Resultados para "Hunter" en Coming of age

Eilean is rising. A foundling raised in an abbey, she was entrusted by its imprisoned druid, Mordaunt, with an ancient tome. Its magical words can change the world. Eilean’s first mission: translate it. Her second: rescue a benevolent Aldermaston sentenced to death as a heretic by the high seer. But wielding power, knowledge, and ambition has now made Eilean the hunted.

It is impossible to be unaware of the effect of development, invariably at the hands of outsiders, upon the lands, inhabitants and very nature of faraway climes. Hunter School shows us first-hand the immediate and long-reaching effects of such changes upon an indigenous people. The fabric of the community is changed, its balance and its self-sufficiency undermined, and confusion reigns. A common theme running throughout this charming but important book is that of a young man learning about himself and his heritage from the past, elders, ancestors, and nature itself.

It was a simpler time. Widower Jacob Ernst struggles to raise his young sons, Nathan and Mead, on their modest farm in the small town of Painted Post. Listening to the songs of their hounds while pursuing the wily raccoon through the nighttime forests, Jacob teaches his children a deep respect for all woodland creatures and the many legends abounding in these tall hills. For Painted Post is a storied place where the lessons of life, love, and death play out beneath its mighty oaks. And Nathan and Mead grow loyal to each other and their coonhounds till the end.

Georgie Burgess has known only neglect and abuse during his seven and a half years of life. His alcoholic mother does little to prevent the bruises and scars inflicted on Georgie by her brutal boyfriend. With each blow, the little boy withdraws further into his dreams. When he wins a small rose bush in a lottery, it seems as if one of his dreams has finally come true. But after a particularly savage beating, he is taken from his mother and placed in a home for boys.

Christmas Town is a modern story of a socially awkward and disadvantaged tween boy who is ordinary in most every way, except for one major difference. This particular boy decides to take one simple action to help somebody; and his good deed ends up changing the entire town in the most epic ways. Christmas Town is a story that can happen in any town. It is a story of what happens when the best of humanity comes out of at least one person who is willing to try. It is a story that will pull at your heartstrings, make you laugh, and make you cry.

The Favor: Living A Meaningful Life, is Book #4 in the series: “Living A Meaningful Life.” In order to best understand the storylines, backstories, and full context, it is recommended that you first read Book #1, The Bench: Living A Meaningful Life, Book #2, The Farm: Living A Meaningful Life, and Book #3, The Lake: Living A Meaningful Life. “Living A Meaningful Life,” is a series for adults and teens of all ages. Each book examines the challenges involved in facing the harsh realities of life, and rising above them despite setbacks, mistakes, losses, and other negative circumstances.

The Farm is the next step in the journey of the Living A Meaningful Life series. This installment is the more juvenile coming of age installment full of fun, adventure, and life lessons. They feature the first main character as a child, and thus include some “juvenile” and “coming of age” storylines and serve as a foundation for the series. The Living A Meaningful Life book series is a “family saga” series, written as an autobiography by the narrator.

The Challenge: Living a Meaningful Life, is Book 7 in the series: Living a Meaningful Life. In order to best understand the storylines, back-stories, and full context, it is recommended that you first listen to Books 1-6. In this very amusing, inspiring, and touching installment of the series, the young star of the series finally gets his chance to prove himself. He must endure trials and tribulations to see if he has what it takes to secure his place within the family dynasty. This is one of the early high-points of the series.

Seventeen-year-old Maddie is left reeling after the unexpected passing of her beloved father. No one has any idea why he betrayed them all so spectacularly, but that’s exactly what his death feels like: a betrayal. With their world shattered, Maddie’s grieving mother sends her to spend a few months with her grandparents, thinking a change of scenery will do her good. Susan and Frank, Maddie’s grandparents, are heartbroken over the loss of their son, but they welcome Maddie as an addition to their long-empty nest.

Written in 1954, this controversial story cracked down on the public school system and dramatized student violence as no other novel of its time did. Hunter used his own teaching experience to create protagonist Richard Dadier, who lands his first real job as an English teacher at North Manual Trades High School in New York City. Dadier knows the students here will be tough, but nothing has prepared him for the world he enters.

The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library's top 20 novels of the 20th century. “A remarkable book…From the opening page, brilliant in its establishment of mood, character, and suspense, the book takes hold of the...

Jacob Crestmore has given up on the idea of a brighter future, but when a mysterious woman reveals the wrongs of his past, he sets out on a journey to recover an artefact that can unlock a power he never knew existed. With an evil empire trying to stop him, and the threat of war looming, will he find the artefact in time?

Seventeen-year-old Morgan Daniel has been in the witness protection program most of her life. But The Panteras have caught up with her and her younger brother. Her car is totaled, she's hurt, and the street gang is closing in when wolves with glowing eyes appear out of nowhere and chase away the killers. Then a very cute guy who handles a bow like Robin Hood emerges from the woods and takes them to safety at his fortress-like home. And that's just the first sign that Morgan and her brother have entered a hidden world filled with secrets....

Audiobook narrated by Kimberly Farr. In this funny and unforgettable modern day fairy tale, seven sisters raised in the woods fight to keep their freedom. Deep in the woods of western Finland, a bear hunter has raised his seven daughters to live off the land and steer clear of the trappings of...

Three life-long friends embark on a journey to Africa for their annual hunt and get caught up in a series of power plays and cons by powerful men. They find themselves targeted by an ancient African tribe and must find a way to survive to make it home.

Tad wartet darauf, dass das wichtigste Ereignis seines Lebens endlich stattfindet ... Seine Wiedergeburt. Vor fünfzig Jahren wurde die Erde von Raekast heimgesucht, einem Monster mit unendlicher Macht. Die einzige Hoffnung der Menschheit liegt in der Wiedergeburt - einer Möglichkeit für die Menschen, ihre Fähigkeiten zu entfalten.

A brand-new housing estate is being built in North Tyneside and a new family takes over one of the first properties to be completed. The 'Geordie Boy' of these stories is the first child of an unlikely pairing between a world-weary, already married piano player cum soldier—unwillingly posted to the North East and many miles away from his own London-based family, and a very young, somewhat prim and naïve nurse who, having become pregnant by him, decides to risk all and try to make a go of things.

'Think One Day written by (and starring) Virginia Woolf . . . lyrical and captivating' -The Observer 'Radiant, absorbing, sensual' - Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre 'Beautiful' - Sophie Elmhirst, author of Maurice and Maralyn From the author of The End We Start From, now a major...

“Dark and delectable. I gobbled this book up and enjoyed every last bite.“ —Kirsten Miller, author of The Change and The Women of Wild Hill The women in Cold Harbor all have something to prove, and they'll have to do it in a world full of monsters. Something’s not right in Cold...

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE #MERKY BOOKS 2022 NEW WRITER'S PRIZE It’s summer and a young man walks through the gates of a luxurious mansion in the south of France. At the dinner table, the Blakes are waiting for him: Annie, the family matriarch and world-famous singer, her...