Hey, Kiddo (圖文書) 獲2018年美國國家圖書獎青年文學類獎項。是作者Jarrett Krosoczka自身的故事,因為母親吸毒成癮進出勒戒所、父親失蹤甚至連名字他都不知道,還好還有祖父母扶養他長大。在幼兒園,Jarrett Krosoczka 的老師讓他畫出他的家人,有媽媽和爸爸。但他的家庭比這複雜得多。他和祖父母住在一起,兩個非常吵鬧、非常有愛心、非常固執的人。他試圖讓他童年的非正常生活盡可能正常,發現透過繪畫來表達自己,即使他對一切所知不多。直到十幾歲的時候,他才能開始拼湊家庭的種種。作者透過圖像記述了自己的不一樣的成長過程,他找到讓自己克服難題的方法,希望也能對成長中的青少年帶來啟發。In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along.Jarrett goes through his childhood trying to make his non-normal life as normal as possible, finding a way to express himself through drawing even as so little is being said to him about what's g
Meet Clementine Fox, Professional Amateur Adventurer!Clementine is supposed to be on her way to school... but why not go out for a day of adventure and exploration instead? She recruits her friends Nubbins Squirrel and Penelope Rabbit and heads to the beach, where Jesse Otter is preparing to take his giant Turtle, Annabella, to a mysterious local island. Clementine’s great-aunt Marnie lives there -- far away from math tests and tutors -- so Clementine and her friends hitch a ride to the island as stowaways. What could go wrong?This is Leigh Luna’s funny and charming debut graphic novel about a group of young animals who set out on an adventure and learn the true value of friendship, family, and what it means to stick together and work things out!
Friendship and magical realism sparkle on the page in this heartwarming, delightfully eccentric illustrated middle-grade gem from an extraordinary new literary voice. Perfect for fans of A Snicker of Magic and The Penderwicks.Alberto lives alone in the town of Allora, where fish fly out of the sea and the houses shine like jewels. He is a coffin maker and widower, spending his quiet days creating the final resting places of Allora's people.Then one afternoon a magical bird flutters into his garden, and Alberto, lonely inside, welcomes it into his home. And when a kindhearted boy named Tito follows the bird into Alberto's kitchen, a door in the old man's heart cracks open. Tito is lonely too--but he's also scared and searching for a place to hide. Fleeing from danger, he just wants to feel safe for once in his life. Can the boy and the old man learn the power of friendship and escape the shadows of their pasts?With a tender bond that calls to mind The Girl Who Drank the Moon, charming c
Now a Major Motion Picture starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, and Jamie Bell.A man is drawn back to his childhood home and discovers his parents living just as they were on the day they died thirty years before…Screenwriter Harada is disconnected from the world. Lonely and jaded, he’s drifted apart from his son and is dismissive when approached with gestures of friendship, including from a lonely and mysterious tenant who lives in his mostly empty apartment building.One night, when Harada returns to the dilapidated downtown district of Tokyo where he grew up, he meets a man who looks exactly like his long-dead father. And so begins Harada’s ordeal, thrust into a reality where his parents appear to be alive at the exact age they had been when they died many years earlier.Deeply felt, searching, and profound, All of Us Strangers is a beautiful meditation on loss and the connection between familial love and romantic love.
THE THIRD AND FINAL THRILLING BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER TRILOGY A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller and WINNER of The British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year 2020 and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020 Pip Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon she'll be leaving for Cambridge University but then another case finds her ... and this time it's all about Pip. Pip is used to online death threats, but there's one that catches her eye, someone who keeps asking: who will look for you when you're the one who disappears? And it's not just online.Pip has a stalker who knows where she lives. The police refuse to act and then Pip finds connections between her stalker and a local serial killer. The killer has been in prison for six years, but Pip suspects that the wrong man is behind bars.As the deadly game plays out, Pip realises that everyth
Mr K P Bhaskar and Mrs Santha Bhaskar were cultural leaders who devoted their lives to elevating Indian dance in Singapore.Over the last several decades,they have stood strong in the spotlight for their artistic efforts and immeasurabie service to the nation. But as celebrated as their achievements may be, what has remained in humble silence is the history of their youth.Born fifteen years apart as Bhaskar Krishna Pillai and Pankyamma Santhamma, it was dance that compelled fate to bring this unlikely couple together. From choosing his guru over his own family to sacrificing her life's dreams in mere seconds, For the Love of Dance takes us back to 1937 where we witness their extraordinary journeys unfold through the eyes of a young, impassioned K P Bhaskar.
