The Nerviest Girl in the World

2020-08-18 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Melissa Wiley
Release : 2020-08-18
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 385/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Nerviest Girl in the World by : Melissa Wiley

Download or read book The Nerviest Girl in the World written by Melissa Wiley. This book was released on 2020-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feisty girl from a family of ranchers lands a job as a daredevil stunt girl in the early days of silent film in this adventurous and funny cross between Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and Ramona. Pearl lives on a ranch where her chores include collecting eggs and feeding ornery ostriches. She has three older brothers, who don't coddle her at all. And she knows a thing or two about horses, too. One day, Pearl's brothers get cushy jobs doing stunts for this new form of entertainment called "moving pictures." They're the Daredevil Donnelly Brothers, a Death-Defying Cowboy Trio. Before she knows it, Pearl has stumbled into being a stunt girl herself--and dreams of becoming a star. The only problem is, her mother has no idea what she's up to. And let's just say she wouldn't be too happy to find out that Pearl's been jumping out of burning buildings in her spare time. Filled with action, humor, and heart--not to mention those pesky ostriches--The Nerviest Girl in the World introduces a spunky heroine whose adventures will have kids on the edge of their seats and whose sense of humor will have them laughing until the very last line.

The Prairie Thief

2012-08-28 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Melissa Wiley
Release : 2012-08-28
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 589/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Prairie Thief by : Melissa Wiley

Download or read book The Prairie Thief written by Melissa Wiley. This book was released on 2012-08-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “delightful mash-up of Little House on the Prairie and The Spiderwick Chronicles” (SLJ), experience life on the prairie—with one fantastical twist! Louisa Brody’s life on the Colorado prairie is not at all what she expected. Her dear Pa, accused of thievery, is locked thirty miles away in jail. She’s living with the awful Smirches, her closest neighbors and the very family that accused her Pa of the horrendous crime. And now she’s discovered one very cantankerous—and magical—secret beneath the hazel grove. With her life flipped upside-down, it’s up to Louisa, her sassy friend Jessamine, and that cranky secret to save Pa from a guilty verdict. Ten bold illustrations from Erwin Madrid accompany seasoned storyteller Melissa Wiley’s vibrant and enchanting tale of life on the prairie—with one magical twist.

Brain Thief

2010-01-05 Fiction

Author : Alexander Jablokov
Release : 2010-01-05
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 238/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Brain Thief by : Alexander Jablokov

Download or read book Brain Thief written by Alexander Jablokov. This book was released on 2010-01-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brain Thief is a fun, literate speculative fiction adventure, sort of New England cyberpunk noir, set a year or ten from now, somewhere between the Berkshires and Boston, and includes, at no extra charge, a 30-foot-tall fiberglass cowgirl. Bernal Haydon-Rumi, executive assistant to a funder of eccentric projects, drops by his boss's house on the way home from a business trip. By the next morning, he's been knocked out, his wealthy socialite boss Muriel has stolen a car and vanished, and the AI designed for planetary exploration that she's been funding turns out to be odder than it should be. In figuring out what's going on, Bernal has to deal with an anti-AI activist toting a handmade electronic arsenal, a local serial killer, a drug dealer with a business problem, a cryonic therapist stalked by past mistakes—and someone who specifically wants Bernal dead. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Fox and Crow Are Not Friends

2012-08-07 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Melissa Wiley
Release : 2012-08-07
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 824/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Fox and Crow Are Not Friends by : Melissa Wiley

Download or read book Fox and Crow Are Not Friends written by Melissa Wiley. This book was released on 2012-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fox and Crow can agree on two things: their love of cheese and loathing of each other. These cagey animals will do whatever they can to outwit their sworn enemy and claim sole possession of the prized cheese they keep finding. But they are too caught up in their plotting and planning to realize they've picked the wrong house to steal from—since the mother of the house is one fed up Mama Bear who knows exactly how to contend with freeloaders.

Pirates on the Prairie

2008 Baseball

Author : Eric P. Bergeson
Release : 2008
Genre : Baseball
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 022/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Pirates on the Prairie by : Eric P. Bergeson

Download or read book Pirates on the Prairie written by Eric P. Bergeson. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pirates on the Prairie is a narrative documentary that chronicles the achievements of a remarkable group of athletes, the Pirates, who explode out of tiny Halstad, MN, population 500, in 1952, much to the amazement of the Minnesota media and fans who quickly learn to love them. Author, nurseryman, and American history lover Eric Bergeson, of Fertile, MN, carefully traces the development of Halstad¿s homegrown Pirates, their classmates, and families, while also bringing vividly to life the environment that nourishes them. Readers become part of the seemingly ordinary day-to-day dynamics in Halstad, from the home lives of the players to the play-by-play reports of their movements on the court¿and in the field. Gradually Pirates of the Prairie answers its fundamental question¿how did this happen? What enabled this particular group of boys, at this time, in this place, to perform the large- than-life feats that earned them third place in the 1952 Minnesota state boys basketball tournament and first in the 1953 state baseball tournament¿both against much larger, big-city schools? As excitement builds and hopes grow stronger, readers learn about¿or recall¿life in small-town America, when communities worked hands-on together to support and develop their children. At the same time, we detect a foreboding undercurrent¿a realization that this will also be a story of loss. For Pirates of the Prairie also documents a profound change in rural American culture that those with small-town roots still feel today.

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