![]() ![]() During this time period, the novel was subject to much controversy surrounding its use in elementary school classrooms, given several counts of violence and profanity throughout the book. ![]() The novel received various book awards and nominations from the National Book Foundation and American Library Association, but was later ranked in ALA's "Most Frequently Challenged Books" and "Banned/Challenged Books" from 1990 to 20 to 2009. Ultimately, Tim is forced to decide between siding with his brother and joining the colonies’ war efforts, or abiding by his father's anti-war wishes. The novel details Tim's brother, Sam, and his desire to fight for the Patriots, despite his father's opposition to the war. The book takes place in Redding, Connecticut during the American Revolution, and is told from the perspective of a young boy, Tim Meeker. My Brother Sam Is Dead is a 1974 young-adult historical fiction novel by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I don't know that I loved it quite as much as the first two, but it was still very engaging, and will undoubtedly appeal to children who are picky eaters, as well as to the adults in their lives. Finally, in desperation, Cat decides he will trick his recalcitrant friend, making something that looks like pumpkin soup, but is made from yellow zucchini, tomatoes, carrots, and corn.Īs with the first two picture-books given over to the doings of this lovable feline, anatine and sciurine trio (haha, that's three animals adjectives at once!), Delicious! is a delightful visual feast for the reader, beautifully illustrated by Helen Cooper with rich colors and expressive details. Predictably, Duck proves difficult, refusing to eat the fish, mushroom and beets soups that the friends produce. ![]() ![]() When the trio discover that there are no ripe pumpkins in their patch, their plan to make their favorite treat (pumpkin soup, of course!) comes to nothing, and they must look to Cat's dusty recipe book for other ideas. Cat, Duck, and Squirrel - the three friends and room-mates whose story began in Pumpkin Soup, and continued in A Pipkin of Pepper - return in this, their third adventure. ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. The only people who can help him sort out the mystery of why he's been marked for death are Millicent and a one-handed, possibly deranged cabin boy.Ĭome along for the ride. Suddenly, Egg's running for his life in a bewildering world of cutthroat pirates, villainous businessmen, and strange Native legends. Until someone tries to throw him off a cliff. ![]() Not that Egg's life was ever easy, growing up on sweaty, pirate-infested Deadweather Island with no company except an incompetent tutor and a pair of unusually violent siblings who hate his guts.īut when Egg's father hustles their family off on a mysterious errand to fabulously wealthy Sunrise Island, then disappears with the siblings in a freak accident, Egg finds himself a long-term guest at the mansion of the glamorous Pembroke family and their beautiful, sharp-tongued daughter Millicent. ![]() It's tough to be thirteen, especially when somebody's trying to kill you. A stunning middle-grade debut-full of heart, humor, and nonstop action ![]() ![]() So she’ll have to start asking, WWSGD: What would a straight girl do? If word got back to her mom, she could face a lot worse than rejection. Either way, Yami isn’t going to make the same mistake again. The thing is, it’s hard to fake being straight when Bo, the only openly queer girl at school, is so annoyingly perfect. Granted, she’s never been great at any of those things, but that’s a problem for Future Yami. But at least here no one knows she’s gay, and Yami intends to keep it that way.Īfter being outed by her crush and ex-best friend before transferring to Slayton Catholic, Yami has new priorities: keep her brother out of trouble, make her mom proud, and, most importantly, don’t fall in love. ![]() ![]() Sixteen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers to be known for her killer eyeliner, not for being one of the only Mexican kids at her new, mostly white, very rich Catholic school. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist * Goodreads Finalist for Best Teen Book of the Year * Walter Honor Award Winner * Pura Belpré Honor BookĪ sharply funny and moving debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love and learning to celebrate her true self. National Book Award Finalist * William C. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Roosevelts had four children, each of whom had a nickname: Anna ("Bamie"), Theodore ("Teedie"), Elliott ("Ellie"), and Corinne ("Conie"). married Martha Bulloch on Decemat Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia. ![]() He was a seventh-generation Dutch New Yorker and participant in the Roosevelt family business of plate-glass importing, Roosevelt and Son. He was the youngest of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt and Margaret Barnhill's five sons. a big, powerful man, with a leonine face, and his heart filled with gentleness for those who needed help or protection, with the possibility of much wrath against a bully or an oppressor." (p.7,10) He combined strength and courage with gentleness tenderness and great unselfishness. had a tremendous influence on his son, and in adulthood, the younger Roosevelt wrote about his father in his autobiography: ".the best man I ever knew. ![]() |