The Harlem Charade

Author : Natasha Tarpley
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545783895
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harlem Charade written by Natasha Tarpley and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Chasing Vermeer will love this clever mystery about art, artifice, and the power of community. WATCHER. SHADOW. FUGITIVE.Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from the window of her family's bodega. Alex wants to help the needy one shelter at a time, but can't tell anyone who she really is. Elvin's living on Harlem's cold, lonely streets, surviving on his own after his grandfather was mysteriously attacked.When these three strangers join forces to find out what happened to Elvin's grandfather, their digging leads them to an enigmatic artist whose missing masterpieces are worth a fortune-one that might save the neighborhood from development by an ambitious politician who wants to turn it into Harlem World, a ludicrous historic theme park. But if they don't find the paintings soon, nothing in their beloved neighborhood will ever be the same . . .In this remarkable tale of daring and danger, debut novelist Natasha Tarpley explores the way a community defines itself, the power of art to show truth, and what it really means to be home.

Author : Sandra Brown
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455546275
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charade written by Sandra Brown and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TV star with a new lease on life must team up with an ex-cop to investigate a series of murders and dark secrets while danger lurks just outside her door in this thriller from award-winning author Sandra Brown. A medical miracle gives TV personality Cat Delaney more than a new heart. With her second chance at life Cat trades Hollywood for San Antonio, where she hosts a TV show for children with special needs and meets Alex Pierce, an ex-cop turned crime writer. But her new world turns sinister when fatal "accidents" begin killing other heart transplant recipients, and a mysterious stalker starts shadowing her every move. Soon Cat realizes Alex may or may not be her most important ally - and that her new heart comes at a terrible price: a tangled web of secrets and someone determined to take her life.

Author : Elsie Chapman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338332635
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caster written by Elsie Chapman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Fight Club in this action-packed fantasy about a secret, underground magic fighting tournament. If the magic doesn't kill her, the truth just might.Aza Wu knows that real magic is dangerous and illegal. After all, casting killed her sister, Shire. As with all magic, everything comes at a price. For Aza, it feels like everything in her life has some kind of cost attached to it. Her sister had been casting for money to pay off Saint Willow, the gang leader that oversees her sector of Lotusland. If you want to operate a business there, you have to pay your tribute. And now with Shire dead, Aza must step in to save the legacy of Wu Teas, the teahouse that has been in her family for centuries.When Aza comes across a secret invitation, she decides she doesn't have much else to lose. She quickly realizes that she's entered herself into an underground casting tournament, and the stakes couldn't be higher. Real magic, real consequences. As she competes, Aza fights for her life against some very strong and devious competitors.When the facts about Shire's death don't add up, the police start to investigate. When the tributes to Saint Willow aren't paid, the gang comes to collect. When Aza is caught sneaking around with fresh casting wounds, her parents are alarmed. As Aza's dangerous web of lies continues to grow, she is caught between trying to find a way out and trapping herself permanently.

Author : Eleanora E. Tate
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316040460
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celeste's Harlem Renaissance written by Eleanora E. Tate and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Celeste Lassiter Massey is forced to live with her actress Aunt Valentina in Harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable North Carolina for scary, big-city life. While Celeste experiences the Harlem Renaissance in full swing, she sees as much grit as glamour. A passionate writer, talented violinist, and aspiring doctor, she eventually faces a choice between ambition and loyalty, roots and horizons. The decision will change her forever.

Author : Jonathon Scott Fuqua
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763674265
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darby written by Jonathon Scott Fuqua and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Darby's first-person narrative is frank and immediate . . . expressing what it's like for an ordinary white kid who suddenly discovers evil — and courage — where she lives." — BOOKLIST "From my back porch, I can see where my best friend lives. Evette’s tenant house sits on my daddy’s property . . . but on account of her being black and me being white, she hardly ever comes in my house, and I don’t go in hers. My daddy says that’s just the way it is." Darby Carmichael thinks her best friend is probably the smartest person she knows, even though, as Mama says, Evette’s school uses worn-out books and crumbly chalk. Whenever they can, Darby and Evette shoot off into the woods beyond the farm to play at being fancy ladies and schoolteachers. One thing Darby has never dreamed of being - not until Evette suggests it - is a newspaper girl who writes down the truth for all to read. In no time, and with more than a little assistance from Evette, Darby and her column in the Bennettsville Times are famous in town and beyond. But is Marlboro County, South Carolina, circa 1926, ready for the truth its youngest reporter has to tell?

Author : Blue Balliett
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545541018
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing Vermeer (Scholastic Gold) written by Blue Balliett and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chasing Vermeer joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their powers of intuition, their problem solving skills, and their knowledge of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has stumped even the FBI?

Author : Tracy Mack
Publisher : Sherlock Holmes and the Baker
ISBN 13 : 9780545069397
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas written by Tracy Mack and published by Sherlock Holmes and the Baker. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes and his Baker Street Irregulars are on the case in this brand new paperback edition of THE FALL OF THE AMAZING ZALINDAS If you have not heard about the world's most brilliant crime solver of all time, the consulting detective, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, you have undoubtedly spent your years beneath a large rock -- for much has been written about him. Those familiar with Mr. Holmes know that a gang of homelss boys, called the Baker Street Irregulars, assisted him in his crime solving. When a murder at the circus unravels another, far more treacherous crime, the master detective and the boys of the BSI must pursue terrifying villians to solve this mystery, dodging danger at every turn....

Author : Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Publisher : LB Kids
ISBN 13 : 9780316525589
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Love My Hair! written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and published by LB Kids. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a board book format--the bestseller that encourages young black children to not only feel good about their special hair but to also feel proud of their heritage. Full color. 11 spreads. Baby/Preschool.

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ISBN 13 : 9781663632982
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harlem Charade written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781338174472
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harlem Charade written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventh-graders Jin, Alexandra, and Elvin come from very different backgrounds and circumstances, but they all live in Harlem, and when Elvin's grandfather is attacked they band together to find out who is responsible--and the search leads them to an enigmatic artist whose missing masterpieces are worth a fortune, and into conflict with an ambitious politician who wants to turn Harlem into an historic amusement park.