Nobody knows what to make of the new boy in Frannie's class.Not only does he look different, but he's kind to everyone, herefuses to fight, and he doesn't even seem to mind when the otherkids nickname him Jesus Boy. But as winter progresses, Frannierealizes that she's starting to see a whole lot of things in a newlight: her brother's deafness, her mother's fear, her friendSamantha's faith, their classmate Trevor's anger, and her owndesire for hope - "the thing with feathers." And it's all becauseof Jesus Boy's differences . . . and his friendship.
Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from mapletrees and processes it into maple syrup.
十二岁的黛西，由于家庭贫困，被爸爸抛弃，妈妈又不幸进了精神病院，不得不独自负担起照顾三个弟妹的重任。四个无家可归的孩子为了寻找到一个新的栖身之所，踏上了漫长的旅程。他们几经波折，终于找到了从未谋面的外婆，从此，他们开始了一段全新的生活。 在成长的过程中，他们领悟了生活中需要的东西—爱、幽默感、信任和勇气。黛西虽然小，却为家庭里的每一个人操心，承担着本该由父母承担的责任。尽管生活艰辛，但她坚强、独立，比周围的孩子都成熟勇敢，终拥有了甜蜜的家。这一切都是以爱和信念为支撑的。 Letting Go The four Tillerman children finally have a home at theirgrandmother's rundown farm on the Maryland shore. It's what Diceyhas dreamed of for her three younger siblings, but after watchingover the others for so long, it's hard to let go. Who is Dicey, ifshe's no longer the caretaker for
In this deeply affecting novel Scott O’Dell envelops thereader in the heroic world of the conquistadors—a world that is atonce somber and many-colored. Though they may have been ruthless,these steel-helmeted young men of Spain lived their lives on thevery edge of eternity with style and uncommon courage.
1944年美国纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖 你从未遇过像鲁夫 摩法多这样的男孩。别以为他什么都不会，他总有一套自己的方式，任何事都难不倒他。 当他次从图书馆借书回家时，他让自己学会了写字，管它看不看得懂；在粮食短缺的年代里，鲁夫种植了独一无二的“鲁夫的豆子”，尽管他每天都把它们挖出来检查一番，豆子竟还是长出来了。鲁夫也有一些不为人知的神秘朋友！他不但发现了镇上的隐形钢琴师，而且还带着亦敌亦友的纸板男孩在小镇上到处兜风，甚至还骑上了他专属的飞马…… You've never met anyone quite like Rufus Moffat. He getsthings done, but he gets them done his way. When he wants to checkout library books, Rufus teaches himself to write...even though hedoesn't yet know how to read. When food is scarce, he plants somespecial "Rufus beans" that actually grow...despite his digging themup every day to check on them.
Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner ruins the marriage plans of her older sister, Shabanu is called upon to sacrifice everything she’s dreamed of. Should she do what is necessary to uphold her family’s honor—or listen to the stirrings of her own heart?
When Lily meets Albert, a refugee from Hungary, during thesummer of 1944, they begin a special friendship. However, Lily andAlbert have both told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may costAlbert his life.
