Patricia McCormick crea historias poderosas e inquietantes para jóvenes adultos que a menudo profundizan en problemas psicológicos y sociales complejos. Su estilo literario es incisivo y empático, revelando la vida interior de los personajes y sus luchas con el trauma, la adicción y la autolesión. Como periodista, ha perfeccionado la habilidad de anclar sus narrativas en escenarios convincentes y realistas. McCormick se distingue por su enfoque valiente ante temas sensibles, ofreciendo a los lectores una profunda reflexión.
Struggling with feelings of inadequacy, Private Matt Duffy grapples with his experiences in war after receiving a Purple Heart in an army hospital in Iraq. The story delves into his internal conflict and the complexities of heroism, exploring themes of trauma, honor, and the personal toll of combat. As he navigates his recovery, Duffy must confront his identity and the expectations placed on him as a soldier.
The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children. When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse.
This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge. Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and authentically told from his point of view as a young boy, this is an achingly raw and powerful historical novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace. It includes an author's note and acknowledgments from Arn Chorn-Pond himself. When soldiers arrive in his hometown, Arn is just a normal little boy. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is changed forever. Arn is separated from his family and assigned to a labor camp: working in the rice paddies under a blazing sun, he sees the other children dying before his eyes. One day, the soldiers ask if any of the kids can play an instrument. Arn's never played a note in his life, but he volunteers. This decision will save his life, but it will pull him into the very center of what we know today as the Killing Fields. And just as the country is about to be liberated, Arn is handed a gun and forced to become a soldier. Supports the Common Core State Standards.
In this powerful and emotional New York Times bestseller, Nobel Peace Prize winner and activist Malala Yousafzai shares various stories of displacement, including her own. Part memoir, part communal storytelling, We Are Displaced introduces readers to some of the incredible girls Malala has met on her many journeys and lets each tell her story …
PREMIO NOBEL DE LA PAZ 2014. Malala Yousafzai sólo tenía diez años cuando los talibanes se apoderaron de su región. Decían que la música era pecado. Decían que las mujeres no debían ir al mercado. Decían que las niñas no debían ir al colegio. Malala creció en una pacífica región de Pakistán transformada por el terrorismo. Aprendió a defender sus convicciones y luchó por su derecho a la educación. El 9 de octubre de 2012 estuvo a punto de perder la vida por la causa: le dispararon a quemarropa en el autobús cuando volvía a casa del colegio. Nadie creía que fuera a sobrevivir. Se ha convertido en un símbolo inernacional de la protesta pacífica y es la nominada más joven de la historia para el Premio Nobel de la Paz. En esta nueva edición de sus memorias, que incluye numerosas fotos y otros materiales, escuchamos de primera mano la extraordinaria historia de una niña que, desde muy pequeña, sabía que quería cambiar el mundo... y lo hizo. La poderosa historia de Malala nos abre los ojos a otro mundo y nos impulsa a creer en la esperanza, la verdad, los milagros y la posibilidad de que una persona -una persona muy joven- puede inspirar el cambio en su comunidad y más allá.
A brush with the supernatural? A rock concert? A reunion? A poolside revelation? The need to know what's up? The confessions of a friend? The dream of escape? A sick pet? An English assignment? The rear-window view of a murder next door? The search for the mother you never met? What keeps you up all night?This remarkable collection of award-winning and bestselling authors is thought provoking, insightful, heartfelt, and powerful.
Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
Es ist nicht gerade einfach, so zu tun, als wäre alles normal, wenn dein Bruder völlig bekifft auf dem Sofa hängt, zusammen mit einem Kerl, der ziemlich minderbemittelt aussieht, während jeden Moment deine total gestresste und womöglich todkranke Mutter und dein ahnungsloser Cowboy-spielender kleiner Bruder zur Tür rein kommen könnten. Nein, Toby hat es mit seiner Familie wirklich nicht leicht! 'Ein lebendiger und bewegender Roman.' The New York Times
You say it's up to me to do the talking. You lean forward and your black leather chair groans, like a living thing. Like the cow it was before somebody killed it and turned it into a chair in a shrink's office in a loony bin...
