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Set in the late 1930s during the Great Depression, “Ballet Shoes” is about three little girls Pauline, Petrova and Posy who are adopted (by name) by an elderly, absent-minded geologist called Matthew Brown. Each of the three girls have interesting pasts, which come to the fore as they grow and discover themselves.
Because Great-Uncle-Matthew or GUM [...]
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Nothing’s more fun in an English literature class than to dress up as a book character! And Halloween is the best time for babies, children, pre-teens, young adults and adults to have fun with costumes
Other than movies, books are an excellent source of inspiration for your Halloween costume. Besides, at least you won’t [...]
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If you have a son and are trying to gain a better understanding of what the average young man thinks or worries about, you HAVE to read this book.
If you work with young people, whether as a teacher, a coach, a tutor or simply trying to understand young people, you HAVE to read this [...]
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Are you a housewife with a boring husband? Dream of a better life elsewhere? Think that your life should be so, so much better than you deserve? If yes, you are not alone – even way back in 1856 in France, another woman felt exactly like how you do.
That woman is Emma Rouault, a beautiful [...]
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“Da Chen was born in China in 1962. The grandson of a landlord, he found that he and his family were outcasts in Communist China. Da was an excellent student until a teacher told him that because of his family’s ‘crimes’, he could never be more than a poor farmer…
China’s Cultural Revolution took place from [...]
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This book is about 16 year old Amal, a Palestinian-Australian-Muslim girl who wears a hijab during her Year 11 in an Australian high school.
The book gives a first person’s perspective of being a Muslim in a non-Muslim country. The teenage years are tough enough with acne problems, boys, sex, studies and the future WITHOUT the [...]
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