This Is Where You Come From

Author : Sasa Stanisic
Publisher : Tin House Books
ISBN 13 : 1951142837
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where You Come From written by Sasa Stanisic and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award A Washington Post, Chicago Review of Books, Kirkus, and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Month “Inventive, funny and moving.” —The New York Times Book Review Translated from the German by Damion Searls Winner of the German Book Prize, Saša Stanišic’s inventive and surprising novel asks: what makes us who we are? In August, 1992, a boy and his mother flee the war in Yugoslavia and arrive in Germany. Six months later, the boy’s father joins them, bringing a brown suitcase, insomnia, and a scar on his thigh. Saša Stanišic’s Where You Come From is a novel about this family, whose world is uprooted and remade by war: their history, their life before the conflict, and the years that followed their escape as they created a new life in a new country. Blending autofiction, fable, and choose-your-own-adventure, Where You Come From is set in a village where only thirteen people remain, in lost and made-up memories, in coincidences, in choices, and in a dragons’ den. Translated by Damion Searls, it’s a novel about homelands, both remembered and imagined, lost and found. A book that playfully twists form and genre with wit and heart to explore questions that lie inside all of us: about language and shame, about arrival and making it just in time, about luck and death, about what role our origins and memories play in our lives.

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Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452146837
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If You Come to Earth written by and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two-time Caldecott Winner author-illustrator Sophie Blackall! If You Came to Earth is a glorious guide to our home planet, and a call for us to take care of both Earth and each other. This stunning book is inspired by the thousands of children Sophie Blackall has met during her travels around the world in support of UNICEF and Save the Children. • An engaging storybook about a single curious and imaginative child • Simultaneously funny and touching • Carries a clear message about the need to care for the earth and each other If you come to Earth, there are a few things you need to know. . . We live in all kinds of places. In all kinds of homes. In all kinds of families. Each of us is different. But all of us are amazing. And, together, we share one beautiful planet. This masterful and moving picture book is a visually comprehensive guide to the earth, imbued with warmth and humor. • Ideal for children ages 3 to 5 years old • A great pick for teachers looking for a crowd-pleasing picture book about the world for little students • Perfect for parents, grandparents, and caregivers • You'll love this book if you love books like The Travel Book by Lonely Planet Kids, Atlas of Adventures by Rachel Williams, and If You Lived Here: Houses of the World by Giles Laroche.

Author : Oscar Cásares
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525564926
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where We Come From written by Oscar Cásares and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A richly conceived and devastating book about the border.” —Houston Chronicle From a distance, the towns along the U.S.-Mexican border have dangerous reputations, and Brownsville is no different. But to twelve-year-old Orly, it’s simply where his godmother Nina lives—and where he is being forced to stay the summer after his mother’s sudden death. Nina, however, has a secret: she’s providing refuge for a young immigrant boy named Daniel, for whom traveling to America has meant trading one set of dangers for another. Separated from the violent human traffickers who brought him across the border and pursued by the authorities, Daniel must stay completely hidden. And Orly’s arrival threatens to put them all at risk of exposure. Tackling the crisis of U.S. immigration policy from a deeply human angle, Where We Come From explores through an intimate lens the ways that family history shapes us, how secrets can burden us, and how finding compassion and understanding for others can ultimately set us free.

Author : Rick Bragg
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0593317785
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where I Come from written by Rick Bragg and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2020 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Copyright page.

Author : Douglas Clegg
Publisher : Alkemara Press
ISBN 13 : 0984975616
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Come When I Call You written by Douglas Clegg and published by Alkemara Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who – or what – is Wendy Swan? A girl born from nightmares pursues four friends bound by a shocking event from the past in this supernatural horror epic. A desert town. A ritual of darkness. An unending horror unleashed. An old friend is hunting them. He calls himself the Desolation Angel. At the center of it all, a mysterious girl, missing for years — and the creature that possesses her soul. Read all of New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg’s novels of the supernatural, including Neverland, Goat Dance, and The Children’s Hour. For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Guillermo del Toro. *"Horror at its finest!” – Starred Review in Publisher’s Weekly.

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101076976
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If You Come Softly written by Jacqueline Woodson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-06-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson--now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the author Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they fit together--even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. Jacqueline Woodson's work has been called “moving and resonant” (Wall Street Journal) and “gorgeous” (Vanity Fair). If You Come Softly is a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering "why" and "if only . . ."

Author : Souad Mekhennet
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 162779896X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Was Told to Come Alone written by Souad Mekhennet and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell phone, audio recorder, watch, and purse at my hotel. . . .” For her whole life, Souad Mekhennet, a reporter for The Washington Post who was born and educated in Germany, has had to balance the two sides of her upbringing – Muslim and Western. She has also sought to provide a mediating voice between these cultures, which too often misunderstand each other. In this compelling and evocative memoir, we accompany Mekhennet as she journeys behind the lines of jihad, starting in the German neighborhoods where the 9/11 plotters were radicalized and the Iraqi neighborhoods where Sunnis and Shia turned against one another, and culminating on the Turkish/Syrian border region where ISIS is a daily presence. In her travels across the Middle East and North Africa, she documents her chilling run-ins with various intelligence services and shows why the Arab Spring never lived up to its promise. She then returns to Europe, first in London, where she uncovers the identity of the notorious ISIS executioner “Jihadi John,” and then in France, Belgium, and her native Germany, where terror has come to the heart of Western civilization. Mekhennet’s background has given her unique access to some of the world’s most wanted men, who generally refuse to speak to Western journalists. She is not afraid to face personal danger to reach out to individuals in the inner circles of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, and their affiliates; when she is told to come alone to an interview, she never knows what awaits at her destination. Souad Mekhennet is an ideal guide to introduce us to the human beings behind the ominous headlines, as she shares her transformative journey with us. Hers is a story you will not soon forget.

Author : D.J. Steinberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0448456249
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kindergarten, Here I Come! written by D.J. Steinberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for school with these fun poems! Includes a sheet of stickers! This adorable picture book celebrates all the familiar milestones and moments shared by every single kindergartener. Whether it's the first-day-of-school jitters or the hundredth-day-of-school party, every aspect of the kindergarten experience is introduced with a light and funny poem--not to mention charming illustrations.

Author : Thurston Ben McCutchen
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1594674590
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Did You Come From? And Where Are You Going? written by Thurston Ben McCutchen and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the love and power of the gospel of Yahshua of Nazareth. This book will help you understand what you will need to hear from heaven, and when you seek Him, with all your heart; I pray that you will be encouraged to seek the King of all Kings, Yahshua

Author : D.J. Steinberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0448489201
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Grade, Here I Come! written by D.J. Steinberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The funny follow-up to Kindergarten, Here I Come! Now includes a sheet of stickers! First grade—it's the big time! After all, it's a real honest to goodness grade. In verses that are both funny and full of heart, D.J. Steinberg celebrates big and small moments, ones that all young "scholars" will relate to—baby teeth that won't fall out, choosing the perfect library book, celebrating Pajama Day, and wrangling with the mysteries of spelling. From the first day of school to the last, this engaging anthology is essential reading for all soon-to-be first graders.