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Island's End
by Padma VenkatramanFrom the acclaimed author of Climbing the Stairs comes a fascinating story set on a remote island untouched by time. Uido is ecstatic about becoming her tribe's spiritual leader, but her new position brings her older brother's jealousy and her best friend's mistrust. And looming above these troubles are the recent visits of strangers from the mainland who have little regard for nature or the spirits, and tempt the tribe members with gifts, making them curious about modern life. When Uido's little brother falls deathly ill, she must cross the ocean and seek their help. Having now seen so many new things, will Uido have the strength to believe in herself and the old ways? And will her people trust her to lead them to safety when a catastrophic tsunami threatens? Uido must overcome everyone's doubts, including her own, if she is to keep her people safe and preserve the spirituality that has defined them. Drawing on firsthand experience from her travels to the Andaman Islands, Padma Venkatraman was inspired to write this story after meeting natives who survived the 2004 tsunami and have been able to preserve their unique way of life. Uido's transformation from a young girl to tribal leader will touch both your heart and mind. .
Island: The illustrated edition
by David AlmondLove, death, hope ... the island will change their lives forever. From the bestselling David Almond, author of SKELLIG, and now with fantastic illustrations by the award-winning David Litchfield. Louise has travelled with her father to the island every year since she can remember - it's the place her mother loved best of all. The arrival of Hassan changes everything. Louise is restless and yearning for independence; meanwhile, the fiercely free and self-reliant Hassan seems to know the island from long ago as if it were his home from birth. Hassan is an acrobat, maybe a sorcerer, possibly a source of great danger. The wild boys who call the island their home want to cast him out. The forces of love, death and hope move Louise and Hassan together. The island will change their lives forever. David Almond is the author of many beloved and prize-winning books for children and teenagers. His best known work, Skellig, won the Whitbread Children's Award and the Carnegie Medal and has been widely adapted for stage and screen. He has also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world's most prestigious prize for children's authors. In 2021, David was awarded an OBE for services to literature.'There really is nobody quite like Almond writing in children's or adult's fiction today.' The Times
Island: The illustrated edition
by David AlmondA hopeful and moving coming-of-age story set on the island of Lindisfarne, by David Almond, author of the bestselling Skellig and A Song for Ella Grey.Louise has travelled with her father to the island of Lindisfarne every year ever since she can remember - it's the place Louise's mother loved best of all. The arrival of Hassan from war-torn Syria changes everything. Louise is restless and yearning for independence; meanwhile, the fiercely free and self-reliant Hassan seems to know the island from long ago as if it were his home from birth. Hassan is an acrobat, maybe a sorcerer, possibly a source of great danger. The wild boys who call the island their home want to cast him out. The forces of love, death and hope move Louise and Hassan together. Lindisfarne will change their lives forever. David Almond is the author of many beloved and prize-winning books for children and teenagers. His best known work, Skellig, won the Whitbread Children's Award and the Carnegie Medal and was made into a feature-length film. A Song for Ella Grey, a beautiful retelling of the myth of Orpheus, won the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2015.(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Islandborn
by Junot DíazFrom New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination.A 2019 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island—she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories—joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening—Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: &“Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you.&” Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, Islandborn is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us—to our families, to our past and to ourselves.
Islandborn
by Junot DíazFrom New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination.A 2019 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island—she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories—joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening—Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: &“Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you.&” Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, Islandborn is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us—to our families, to our past and to ourselves.
Islands (Earth's Landforms)
by Lisa J. AmstutzAll islands are surrounded by water, but there is more to these important landforms than meets the eye! Volcanoes formed some islands. Corals formed others. Some are old while others are new. Give beginning readers all the need-to-know information about islands, including their characteristics, how they form, and where they can be found around the world.
Islands of Intrigue (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #27)
by Carolyn KeeneNancy and Bess are vacationing in Greece at the same time as Joe and Frank Hardy are there pursuing a renegade American operative suspected of stealing missiles. Together, they set off on a spine-tingling Greek odyssey across a sea of duplicity, danger, and imminent destruction.
Islas Galápagos (Galapagos)
by DKTortugas gigantes, lobos marinos, fragatas, flores paradisíacas y arrecifes…Las Islas Galápagos no se conocen como Islas Encantadas porque sí. Se ganaron este nombre por su grandiosa biodiversidad de flora y fauna, que atrajo biólogos de todo el mundo desde hace siglos.Con un enfoque educativo y diseño atractivo, esta guía para niños es un recorrido ilustrado y fotográfico de la flora, fauna y geología de uno de los lugares más singulares y ricos en naturaleza del planeta.- Hermosas ilustraciones y fascinantes fotografías acompañadas de texto escrito por expertos.- Mapa de las islas y explicaciones sobre su formación, para que los niños las identifiquen fácilmente y aprendan su origen.- Información detallada de las especies (terrestres y marinas) que las habitan y de la geología del archipiélago.- También incluye una sección en la que se explican los esfuerzos por su conservación.-Con notas sobre cómo estas islas fueron fuente de inspiración para Darwin y su teoría de la evolución.Especies endémicas, animales increíbles, clima, evolución, migración y mucho más. Descúbrelo todo de este lugar único en nuestra planeta y de su visitante más famoso: Charles Darwin. Un libro perfecto para que los niños aprendan sobre geología y biología junto a padres y profesores.
