The Extra

2013-10-08 Young Adult Fiction

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Release : 2013-10-08
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 129/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Extra by : Kathryn Lasky

Download or read book The Extra written by Kathryn Lasky. This book was released on 2013-10-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the chance to serve as an extra for Hitler’s favorite filmmaker a chance at life — or a detour on the path to inevitable extermination? One ordinary afternoon, fifeen-year-old Lilo and her family are suddenly picked up by Hitler’s police and imprisoned as part of the "Gypsy plague." Just when it seems certain that they will be headed to a labor camp, Lilo is chosen by filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to work as a film extra. Life on the film set is a bizarre alternate reality. The surroundings are glamorous, but Lilo and the other extras are barely fed, closely guarded, and kept in a locked barn when not on the movie set. And the beautiful, charming Riefenstahl is always present, answering the slightest provocation with malice, flaunting the power to assign prisoners to life or death. Lilo takes matters into her own hands, effecting an escape and running for her life. In this chilling but ultimately uplifting novel, Kathryn Lasky imagines the lives of the Gypsies who worked as extras for the real Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, giving readers a story of survival unlike any other.

The Extra

2016-02-04 Fiction

Author : A.B. Yehoshua
Release : 2016-02-04
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 801/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Extra by : A.B. Yehoshua

Download or read book The Extra written by A.B. Yehoshua. This book was released on 2016-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An experiment is under way in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: a woman, recently widowed, is starting a trial period in assisted living, mainly to placate her over-anxious son, whilst in Jerusalem her daughter Noga, a young harpist, returns from her job with a Dutch orchestra to look after the family apartment. To enliven her stay, Noga's brother finds work for her - playing roles as an extra in film, TV, and in the opera Carmen. The random roles Noga is thrust into resonate strangely with her own life which she begins to re-evaluate. Central to her past is the fact that she refused to have children, resulting in the break-up of her marriage. No-one in her family understood her motives for not wanting children and everyone has a different explanation for it. Now, a chance encounter with her former husband reveals his continuing powerful, love as well as a shocking deed she committed during their marriage. But Noga is a free spirit neither tied to the past nor defined by it, and always keen to push boundaries. She lives for her music and is willing to go wherever it takes her. The three-month experiment proves as much of a test for her as for her mother and both are radically transformed by the end. A.B. Yehoshua is as creative, humorous and provocative as ever in The Extra, exploring themes familiar to him of love, family relationships and artistic ambitions, set mainly in an ever-changing Jerusalem.

Extras

2010-05-27 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Scott Westerfeld
Release : 2010-05-27
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 236/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Extras by : Scott Westerfeld

Download or read book Extras written by Scott Westerfeld. This book was released on 2010-05-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of Specials, the conclusion to the Uglies trilogy, things in Tally's futuristic world had stabilised. The walls between the social classes - the uglies, pretties and specials - had been torn down. So Tally took off to live on her own in the wild. Fast forward... Tally discovers another brand new world. In Extras, it's all about who you know, and how much you have. It's just like LA. Only Paris and Nicole are way dead...

Walking with God

2010-09-19 Religion

Author : John Eldredge
Release : 2010-09-19
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 415/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Walking with God written by John Eldredge. This book was released on 2010-09-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a series of stories of what it looks like to walk with God, over the course of about a year.” So begins a remarkable narrative of one man’s journey learning to hear the voice of God. The details are intimate and personal. The invitation is for us all. What if we could hear from God . . . often? What difference would it make? We have a lot to sort through on any given day. A whole lot to navigate over the course of a week or a month. Am I in the right place? The right relationships? How am I going to come up with enough money to do the things I want to do? And what about love—is this the one? Will it last? What is causing all those fears I keep pushing down inside? Why can’t I overcome those “habits” that look more and more like addictions? Am I at the right church? Should I even go to church? What is God doing in my life? All day long we are making choices. It adds up to an enormous amount of decisions in a lifetime. How do we know what to do? We have two options. We can trudge through on our own, doing our best to figure it all out. Or, we can walk with God. As in, learn to hear his voice. Really. We can live life with God. He offers to speak to us and guide us. Every day. It is an incredible offer. To accept that offer is to enter into an adventure filled with joy and risk, transformation and breakthrough. And more clarity than we ever thought possible.

The Extra Yard

2017-04-04 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Mike Lupica
Release : 2017-04-04
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 016/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Extra Yard by : Mike Lupica

Download or read book The Extra Yard written by Mike Lupica. This book was released on 2017-04-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Teddy has been training all summer with his new friends Jack and Gus to make the new travel football team in Walton, but when his long-absent dad comes back to town and into his life he is faced with a much bigger challenge."--

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