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The Year My Sister Got Lucky
by Aimee FriedmanFrom bestselling author Aimee Friedman, an acclaimed story about sisters, lies, and laughter -- now in paperback!Katie and Michaela Wilder are New York City girls...and best friends. But everything changes when they move upstate to rural Fir Lake. Katie is horrified by their new surroundings: the too-friendly neighbors, the lack of a subway, the fact they live near actual cows. She's shocked when Michaela adapts to the country life effortlessly, dating a cute football player and attending homecoming with something resembling enjoyment.And most shocking of all? She's started keeping secrets from Katie.
A Year in White
by C. Lynn CarrIn the Afro-Cuban Lukumi religious tradition--more commonly known in the United States as Santería--entrants into the priesthood undergo an extraordinary fifty-three-week initiation period. During this time, these novices--called iyawo--endure a host of prohibitions, including most notably wearing exclusively white clothing. In A Year in White, sociologist C. Lynn Carr, who underwent this initiation herself, opens a window on this remarkable year-long religious transformation. In her intimate investigation of the "year in white," Carr draws on fifty-two in-depth interviews with other participants, an online survey of nearly two hundred others, and almost a decade of her own ethnographic fieldwork, gathering stories that allow us to see how cultural newcomers and natives thought, felt, and acted with regard to their initiation. She documents how, during the iyawo year, the ritual slowly transforms the initiate's identity. For the first three months, for instance, the iyawo may not use a mirror, even to shave, and must eat all meals while seated on a mat on the floor using only a spoon and their own set of dishes. During the entire year, the iyawo loses their name and is simply addressed as "iyawo" by family and friends. Carr also shows that this year-long religious ritual--which is carried out even as the iyawo goes about daily life--offers new insight into religion in general, suggesting that the sacred is not separable from the profane and indeed that religion shares an ongoing dynamic relationship with the realities of everyday life. Religious expression happens at home, on the streets, at work and school. Offering insight not only into Santería but also into religion more generally, A Year in White makes an important contribution to our understanding of complex, dynamic religious landscapes in multicultural, pluralist societies and how they inhabit our daily lives.
Ye Gods
by Helen BrittStudents step into the magical world of classical Greek and Roman mythology in this 150-page book.
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
by Meg MedinaOne morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she's done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latin enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first Piddy is more concerned with trying to find out more about the father she's never met and how to balance honors courses with her weekend job at the neighborhood hair salon. But as the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang starts to take over Piddy's life. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off or running away?<P><P> Winner of the Pura Belpre Medal
Y por eso rompimos
by Daniel HandlerMin y Ed son dos polos opuestos que, sin embargo, no pueden evitar enamorarse. Pero la relación se rompe cuando Min entrega a Ed una caja con todos sus recuerdos. Libro ganador del Premio Printz Honor Book. Del autor de Una serie de catastróficas desdichas, Daniel Handler. Nadie diría que podíamos estar juntos y sin embargo hemos vivido una historia de amor de película. Min Green es una chica muy especial: bohemia, inteligente, divertida, adora el cine y frecuenta los lugares más sorprendentes de Nueva York. Por otro lado, Ed Slaterton tiene pocas inquietudes intelectuales, es el capitán del equipo de baloncesto del instituto y uno de los alumnos más populares; un auténtico rompecorazones. Min y Ed son muy distintos, pero los une una atracción fuera de lo común. No obstante, las diferencias han sido insalvables y ahora están rompiendo, así que Min le escribe una carta de despedida a Ed, que le entregará junto con una caja. Una caja que contiene: dos chapas de cerveza, una entrada al teatro, una nota doblada, una caja de cerillas, una regla, libros, un camión de juguete, el peine de un hotel y más objetos recopilados en el curso de una ajetreada, íntima, tierna, romántica y compleja relación. Cada objeto nos irá acercando a esta relación, a sus momentos más especiales, a sus días más grises. Hasta que la caja se cierre y le sea entregada a Ed.
Y por eso rompimos
by Daniel Handler Maira KalmanNadie diría que podíamos estar juntos y sin embargo hemos vivido una historia de amor de película. Min Green es una chica muy especial: bohemia, inteligente, divertida, adora el cine y frecuenta los lugares más sorprendentes de Nueva York. Ed Slaterton tiene pocas inquietudes intelectuales, es el capitán del equipo de baloncesto del instituto y uno de los alumnos más populares; un auténtico rompecorazones. Min y Ed son muy distintos, pero los une una atracción fuera de lo común. Pero las diferencias han sido insalvables y ahora están rompiendo, así que Min le escribe una carta de despedida a Ed, que le entregará junto a una caja. Una caja que contiene: dos chapas de cerveza, una entrada al teatro, una nota doblada, una caja de cerillas, una regla, libros, un camión de juguete, el peine de un hotel y más objetos recopilados en el curso de una ajetreada, íntima, tierna, romántica y compleja relación. Cada objeto nos irá acercando a esta relación, a sus momentos más especiales, a sus días más grises... Hasta que la caja se cierre y le sea entregada a Ed.
