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Trapped in Ice |
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Eric Walters |
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Book Description
Helen is not entirely sure she is looking forward to spending the next six months on board the Karluk, a ship headed on an Arctic expedition. But with the recent death of her father, it is the only work her seamstress mother can find. Helen's nine year-old brother, Michael, is delighted to be off on a real adventure but neither he nor Helen could have realized just how extraordinary this trip would be. The ship's hard-bitten captain, Robert Bartlett, must use all his seafaring skill when the ship becomes trapped in ice. In the pages of her diary, Helen records the fate of the crew and her family as they leave the ship and try to make their way across shifting ice flows, through blinding blizzards and past polar bears to safety.
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Eric Walters is an elementary... |
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Fortunate Son |
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Walter Mosley |
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. White Los Angeles heart surgeon Minas Nolan, a very recent widower, meets African-American flower-shop employee Branwyn Beerman when her son Thomas is born prematurely with a hole in his lung, and without a father in his life. Minas has a son, Eric, a week younger than Tommy, and the four, along with enigmatic Vietnamese nanny Ahn, soon form a loving ménage. Following Branwyn's sudden death 50 pages later, Tommy, now six, is plunged into a hardscrabble life when his difficult father, Elton, claims him; he grows up without resentment, talking aloud to Branwyn when he's sad or confused (and sometimes to Elton's on-again, off-again partner, May), but ends up on the streets. Eric, meanwhile, sails through childhood and adolescence, but remains alienated, constantly missing "his brother,"... |
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The Hydrofoil Mystery |
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Eric Walters |
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0141302208 |
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Quill & Quire
"...They Hydrofoil Mystery is a lively, well-told tale that will bring young readers closer to their history."
The Globe & Mail
As a period piece with a wonderful portrait of Alexander Graham Bell in his element - humane, eccentric and, above all, inventive, this novel can certainly be recommended."
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Walter the Baker |
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Eric Carle |
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From the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar comes the story of a baker who invents the pretzel. Carle's whimsical, frenetic collages seem fresh from the oven, even though they were first published 25 years ago. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Walter the Baker is famous for his breads, rolls, cookies, tarts, and pies. The Duke and Duchess especially love his warm sweet rolls, delivered fresh to their castle every morning. But one day the cat spills the milk, and Walter is forced to serve the Duke and Duchess rolls made with water. After one bite the Duke throws down his roll in disgust and summons Walter to the castle. He threatens to banish the baker unless he can take the same dough and make a good-tasting roll that the... |
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Camp X |
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Eric Walters |
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0141313285 |
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It's 1943, and nearly-12-year-old George and his older brother Jack are spending a restless wartime summer in Whitby, Ontario, where their mom is working at a munitions plant while their dad is off fighting the Germans. One afternoon, the boys stumble across Canada's top-secret spy camp-and so begins an exciting and terrifying adventure as George and Jack get caught up in the covert activities of Camp X.
About the Author
Eric Walters is an elementary school teacher who began writing as a way to encourage his students to become more enthusiastic about their own creative writing. He is the author of a number of acclaimed and bestselling novels for children, including War of The Eagles, which won the Ruth Schwartz Award; Trapped in Ice, which won the Silver Birch... |
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Emil and the Detectives |
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Erich Kastner |
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Reprint of the classic children's mystery, first published in 1929.
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Run |
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Eric Walters |
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0143312189 |
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This first book for young readers about Terry Fox and the Marathon of Hope, written by one of Canada's best-known writers for young adults, is a blending of fact and fiction, fully endorsed by The Terry Fox Foundation. In his trademark page-turning style, Eric Walters tells the story of Winston MacDonald. In trouble again after a suspension from school and a runaway attempt, Winston is sent to spend time with his father, a journalist who is heading to Nova Scotia to cover a human-interest story about a man trying to run across the country. When Winston meets Terry Fox and his best friend, Doug, he's impressed by their determination to achieve what seems like an impossible goal. But will their inspiring story be enough to make Winston change his ways?
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Sister, Sister |
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Eric Jerome Dickey |
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From Publishers Weekly
It takes guts for a male writer to tackle the trials and tribulations of upwardly mobile African American women. But that's what Dickey does, with mixed results, in his first novel, a high-spirited celebration of black sisterhood. Southern California sisters Valerie and Inda are close. Fair-skinned Valerie is the younger of the two and takes after their white mother in appearance. After six years of lousy marriage to Walter, she knows she's miserable but doesn't know any role other than that of satellite eternally in orbit around a husband. Inda, who inherited their father's dark skin and features, has a stable career, but a divorce from her white husband has made her pessimistic about men of any color, a situation exacerbated by flagrant evidence of her current lover's infidelities. Inda meets Chiquita, a young... |
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Scientists Must Speak |
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Eric D. Walters |
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0415280281 |
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Having the ability to speak confidently; engage the audience; make a clear, well-argued case; and handle any tricky situations, is rarely a natural talent, and standing before an inquisitive audience or board can be a stressful experience. Scientists Must Speak: Bringing Presentations to Life helps readers do just that. The book addresses such topics as using visual aids, voice and body language, adapting material, question and answer sessions, and more. Written by authors with many years' experience of teaching presentation techniques, this engaging text will help readers make the best of their presentations and remove some of the fear that makes them a daunting prospect.
