The Other Half Of My Heart

Author : Sundee T. Frazier
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0440240069
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Half of My Heart written by Sundee T. Frazier and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of biracial twin sisters—one black, one white—and the summer that tests their strong bond, from the author of Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award-winner Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It. When Minerva and Keira King were born, they made headlines: Keira is black like Mama, but Minni is white like Daddy. Together the family might look like part of a chessboard row, but they are first and foremost the close-knit Kings. Then Grandmother Johnson calls, to invite the twins down South to compete for the title of Miss Black Pearl Preteen of America. Minni dreads the spotlight, but Keira assures her that together they'll get through their stay with Grandmother Johnson. But when their grandmother's bias against Keira reveals itself, Keira pulls away from her twin. Minni has always believed that no matter how different she and Keira are, they share a deep bond of the heart. Now she'll find out whether that’s really true. "One luminous pearl of a sister story."--RITA WILLIAMS-GARCIA, author of the Newbery Honor Award-winner One Crazy Summer Winner of the Skipping Stone Honor Award *"Frazier highlights the contradictions, absurdities, humor, and pain that accompany life as a mixed-race tween. Never didactic, this is the richest portrait of multiracial identity and family since Virginia Hamilton's 1976 novel Arilla Sun Down. An outstanding achievement."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred *"Not only does Frazier raise questions worth pondering, but her ability to round out each character, looking past easy explanations for attitude, is impressive. . . . A novel with a great deal of heart indeed."—Booklist, Starred

Author : Christopher Paul Clohessy
Publisher : Gorgias Press
ISBN 13 : 9781463242367
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Half of My Heart written by Christopher Paul Clohessy and published by Gorgias Press. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As Abãu °Abd Allãah al-òHusayn, son of Alãi and Fãaòtima and grandson of Muòhammad, moved inexorably towards death on the field of Karbalãa , his sister Zaynab was drawn ever closer to the centre of the family of Muòhammad, the 'people of the house' (ahl al-bayt). There she would remain for a few historic days, challenging the wickedness of the Islamic leadership, defending the actions of her brother, initiating the commemorative rituals, protecting and nurturing the new Imãam, al-òHusayn's son °Alãi b. al-òHusayn b. °Alãi b. Abãi òTãalib, until he could take his rightful place. This is her story"--

Author : Ann Aguirre
Publisher : HQN Books
ISBN 13 : 0373779852
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shape of My Heart written by Ann Aguirre and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people wait decades to meet their soul mate. Courtney Kaufman suspects she met hers in high school--only to lose him at seventeen. Since then, Courtney's social life has been a series of meaningless encounters, though she's made a few close friends along the way. Especially her roommate, Max Cooper, who oozes damaged bad-boy vibes from every pore. Max knows about feeling lost--he's been on his own since he was sixteen. Now it's time to find out if he can ever go home again, and Courtney's the only one he trusts to go with him. But the trip to Providence could change everything.... It started out so simple. One misfit helping another. Now Max will do anything to show Courtney that for every heart that's ever been broken, there's another that can make it complete.

Author : Stephanie Butland
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0552779164
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Half of My Heart written by Stephanie Butland and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: âeoeIt smelled bittersweetly of sourdough, and there was the trace of hot, fresh bread in the air. She took a deep breath and unlocked the doorâe Fifteen years ago Bettina Mayâe(tm)s lifeâe(tm)s veered off course in one disastrous night. Still reeling from the shock of losing everything she thought was hers, Bettina opens a bakery in a village and throws herself into the comfort of bread-making. She spends her days kneading dough and measuring ingredients. She meets someone. She begins to heal. Until someone who knows what happens that night walks into Bettina's bakery. In the pause of a heartbeat, fifteen years disappear and Bettina remembers a time she thought was lost for ever . . . Can she ever go back?

