Ergebnis für "The Names" in Familienleben

The UK's #1 bestselling children's author, David Walliams, is back with a thrilling historical adventure with life-or-death stakes—chock-full of Walliams’s unmistakable humor and perfect for fans of Stuart Gibbs and Gordon Korman. 1940. BRITAIN IS AT WAR WITH NAZI GERMANY. Eleven-year-old...

When a precocious fifth grade girl and her sweet grandmother exchange letters during a significant period in American history, they attempt to help each other overcome fears, right some wrongs, and share their daily lives while reminiscing about days gone by. The touching connection between these two stirs up joy, excitement and suspense. A must listen for people of all ages who just want to smile, laugh, and wish for simpler times.

Goa es una adolescente que acaba de cumplir 12 años y ve cómo su vida da un giro inesperado de la noche a la mañana: sus padres se han separado, ahora tiene dos casas y toda su vida repartida entre ellas. Además, su padre va a tener un hijo con su nueva pareja, o sea que... ¡tendrá un hermanito! Cuántas cosas para tener solo 12 años. Goa solo quiere estar tranquila y que le dejen un ratito con la tablet para expresar todo lo que le pasa por la cabeza en un diario que graba en vídeo para sí misma. ¡Porque crecer no es nada fácil!

Just days before Mother’s Day, something strange is happening in the Animal Kingdom—every single mom has mysteriously disappeared.

When Sister was born, she had toes like grains of rice. She had hair as dark as sesame sweets . . . But she had no name. Only a name as passionate and graceful as Fire, honest and stable as Earth, strong and ambitious as Gold, bright and wise as Water, and creative and prosperous as Wood could...

Britain, 1940, the world is at war and 10-year-old twins Harry and Sophie are evacuated from London to live with their Great Uncle. The twins immediately miss home and perhaps most of all for Harry, the tearoom where their mum works, and Harry spends hours watching the professional dancers – secretly dreaming of the day he might do the same.

Figuring out the perfect name for your baby can be exciting, but also overwhelming at times. There are so many options! If you listen to this audiobook, it's because you don't know where to start, or have already started and don't know where to go. You are not alone!

An evocative autobiographical audiobook about Cree activist Na'kuset's life as a young girl taken from her home along with thousands of other indigenous children during the 1960s, and the journey of discovery that leads her to reclaim her life and culture. I have come from somewhere else, where...

If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for an answer and learns of Sofia, the grandmother who loved books and flowers; Esperanza, the great-grandmother who longed to travel; José, the grandfather who was an artist; and other namesakes, too.

'There's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It's been there for an age. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. So I'll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or a beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line?'

Fans of Katherine Applegate, Holly Goldberg Sloan, and Lynda Mullaly Hunt will love New York Times bestselling author Amber Smith’s heartwarming middle grade debut about family, friendship, and the magic connection between a girl and her dog. Eleven-year-old Sadie’s school year is off to an...

Rachel, Cassie, and Joey live in the city with their Pop, until Pop's search for work lands the family on a run down farm. Dreamy Rachel loves to read, and doesn't know much about the country. Times are hard there, too—the school and library are closed. When Pop gets work near Canada, he has...

Sally Harrison and her family are slaves on a plantation in Georgia. But when Master decides to sell Sally and her brother, the family escapes to seek shelter with a tribe of Seminoles who are rumored to adopt runaway slaves. After a perilous journey, Sally’s family finds and joins the tribe...

Read by the author. From comedian and viral content sensation Trey Kennedy comes How You Got Your Name, a hilarious and touching book celebrating the wild journey to each child's name and the meaningful story behind it. When one little guy asks his parents about how they chose his name, he's in...

On a freezing cold winter night, nine-year-old Konisola and her mother step off a plane in Canada. Their home in Nigeria is no longer safe for them, and they are taking the biggest chance of their lives to travel across the world in search of refuge. Soon after they land, disaster strikes, Konisola’s mother falls ill and they become separated. Konisola is forced to fend for herself in a strange country, with no family and no friends. Then she meets a remarkable nurse and things begin to change for the better.

Four starred reviews! “The book we all need at the time we all need it.” —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award–winning author of The One and Only Ivan In this “tale of intergenerational friendship forged through a shared understanding of loss…told with spellbinding grace” (Publishers...

A powerful middle grade debut that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding her voice and the strength to use it during the final months of the Communist regime in Romania in 1989. Ileana has always collected stories. Some are about the past, before the leader of...

"My name is Aviva, not Amoeba!" shouts Aviva at her teasing classmates. Aviva is determined to change her name until she discovers where her name comes from and why her parents chose that special name for her.

Gigi wants to go by something besides her baby name—but her full name, Geraldine, is too long to write and Hanako, her middle name, doesn’t feel quite right. Will Gigi find the perfect name? This exciting new I Can Read series is brought to you by author-illustrator Melissa Iwai, whose...

From bustling Hanoi to the heart of Cambodia, best friends Elwis and Chen are off on a magical journey full of surprises! Their mission? To visit Chen's cousin’s amazing shoe factory in Phnom Penh. But this isn’t just any factory—it's a place where shoes are made like magic, and every room holds something new to discover!