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Educated [sound recording] : a memoir / by Westover, Tara,author.; Whelan, Julia,1984-narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Julia Whelan."Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent. As a way out, Tara began to educate herself, learning enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University. Her quest for knowledge would transform her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Tara Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes, and the will to change it."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Westover, Tara; Women; Survivalism; Home schooling; Women college students; Victims of family violence; Subculture; Christian biography.;
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My busy day / by Davis, Jill; Kastner, Jill;
A child has a busy day at home and at school."Ages 2 up"--P. [2] of cover.
Subjects: Day; Family; Schools; Stories in rhyme;
© 2004., Viking,
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The friendship blanket / by Carranza, Leonarda.; Rodriguez Medina, Erika.;
"Sometimes all you need is a keepsake to make any place feel like home. Aurelia has left her home, and her beloved grandmother -- Abuelita -- to move to Canada with her mother. At first she's excited about her new neighbourhood with the big trees. She loves her room, which Mami says she can paint any colour she wants. And she's looking forward to starting school and making new friends. But school isn't what she expected. Some of her classmates tease her for being different, and she's left out of schoolyard games. She ends up feeling quite alone. With the help of a blanket Abuelita has given her, and the love it signifies, Aurelia returns to school with a new perspective and makes a true connection. Inspired by the author's own experiences, this story is a touching and age-appropriate depiction of what it's like to experience racism and exclusion, and what it means to find friendship."--
Subjects: Picture books.; Moving, Household; Mothers and daughters; Schools; Loneliness; Friendship; Home;
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Maple & Willow apart / by Nichols, Lori.;
Maple and Willow miss each other when Maple starts school, leaving Willow behind at home.LSC
Subjects: Sisters; Friendship; Separation (Psychology);
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I'm new here / by O'Brien, Anne Sibley.;
Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.LSC
Subjects: Immigrant children; Somali Americans; Guatemalan Americans; Korean Americans; Assimilation (Sociology);
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Double chocolate cookie murder / by Delaney, Devon.;
"When her old high school home ec teacher is murdered, with prizes for the big cookie contest next to his body, Sherry Oliveri must figure out which of the contestants is stirring up trouble"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Women cooks; Cooking; Murder;
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Look both ways : a tale told in ten blocks / by Reynolds, Jason.; Nabaum, Alexander.;
"A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school"--Provided by publisher.Ages 10-14.LSC
Subjects: Interpersonal relations in adolescence; Schools;
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The perfect place / by de la Peña, Matt.; Escobar, Paola.;
At private school, Lucas compares his home life with the supposedly perfect lives of the other students.
Subjects: Picture books.; Comparison (Psychology); Private schools; Schools; Hispanic Americans;
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English no problem! by Minicz, Elizabeth; Taylor, Marcia L.; Boehmer, Carolyn.;
Subjects: English language; English language; English language; English language; English language; Life skills;
© c2004., New Readers Press,
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The mystery of the gold coin / by Paris, Harper.; Calo, Marcos.;
Second graders Ethan and Ella are sad about moving away from their hometown to travel the world with their mom, a journalist, and dad, who will home school them, but before they go they have a mystery to solve."Ages 5-7"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Lost articles; Moving, Household; Brothers and sisters; Twins;
© c2014., Little Simon,
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