《生命如不朽繁星》作者安東尼.馬拉全新力作。懷揣童年不可告人的秘密,Maria與母親逃離墨索里尼時代的義大利,來到好萊塢。二戰之際,Maria工作的水星製片正與她那搖搖欲墜的私生活一樣徘徊在破產邊緣。戰後世界仍一片狼藉,機會卻悄悄降臨,水星製片因流亡藝術家湧入前景光明,強烈野心驅使Maria越爬越高,直到一名不速之客帶來童年的秘密拉住她的腳步。The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini's Italy to 1940s Los Angeles-a timeless story of love, deceit, and sacrifice from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital PhenomenaLike many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father's arrest.Fifteen years later, on the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won't speak to her.Her boss, a man of many toupees, has been summoned to Washington
Rediscover the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry. The pair met when Clare was just six and Henry thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true.Now adapted into the major Sky TV series, The Time Traveler's Wife is the international bestselling novel of a time-altering love. Henry is a librarian who suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets, finding himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. Meanwhile, Clare is an artist waiting all her life for her great love Henry to appear.In the face of this force neither can prevent nor control, Henry and Clare's struggle to lead normal lives is both intensely moving and entirely unforgettable. 'Dark, unpredictable, incredibly clever and a modern romance' Grazia
夜行動物和雨林動物有哪些?生活在草原和林地裡的動物又有什麼不同?攤開地圖,準備好上山下海,見見住在各種地方的動物,認識牠們的特性,滿足小讀者的好奇心,兼具趣味及知識性。Raft down rapids to see raccoons, ski across ice to spot emperor penguins and dive underwater to explore the coral reef and learn why discovering animals is SUPER exciting!From the leafy green canopy of the rainforest, where gibbons communicate by singing, to the scorching hot desert where one of the world's DEADLIEST scorpions lives, planet Earth is full of AMAZING animals that are just waiting to be discovered.Did you know that marine iguanas sneeze out salty sea water after a big swim? Or that a narwhal's tusk is actually a very, VERY long tooth? And did you know that dung beetles are the STRONGEST animals on earth?Explore a different habitat on every spread, with fun and vibrant illustrations and fact-filled text for intrepid adventurers who want to know EVERYTHING about the world we live in. Readers will be taken all around the globe to discover a world of animals across rainforests and jungles, ri
From the best-selling author and illustrator team behind The Dinosaur Department Store, this charming picture book about overcoming fears, discovering your talent and the wonderful power of friendship will appeal to dino-loving children everywhere. Eliza Jane lives in a town where dinosaurs and humans live happily side-by-side - raptors run restaurants, Troodons are teachers and you can even pay a visit to see a dinosaur dentist. Every dinosaur has a job to do, apart from one shy dino called Parry who always feels like he's getting in the way.Eliza Jane is determined to help him find his groove but everything poor Parry tries seems to end in disaster. Then, one night, Eliza Jane discovers that Parry has a very special hidden talent and a star is born ...
A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the YearEver wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice - where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she). When a personal crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori Gottlieb - an experienced therapist with a thriving practice in Los Angeles - is suddenly adrift. Enter Wendell, himself a veteran therapist with an unconventional style, whose sessions with Gottlieb will prove transformative for her.As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her own patients' lives - a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen who feels she has nothing to live for, and a self-destructive twenty-something who can't stop hooking up with the wrong guys - she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very questions she is bringing to Wendell. Taking place
Six titles are included in this pack:One Snowy Night:Percy the park keeper always feeds the animals in the park where he lives. But one cold winter’s night Percy discovers that his little friends need more than food and he must find a way to help them.Includes a surprise pull-out poster!After the Storm:A storm is raging outside and Percy the park keeper is having a sleepless night. When he gets up the following morning, Percy finds that the old oak tree has been blown down. It is a disaster for his animal friends who live there, but Percy is soon devising a plan to help his little friends find new homes.The Rescue Party:Percy the park keeper is having a day off. It is a perfect day for doing nothing. But Percy’s peaceful picnic is disturbed when a little rabbit takes an unexpected tumble and needs help…The Secret Path:It’s a beautiful spring morning and a perfect opportunity for Percy the park keeper to trim the overgrown maze. But mazes can be rather confusing and when Percy’s animal
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