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(0)Alison Hart
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Spanning four generations of a mixed-race family, Mostly White is a powerful tale of inter-generational trauma and the healing brought by wildness, music and the resilience of women. From Emma, who survives the abuse of an Indian residential school in 1890s Maine, to Ella, who navigates color lines in 1980s New York City, Alison Hart's unforgettable characters fight to form their own identities and honor the call of their ancestors.
2) Making Hats
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Hats finish an outfit; they make a statement, provide panache and lift your spirits. This book explains how to make your own hats, using traditional construction methods with both specialist millinery foundation materials and a range of fabrics and trimmings. It showcases twenty-six hats and headpieces, each with step-by-step photographs and instructions, some using ready-made elements, others that are made from scratch. Celebrating the versatility...
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It's my first day back at school after the holidays and I've already got three burning questions:
1) When is my family's disgusting diet going to end?
2) How will I finish my group project on time?
3) Why is my best friend Alex suddenly not talking to me?
If that's not bad enough, the classroom is overrun with lizards. At least things can't get worse, right?
Praise for School Rules Are Optional: 'A rollicking ride!' (Nat Amoore), 'A full-on...
4) temp words
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All we have is the moment the rest is fiction. Impermanence saves me, betrays me, the constant flux of life. Sometimes I celebrate it, other times grief sets in like an immovable mountain.
These poems are journeys through states: grief, outrage, identity, temptation, and lastly transcendence.
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It's the first day of school and I've already got three problems:
1) Mrs. Leeman is my classroom teacher. She's so ancient she taught my dad.
2) I might have accidentally been voted school captain. I had an unusually popular day when the class voted last year.
3) Somehow I've lost my Grade Six jumper between receiving it and Mrs. Leeman's lecture about being responsible.
That's a lot to go wrong in half an hour. On top of that, it's a million...
6) Bell's Star
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Vermont, 1850s
Bell's Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs to run free with his human friend, Katie, on his back. But when Star helps rescue a runaway slave girl, his ideas about freedom may change forever. Here is Star's story . . . in his own words.
With exciting and knowledgeable text throughout-by real horse owners-Horse Diaries are the perfect fit for all lovers of horses...
10) Gabriel's horses
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In Kentucky, during the Civil War, the twelve-year-old slave Gabriel, contends with a cruel new horse trainer and skirmishes with Confederate soldiers as he pursues his dream of becoming a jockey.
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Serena Williams - a cultural phenomenon, a 21st century icon and the most decorated American athlete of the modern era. Agile, powerful and aggressive, she was a once-in-a-generation talent, and over the course of her exceptional career she revolutionized tennis. The Power and The Glory traces Serena's remarkable journey. It is the story of a Compton prodigy who became the GOAT.