Smoky knows only one way of life: freedom. Living on the openrange, he is free to go where he wants and to do what he wants. Andhe knows what he has to do to survive. He can beat any enemy,whether it be a rattlesnake or a hungry wolf. He is as much a partof the Wild West as it is of him, and Smoky can't imagine anythingelse. But then he comes across a new enemy, one that walks on twolegs and makes funny sounds. Smoky can't beat this enemy the way hehas all the others. But does he really want to? Or could giving upsome of his freedom mean getting something in return that's evenmore valuable?
The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend’s lives, the world opens up for them. Suddenly they’re keenly aware of things beyond their block in Queens, things that are happening in the world—like the shooting of Tupac Shakur—and in search of their Big Purpose in life. When—all too soon—D’s mom swoops in to reclaim her, and Tupac dies, they are left with a sense of how quickly things can change and how even all-too-brief connections can touch deeply.
在纳粹横行的日子里，10岁的丹麦女孩安妮与父母、亲友和无数的丹麦人民一起，团结起来挽救犹太人的生命。安妮次通过自己的行动，深深体会到保持勇气的艰难。全书表现出一种悲天悯人的情怀，无论从文学、历史还是励志等角度，都值得任何年龄层的读者细读回味。 A powerful story set in Nazi occupied Denmark in 1943.Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless actof bravery to help save her best-friend, Ellen – a Jew.It is 1943and for ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen life is still fun – school,family, sharing fairy stories with her little sister. But there aredangers and worries too – the Nazis have occupied Copenhagen andthere are food shortages, curfews and the constant threat of beingstopped by soldiers. And for Annemarie the dangers become evengreater… her best-friend Ellen is a Jew. When Ellen’s parents aretaken away to be ‘relocated’ by the Nazis, Ellen is taken in byAnne
