The Ballad of Huck and Miguel

2018 Runaway children

Author : Tim DeRoche
Release : 2018
Genre : Runaway children
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Book Rating : 676/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Ballad of Huck and Miguel written by Tim DeRoche. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American classic becomes a modern adventure. In this retelling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tim DeRoche dares to imagine that Huck Finn is alive today. Chased by his vengeful and psychotic father, Pap, Huck escapes down the concrete gash that is the Los Angeles River with his friend Miguel, an illegal immigrant who has been falsely accused of murder. Riding the dangerous waters of a rainstorm, the two fugitives meet a strange cast of Angelenos -- both animal and human -- who live down by the river. And they learn the true value of love and loyalty. The Ballad of Huck and Miguel is not only a thrilling urban adventure, but also an inspired tribute to one of the most beloved novels ever written.

A Fine Line

2020-05-17

Author : Tim DeRoche
Release : 2020-05-17
Genre :
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Book Rating : 621/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Fine Line written by Tim DeRoche. This book was released on 2020-05-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which side of the line do you live on? In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that little Linda Brown couldn't be excluded from a public school because of her race. In that landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the court famously declared that public education must be "available to all on equal terms." But sixty-six years later, many of the best public schools remain closed to all but the most privileged families. Empowered by little-known state laws, school districts draw "attendance zones" around their best schools, indicating who is, and who isn't, allowed to enroll. In many American cities, this means that living on one side of the street or the other will determine whether you leave eighth grade on a track for future success - or barely able to read. In Separated By Law, bestselling author Tim DeRoche takes a close look at the laws and policies that dictate which kids are allowed to go to which schools. And he finds surprising parallels between current education policies and the "redlining" practices of the New Deal era in which minority families were often denied mortgages and government housing assistance because they didn't live within certain "desirable" zones of the city. It is an extraordinary story of American democracy gone wrong, and it will make you question everything you think you know about our public education system.

Mark X

2019-02-28

Author : Yasuhiro Takeuchi
Release : 2019-02-28
Genre :
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Book Rating : 352/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Mark X written by Yasuhiro Takeuchi. This book was released on 2019-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1876, Mark Twain started to write Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a detective novel surrounding the murder of Huck's father, Pap Finn. The case is unresolved in the novel as it exists today, but Twain had already planted the clue to the identity of the killer. It is not the various objects ostentatiously left around Pap's naked body; they are not the foreground of the scene, but actually the background, against which a peculiar absence emerges distinctively--Pap's boots, with a "cross" in one of the heels, are gone with his murderer. The key to the mystery of Twain's writings, as this book contends from a broader perspective, is also such an absence. Twain's persistent reticence about the death of his father, especially the autopsy performed on his naked body, is a crucial clue to understanding his works. It reveals not only the reason why he aborted his vision of Huckleberry Finn as a detective novel, but also why, despite numerous undertakings, he failed to become a master of detective fiction. ecome a master of detective fiction.

A Mother's List of Books for Children

1909 Children

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Release : 1909
Genre : Children
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Download or read book A Mother's List of Books for Children written by . This book was released on 1909. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A liste of recommended readings for children, intended for home use and arranged by age, not school grade. Included in the list are fairy tales that are free from horrible happenings. Omitted are all writings which tolerate cruelty or unkindness to animals.

Tales of Whimsy, Verses of Woe

2022-09-25

Author : Tim DeRoche
Release : 2022-09-25
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Book Rating : 614/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Tales of Whimsy, Verses of Woe written by Tim DeRoche. This book was released on 2022-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If your moral character is flimsy / Or your wit be rather slow, / Oh dare not read these tales of whimsy / For often do they end in woe.

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