![]() ![]() The supporting characters are rich in voice and context, with multiple villains and friends that achingly reveal life in America in the 1990s for persons of color and those living in poverty. Debut author Yang weaves in autobiographical content while creating a feisty and empowered heroine. Yet along the seemingly endless roller coaster of poverty, hope appears in small places. Troubles check in from every direction: at home, where her mom belittles her love of writing at school, where bullies and lies surround her and especially at the motel, where the family battles financial ruin. Yao, the family works bone-numbing hours cleaning rooms, fixing problems, and managing the front desk. ![]() Through the story of fifth-grader Mia Tang, readers experience the courage, hard work, and dreams of a young Chinese immigrant.Ī small room behind the office of the Calivista Motel is home for Mia and her parents. ![]()
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![]() A European tour makes things even more difficult for them, and Frank begins to have difficulties at school. Glory’s strict schedule leaves little time for Frank, but they somehow manage to be together. Glory doesn’t get the chance to be a normal teen very often, but that changes when she meets Frank, her new neighbour from Argentina. ![]() After the death of her mother in a car crash, Glory’s father has driven her hard to be a world class pianist. ![]() She was admitted there after repeatedly playing only Chopsticks. The text is mostly through Instant Messages and notes and there are even links to videos and music play lists which help set the scene and the mood of the story.Ĭhopsticks begins with the disappearance of Gloria “Glory” Flemming from a rest home for burnt out piano prodigies. The entire story is told in photos of everyday things like ticket stubs, concert flyers and people. ![]() ![]() The book is completely out of my usual reading comfort zone but the beautiful imaginary and interesting story line captured my attention and kept it until the last beautifully stunning last page. I really loved this Young Adult Graphic Novel. Well this was a different experience in reading. ![]() ![]() Odell sees our attention as the most precious - and overdrawn - resource we have. ![]() So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity. ![]() ![]() Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention - and our personal information - that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world ![]() ![]() ![]() HIDDEN MICKEY ADVENTURES 4: Revenge of the WolfĪnother "E-Ticket" ride through Disney's history. Pieces of the puzzle get closer as three diverse groups are woven together in the past and the present all of them determined to protect Walt Disney's legacy.ĪLL 3 COLLIDE AS THE MERMAID'S TALE CONTINUES. Decades later she s still trying to make it right, but three kids are in the way.ĭisneyland then and now is the backdrop of this exciting Mermaid s Tale. Given a simple assignment by her boss, Walt Disney, Omah was unable to complete it and sent away in disgrace. Thrilled to learn she was a Disneyland Submarine Lagoon Mermaid in 1965, they suddenly connect the missing link to the beautiful mermaid Peter and Catie found in the Haunted Mansion attic. Going through family mementos in their grandmother s attic, twins Alex and Catie Michaels, along with Peter Brentwood, stumble on a familiar grey capsule and pictures of Margaret Michaels past. Volume 3 in a series of action-adventure mysteries about Walt Disney and Disneyland written for Adults, Teens, & Tweens (age 9 and up).įlesch-Kincaid Grade 3.6 - Flesch Reading Ease 86Ī FORGOTTEN TREASURE REVEALS A MISSING PUZZLE PIECE ![]() |