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Ms. Gloria Steinem: A Life
by Winifred ConklingThroughout the years, Gloria Steinem is perhaps the single-most iconic figure associated with women's rights, her name practically synonymous with the word "feminism." Documenting everything from her boundary-pushing journalistic career to the foundation of Ms. magazine to being awarded the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom, Winifred Conkling's Ms. Gloria Steinem: A Life is a meticulously researched YA biography that is sure to satisfy even the most voracious of aspiring glass-ceiling smashers.Gloria Steinem was no stranger to injustice even from a young age. Her mother, Ruth, having suffered a nervous breakdown at only 34, spent much of Gloria's childhood in and out of mental health facilities. And when Gloria was only 10 years old, her father divorced her mother and left for California, unable to bear the stress of caring for Ruth any longer. Gloria never blamed her mother for being unable to hold down a job to support them both after that, but rather blamed society's intrinsic hostility toward women, and working women in particular. This was the spark that lit a fire in her that would burn for decades, and continues to burn brightly today.
Ms. Zephyr's Notebook
by Kc DyerCommended for the 2008 Best Books for Kids and Teens When Logan Kemp hurls himself into a rugby scrum one morning, he has no idea that by afternoon he’ll be fighting for his life. Worse, the only other patient on his ward is a troubled girl named Cleo who may not be hospitalized just for a broken wrist. When all he wants is his regular life back, the thought of Cleo throwing away her own leaves Logan determined to change her mind. Cleopatra Jones wants to design the perfect life; a teenage boy and a few well-meaning health professionals are not going to stand in her way. But Cleo soon finds that life – and even death – can interfere with the best-laid plans. Both teens reinforce the walls that have kept them safe in their own worlds, but the secrets in a teacher’s notebook show them how the word sustenance can have more than one meaning. Facing the biggest challenge of their lives, Logan and Cleo discover the powerful forces of redemption and forgiveness.
Much Ado About Nothing: Staged: the origins of YA’s greatest tropes
by William ShakespeareWith a foreword by Holly Bourne, author of Am I Normal Yet?‘I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest’Love, deception and discord are flourishing in the court of Messina.Sweet, innocent Hero and the famed soldier Claudio are immediately infatuated, while the bickering Beatrice and Benedick can agree on just one thing: the other is insufferable. Little do they know, two plans are afoot – one to make Beatrice and Benedick fall in love, another to break up Hero and Claudio.Much Ado About Nothing is Shakespeare’s witty comedy of words where sharp-tongued enemies become lovers and sweet romance turns sour.Discover STAGED, a limited collection of Shakespeare’s unabridged plays that celebrates the genius of the Bard and the tropes that continue to delight YA readers to this day.Explore the rest of the STAGED collection:As You Like It – With a foreword by Talia HibbertHamlet – With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-ÍyímídéMacbeth – With a foreword by Kat DelacorteA Midsummer Night’s Dream – With a foreword by Becky AlbertalliRomeo and Juliet – With a foreword by Jennifer Niven
Mudball
by Matt TavaresMatt Tavares brings to life a winning tale of the shortest home run in history with the help of his luminous artwork and an infectious love of the game. CRACK! Somehow, Andy's bat had hit the ball. Everybody heard it . . . but nobody saw where it went. Andy Oyler is the shortest player on his baseball team, the Minneapolis Millers, not to mention the whole league. And no matter how hard he tries, he just can't seem to get a hit. But one fateful spring day in 1903, a sudden change in the weather leads to a change in Andy Oyler’s luck—and as Andy soon discovers, even the shortest player can become the game's biggest hero! Matt Tavares brings one of baseball's legendary stories to life and champions the underdog in all of us. Helping readers keep score is a bibliography and final note from the author about this uplifting all-American tale. From the Hardcover edition.
Muerte a doscientos diez (Periscopio)
by Anna Juan Cantavella Jordi Cervera i NoguésLa Brigada de Investigación dirigida por el sargento Joan Pons se enfrenta en esta ocasión a un doble homicidio especialmente macabro. Los cadáveres de dos jóvenes estudiantes de policía, hermanas gemelas, aparecen en medio de lo que aparenta ser una serie de crímenes rituales o satánicos. Sin embargo, sus pesquisas les conducen a un callejón sin salida: sin pruebas y sin ninguna pista. La presión crece y la alarma se instala en la sociedad. Hasta que Carla Pons se infiltra y da un giro a la trama…
MuggleNet.com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Falls in Love, and How Will the Adventure Finally End?
by Ben Schoen Emerson Spartz Andy Gordon Gretchen Stull Jamie Lawrence Laura ThompsonThe experts at MuggleNet.com analyze the first six Harry Potter books and search for hidden clues to predict what the final book might reveal: Is Dumbledore really dead? Will Harry and Ginny get back together? Who is the mysterious R.A.B.? Can Ron and Hermione's relationship last? Whose side is Snape on? Is Harry a Horcrux? Will Harry defeat Voldemort in the ultimate showdown between good and evil?
Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer
by Sarah ConoverIn the pages of Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer, young readers will encounter a man very different from the figure often presented in Western popular culture. Drawing from biographies, the Quran, and hadith, Sarah Conover, co-author of Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs: A Treasury of Islamic Wisdom for Children and Parents, relates the story of a radical prophet who challenged the rich and powerful, guided his community of followers through a dangerous time of persecution and exile, formed alliances with people of different beliefs, and preached "love for humanity what you love for yourself. " Before he became one of the most venerated, and most misunderstood, religious leaders in history, Muhammad was an orphaned child and a shepherd. Written for readers 12 and up, and with a foreword by Eboo Patel (founder of Interfaith Youth Core and a member of the President's Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships), Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer will educate and inspire young adults and adults of all faiths.
Mujer, eres muy especial: Una guía para que las jóvenes sepan los planes de Dios para ellas
by Lysa TerKeurstLa vida con dios es de todo, menos ordinaria. Si tienes el profundo deseo de entregarte al Señor y hacer cosas maravillosas para él, no eres la única. Lysa TerKeurst y su hija, Hope, también sienten esa pasión singular y han aprendido que solo Dios puede satisfacer el anhelo de hacer más que lo normal. ¿Por qué? ¡Porque Dios es el que creó esa necesidad dentro de ti y la está usando para que te acerques a él! Cuando empieces a leerlo, este libro te ayudará a... • Superar el miedo a decirle sí a Dios y enfocarte en los transformadores efectos que trae la obediencia. • Comprender que fuiste especialmente diseñada por el Señor para desempeñar un papel importante en sus planes. • Aprender cómo crecer en tu relación con Dios al profundizar en versículos bíblicos alentadores. • Escuchar lo que el Señor quiere decirte para que reconozcas su voz en tu vida diaria. Cuando decidas seguir a Dios, verás cómo crece y prospera tu fe. ¿Aceptarás su invitación y comenzarás tu jornada hoy?
Multi-Systemic Structural-Strategic Interventions for Child and Adolescent Behavior Problems
by Patrick H TolanLearn to tackle he very challenging behavior problems of children and adolescents that you commonly see in your family therapy practice. This practical book provides the practicing clinician with an overview of structural-strategic approaches for treating child and adolescent behavior problems. It is unique in specifying successful approaches for a range of behavior problems, with all approaches based on the same concept--the Structural-Strategic model of family therapy.Behavior problems are the most common reason for referral of children and adolescents for therapy. In addition, behavior problems are major impediments to educational progress and full benefit from medical care. Multi-Systemic Structural-Strategic Interventions for Child and Adolescent Behavior Problems focuses on the major types of behavior problems: antisocial and delinquent behavior, drug abuse, eating disorders, sex-related problems, school behavioral problems, and problems with compliance with pediatric medical care. Chapters by Editor Patrick H. Tolan and an impressive group of contributing authors will expand your knowledge and the utility of structural-strategic family therapy by emphasizing the role of responsibility and accountability of family members. This volume is the first to use this view to specifically address the treatment of a variety of behavior problems. Techniques for applying structural-strategic approaches in working with other systems, including schools, are also presented. Aimed at the practicing clinician, especially those who consider themselves primarily family therapists, Multi-Systemic Structural-Strategic Interventions for Child and Adolescent Behavior Problems is of interest to any professional treating children and adolescents. A useful text for trainers of interns and residents and faculty of independent family therapy training programs, this major book is also an important addition to specialized courses in family therapy, child therapy, and SS therapy, and graduate courses in social work, psychology, and nursing programs.
Multi-threaded Love
by Satyajit DeshmukhKartik is a young and handsome boy studying in the final year at an engineering college. He does not have money, but his looks and dynamism attract girls.
Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs
by Raechele L. Pope Amy L. Reynolds John A. Mueller Harold E. CheathamToday's leaders in higher education are focused on creating multicultural campuses. However, most higher education and student affairs professionals receive limited training for understanding the complexity of multicultural issues. If multiculturalism is to flourish on college campuses, education professionals must develop the sensitivity and awareness in affirming relevant multicultural issues and develop the skills needed to offer meaningful services to all their students. Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs is a unique resource that offers student affairs practitioners and faculty a guide that features a model of core competencies that embraces the broad scope of multicultural issues including race, class, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and abilities.
