Patricia Reilly Giff Bücher

Die 13-jährige Dina hat einen Traum: Sie möchte zu ihrem Onkel nach Amerika auswandern und so der verhassten Näharbeit in der Schneiderei ihrer Mutter entfliehen. Nur durch einen Zufall kommt sie an das begehrte Schiffs-Ticket. Doch in Amerika ist nichts so, wie Dina es sich erträumt hatte. Ihr Onkel Lucas lebt in ärmlichen Verhältnissen und Dina soll für ihn nähen. Bald wünscht sie sich nichts sehnlicher, als wieder nach Hause reisen zu können.

Alle Träume und Sehnsüchte malt Hollis in ihre Bilder hinein … Wenn Hollis an den Sommer ihrer Träume zurückdenkt, sieht sie saftig satte Sommerfarben vor sich. Sie denkt an die Wärme, die die Regans, ihre Pflegefamilie ihr entgegengebracht haben. Aber immer wieder ist da diese Stimme in ihrem Hinterkopf, die ihr zuflüstert, dass sie nichts als Schwierigkeiten bringt - und dass sie schuld war an dem Streit, mit dem der Sommer zu Ende gegangen ist. Deshalb ist Hollis auch mal wieder weggelaufen. Doch diesmal landet sie bei der Künstlerin Josie - und das ist ihr Glück. Denn bei Josie erkennt Hollis langsam, dass sie eigentlich nur eines möchte: wieder zurück zu den Regans und für immer bei ihnen bleiben. Newbery Honor Book 2003 "Meisterhaft verwebt Giff den Rückblick auf den Sommer und Hollis' Gegenwart zu einem guten und überraschenden Ende. Ein Roman voller Gefühl und mit starken Charakteren!" (Publishers Weekly)

Sommer 1944: Lily (12) verbringt ihre Ferien mit Granny und Poppy am Atlantik, während die Alliierten in der Normandie landen, um in den Krieg in Europa einzugreifen. In diesen Wochen verändert sich alles für Lily.

Bombarded by artillery, dodging bullets, crawling through trenches in the Somme, Major William Orpen, society portrait painter, witnesses the grim reality of conflict as he paints the war. This is his story.

A biography of the Princess of Wales with emphasis on her duties and responsibilities as a modern princess.

Two young Americans must evade capture by Axis soldiers--and outlast the brutal Alaskan winter--in this thrilling historical novel which shines a light on a little-known facet of World War II. Fourteen-year-old Matt never wanted to come to the remote Aleutian Islands--he was dragged here by his father for reasons he can't understand. Eleven-year-old Izzy, on the other hand, loves it--the wild weather, the strange birds, all the new people she's meeting. The two have little in common, except their hometown--they certainly aren't friends. But when Japanese soldiers land on the island, Izzy and Matt are the only ones who escape being shipped off to a prison camp. The two kids must put their differences aside and work together if they're going to survive. With a long, harsh winter ahead of them, they'll need to dodge Axis soldiers and withstand Allied bombing raids--and keep the village dog from giving them away to the enemy, too. Told in alternating point-of-view chapters, Island War is set amidst the Japanese occupation of the remote Aleutian Islands--the only foreign invasion of the United States that took place during World War II. Fans of Hatchet and Julie of the Wolves will be riveted by two-time Newbery Honoree Patricia Reilly Giff's thrilling story of survival, resilience, and the power of cooperation.

New Reading and Listening Texts motivate students to speak and think in English. New exam zones in the Powerbook build students' exam skills and confidence. New comprehensive testing programme provides total evaluation for students Grammar and skills development give students a solid base for learning. Training in independent study skills ensures good learning habits. Cross curricular and cross cultural topics motivate students and engage their interest in the wider world.

A heart-wrenching novel in verse about a poor girl surviving the Irish Land Wars, by a two-time Newbery Honor-winning author. For Anna, the family farm has always been home... But now, things are changing. Anna's mother has died, and her older siblings have emigrated, leaving Anna and her father to care for a young sister with special needs. And though their family has worked this land for years, they're in danger of losing it as poor crop yields leave them without money to pay their rent. When a violent encounter with the Lord's rent collector results in Anna and her father's arrest, all seems lost. But Anna sees her chance and bolts from the jailhouse. On the run, Anna must rely on her own inner strength to protect her sister--and try to find a way to save her family. Written in verse, A Slip of a Girl is a poignant story of adversity, resilience, and self-determination by a master of historical fiction, painting a haunting history of the tensions in the Irish countryside of the early 1890s, and the aftermath of the Great Famine. A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Book of the Year