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26 produkter
Sable
Av Karen Hesse
Häftad, 2010
178 kr
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Can Tate convince her parents that the stray dog should stay?
Letters from Rifka
Av Karen Hesse
Häftad, 2009
178 kr
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From Newbery media winner Karen Hesse comes an unforgettable story of an immigrant family's journey to America. "America," the girl repeated. "What will you do there?" I was silent for a little time. "I will do everything there," I answered. Rifka knows nothing about America when she flees from …
Brooklyn Bridge
Av Karen Hesse
Häftad, 2011
287 kr
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From the incomparable Karen Hesse comes a powerfully evocative and accessible family story, set at the turn of the century, by turns serious, funny, and with a touch of magical realism.
Come On, Rain!
Av Karen Hesse
Inbunden, 1900
253 kr
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"Come on, rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Up and down the block, cats pant while heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway. More than anything, Tess hopes for rain. And when it comes, she and her friends are ready for a …
Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold)
Av Karen Hesse
Inbunden, 1997
280 kr
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Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. "Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her …
The Music of Dolphins
Av Karen Hesse
Häftad, 1998
130 kr
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They call her Mila, from the Spanish word for "miracle." Lost after a plane crash when she was small, Mila has been cared for ever since by dolphins. When she is eventually spotted on an unpopulated island off Cuba, she is an adolescent and seems hardly human to her rescuers. Mila is taken to a …
Safekeeping
Av Karen Hesse
Häftad, 2016
206 kr
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Radley's parents warned her that all hell would break loose if the American People's Party took power. The news is filled with images of vigilante groups, frenzied looting, and police raids. It seems as if all hell has broken loose. Coming back from volunteering abroad, Radley just wants to get …
Lavender
Av Karen Hesse
E-bok, 2015
151 kr
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Codie loves to spend time with her favorite aunt, Alix. Her aunt is a talented seamstress, and Codie knows that the perfect gift for Alix''s new baby is a handmade blanket. Codie wants to have the blanket done before the baby is born. Suddenly, the baby is coming early. Will Codie be able to finish …
Wish on a Unicorn
Av Karen Hesse
E-bok, 2015
222 kr
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Now I didn''t believe a broken-down old unicorn could make wishes come true . . . not for a minute. But what if it could? Mags has a lot to wish for—a nice house with a mama who isn''t tired out from work; a normal little sister; a brother who doesn''t mooch for food; and, once in a while, she''d …
Nights with Dad
Av Karen Hesse
Häftad, 2020
109 kr
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A luminous and lyrical tribute to the enduring, everyday sort of love between a boy and his father.When the sun sets, Dad’s night shift as a school caretaker is just beginning. What is it like to work at night, while the rest of the city is asleep? There’s the smell of lilacs in the night air, the …
Brooklyn Bridge
Av Karen Hesse
Ljudbok, 2008
171 kr
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On that day in 1903, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom''s life changed irrevocably when his parents—Russian immigrants—created the first teddy bear. No longer did the Michtom''s gather family and friends around the kitchen table to talk. No longer was Joseph at leisure to play stickball with the …
Safekeeping
A Novel of Tomorrow
Av Karen Hesse
Ljudbok, 2012
164 kr
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Radley''s parents had warned her that all hell would break loose if the American People''s Party took power. And now, with the president assassinated and the government cracking down on citizens, the news is filled with images of vigilante groups, frenzied looting, and police raids. It seems as if …
Brooklyn Bridge
A Novel
Av Karen Hesse
E-bok, 2008
217 kr
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Karen Hesse has achieved many honors for her more than twenty books over the course of her award-winning career: the Newbery Medal, the Scott O''Dell Historical Fiction Award, the MacArthur Fellowship "Genius" Award, and the Christopher Medal. Her novels burn with intensity, and keenly felt, deeply …
Aleutian Sparrow
Av Karen Hesse
E-bok, 2010
117 kr
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In June 1942, seven months after attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese navy invaded Alaska''s Aleutian Islands. For nine thousand years the Aleut people had lived and thrived on these treeless, windswept lands. Within days of the first attack, the entire native population living west of Unimak …
Letters from Rifka
Av Karen Hesse
Ljudbok, 2010
451 kr
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From Newbery media winner Karen Hesse comes an unforgettable story of an immigrant family''s journey to America. "America," the girl repeated. "What will you do there?" I was silent for a little time. "I will do everything there," I answered. Rifka knows nothing about America when she flees from …
Phoenix Rising
Av Karen Hesse
Ljudbok, 2010
238 kr
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Nyle''s life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant. Without warning, Nyle''s modest world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, and mistrust. …
Wish on a Unicorn
Av Karen Hesse
Ljudbok, 2010
233 kr
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Now I didn''t believe a broken-down old unicorn could make wishes come true . . . not for a minute. But what if it could? Mags has a lot to wish for—a nice house with a mama who isn''t tired out from work; a normal little sister; a brother who doesn''t mooch for food; and, once in a while, she''d …
Letters from Rifka
Av Karen Hesse
E-bok, 2009
111 kr
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From Newbery media winner Karen Hesse comes an unforgettable story of an immigrant family''s journey to America. "America," the girl repeated. "What will you do there?" I was silent for a little time. "I will do everything there," I answered. Rifka knows nothing about America when she flees from …
Granny and Bean
A lyrical celebration of grandparents and making memories at the seaside for ages 3, 4, 5, 6, the perfect gift for Granny
Av Karen Hesse
Inbunden, 2023
161 kr
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From a stellar creative team, the lyrical story of a grandmother and grandchild as they share an intimate adventure by the windy sea – and make a stop for teatime.Their laughter rose; full of joy, it spilled’cross sand, through mist,as the curlews trilled.Grey skies, foamy waves and brisk wind …
Granny and Bean
A lyrical celebration of grandparents and making memories at the seaside for ages 3, 4, 5, 6, the perfect gift for Granny
Av Karen Hesse
Häftad, 2024
107 kr
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From a stellar creative team, the lyrical story of a grandmother and grandchild as they share an intimate adventure by the windy sea – and make a stop for teatime.Their laughter rose; full of joy, it spilled’cross sand, through mist,as the curlews trilled.Grey skies, foamy waves and brisk wind …
Nordische Mythologie in der englischsprachigen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts
Av Karen Hesse
Häftad, 2012
883 kr
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Nights with Dad
Av Karen Hesse
Inbunden, 2018
145 kr
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A luminous and lyrical tribute to the enduring, everyday sort of love between a boy and his father.When the sun sets, Dad’s night shift as a school caretaker is just beginning. What is it like to work at night, while the rest of the city is asleep? There’s the smell of lilacs in the night air, the …