Isle Be Seeing You
by Sandy Beech Jimmy HolderI'm at the end of my rope! Like getting shipwrecked and surviving a hurricane weren't bad enough! Now I've got to support my sort of boyfriend's plan to get off this island, even though I think his idea's kinda lame. But with everything going so well between us, I don't want to rock the boat...er...make waves...well, you know what I mean! Especially with Evil Angela supporting Josh's plan all the way. I wish I knew what to do. The stakes are pretty high now. And I can't help wondering if maybe, just maybe, there's another way to get back home....
Isle of Ever (Isle of Ever #1)
by Jen Calonita"[An] atmospheric fantasy ride."—Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW"Fast-paced and satisfying."—School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW"I couldn't put it down!"—Stuart Gibbs, New York Times bestselling author of the Spy School seriesTwo hundred years ago, an island disappeared. Benny has just two weeks to find it.Everly "Benny" Benedict and her mom have always managed to get by, though they're broke most of the time. But all that could change. Benny's just learned she's the sole heir to the vast fortune of Evelyn Terry, a mysterious ancestor from the 1800s!There's a catch, though. First Benny needs to play—and win—a game: following clues that are more than a century old, she must find her way to the tiny island Evelyn wrote about in her diary. It was somewhere off the shoreline of Evelyn's home town, but according to legend, it vanished long ago and hasn't appeared on maps for hundreds of years. Yet Benny has only a couple weeks to locate it.If she's successful, she'll collect the inheritance. But what if there's more than a fortune at stake in this game? What if Benny has to break an ancient curse to win?
Isle of Night
by Veronica WolffIs life offering fewer and fewer options? Then join the dead. When Annelise meets dark and seductive Ronan, he promises her a new life-if she has the courage to chance the unknown. Now, she's whisked away to a mysterious island and pitted against other female recruits to become a Watcher-girls who are partnered with vampires and assist them in their missions. To survive and become a Watcher, Annelise has to beat out every other girl, but she's determined to do so, because to fail doesn't mean dishonor-it means death. .
Isle of Night
by Veronica WolffIs life offering fewer and fewer options? Then join the dead. When Annelise meets dark and seductive Ronan, he promises her a new life-if she has the courage to chance the unknown. Now, she's whisked away to a mysterious island and pitted against other female recruits to become a Watcher-girls who are partnered with vampires and assist them in their missions. To survive and become a Watcher, Annelise has to beat out every other girl, but she's determined to do so, because to fail doesn't mean dishonor-it means death.
Isle of Swords (Isle of Swords #1)
by Wayne Thomas BatsonA young lad awakens on an island, alone and brutally injured, with no memory of his past. Captain Declan Ross searched for riches that will free him and his headstrong daughter, Anne, from the piracy business forever . . . Bartholomew Thorne, an infamously ruthless pirate, seeks to destroy Ross and any who stand in his way of the legendary treasure hidden by a mysterious order of monks. With these intriguing characters and many more, Wayne Thomas Batson weaves a spell-binding adventure filled with high-seas drama where battles rage, storms brew, a long-dormant volcano awakens, and a sea creature slithers in the deep as pirates race for a cliff-top fortress.
Isle of the Dead (Dragons of Deltora #3)
by Emily RoddaAdventure and thrills in this fantastic continuation of the legendary Deltora series. Lief, Barda, and Jasmine face their starkest challenge yet as they must travel into the hideous Isle of the Dead in order to defeat the evil Shadow Lord's plan to return to power. By land, sea, or air, they will confront fearsome creatures along the way - valuing courage above all else.
Isle of the Lost, The-A Descendants Novel, Vol. 1 (Descendants)
by Melissa de la CruzEvil tree. Bad Apple? Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon to the Isle of the Lost--a dark and dreary place protected by a force field that makes it impossible for them to leave. Stripped of their magical powers, the villains now live in total isolation, forgotten by the world. Mal learns from her mother, Maleficent, that the key to true darkness, the Dragon's Eye, is located inside her scepter in the forbidden fortress on the far side of the island. The eye is cursed, and whoever retrieves it will be knocked into a deep sleep for a thousand years. But Mal has a plan to capture it. She'll just need a little help from her "friends." In their quest for the Dragon's Eye, these four kids begin to realize that just because you come from an evil family tree, being good ain't so bad.