Multiple Choice and Free-Response Questions in Preparation for the AP English Language and Composition Examination (6th Edition)
by Richard VogelThis book has been designed to help students prepare for the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. It is not filled with definition of literary terms nor saccharine advice on how to 'psych' students up for the examination. Rather, its passages are selected and its questions designed with the singular purpose of developing in students the habits of mind that good readers possess, that they actively employ while reading, and that they use to structure and develop their written responses to the text.
Multiple Intelligences In The Classroom (Fourth Edition)
by Thomas ArmstrongIt provides educators at all levels with everything they need to apply MI theory to curriculum development, lesson planning, assessment, special education, cognitive skills, career development, educational policy, and more.
Multiracial Identity in Children's Literature: Reading Diversity In the Classroom (Routledge Research in Education #185)
by Amina ChaudhriRacially mixed children make up the fastest growing youth demographic in the U.S., and teachers of diverse populations need to be mindful in selecting literature that their students can identify with. This volume explores how books for elementary school students depict and reflect multiracial experiences through text and images. Chaudhri examines contemporary children’s literature to demonstrate the role these books play in perpetuating and resisting stereotypes and the ways in which they might influence their readers. Through critical analysis of contemporary children’s fiction, Chaudhri highlights the connections between context, literature, and personal experience to deepen our understanding of how children’s books treat multiracial identity.
Mummy
by Caroline B. CooneyWill the perfect senior prank turn out to be Emlyn&’s last?Emlyn is a good girl. She is the perfect studious and athletic daughter and sister. She studies hard, paints watercolors, and especially loves rowing crew. She doesn&’t gossip. She is every parent and teacher&’s dream. But Emlyn has a secret. She has an entire library in her head filled with terrifically terrible plots and schemes: jewel heists, corporate espionage, and other mischief. She successfully hides her desire to be bad from the world. That is, until Jack, Mavis, Lovell, and Donovan approach her with their idea for a senior class prank: to steal the famous mummy, Amaral-Re, from their local museum. Now Emlyn&’s &“mental library of Bad&” will come in handy. But when the harmless heist turns out to be filled with real-life danger, will Emlyn&’s mental bag of tricks be enough to save the mummy . . . and herself? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.
Munchkin Vol. 1 (Munchkin #1)
by Steve Jackson Mike Holmes Rian Sygh Ian McGinty Thomas Siddell Jim Zub John KovalicBased on the immensely popular card game, Munchkin comes to comics! Munchkin takes place in a very flexible mashup of genres. Originally a satire of fantasy roleplaying, it has since then taken on non-fantasy and non-gaming elements. Characters in Munchkin change constantly but never permanently. What do Munchkins do? They play for the win. They are rules lawyers. They backstab. They gloat. They whine when someone else backstabs or gloats. Munchkins are emotional. Munchkins may be clever, but they are never wise. Munchkins have short attention spans. Munchkins may be brave in the face of awful odds, but they are even braver when beating up crippled goblins for their lunch money. If a Munchkin seems to show mercy, it's because he was bored or distracted. After all, even stomping an ant helps you level up.
Munmun: Get Rich, Get Big
by Jesse AndrewsIn an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person’s physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute—and tiny. Their size is not just demeaning, but dangerous: day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger richer people don’t ever have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their house getting stepped on. There are no cars or phones built small enough for them, or schools or hospitals, for that matter—there’s no point, when no one that little has any purchasing power, and when salaried doctors and teachers would never fit in buildings so small. Warner and Prayer know their only hope is to scale up, but how can two littlepoors survive in a world built against them? A brilliant, warm, funny trip, unlike anything else out there, and a social novel for our time in the tradition of 1984 or Invisible Man. Inequality is made intensely visceral by an adventure and tragedy both hilarious and heartbreaking.
Munro vs. the Coyote
by Darren GrothSince the sudden death of his younger sister, Evie, sixteen-year-old Munro Maddux has been having flashbacks and anger-management issues. He has a constant ache in his right hand. And there's a taunting, barking, biting voice he calls "the Coyote." Munro knows a six-month student exchange will not be the stuff of teenage dreams, but in Brisbane, he intends to move beyond his troubled past. It is there, at an assisted-living residence called Fair Go Community Village, that Munro discovers the Coyote can be silenced. Munro volunteers as a "Living Partner" and gets to know the team of residents he is assigned to. The burden Munro carries, however, is not so easily cast aside. When one of the team makes the decision to leave, the Coyote gets a new life. When a second resident is taken away, the specter of trauma and death looms larger than ever. Will Munro learn how to silence the voice? Or will the Coyote ultimately triumph?
Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime
by Candace FlemingHow did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child...and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago? Written by a prolific master of narrative nonfiction, this is a compulsively readable true-crime story based on an event dubbed the "crime of the century."In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they both knew. But they made one crucial error: as they were disposing of the body of young Bobby Franks, whom they had bludgeoned to death, Nathan's eyeglasses fell from his jacket pocket.Multi-award-winning author Candace Fleming depicts every twist and turn of this harrowing case--how two wealthy, brilliant young men planned and committed what became known as the crime of the century, how they were caught, why they confessed, and how the renowned criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow enabled them to avoid the death penalty.Following on the success of such books as The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh and The Family Romanov, this acclaimed nonfiction writer brings to heart-stopping life one of the most notorious crimes in our country's history.
Murder Between Friends
by Liz LawsonTwo years ago, the murder of a neighbor tore three best friends apart--now the killer is going to walk free and the ex-friends are going to have to face the past--and each other--in another twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Agathas.Grace, Henry, and Ally grew up together on the same block. They used to be best friends--until Grace's testimony put Henry's brother, Jake, away for killing their English teacher. Now, two years later, Ally and Henry hate Grace, and Grace is doubting what she thinks she saw that night. It feels like everyone's getting a second chance, then, when due to a mistrial, Jake is suddenly released. And Henry knows his brother is innocent, but when Grace reaches out to say she&’s rethinking what she saw the night of the murder, Jake&’s reaction is confusing. He doesn&’t want Henry—or Grace--getting involved.For Ally not getting involved isn&’t an option, and there&’s nothing Grace can say to convince Ally she&’s not the enemy. But can Ally afford to push Grace out when she&’s one of the only other people willing to believe in Jake&’s innocence? The clock is ticking. Jake&’s new trial date is about to be set, and he's sure to be found guilty again unless there's new evidence to prove he's innocent. Grace, Henry, and Ally are going to have to decide whether you can trust an old friend now that they&’re your enemy.
Murder Can't Wait (A Captain Heinrich Mystery)
by Richard LockridgeThe main character in this book by Richard Lockridge (1898-1982) is Merton Heimrich, a Lieutenant with the New York State Police. In this case, Heimrich is assisted by a retired college professor, and the book features a meeting of Nathan Shapiro and Heimrich. Shapiro is a New York City Police detective, a sad-sack of a detective who always assumed some other detective would be more skillful or more insightful than he.
Murder Land
by Carlyn GreenwaldMurder Land opens tonight. Not everyone will survive. Buckle up for a thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat, perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.Seventeen-year-old Billie feels like she is on top of the world. She gets to spend the summer with her best friend, sparks are flying with her crush, and she has received a promotion to ride operator for one of the most buzzworthy new attractions in the theme park she works at. But the first night on the new job takes a dark turn when her creepy coworker mysteriously dies…on her ride, when she isn't authorized to be running it.At first, it seems like he died by heart attack, but by the time she returns to the body with help, it looks like a broken neck. Had she just imagined him sitting upright a few minutes ago? It's as if someone is trying to pin his death on her, and she has one night to figure out who is really responsible before she is blamed.Billie recruits the help of her friends to sneak around the park after-hours and search for the truth. But as the night stretches on and more people wind up dead, Billie realizes she may not make it out of Murder Land alive. And her friends may know more than they're letting on.
Murder On Stage: An Action-Packed YA Thriller (Victorian London Mysteries #3)
by Cora HarrisonAlfie is at the theatre when he witnesses actor Harry Booth being poisoned. Alfie runs backstage to help, but it’s too late, Harry is dead. And now Alfie was the last person seen with the body. With Alfie now a chief murder suspect, his brother Sammy and cousins Jack and Tom must band together to find the real murderer. Does somebody in the theatre know what happened? Can the gang clear Alfie’s name? Or will he find himself locked up for the murder on the stage...?
Murder among the Stars: A Lulu Kelly Mystery
by Laura L. Sullivan Adam ShankmanA murderer is picking off the young Hollywood starlets gathered at the swanky Hearst Castle, and Lulu Kelly might be next—unless she can find the killer first in this glitzy, glamorous, and cinematic sequel to acclaimed film producer/director Adam Shankman and coauthor Laura Sullivan’s Girl About Town.After being framed for attempted murder, Lulu Kelly has earned a rest. Unfortunately, there is no rest in Hollywood for a rising starlet. Lulu and her boyfriend Freddie are invited to posh Hearst Castle, where Lulu will be competing against other young actresses for the role of a lifetime. But what’s a house party without a little murder? After a rival actress is found dead under the dining room table, Lulu makes it her mission to solve the mystery. But illusion is this town’s number one export, and it’s hard to tell the ambitious from the truly evil. As the clues pile up, Lulu and Freddie race to find the killer, even as Lulu becomes the next target.