Nuah’s coming tomorrow-for the entire weekend. I’m buoyed, but-secret smile-it’s not only because of the burkini. My burkini, almost all four yards of it, swells up around me and serves as a flotation device. Floating on my back, staring at the bluest sky there must have ever been in the history of blue skies. Janna’s summer of love is turning out to be super crowded and painfully unpredictable. Just when things couldn’t get more complicated, two newcomers-the dreamy Haytham and brooding Layth-have Janna more confused than ever about what her misfit heart really wants. Muhammad’s party choices aren’t in line with his fiancée’s taste at all, Janna’s dad is acting strange, and her mom is spending more time with an old friend (and maybe love interest?) than Janna. It’s time for Janna’s (carefully planned) summer of love to begin-starting right at the wedding.īut it wouldn’t be a wedding if everything went according to plan. She’s finished high school, ready for college…and ready for Nuah. The last time she saw him, Janna wasn’t ready to reciprocate his feelings for her. Janna Yusuf is so excited for the weekend: her brother Muhammad’s getting married, and she’s reuniting with her mom, whom she’s missed the whole summer.Īnd Nuah’s arriving for the weekend too. In this fun and fresh sequel to Saints and Misfits, Janna hopes her brother’s wedding will be the perfect start to her own summer of love, but attractive new arrivals have her more confused than ever.
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"A richly imagined read about an underdog coming into his own. In Tangerine, it seems, anything is possible. And he also gains the courage to face up to some secrets his family has been keeping from him for far too long. Paul Fisher is twelve years old when his. He writes about the strange vision in his journal this mysterious journal. As Paul packs up his house in Houston, he has a terrifying vision of Erik leaning out the window of a car, wearing a ski-mask, swinging a baseball bat at Paul’s head. With the help of his new teammates, Paul begins to discover what lies beneath the surface of his strange new hometown. This detailed literature summary also contains Topics for Discussion and a Free Quiz on Tangerine by Edward Bloor. Paul Fisher, an eighth grader with bad eyes, is afraid of his older brother, Erik. Where else does a sinkhole swallow the local school, fire burn underground for years, and lightning strike at the same time every day? The chaos is compounded by constant harassment from his football-star brother.Īdjusting to life in Tangerine isn't easy for Paul-until he joins the soccer team at his middle school. But he's not so blind that he can't see there are some very unusual things about his family's new home in Tangerine County, Florida. Paul Fisher sees the world from behind glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. A modern-day classic underdog story to share with middle graders alongside such favorites as Wonder, Holes, and Bridge to Terabithia. In Edward Bloor’s 1997 debut novel, Tangerine, Paul Fisher navigates the treacherous waters of attending middle school in a new town. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. He kept her company through the ups and downs of daily life and by the time she had met the man she would marry Gwen realised Homer had taught her the most valuable lesson of all: love isn't something you see with your eyes. Read Homers Odyssey A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper available from Rakuten Kobo. Homer's Odyssey is the story of one cats unswerving loyalty, his infinite capacity for love, his constant happiness in the face of all obstacles and his ability to inspire and transform Gwen's life. He even survived being trapped alone for days after 9/11 in an apartment near the World Trade Centre. The kitten they said would never be as independent or as playful as the other cats eagerly made friends with every human who crossed his path, scaled seven foot bookcases with ease and chased off an intruder in the middle of the night. Tagged as an 'underachiever' from day one, Homer quickly proved his doubters wrong, revealing himself to be a tiny dare devil with a giant heart and a passion for adventure. He was a three week old, abandoned, eyeless kitten and Gwen was unable to resist his charm. Homer's Odyssey Cooper, Gwen Published by Delacorte Press (2009) ISBN 10: 038534385X ISBN 13: 9780385343855 New Hardcover Quantity: 1 Seller: Wizard Books (Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardcover. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. Except that, as Joan soon discovers, that’s not all the enigmatic Wolff is doing. No, he insists, she’s the one suffering a delusion: he’s the Reverend Wolff and his only mission is to bring his people to Jesus. But his hair is short and he’s wearing a suit and he doesn’t recognize her at all. The same face, the same eyes, the same hands. But as she is about to leave, she hears an unmistakable voice. By the time she staggers into the tent, the service is over. One terrible, hungover morning in a Walmart parking lot in a little town near Georgian Bay, she is drawn to a revival tent where the local Métis have been flocking to hear a charismatic preacher named Eugene Wolff. A messed-up, grown-up, Little Red Riding Hood.īroken-hearted Joan has been searching for her husband, Victor, for almost a year–ever since he went missing on the night they had their first serious argument. Source: The publisher kindly sent me a copy of this book to review Synopsisįrom the author of the YA-crossover hit The Marrow Thieves, a propulsive, stunning and sensuous novel inspired by the traditional Métis story of the Rogarou – a werewolf-like creature that haunts the roads and woods of Métis communities. This change, so easily described, in fact, marks the end of the Industrial Revolution and of the organizations that were designed for it. To succeed - or even to survive - in today's global economy, companies must refocus and reorganize themselves around their the end-to-end sequences of tasks that create customer value. In Beyond Reengineering, Hammer offers powerful insights into the consequences of the reengineering revolution and how they are changing our work and our lives. What began as an effort to improve performance has led to a complete rethinking of all aspects of business, from the jobs that people have to the ways in which companies are structured. Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People In 1990, Michael Hammer introduced the world to reengineering and set in motion a series of events that has transformed the business world beyond recognition. Everyone's future will be impacted by such a paradigm shift." - Stepehn R. Now, he defines the staggering, even radical, implications of the customer-driven process-centered organization on work and management, structure and strategy. Hammer offers a challenging vision of how the total organization could be transformed as a result of process-oriented thinking." - Donald Soderquist, vice chairman, Wal-Mart "Hammer has done it again! First, he defined reengineering. and raising (appropriate) hell."- Tom Peters, co-author of In Search of Excellence "A visionary book.
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