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Hippo is a quirky 10-year-old girl with a simple life. Her mom spends her time drinking, leaving Hippo to fend for herself, but Hippo doesn't mind. One day, Hippo's mom doesn't come home, forcing Hippo to call her sister, Shark Lady, at college. Shark Lady begrudgingly returns home, determined to give their mom a piece of her mind, but finds that their mom is nowhere to be found. The resulting journey to find their mom reminds both sisters that families...
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Leah and Dexter are brother and sister. They don't always get along. In fact, there are times they can be downright mean to each other. The ooey, gooey jelly donuts in this story are a testament to the power of kindness, caring, and generosity. Bite into the power of paying it forward by adding The Jelly Donut Difference to your family's home collection or classroom library.
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My brother was almost two years older than me. I was born June ’56, while he was born May of ’54. My uncle used to call me *ME TOO* because I always wanted to do everything like my brother, so I ended up with the name *ME TOO*.
In junior high school and high school, I started to beat him in basketball, and in racing, he was faster in the shorter distance and I was faster in a longer distance. Then I became faster in the shortest distance; that’s...
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How strange to now realize that the end of World War II and my early boyhood years were both an exit and and entrance in American history. As a nation, we were just then losing our fingertip clasp with America's pioneer past and its slow-to-change lifestyle, like young men on a troop train losing their grasp on the hand of a loved one as the train pulled away from the station, bound for some dangerous and faraway unknown. In the Indiana farm village...
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From the author of HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN ROBOT, the story of a fractured family and three sisters' secretsThe Sullivan sisters have a big problem. On Christmas Day their rich and imperious grandmother gathers the family and announces that she will soon die . . .and has cut the entire family out of her will. Since she is the source of almost all their income, this means they will soon be penniless. Someone in the family has offended her deeply. If...
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Acclaimed creator Laura Dockrill sews together family, imagination and heart in this lyrical and completely unique Barrington Stoke debut. Sequin's mum is a talented seamstress and their little flat is overflowing with beautiful silks, fabrics, buttons and beads. It's a sparkling sanctuary, like a princess's wardrobe. While Mum works at her sewing machine late into the night, Sequin takes care of her baby brother, Stitch, and dreams of a place in...
48) The Last Man
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The author is trying to answer many questions that arise every day in the ordinary life of a human being. The main theme is world pandemics, which was a pretext for the depopulation of the planet. But the real story is far beyond that. The creation of the world we know and its inevitable end, which was sped up with the eternal temptation of the human, Being God (borrowed from Salvador Dali's opera Être Dieu). Those who could not resist the temptation...
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Have you ever had your privacy invaded? What if you have a diary and find out someone you know has read your private thoughts without your permission? How would you respond? This is one book with two stories about the same situation. In "I Would Never Do That To Her," Soley immediately jumps to what seems to be the obvious conclusion and reacts with anger when she discovers her sister Haley reading her diary. She explains her thoughts and feelings...
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Memories of Sky and Dee's childhood echo thru the adult lives they are trying to build. They are learning that each encounter with another creates an opportunity for gain and for loss. For every person that they have met and share and experience, that person was affected as intensely as they themselves. Dee and Sky are about to discover how they have changed everything and everyone around them.
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Dan "Chip" Kerr has just returned to his hometown only to find that his old, haunting fear has followed him. Dan's brother, Pfc Dennis Kerr, has been MIA in Vietnam since 1973. The Kerr family has been living in their own private worlds of fearful bewilderment at their son's/brother's fate. One sibling has become an anxiety-ridden chain smoker, and another a relentless overachiever and heavy drinker. The fabric of the once close family has begun to...
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Have you ever wondered what a writer's early years were like and how it affected their future writing and the stories they would tell later in their lives? Have you ever wondered what their childhood Christmases, their early holiday memories, were like? Well, wonder no longer. This biographical memoir is about one of my most cherished childhood Christmases... in 1959 when I was nine years old. After my beloved musician/singer/songwriter brother Jim...
54) Beaten at Birth
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Precious, the oldest of ten suffered all of her life. Her biggest fear of landing in a care home had now become true. All of her belongings were thrown in the rubbish, along with all of her memories. A stroke that was not treated, due to misconduct, had left her with slight dementia. The system was prepared to pay £900 a week for a care home she didn't want to be in. She would have been better off in prison, at least you get parole in prison. The...
55) Forgiving Angie
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Oh no! Frankie's favorite toy, his Supersonic Muddy Ruddy Moat Boat is broken - and his little sister, Angie, is to blame. Frankie is tired of his sister messing up all of his things. His only choice is to get rid of her, and he knows exactly how to do it - well, sort of.
But does Frankie really want Angie to be gone forever? Will he choose to forgive his little sister, or does Frankie have something else in mind?
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In Going to Nanny's House, readers will undoubtedly know why going to Nanny's house is the BEST! When we go to our Nanny's house, we eat awesome snacks and nutritious food, have loads of fun, and-most importantly-soak up Nanny's love.
Nanny is nurturing, silly, and kind. She takes such good care of me and my brother, and there's never a dull moment when we spend time with her.
I love her so much! That's my Nanny!
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One day, Little Preston, came across a commercial that made him feel good about being a little brother but in the eyes of his big sister Malia, he is a little bother. In a series of events, Little Preston tries to prove that he's a good little brother but will he change Malia's mind? Or will she continue to view him as a little bother?
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What happens when five completely mature adults spend a week together at a cottage? No, it's not the plot of a family comedy, dramedy, or reality show. It's the situation you'll see played out before your very eyes in "A Week in the Woods with Family."
In this intimate portrait of real life events, celebrated author Giselle Renarde pens a fine series of letters home from the woods. Alternating between humorous, heart-wrenching, mundane, mouth-watering,...
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Plain and bookish Laura Wood is sure life at her new school won't be any different. Her older sister will slather on the makeup and charm and instantly become Miss Popularity while Laura will end up Loser Girl. Again. But this time she might pull off a new role: Shy New Girl. Will a chance encounter in the hallway ruin everything?
Miss Popularity is a short story of about 2500 words or 11 pages.
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