Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults) (Alexievich Svetlana)(Pevná vazba)

Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults) (Alexievich Svetlana)(Pevná vazba)

A powerful portrait of the personal consequences of war as seen through the innocent eyes of children, from a Nobel Prize-winning writer. Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich delves into the traumatic memories of children who were separated from their parents during World War II--most of

Last Witnesses - Unchildlike Stories (Alexievich Svetlana)(Paperback / softback)

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Stevenson Bryan)(Pevná vazba)

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Alexievich Svetlana)(Paperback)

When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing 'a new kind of literary genre,' describing her work as 'a history of emotions--a history of the soul.' Alexievich's distinctive documentary style, combining extended individual monologues with a collage

International LGBTQ+ Literature for Children and Young Adults (Epstein B. J.)(Pevná vazba)

This edited collection investigates LGBTQ+ literature for young readers around the world, including picture books, middle-grade books and young adult novels. It brings together contributions from across the academic and activist spectra to explore what is at stake when we write (or do not write)

One Life: Young Readers Edition (Rapinoe Megan)(Pevná vazba)

Adapted for young readers! Join Olympic gold medalist, two-time Women's World Cup champion, and trailblazing activist Megan Rapinoe in the fight for equality and justice in this middle grade adaptation of her New York Times bestselling memoir, One Life. You know Megan Rapinoe as an international

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Alexievich Svetlana)(Pevná vazba)

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award A journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book, presents personal accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus after the nuclear reactor accident in

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Stevenson Bryan)(Paperback)

Bryan Stevenson's incredible fight to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality comes to life in this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson

Sex Ed - A Guide for Adults (Rare Ruby)(Pevná vazba)

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Harris Kamala)(Pevná vazba)

Now adapted for young readers, Vice President Kamala Harris's empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life. With her election to the vice presidency, her election to the U.S. Senate, and her position as attorney general of California, Kamala Harris has blazed trails

Paddington: A Treasury for the Very Young (Bond Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, seven best-loved classic picture books are brought together in this lavish volume, truly to be treasured!

Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults (Various)(Pevná vazba)

Introduced by Lucy Mangan* * * Tales to soothe tired souls. A night time companion for frazzled adults, including calming stories and poems for a good night's sleep. * * *This cheering book of best loved short tales, extracts and poems will calm and restore an anxious mind before sleep.A good

Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers (Obama Michelle)(Pevná vazba)

Michelle Robinson was born on the South Side of Chicago. From her modest beginnings, she would become Michelle Obama, the inspiring and powerful First Lady of the United States, when her husband, Barack Obama, was elected the forty-fourth president. They would be the first Black First Family in the

Awkward (Chmakova Svetlana)(Pevná vazba)

Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids.Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them.On her first day at her new school, Penelope--Peppi--Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet boy in

Aquicorn Cove (O'Neill K.)(Pevná vazba)

'Enchanting.' - KIRKUS Unable to rely on the adults in her storm-ravaged seaside town, a young girl must protect a colony of magical seahorse-like creatures she discovers in the coral reef. From the Eisner Award-winning author of The Tea Dragon Society and Princess Princess Ever After comes

This Is a Seahorse (Federman Cassandra)(Pevná vazba)

ILA 2021 Children's and Young Adults Book Award - Primary NonfictionWhen a child writes a report about a seahorse, the creature himself has a few things to say about the animals he's compared to. First of all, he is nothing like a land horse. His tail is much more useful than an opossum's tail. And

Doodleville (Sell Chad)(Pevná vazba)

For fans of Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward and Raina Telgemeier's Smile comes an inventive new story from Cardboard Kingdom creator Chad Sell about a group of young artists who must work together when one of their own creations becomes a monster. Drew is just a regular artist. But there's nothing

Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers (Obama Michelle)(Pevná vazba)

What's important is our story, our whole story, including those moments when we feel a little vulnerable . . .Michelle Robinson started life sharing a bedroom with her older brother Craig, in their family's upstairs apartment in her great-aunt's house. Her parents, Fraser and Marian, poured their

Consequences of Fear - A spellbinding wartime mystery (Winspear Jacqueline (Author))(Pevná vazba)

When young Freddie Hackett witnesses a murder, the police refuse to believe his identification of the murderer. In desperation, he asks Maisie Dobbs to

Community Support for Aging Adults with Lifelong Disabilities(Pevná vazba)

This book addresses the needs of older adults (age 45 and older) with developmental disabilities and adults with other lifelong disabilities who have similar needs. It discusses age-related and disability-related issues in community

Leila (Akbar Prayaag)(Pevná vazba)

Soon to be adapted for the screen as a Netflix OriginalEvery year on Leila's birthday Shalini kneels by the wall with a little yellow spade and scoops dry earth to make a pit for two

Vegetarian Cookbook - More than 50 Recipes for Young Cooks (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Twenty-Two: Letters to a Young Woman Searching for Meaning (Trowbridge Allison)(Pevná vazba)

American Illuminations: Urban Lighting, 1800-1920 (Nye David E.)(Pevná vazba)

How Americans adapted European royal illuminations for patriotic celebrations, spectacular expositions, and intensely bright commercial lighting to create the world's most dazzling and glamorous cities.Illuminated f tes and civic celebrations began in Renaissance Italy and spread through the courts