Stonewall Book Awards—Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Honor Book

From the author of the critically acclaimed novel For Black Girls Like Me and the Schneider Family Book Award Winner Forever Is Now, comes a coming-of-age story surrounding the losses that threaten to break us and the friendships that make us whole again.
Thirteen-year-old Andi feels stranded after the loss

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This time, give your seventh grader the chance to understand the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. Investigate the contributions of women as well as the African Americans, who were considered the minority. Also, learn about the effects of war technology and the limited medical technology. Discussion on the effects of the invention of the camera is also included.

Sixth-grader Emmy tries to find her place in a new school and to figure out how she can create her own kind of music using a computer.

"A Guyanese girl must find the balance between her parents' 'old world' expectations and traditions while pursuing her dream of being a great trumpeter in this contemporary, coming-of-age story"--Amazon website.

The Jump-Start Strategy is: 1) Looking at and creating your big picture and purpose, including declaring benchmark goals 2) Processing what you have and don't have through assessment 3) Creating opportunities that will get you results you are seeking 4) Understanding and implementing ways to get paid 5) Creating a structure that will keep the results flowing The goal of this E-course is to radically transform the way independent artists...

Big-city free spirit meets small-town cop. And a symphony begins… A homestay in Oak Hollow is Alexandra Roth’s final excursion before settling in to her big-city career. Officer Luke Walker, her not-so-welcoming host, isn’t sure about the "crunchy" music therapist. Yet his recently orphaned nephew with autism instantly grooves to the beat of Alex’s drum. Together, this trio really strikes a chord. But is love enough to keep Alex from returning...

Nobody cares who killed a down-on-his-luck piano player...except his brother, who happens to work for the crimefighting detective Sister Mayhem. Tearing up the underworld with her network of operatives--the Order of No Mercy--Sister Mayhem will stop at nothing to catch the killer. She's a master of disguise, a genius investigator, and a force of nature, but when the trail leads to a band of dirty-dealing musicians, she might have met her match. Lead...

Poetry In The Key Of G is a whimsical and entertaining journey through the Author's "Year of Living Dangerously" in the suburbs of South Brisbane and his unconditional love for his Bestie that carried him through that time in relative safety, assured in the knowledge that she loved him equally and that he was most definitely her, "GOOD MAN!".

Life in the Key of Gee is made up of eight short stories about people who may remind you of someone you know or once knew. Discover fortune biscuits. Read and reflect on a story about near-death experience. Learn a nearly foolproof method for keeping skunks off your property. Smile at the shenanigans of two people cavorting on a sandy beach. Find out what happens when a Mynah bird gets stuck on a residential elevator. Accompany a gentleman on a shopping...