Author : Susan Shapiro
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0440334756
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five Men Who Broke My Heart written by Susan Shapiro and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2004-01-20 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this honest, hilarious, fiercely intelligent memoir, journalist Susan Shapiro dares to do what every woman dreams of: track down the five men who'd broken her heart and find out what really went wrong. Between the ages of thirteen and thirty-five, Susan had plunged into love, heart-first, five times. One bad breakup was more hurtful and humiliating than the next. With insight and daring, Susan chronicles her six-month-long journey back down a road strewn with romantic regret. Although for years she'd blamed her boyfriends for their flagrant infidelity, ludicrous faults, and immature foibles, to her shock she can now suddenly pinpoint the exact moment where she herself screwed up each relationship. A successful freelance writer living in Manhattan, Susan Shapiro was in the midst of a midlife crisis she called her “no-book-no-baby summer.” Married for five years to Aaron, a workaholic TV comedy writer always on the road, she was beginning to wonder if she'd remain book- and babyless forever. Then the phone rang, and it was Brad, a college flame who'd become a Harvard scientist with a book coming out. Susan offers to interview him, and she winds up launching into all the intense, invasive questions she'd always wanted to ask him. To her surprise, he answers them! This ignites a spark that sends her on a cross-country jaunt back through her lust-littered past. While Brad is still single, she finds that Heartbreaks Number Two, Three, and Four are not. George, a theater professor, and Richard, a music biographer, are happily married with children. Tom, a handsome blond lawyer in L.A., is getting divorced. Just as it's becoming easy to worm her way back into her exes' good graces, she crashes head-on with David, a wry Canadian root canal specialist. ("It’s the equivalent of what you did to me emotionally," she tells him.) She then gut-wrenchingly relives the agony of splitting up with her first love all over again. Yet somewhere between the tantalizing what-ifs and bittersweet might-have-beens, she finds what she's been searching for all along. Part relationship manifesto, part confessional, and part valentine to the males in her life she adores, Five Men Who Broke My Heart is for anyone who has ever wondered what became of their first love. Or second, third, fourth, or fifth…

Author : Sundee T. Frazier
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0375890572
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It written by Sundee T. Frazier and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Award, this acclaimed, multicultural book about a biracial boy with a passion for science will resonate with children everywhere who can’t—or won’t—be defined by categories. Ten-year-old Brendan Buckley is a self-declared scientist: asking questions and looking for answers, but most of all struggling against the overprotective behavior of his parents. Up until now, he has never even met his grandfather—the grandfather his mother won’t even speak of. A chance encounter brings Brendan and his grandfather together where Brendan initiates a relationship with estranged grandfather, Ed DeBose. While they share a passion for geology, they do not share the color of their skin; Brendan’s skin is brown, not pink like Ed DeBose’s. Pretty soon, Brendan sets out to uncover the reason behind Ed’s absence but soon discovers that family secrets can’t be explained by science. A winner of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award, this is a novel about a boy learning about race relations and what it means to be a family. An NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year "Frazier writes affectingly about what being biracial means in twenty-first century America." —School Library Journal "Brendan is an appealing character with a sense of honor. . . . A good, accessible selection to inspire discussion of racism and prejudice." —Kirkus Reviews "Frazier delivers her messages without using an overly heavy hand. Brendan is a real kid with a passion for science and also a willingness to push his parents' rules." —Booklist

Author : Jasmine Warga
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062324691
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Heart and Other Black Holes written by Jasmine Warga and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning novel about the transformative power of love, perfect for fans of 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who whisper behind her back, and a father whose violent crime rocked her small town, Aysel is ready to turn her potential energy into nothingness. There’s only one problem: she’s not sure she has the courage to do it alone. But once she discovers a website with a section called Suicide Partners, Aysel’s convinced she’s found her solution—Roman, a teenage boy who’s haunted by a family tragedy, is looking for a partner. Even though Aysel and Roman have nothing in common, they slowly start to fill in each other’s broken lives. But as their suicide pact becomes more concrete, Aysel begins to question whether she really wants to go through with it. Ultimately, she must choose between wanting to die or trying to convince Roman to live so they can discover the potential of their energy together.

Author : Heidi Weimer
Publisher : Smart Kids Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781939658203
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love from My Heart (Girls) written by Heidi Weimer and published by Smart Kids Pub. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every girl wants the reassurance from his parents that she is special, loved and an important part of the family. Through fanciful rhyming expressions of love and whimsical illustrations, Love From My Heart captures all the fun and unique ways that parents can describe the important role the child plays as a family member. When a parent and child cuddle up to read the Love From My Heart book together, it becomes a special and memorable bonding moment.

Author : Sundee Tucker Frazier
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780385904469
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Half of My Heart written by Sundee Tucker Frazier and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inheriting genes from multi-racial parents that render one sister white and the other black, twins Minerva and Keira find their close relationship tested by a visit to their biased grandmother's house in the south, where they compete against each other in a pre-teen pageant.

Author : Morgan Leigh
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1452076391
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Untold Heart written by Morgan Leigh and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are poems for everyone in this book. Many are about love and things going on in my life, but I also used my imagination to try to reach out to other readers who would not directly relate to my life. There are poems about relationships, families, friends, God and life in general.