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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: safety matters
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! A powerful, unforgettable
graphic novel from the world of Wonder, by globally bestselling and
award-winning author R J Palacio. To the millions of readers who
fell in love with R J Palacio's Wonder, Julian is best-known as
Auggie Pullman's classroom bully. White Bird reveals a new side to
Julian's story, as Julian discovers the moving and powerful tale of
his grandmother, who was hidden from the Nazis as a young Jewish
girl in occupied France during the Second World War. An
unforgettable, unputdownable story about strength, courage and the
power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save
lives, from the globally bestselling author of Wonder.
An awkward but handsome fifteen-year-old, Donnie Darning has a
brilliant mind but a dysfunctional family. His father is
overbearing, and his mother drowns her problems in alcohol.
Fortunately, his dismal world doesn't compare to the vast universe
he finds inside books, but he is tired of living life vicariously
through reading stories.
Josie Rosado changes all that. Beautiful and exotic, the
seventeen-year-old daughter of a Romani immigrant has just moved in
with her family next door to Donnie. Josie is charismatic and
worldly, a wonderful mystery to be solved, and Donnie is
immediately captivated by her spiritedness.
Josie shows Donnie how exciting the world can be, whether
they're flying kites in the park or having moonlit tete-a-tetes on
the roof. They soon become inseparable, living in their own bubble
of existence. But one day, they come home to find a Lincoln
Continental parked in Josie's driveway. Donnie discovers that Josie
has a secret, but can she trust him enough to reveal it? Donnie
must protect Josie, even if it destroys his family's good name-and
his life.
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This writing spiritually, passionately, and intellectually
addressesthe issues surrounding the silence of both church and
secularcommunity concerning violence against women. The
authorshares a model of ministry that engaged women who
courageouslydescribe their victimization, bringing the reader into
the heart oftheir woundedness. This ministry model has proven
effective inbreaking the silence of abuse while providing a safe,
nurturingenvironment in which victims of abuse may begin the
lengthyprocess of healing. This book is a must-read for women
andmen alike, as we are all somehow associated with a
femalevictim-survivor of violence and abuse.
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