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Fortunate Son |
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Walter Mosley |
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1594832196 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. White Los Angeles heart surgeon Minas Nolan, a very recent widower, meets African-American flower-shop employee Branwyn Beerman when her son Thomas is born prematurely with a hole in his lung, and without a father in his life. Minas has a son, Eric, a week younger than Tommy, and the four, along with enigmatic Vietnamese nanny Ahn, soon form a loving ménage. Following Branwyn's sudden death 50 pages later, Tommy, now six, is plunged into a hardscrabble life when his difficult father, Elton, claims him; he grows up without resentment, talking aloud to Branwyn when he's sad or confused (and sometimes to Elton's on-again, off-again partner, May), but ends up on the streets. Eric, meanwhile, sails through childhood and adolescence, but remains alienated, constantly missing "his brother,"... |
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Three on Three |
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Eric Walters |
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0613367049 |
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The Sayings of Walter Scott |
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Walter Scott |
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War of the Eagles |
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Eric Walters |
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0613456947 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9-Jed Blackburn's English father is in Europe flying fighter planes for the RAF during World War II. Jed lives with his mother and grandmother, Tsimshian Indians, on the west coast of Canada. He and his mother work at an army base, where Jed, with the help of his best friend Tadashi, is nursing a bald eagle back to health after it was shot by soldiers at the base. The boy's world is severely shaken when Tadashi's family, and the entire Japanese-Canadian community, is sent to detention camps in central Canada after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This is not primarily an action-adventure story. Its strength lies in Jed's growth through the course of the novel. He confronts racism directed at him because of his native heritage and at the Japanese-Canadians, the complexity of friendship, and his own... |
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Grind |
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Eric Walters |
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1551433176 |
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Hoop Crazy! |
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Eric Walters |
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0613502051 |
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Overdrive |
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Eric Walters |
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Full Court Press |
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Eric Walters |
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061362761X |
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From Booklist
Gr. 3-5. After third-graders Nick and Kia win a basketball tournament, they decide to ignore tradition and try out for the all-fifth-grade school team. Concerns about their size and ability are only the first obstacles in their way to making the team; they also want to be accepted by their new teammates. Kia, the only girl on the team and the player with the most vision, helps reverse the team's losing trend by introducing a full court press that gives the kids a shot at winning the play-offs. Like its predecessor Three on Three [BKL Je 1 & 15 00], this story moves briskly along, the broadly drawn characters creating conflict, then evolving believably. Basketball enthusiasts will enjoy the play-by-play, but even nonsports fans will be caught up in the action, especially as Nick and Kia prove themselves worthy... |
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Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere |
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Erik S. Ryding |
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Using information gathered from thousands of unpublished letters, concert reviews, interviews, and recordings, Ryding, manager of catalog development at Sony Classical, and freelance harpsichordist Pechefsky trace the life and career of Walter (1876-1962), one of the most influential conductors of the 20th century. The biography is deservedly full of praise for its talented subject, but the authors do not hide his faults or suppress the less favorable reviews or criticisms he received during a brilliant career. The book opens with Walter's early successes in turn-of-the-century Germany, where he was aided by Gustav Mahler (who also encouraged him to change his name from Schlesinger) and continues through his expulsion from Europe in the 1930s by the Nazis and his many triumphs in North America. The picture they... |
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Fortunate Son |
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Walter Mosley |
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1585477788 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. White Los Angeles heart surgeon Minas Nolan, a very recent widower, meets African-American flower-shop employee Branwyn Beerman when her son Thomas is born prematurely with a hole in his lung, and without a father in his life. Minas has a son, Eric, a week younger than Tommy, and the four, along with enigmatic Vietnamese nanny Ahn, soon form a loving ménage. Following Branwyn's sudden death 50 pages later, Tommy, now six, is plunged into a hardscrabble life when his difficult father, Elton, claims him; he grows up without resentment, talking aloud to Branwyn when he's sad or confused (and sometimes to Elton's on-again, off-again partner, May), but ends up on the streets. Eric, meanwhile, sails through childhood and adolescence, but remains alienated, constantly missing "his brother,"... |
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Long Shot |
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Eric Walters |
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0613627938 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6 This is an engaging basketball tale even though there is little playing action. Nick loves the game, and he and his best friend and teammate, Kia, were on the all-city team last season. The story revolves around the tryouts for this year's lineup. At the first session, their coach announces that he is retiring and will be replaced by Len Barkley, a former college star athlete whose ankle injury ended his brief pro-ball career. The new, perfectionist coach browbeats and humiliates the kids, especially his own son. When at last he selects 12 members for the team, they all walk out of the gym, led by his son and then Nick. Chastened, the coach visits Nick at home to apologize for his bad behavior, with plans to visit the rest of the team as well. Nick's mom and dad are characterized as... |
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