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Rubbish Town Hero

Author : Nicola Davies

Publisher : Random House

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 37,99 MB

Release : 2012-03-29

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 144648064X

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Chipo and his little sister Gentle live on Papa Fudu's dumpsite in Rubbish Town, searching for valuable things amongst the rubbish to try to stay alive. Life isn't easy - luckily, Chipo has spirit, courage and lots of imagination! And now, he has a plan... But when Chipo and Gentle are caught with something precious that Papa Fudu wants for himself, they have to think quick, move fast. Suddenly they're on the run... Along with their friend Dede and their loyal dog, Mouse, Chipo and Gentle set off on a dangerous and exciting journey to find a safe place to call home - meeting a cast of extraordinary characters along the way.



Lost Riders

Author : Elizabeth Laird

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 308 pages

File Size : 48,56 MB

Release : 2013-03-28

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0230738931

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A story of separation and the strength of family, Lost Riders is a powerful and thought-provoking novel from award-winning author Elizabeth Laird. Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf, eight-year-old Rashid and his little brother Shari cling to each other. Then they are separated and forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business. Rashid is starved and worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors - but he has a talent for racing and quickly becomes his stable's star jockey. Soon he begins to forget what life was like when he had a proper home. He almost begins to forget about Shari . . .



Trashy Town

Author : Andrea Zimmerman

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 34 pages

File Size : 36,39 MB

Release : 1999-02-27

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0060271396

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I dump it in I smash it down I drive around the trashy town Meet Mr. Gilly. He cleans up Trashy Town. He does it with a big smile and a big truck--which is sure to make him a hero with all the children in the neighborhood. David Clemesha and Andrea Zimmerman have created a rhythmic, repeatable refrain that will roll off the lips of every child. Dan Yaccarino's dynamic art puts the zip in Mr. Gilly's stride and adds style and charm to trash collection. 2000 Notable Children's Books (ALA)



Pizazz

Author : Sophy Henn

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 26,81 MB

Release : 2021-06

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1534492429

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Nine-year-old superhero Pizazz relates how difficult it is to be a superhero, especially when, after moving to a new school, she is made "eco monitor" for her class.



Whale Boy

Author : Nicola Davies

Publisher : Random House

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 20,39 MB

Release : 2013-04-04

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1448157013

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Michael, a young boy growing up on the tropical island of Rose Town, has been saving up for his own fishing boat for years. But when a terrible storm wrecks his home, Michael is forced to take a job working for a rich, mysterious newcomer named Spargo. Spargo asks Michael to search for one thing in the deep waters around Rose Town - whales . . .



Michael Recycle

Author : Ellie Bethel

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 36,66 MB

Release : 2008-03-25

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1600102247

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Perfect for Earth Day on April 22, but important for teaching evironmental lessons year around! Michael Recycle tells the adventures of a young superhero whose power allows him to teach people about recycling. There once was a town Called Abberdoo-Rimey, Where garbage was left To grow rotten and slimy. It never smelled fresh. The air was all hazy. But the people did nothing. They got rather lazy. But the townspeople are called to attention when a streak of green crash-lands in the town dump! It’s not a bird, nor a plane, but a new kind of superhero—Michael Recycle, who has a plan to save Abberdoo-Rimey. . . and the world! Fresh and funny, Michael Recycle will entertain young and old while gently imparting an important message about recycling and environmental awareness. A special section of Go Green Tips (from Michael Recycle himself) encourages all kids to become environmental superheroes.



Small Town Hero

Author : Patrick Neate

Publisher : Andersen Press Limited

Page : 236 pages

File Size : 28,60 MB

Release : 2020-08-06

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1787611981

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Ever since his dad died in a shock accident, thirteen-year-old Gabe’s world has been turned upside-down and back to front. Literally: Gabe has discovered the ability to tell stories which take him into the past, or imagine an impossible version of the present or future that seems as real as real. Gabe has no clue what is going on. But the answers may lie with his mysterious uncle Jesse, an online game called Small Town Hero which seems to mirror Gabe’s own life, a long-lost grandmother, and the very fabric of time and the universe.



The Garbage King

Author : Elizabeth Laird

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 35,76 MB

Release : 2008-09-04

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0330478028

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Inspired by the true story of an African childhood lived on the edge of destitution, award-winning Elizabeth Laird's The Garbage King takes readers on an unforgettable emotional journey. When Mamo's mother dies, he is abandoned in the shanties of Addis Ababa. Stolen by a child-trafficker and sold to a farmer, he is cruelly treated. Escaping back to the city, he meets another, very different runaway. Dani is rich, educated - and fleeing his tyrannical father. Together they join a gang of homeless street boys who survive only by mutual bonds of trust and total dependence on each other.



Buster the Little Garbage Truck

Author : Marcia Berneger

Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 29,41 MB

Release : 2015-04-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1633621340

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Buster is a sweet little garbage truck. He can't wait to grow up to be a big truck, just like his father. Buster practices driving and lifting and beeping with his friend, Kitty. There's one small problem. Loud noises frighten Buster. When his father takes him to the truck yard to meet the other vehicles, their air-horn blasts and roaring engines send Buster skidding away to hide. He wants to be big and brave, but how can he work with Daddy and his friends when their loud sounds scare him? Buster feels terrible. When Kitty gets into trouble, little Buster musters up his courage to save her.



War Trash

Author : Ha Jin

Publisher : Vintage

Page : 370 pages

File Size : 20,86 MB

Release : 2007-12-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307430111

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Ha Jin’s masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of Chinese soldiers held in U.S. POW camps during the Korean War. In 1951 Yu Yuan, a scholarly and self-effacing clerical officer in Mao’s “volunteer” army, is taken prisoner south of the 38th Parallel. Because he speaks English, he soon becomes an intermediary between his compatriots and their American captors.With Yuan as guide, we are ushered into the secret world behind the barbed wire, a world where kindness alternates with blinding cruelty and one has infinitely more to fear from one’s fellow prisoners than from the guards. Vivid in its historical detail, profound in its imaginative empathy, War Trash is Ha Jin’s most ambitious book to date.