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Jessaloup's Song

Author : Hester Velmans

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 47,47 MB

Release : 2011-10

Category : Adventure stories

ISBN : 9780983550594

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"What if the whales had knowledge of an upcoming disaster, and we didn't? What if the whales decided they had to warn us? What if there was just one human being in the world the whales could turn to who would know what to do? A tsunami is coming to the East Coast of America--and it's up to two brave teens to find a way to sound the alarm, so that a catastrophic disaster can be averted in time. Along the way, Isabel and Jessaloup must learn to understand, and accept, the differences between their two opposite worlds - the ocean and dry land - in order to discover the deep, essential bonds that connect them"--Page 4 of cover.



Isabel of the Whales

Author : Hester Velmans

Publisher : Yearling

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 40,3 MB

Release : 2008-12-18

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 030753300X

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Eleven-year-old Isabel is a “plain old” girl living in Provincetown, Massachusetts, who believes that she is destined to accomplish something special. When her fifth-grade class goes on a whale-watch field trip, something amazing happens: Dozens of different species of whales surround the boat, bumping the deck and sending Isabel flying into the ocean. Isabel is shocked to hear the whales speaking to her—she is a mermaid, they tell her, a “Chosen One” who has the ability to turn from a human into a whale and back again. She is destined to live among the whales long enough to learn their ways, and teach them about the human world. Living among her pod is fun, at first, but Isabel has an important mission. She will change the whales’ future forever, and learn a lot about herself in the process.



The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen

Author : Hendrik Groen

Publisher : Grand Central Publishing

Page : 345 pages

File Size : 46,33 MB

Release : 2017-07-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1455542148

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In this #1 international bestseller, an old man who is young at heart proves that life doesn't stop once you enter a nursing home, perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove. Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is elderly. But at age 83 and one quarter, this feisty curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel. He begins writing an exposé: secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuses to take himself, or his fellow ""inmates,"" too seriously. With an eccentric group of friends, he founds the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, and he and his best friend, Evert, gleefully stir up trouble, enraging the home's humorless director and turning themselves into unlikely heroes. And when a sweet and sassy widow moves in next door, he is determined to savor every ounce of joy in the time he has left, with hilarious and tender consequences. The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen is an inspiring, charming, and laugh-out-loud delight for readers of any age.



The Consequences

Author : Niña Weijers

Publisher : Doppelhouse Press

Page : 298 pages

File Size : 38,25 MB

Release : 2017

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780997818420

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This award-winning, raucous debut novel follows young Minnie Panis, performance artist and existentialist, as she tries to refuse success and fame.



Edith's Story

Author : Edith Velmans

Publisher : Random House of Canada

Page : 238 pages

File Size : 40,76 MB

Release : 2001-01-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780553381108

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A Dutch Jew who survived the Holocaust by hiding out with her family in a Protestant household recounts her harrowing ordeal, which culminated with a German officer being billeted in the same house. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.



My Name is Anne, She Said, Anne Frank

Author : Jacqueline van Maarsen

Publisher : Arcadia Books

Page : 212 pages

File Size : 37,45 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN :

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Jacqueline van Maarsen's father was Dutch, her mother French; he was Jewish, she a Catholic. In 1938, after unremitting effort, he succeeded in registering his wife with the Jewish Council in Amsterdam. From that moment on, his two daughters were also considered to be Jews. Jacqueline was forced to go to a special school for Jewish children - it was there that she met Anne Frank and they immediately became friends. Unlike Anne Frank, Jacqueline van Maarsen escaped deportation thanks to her strong-willed mother who persuaded the German Registration Bureau to undo her listing as a Jew. She left the school a few months after Anne Frank went into hiding (or 'went to Switzerland', as Jacqueline believed). It was only after the war when Otto Frank, Anne's father, told her what had happened that she found out the truth about her best friend's fate.



Slipper

Author : Hester Velmans

Publisher : Van Horton Books

Page : 378 pages

File Size : 19,41 MB

Release : 2018-04-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780999475607

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The "true" history a poor orphaned stepchild whose life turns out to be the inspiration for the world's most famous tale. Her search for one true love or another takes her all over 17thC England, France and the Low Countries, until she befriends Charles Perrault, the original author of the fairy tales, and tells him her life story.



Edith's Story

Author : Edith Velmans-Van Hessen

Publisher :

Page : 422 pages

File Size : 13,83 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780786218899

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The story of a teenage Jewish girl who was sent into hiding in 1942 with a Christian family.--



Love, If That's What It Is

Author : Marijke Schermer

Publisher : World Editions

Page : pages

File Size : 42,28 MB

Release : 2022-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781642861037

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For fans of Marriage Story and Elena Ferrante's Days of Abandonment Terri runs off with a lover, abandoning her children and her marriage of twenty years. Her husband, David, is left to take care of their two daughters, who are each falling in love for the first time. These four people start to question their identity outside the nuclear family. What remains of a disintegrated home, and what changes? Marijke Schermer's Love, If That's What It Is gives a kaleidoscopic view of a divorce, permitting the reader to enter the heads of not only the spouses, but also of the two daughters and their new lovers. Through several characters, the reader is presented with just as many views on relationships, while Schermer remains impartial and thus confronts readers with their own--perhaps shaky--romantic principles. What is love? With fresh flair and provocative perspectives, Schermer manages to provide an original and versatile answer.



Squid-napped!

Author : Davy Ocean

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 26,18 MB

Release : 2014-09-02

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1481406868

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When Harry Hammer decides to leave Shark Point for better waters, he finds squid-tastic trouble instead in this Shark School (mis)adventure. Instead of a super-cool celebration, Harry Hammer’s birthday party turns into a super-colossal embarrassment! Why do his parents always make him feel like a big baby hammerhead in front of his friends—and his arch rival, Rick Reef? Harry decides he’d be better off alone and leaves Shark Point for faraway waters. But he comes face-to-face with a giant squid who hasn’t had his lunch yet! Uh-oh…is the birthday boy on the menu?



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