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![]() ![]() ![]() It's a terrifying time to be Japanese in America. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi's father and grandfather are arrested. But then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. World War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" (0.5 lbs) 272 pagesįeatures: Bibliography, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - CanadianĪwards: Phoenix Award, Honor Book, Children's Literature, 2014 Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 21st Century Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĬlick for more in this series: Prisoners of the Empire Contributor(s): Salisbury, Graham (Author) ![]() ![]() It is a fictionalized account of McPhersons 1926 disappearance. It's also the story about its price: exhaustion, insomnia, nervous breakdowns, sexual scandals, loneliness, and the notorious public disgrace that nearly destroyed her. Sister Aimee is a 2019 American biographical film written and directed by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann and starring Anna Margaret Hollyman as Aimee Semple McPherson. But this is not just a story of McPherson's cult of fame. ![]() She prayed for the healing of hundreds of thousands of people, founded the Foursquare Church, and built a Pentecostal temple in Los Angeles of Hollywood-epic dimensions (Charlie Chaplin advised her on sets). Her ministry was rolled out in tents, concert halls, boxing rings, and speakeasies. She preached up and down the United States, traveling in a 1912 Packard with her mother and her children–and without a man to fix flat tires. ![]() ![]() Once she answered the divine calling, Aimee Semple McPherson rose fast from unfulfilled housewife in Rhode Island to "miracle woman"–the most enigmatic, pioneering, media-savvy Christian evangelist in the country. The true story of America's first superstar evangelist that "fills a significant gap in the history of revivalism" (The New York Times Book Review). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are so many complex philosophical ideas examined in such simple ways. But as the story continues, it turns into something darker, something much more real. In the beginning, it reminded me of the weirdness of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or Pilgrim’s Progress. It is does warrant some kind of knowledge about Antoine de Saint-Exupery, or you will be wondering what the story means. I loved this story, even though it was quite more adult and sad than I had expected. The little prince tells his story, in this poignant allegorical tale. Synopsis: A man crashes his plane into the Saharan desert, where he meets a strange little prince, who came across the stars on a long journey. Yes, I know, but I tend to avoid reading much about a book before I read it, so I can perceive the story as I read the words without knowing too much.Īnd I can say honestly, whatever I was expecting from the book, I did not get it. I went into this book knowing two things about it: it was originally written in French, and it was about a little prince. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos![]() ![]() YOU’VE BEEN SERVED by Kristen Alicia | 9781649373946 | 6/27/23ĪLWAYS THE ALMOST by Edward Underhill | 9781250835208 | available now Tune into today’s Happy Half Hour to hear about a war college for dragon riders, an office place enemies-to-lovers romcom, a contemporary queer YA love story, and a mother fighting for her daughter’s forgiveness.ĪNDER AND SANTI WERE HERE by Jonny Garza VillaįALL OF WRATH AND RUIN by Jennifer L. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Penpal by Dathan Auerbach![]() ![]() The first being Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel. I gave this book a whopping 5/5 stars! It is my second favourite read of 2022. Beginning with only fragments of his earliest years, you’ll follow the narrator as he discovers that these strange and horrible events are actually part of a single terrifying story that has shaped the entirety of his life and the lives of those around him… OVERALL STAR RATING Without further ado, let’s get into it! PENPAL BY DATHAN AUERBACH – SEPTEMBER 2022Ī man investigates the seemingly unrelated bizarre, tragic, and horrific occurrences of his childhood in an attempt to finally understand them. I’ll also leave the answers to the trivia questions at the very bottom of the post, so if you wish to guess without being spoiled, do not scroll to the end until you’re ready. Please include all of your answers and opinions down below. Then I will share the discussion topics and trivia questions. I’ll give a quick plot summary plus my overall star/scare-factor ratings. ![]() You can find the recorded talk on my bookclub Instagram page. Today I’m going to discuss the book in the same way I normally do my Instagram videos. Quick Reminder: This month we are reading ‘Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives’ by Adam Cesare! You’re also welcome to read ‘ Clown in a Cornfield‘, as this is a special, double-issue event! Welcome back to the bookclub! In September, we read PenPal by Dathan Auerbach for The You’ll Read Too Bookclub! If you wish to access all of the latest updates/information, click here. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Perfect rachel joyce plot![]() ![]() And most of all it is about finding joy in unexpected places and at times we least expect. Told in simple, emotionally-honest prose, with a mischievous bite, this is a novel about the journey we all must take to learn who we are it is about loving and letting go. As the volunteer points out, 'Even though you've done your travelling, you're starting a new journey too.' Queenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. In confessing to secrets she has hidden for twenty years, she will find atonement for the past. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again only this time she must tell Harold everything. When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. ![]() From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, - soon to be a major movie starring Jim Broadbent - a n exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Crossing to safety![]() ![]() All this may sound a little dull but for me, it’s a quiet masterpiece, notable for the elegance of Stegner’s expression and its evocation of a friendship which manages to weather the strains put upon it by changing circumstances. ![]() The story of this friendship, which will see the couples through happiness and tragedy, triumphs and tribulations, is told through Larry’s recollections. Charity and Sally are both pregnant while Sid and Larry are colleagues in the local university’s English department. The Langs meet the Morgans during the Great Depression. Written when he was seventy-eight, Wallace Stegner’s semi-autobiographical novel is about two couples and their lifelong friendship. ![]() I’ve a feeling that it was Jacqui at JacquiWine’s Journal who put me on to it. This is the latest in a series of occasional posts featuring books I read years ago about which I was wildly enthusiastic at the time, wanting to press a copy in as many hands as I could.Ĭrossing to Safety is one of those novels I came across in my early blogging days when I was getting to know which bloggers I’d like to follow. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Black beauty classic book![]() ![]() Follow her as she tells the tale of her life from a pleasant meadow in the English. ![]() Sewell died only five months after Black Beauty was published, but lived long enough to experience the positive reception to her work. This classic story is narrated by a well-bred horse named Black Beauty. She is known as the author of the 1877 novel Black Beauty, her only published work, which is considered one of the top ten bestselling novels for children, although the author intended the work for an adult audience. As the horse encounters new experiences and new friends who reveal their own histories, the story quietly paints a fascinating portrait of how animals were treated during that era.Ībout the Author Anna Sewell (1820-1878) was an English novelist. Set in Victorian London, it follows Black Beauty's life and changing fortunes as he moves from owner to owner. As the horse encounters new experiences and new friends who reveal their own histories, the story quietly paints a fascinating portrait of how animals were treated during that era.īook Synopsis Black Beauty is the classic horse story, a beautiful and touching tale told by the title character himself. ![]() ![]() About the Book Black Beauty is the classic horse story, a beautiful and touching tale told by the title character himself. ![]() ![]() That’s how they make sense of the world, and comics are good diagrams for how to extract meaning from print.” They do this much better than adults, because they pay attention to details and are used to processing information to extract meaning out of it. ![]() “You don’t have to tell a kid how to find Waldo, for example. “You don’t have to explain to a child how to look at cartoons,” said Françoise Mouly, founder of Toon Graphics and art editor at The New Yorker. The best part about “Theseus and the Minotaur,” at least for this audience: It’s a comic book. A scene in which a rampaging bull gores a Cretan youth was a particular favorite, Mr. And why not? The book, the first from Toon Graphics, is filled with gruesomely creative murders, feats of superhuman strength, misbehaving gods and bloodthirsty beasts. 124 in Brooklyn were given a sneak peek last winter of “Theseus and the Minotaur,” a retelling of the classic Greek myth by the French writer and cartoonist Yvan Pommaux, they immediately took to the tale, their teacher, Daniel Tandarich, said. ![]() |