Andrew Smith
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Once again blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, Grasshopper Jungle author Andrew Smith tells the story of 15-year-old Ariel, a refugee from the Middle East who is the sole survivor of an attack on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel's story of his summer at a boys' camp for tech detox is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic bomber and the...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Jonah and his younger brother, Simon, are on their own. All they have left in the world is ten dollars, a backpack full of dirty clothes, and a stack of letters from their older brother, who's fighting in the war. They're on their way to Arizona when they catch a ride from a couple. The girl is friendly―and beautiful. But the man is different, maybe dangerous, maybe deadly. It's a good thing Jonah and Simon packed one more thing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction
“Grasshopper Jungle is a rollicking tale that is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. It’s propulsive plot would be delightful enough on its own, but Smith’s ability to blend teenage drama into a bug invasion is a literary joy to behold… Smith may have intended this novel for young adults, but his technique
Author
Series
Sam Abernathy books volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy, extremely overprotected and a reluctant celebrity since he was trapped in a well at age four, dreams of becoming a chef and starts by entering a local cook-off.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A hauntingly beautiful film that is true to the lyrical and unflinching spirit of James Welch's classic 1974 novel of Native American life. Virgil First Raise (Chaske Spencer, the Twilight trilogy) wakes in a ditch on the hardscrabble plains of Montana. He stumbles home to his ranch on the reservation only to learn that his wife, Agnes (Julia Jones), has left him. Worse, she's stolen his beloved rifle. Virgil sets out to find her, beginning an odyssey...
7) Eventide: recipes for clambakes, oysters, lobster rolls, and more from a modern Maine seafood shack
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Turn your kitchen into your own personal seafood shack and oyster bar with 120 recipes from the James Beard Award-winning restaurant that personifies the allure of Maine"--