Isobel Adds It Up
by Kristy EveringtonMath-loving kids, especially those who are often bothered by loud noises, will be happy there aren't any elephants around.Isobel is a problem solver . . . addition, subtraction, multiplication, division! But trying to figure out who is causing all the noise next door is one problem she can't quite work out. Is it a marching band? A basketball team in the middle of a practice? Could it be a family of elephants?Isobel doesn't know what to do about all the noise, but the solution just might come from the most unlikely place!
Isolation
by Dan WellsTwo decades before the events of Partials, the world was locked in a different battle for survival: a global war for the last remaining oil reserves on the planet. It was for the Isolation War that the American government contracted the ParaGen Corporation to manufacture the Partials--our last hope in reclaiming energy independence from China. And it was on these fields of battle that the seeds of humanity's eventual destruction were sown. Isolation takes us back to the front lines of this war, a time when mankind's ambition far outstripped its foresight. Heron, a newly trained Partial soldier who specializes in infiltration, is sent on a mission deep behind enemy lines. What she discovers there has far-reaching implications--not only for the Isolation War, but for Partials and humans alike long after this war is over.
Isolation (Remnants Series #7)
by K. A. ApplegateThe end of the world has come . . . and gone. Three groups race to gain control of the ship and Mother, a computer that runs the ship and has been dictating the Remnants' every move. Mother is also the only chance the Remnants have to build a new Earth by harnessing her power to create environments. Billy knows Mother's true power firsthand--and it may be indestructible. The Remnants' conflict rushes toward something so finite, so unbelievable, weapons will be dropped, fighting will stop for a time . . . and new enemies will emerge.
Ispík kákí péyakoyak/When We Were Alone
by David A. RobertsonA young girl notices things about her grandmother that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak Cree and spend so much time with her family? As she asks questions, her grandmother shares her experiences in a residential school, when all of these things were taken away.When We Were Alone won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award in the Young People's Literature (Illustrated Books) category, and was nominated for the TD Canadian's Children's Literature Award. This edition includes the text in Swampy Cree syllabics and Roman orthography, as well as the original English.
Ispík kákí péyakoyak/When We Were Alone
by David A. RobertsonA young girl notices things about her grandmother that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak Cree and spend so much time with her family? As she asks questions, her grandmother shares her experiences in a residential school, when all of these things were taken away.When We Were Alone won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award in the Young People's Literature (Illustrated Books) category, and was nominated for the TD Canadian's Children's Literature Award. This edition includes the text in Swampy Cree syllabics and Roman orthography, as well as the original English.
Israel
by Adam M. GarfinkleIn 1948 the world witnessed an extraordinary event: the birth of Israel. After two millennia as a stateless people scattered across the globe and frequently persecuted by the societies in which they lived-most tragically during the Holocaust of World War II-Jews finally had a homeland. And the New Jersey-sized country was in Palestine, the ancestral land of the Jewish people. In the years since 1948, Israel has become the Middle East's most powerful, and most democratic, country. But the foundation and defense of the Jewish state ultimately came at the expense of a state for the Palestinians, another people with ancient ties to Palestine. For decades Israeli and Palestinian blood has stained the land, a string of peace initiatives collapsing amid the seemingly endless cycle of attack and retaliation. Resolving the conflict in a manner that preserves Israel's security remains an elusive goal not just for Israel, but also for the many countries with interests in the strategic Middle East, including the United States. Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and communities of Israel.
Israel (Let's Go Explore)
by ZondervanIn this full-color picture book, Israel (part of the Let&’s Go Explore series), young readers travel to the holy land of Israel. Complete with photographs, maps, vocabulary call-outs, fun facts, and more, this is the perfect resource for the young explorer. Read about the Biblical significance and history of Israel as well as current and curious information about foods, clothes, places of interest, and other pertinent facts of interest.
Israel: The Land (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures)
by Debbie SmithExplores the land and people that make up modern Israel. This work portrays the country and its changing boundaries. It includes topics such as: the hills and deserts in Israel; how food is grown and the land made fruitful in the desert; protecting the land; Ancient cities and Jerusalem; and sacred city to three major religions.
Issrilla the Creeping Menace: Series 12 Book 3 (Beast Quest #69)
by Adam BladeJoin the hero Tom on a high-action adventure with terrible Beasts and deadly danger!Tom faces terrible danger on a brand new Beast Quest. Issrilla the Creeping Menace is out for blood! How can Tom defeat this ferocious Beast? Only one thing is certain: if he fails, the Beast Quests end forever...
Issues in Guam's Political Development: The Chamorro Perspective
by Political Status Education Coordinating CommissionWritten for students of Guam on Guam's political development as perceived by the Chamorro people.