Showing results for "Lines" in Literature & Fiction

Dak, Sera, and Riq involve themselves in one of the most bizarre spy missions in history…and the outcome of World War II hangs in the balance.

Enfin l’été ! Les BFF ont décidé de se la couler douce pendant la période estivale. Émy-Lee change vite d’idée lorsqu’elle se fait offrir un travail qu’elle ne peut refuser.

Sam was a born hockey player. Twelve-year-old Sam Parker has dealt with a lot over the past two seasons of hockey—a concussion, a bully, and a divorce. He has overcome all of those challenges, not to mention keeping his grades up at school. Plus, he and his best friend Jill have discovered they have feelings for each other. Things are going well for him. Then, his divorced parents both start dating again, which is weird and makes him a little angry for reasons he can’t entirely explain.

Funny, poignant, and deeply moving, The Line Tender is a story of nature's enduring mystery and a girl determined to find meaning and connection within it. Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart's marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of...

Jennifer A. Nielsen, award-winning author of A Night Divided and Rescue, artfully weaves together the stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futures... if they are lucky -- and brave -- enough to find each other. World War I stretches its cruel fingers across Europe, where five young people, each from different backgrounds and nations, face the terror of battle, the deprivations of hunger, and all the awful challenges of war.

It's the proudest moment of Jack's life – his debut as a professional footballer. Now he has a chance to achieve his dream of playing for his country. But it's 1914 and the world is at war. Talk of sportsmen's cowardice leads to the formation of a Footballers' Battalion and Jack has little choice but to join up. The promise of a Cup in Flanders offers a glimmer of hope, but Jack and his teammates will have to survive a waking nightmare if they are ever to play again.

The child is invited on a journey where dreaming is the only goal. Any dream a child may have or would like to have is made alive and well in this enchanting story. “The Line Sky” offers a standing invitation to the child. The child will learn that they are always in good company when they allow their imagination to live, breathe, and flourish. It is a fascinating opportunity to look at the world with the unlimited scope characterized in youth.

Rain Reign meets Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World in this heartfelt novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, and expanding horizons. Thirteen-year-old Ellen Katz feels most comfortable when her life is well planned out and people fit neatly...

Two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles introduces us to the Cakes, a family of traveling bakers, who've just arrived in Wiles's legendary Aurora County, Mississippi. Emma Lane Cake has five brothers, four dogs, and a family that can't stay put. The Cake family travels from place to...

Debut novelist Lisa Lewis Tyre vibrantly brings a small town and its outspoken characters to life, as she explores race and other community issues from both the Civil War and the present day. Lou might be only twelve, but she’s never been one to take things sitting down. So when her Civil...

Hattie Percha is crushed when the riots start on her 10th birthday, and when she must move away from her treasured childhood home and friends, attending public school for the first time, she’s afraid her life is over. Then, she meets Beverly Jo Nichols, her first Black friend, and Crackers, a fearless tomboy. Despite opposition from Hattie’s mother and a racist teacher, the unlikely friends join forces. As the self-proclaimed Dream Girls, they challenge bigotry and intolerance, willing to do whatever it takes to hold onto what’s most precious to them all, their friendship.

Librarians from The New York Public Library read a new children’s book every week

Lines are amazing—from thick to thin (and from thicker to thinner)! Just think of what you can make with them: triangles, squares, and circles. Houses, tigers, even ice cream cones! What else can you make with a line?

纽约公共图书馆的馆员每周都会读一本新的儿童图书

El personal bibliotecario de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York lee un nuevo libro infantil cada semana

ニューヨーク公共図書館の図書館員が毎週新しい子ども向けの本を読みます。

Minoru Yamasaki described the feeling he sought to create in his buildings as “serenity, surprise, and delight.” Here, his granddaughter Katie Yamasaki charts his life and work: his childhood in Seattle’s Japanese immigrant community, paying his way through college working in Alaska’s notorious salmon canneries, his success in architectural school, and the transformative structures he imagined and built. A Japanese American man who faced brutal anti-Asian racism in post-World War II America and an outsider to the establishment, he nonetheless left his mark on the world.

"Jeg bliver siddende, til det ringer ud. Så rejser jeg mig op og venter på, at Christian kommer ud. Jeg begynder at gå, da han træder ud på gangen, så det ser ud, som om vi tilfældigt støder ind i hinanden. Jeg overdriver nok lidt, for jeg kommer til at støde ind i ham.„Ups, undskyld!" siger jeg og smiler, for jeg kan simpelthen ikke lade være." Johanne er blevet mobbet og starter på en frisk i 8.b, hvor Ella og Ida også går. Her møder hun den nye vikar, Christian, som er forsanger i et band.

Marius Pośrodek to historia zupełnie zwyczajnej rodziny. Spotkasz tu zwierzęta domowe, dzieci, zmęczonych rodziców i zdarzające się na co dzień małe i większe katastrofy... Marius zakrada się do szafki kuchennej, skąd podprowadza przeznaczone na piątek słodycze, bo planuje ze swoimi dwoma najlepszymi przyjaciółmi, Carlosem i Knudsenem, szaloną "misję słodyczową". Później jednak chłopcy na wszelkie możliwe oraz niemożliwe sposoby starają się odzyskać łakocie przed piątkowym wieczorem, kiedy w telewizji nadawany będzie blok Disneya ...

"Det är nu det händer. Det är nu Alexander frågar Ida om de ska vara tillsammans. Trots att jag är kär i honom håller jag tummarna för att Ida ska säga ja. Det blir bäst så. De passar ju ihop. Jag kommer ändå aldrig att få honom". Sofie är hemligt förälskad i Alexander som går i samma klass. Men det är Ida, hennes bästa vän, som blir hans flickvän. En dag kommer Alexander på att Sofie aldrig har kysst någon, och han blir plötsligt mycket angelägen om att visa henne hur man gör ...