexity and rich ambivalence, examining central elements of political and moral philosophy alongside the many controversial issues surrounding its history, including its numerous versions and translations, and the reconstruction of the original text by Franklin Edgerton. This new translation vividly reveals the story-telling powers of the original author, while detailed notes illuminate aspects of ancient Indian society and religion to the non-specialist reader.

Author : Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1482816253
Total Pages : 775 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nothing But! written by Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 775 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third part of the six part saga titled "NOTHING BUT!" and subtitled 'WHAT PRICE FREEDOM.' it is the story of the Indian Subcontinent and what people had to go through after India and Pakistan became two independent separate nations and about the Princely state of Kashmir which has become the biggest bone of contention between the two new nations, and which led to three bitter wars and also heralded the birth of a new nation called Bangladesh .

Author : Michael C. Reichert
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593189086
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How To Raise A Boy written by Michael C. Reichert and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when many boys are in crisis, a much-needed roadmap for helping boys grow into strong and compassionate men Over the past two decades there has been an explosion of new studies that have expanded our knowledge of how boys think and feel. In How to Raise a Boy, psychologist Michael Reichert draws on his decades of research to challenge age-old conventions about how boys become men. Reichert explains how the paradigms about boys needing to be stoic and "man like" can actually cause them to shut down, leading to anger, isolation, and disrespectful or even destructive behaviors. The key to changing the culture lies in how parents, educators, and mentors help boys develop socially and emotionally. Reichert offers readers step-by-step guidance in doing just this by: Listening and observing, without judgment, so that boys know they're being heard. Helping them develop strong connections with teachers, coaches, and other role models Encouraging them to talk about their feelings about the opposite sex and stressing the importance of respecting women Letting them know that they don't have to "be a man" or "suck it up," when they are experiencing physical or emotional pain. Featuring the latest insights from psychology and neuroscience, How to Raise a Boy will help those who care for young boys and teenagers build a boyhood that will enable them to grow into confident, accomplished and kind men.