The XY
by Virginia BerginShe's been taught to fear him.He's been taught to fear her.What if they're both wrong? In River's world, XYs are a relic of the past, along with things like war and violence. Thanks to the Global Agreements, River's life is simple, safe, and peaceful...until she comes across a body in the road one day. A body that is definitely male, definitely still alive. River isn't prepared for this. There's nothing in the Agreements about how to deal with an XY. Yet one lies before her, sick, suffering, and at her mercy. River can kill him, or she can save him. Either way, nothing will ever be the same.Winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award.
X: a Novel
by Ilyasah Shabazz Kekla MagoonCowritten by Malcolm X’s daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world.<P><P> Malcolm Little’s parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that’s a pack of lies—after all, his father’s been murdered, his mother’s been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There’s no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm’s efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory. Deep down, he knows that the freedom he’s found is only an illusion—and that he can’t run forever.<P> X follows Malcolm from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.<P> Winner of the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teens<P> A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
WWII Biographies: Hitler and the Third Reich
by Catherine BradleyThe life of the German chancellor, focusing on his rise to power, the buildup of the German Wehrmacht, and his death in 1945 in a Berlin bunker.
WW2 in the Pacific (Great Battles for Boys)
by Joe Giorello Sibella GiorelloGreat Battles for Boys takes young readers to the front lines of history's most important fights. In this episode of the best-selling history series, the story opens with the Flying Tigers, those wild American soldiers fighting Japan before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. After the deadly surprise attack on Hawaii, the battles storm across the Pacific in the lethal "island hopping" military strategy that brought Victory Over Japan.
WW2 in Europe (Great Battles for Boys)
by Joe Giorello Sibella GiorelloBeginning with Hitler's invasion of Poland, Great Battles for Boys: WW2 Europe takes young readers to the front lines of the war’s most important clashes. Boys will discover the raw history of warfare and learn the battles in chronological order. From Stalingrad’s hand-to-hand street fighting and the world's largest tank action at Kursk to the spy-led invasion of Sicily and the surprise D-Day invasion of Normandy—and many other exciting battles!
Wuthering Heights (First Avenue Classics ™)
by Emily BrontëMr. Earnshaw, the owner of the Wuthering Heights manor, adopts a young orphan named Heathcliff to raise alongside his two children, Hindley and Catherine. Though Hindley hates him, Heathcliff forms a close relationship with Catherine. As an adult, Catherine marries Edgar, a wealthy neighbor who detests Heathcliff, and Heathcliff flees. Spurred on by feelings of abandonment and betrayal as well as the loss of his beloved, Healthcliff seeks revenge on everyone who wronged him. This unabridged version of Emily Brontë's classic English Gothic novel is taken from the 1910 copyright edition.
WRS Student Reader 9: Nine (Wilson Reading System Ser.wilson Reading System Series)
by Barbara A. WilsonStudents can improve accuracy and speed by practicing with controlled text, including wordlists, sentences, and stories that are 98% decodable across all 12 steps.
Wrs Student Reader 10: Ten (Wilson Reading System Ser.wilson Reading System Series)
by Barbara A. WilsonStudents can improve accuracy and speed by practicing with controlled text, including wordlists, sentences, and stories that are 98% decodable across all 12 steps.
The Wrong World: Selected Stories and Essays of Bertram Brooker (Canadian Literature Collection)
by Bertram BrookerBertram Brooker won the country's first Governor General's Award for literature in 1936 for his novel Think of the Earth, and his explosive, experimental paintings hang in every major gallery in the country. He was Canada's first multidisciplinary avantgardist, successfully experimenting in literature, visual arts, film, and theatre. Brooker brought all of his experimental ambitions to his short fiction and prose. The Wrong World presents a rich sampling of his prose work, much of it previously unpublished, which adds new insight into his aesthetic ambitions. Working during an incredible period of transition in Canadian society, Brooker's stories document Canada's evolution from a provincial colony into a modern, urban country. His essays participated in that evolution by advocating a passionate awakening of the arts, the end of prudish sentiment and censorship, and a radical rethinking of the nature of war. They capture the limitations and hypocrisies of the Canadian social contract and argue for a more just and spiritual society. His stories humanize his social vision by dramatizing the psychological and emotional cost of Canada's transition into a modern civilization. In turn devastating, penetrating and poignant, Brooker's prose works offer a sharply focussed window into the turbulent interwar years in Canada.
The Wrong Way Home
by Kate O'ShaughnessyTwelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is a lie? This is a huge-hearted story about a girl learning to question everything—and to trust in herself.Fern&’s lived at the Ranch, an off-the-grid, sustainable community in upstate New York, since she was six. The work is hard, but Fern admires the Ranch's leader, Dr. Ben. So when Fern&’s mother sneaks them away in the middle of the night and says Dr. Ben is dangerous, Fern doesn't believe it. She wants desperately to go back, but her mom just keeps driving.Suddenly thrust into the treacherous, toxic, outside world, Fern thinks only about how to get home again. She has a plan, but it will take time. As that time goes by, though, Fern realizes there are things she will miss from this place—the library, a friend from school, the ocean—and there are things she learned at the Ranch that are just...not true.Now Fern will have to decide. How much is she willing to give up to return to the Ranch? Should she trust Dr. Ben&’s vision for her life? Or listen to the growing feeling that she can live by her own rules?
The Wrong Train
by Jeremy de QuidtLight the candles and shut the door, The Wrong Train is a deliciously creepy and scarily good collection of scary stories, complete with terrifying illustrations from Dave Shelton. Perfect for fans of Patrick Ness, R.L. Stine, and Emily Carroll.Imagine you've just managed to catch your train and you realize it's the wrong one. You'd be annoyed of course, but not scared . . . Yet.Imagine you get off the wrong train at the next station hoping to catch one back the way you came. But the station is empty. Again, you'd be annoyed, but not scared . . . Yet.Imagine someone comes to the station, a stranger who starts to tell you stories to help pass the time. But these aren't any old stories--they're nightmares that come with a price to pay. And you want them to stop. Scared yet? You will be.
The Wrong Number (Fear Street #5)
by R.L. StineIt begins as an innocent prank: Deena Martinson and her best friend, Jade Smith, make sexy phone calls to the boys from school. But Deena’s half-brother, Chuck, catches them in the act and threatens to tell their parents—unless the girls let him in on the fun. Chuck begins making random calls, threatening anyone who answers. It’s dangerous and exciting. The teens are even enjoying the publicity and the uproar they’ve caused. Until Chuck calls a number on Fear Street.
Wrong Kind of Girl (Sweet Valley High #10)
by Francine Pascal Kate WilliamJessica's at it again! Jessica Wakefield has sworn never to allow Annie Whitman onto the Sweet Valley High cheering squad. Annie may have the beauty, talent, and spirit to be a cheerleader, but she also has the worst reputation in school. She goes out with a different boy every night, and all the kids call her "Easy Annie" behind her back. Jessica's pulling every devilish trick to keep Annie from ruining the cheerleaders' image. Only Elizabeth, Jessica's twin, knows what Annie's really like. But can she change her sister's mind before Jessica shatters Annie's dreams?
The Wrong Girl
by Yvonne Eve WalusA 15-year-old girl is hiding from her biological father in an exclusive boarding school for difficult girls in New Zealand. She and her mother changed their names and hair, but they live with their getaway bags packed. When another girl at the school is found in a coma, the question has to be asked; did the father poison the wrong girl by mistake?What if someone has gender dysphoria but doesn't want to be defined as a T in LGBTQ? In a world split into those who cling to the belief that there are only two genders and those who insist you speak your truth and live by it, some people just want to be left alone to get on with the business of being themselves: female body, Y chromosome and an aversion to fitting into well-defined boxes.Zero Zimmerman is a female police officer assigned to the case because "it's not a real murder," and even the police can be chauvinistic at times. She's a human lie detector, which helps her at work, but not in her private life. Her older sister is in jail, and Zero's parents secretly blame the wrong daughter.
Written On Our Hearts: The Old Testament Story Of God's Love (Third Edition)
by Newland Mary Reed NewlandThe Subcommittee on the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has found this catechetical text, copyright 2009, to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This in-depth course brings to life the books of the Old Testament, with a full-color student text that covers the most important stories and passages of the Old Testament and guides students as they read the Bible. The one-semester course can be taught to ninth graders but is ideal for tenth- and eleventh-grade students. With emphasis to the context and spiritual meaning of the Old Testament, this text includes an extensive discussion of the Ten Commandments, sidebars featuring prayers in the Old Testament, historical and biblical timelines, review questions, reflective activities, and a full-color design with maps, charts, photos, and artwork help make the Old Testament come alive for students. The third edition features updates to the text that reflect current Scripture scholarship and the cultural experience of today's teens, new illustrations and photos, and a new glossary of biblical terms.
Written in Blood (The Desert Legends Trilogy #1)
by John WilsonSet in the harsh desert world of the Arizona Territory and northern Mexico during the 1870s, Written in Blood follows young Jim Doolen as he attempts to find some trace of the father who abandoned his family ten years earlier. As he travels through a scorched landscape very different from the lush West Coast forests of his home, Jim crosses paths with an assortment of intriguing characters, including an Apache warrior, a cave-dwelling mystic, an old Mexican revolutionary and a mysterious cowboy. And with each encounter he learns something more of the strange world he has entered and adds one more link in a chain that leads back to his father-and back to a dark, violent past. As his story approaches its thrilling conclusion in a ruined Mexican hacienda, Jim comes to realize that his father's life was much more complex than he had imagined, and that, in discovering his past, he has opened the way to his future.
Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume One
by Laura Ingalls WilderFrom helping others in times of need, to keeping and maintaining friendships, to having a positive attitude, Laura's words of wisdom in Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom and Virtues are applicable even in today's world. As she shares stories and experiences from her own life, she encourages readers to live lives of integrity and to realize their dreams.
Writing Workshop, Level E
by Beverly Ann Chin Frederick J. Panzer Phyllis GoldenbergA publisher-supplied textbook
Writing with Power: Language Composition 21st Century Skills [Grade 10]
by Joyce SennNIMAC-sourced textbook