Hedy's Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the Holocaust
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It is 1941. Hedy and her family are Jewish, and the Nazi party is rising. Hedy's family is no longer...
children childrens nonfiction holocaust war history nonfiction
Gwennie's Diary: A Kiwi's World Tour to Yorkshire 1939-40
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In 2003, a heavy parcel posted from New Zealand arrived at a bungalow in Rawmarsh, Near...
Kenan Thompson recommended Coming to America (1988) in Movies (curated)
A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children)
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The #1 bestselling series returns with a thrilling new story arc set in America! Vintage...
The Association of Small Bombs
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This is one of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2016. It is also a New York Times...
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Home Fire in Books
May 10, 2018
This book was a slow start for me. I wanted to dive right in, but it was not very easy. The subject matter is deep. The Pasha family lost their father because he decided to join the ranks of the Taliban and he was killed for it. The fear is that Parvaiz, the brother will go through the same fate. When Isma loses contact with him while she is in America, she really starts to get scared and when the same becomes true of her sister Aneeka, she worries even more. What can she do so far away from her family in order to help them. Maybe with her connection now to Eammon, she will be able to help her family.
Eammon decides to help Isma out, but not in a way she expects. He is returning to England as she is about to send a parcel to her family. Eammon offers to put it in the post in England, but ends up delivering it himself and meeting Aneeka. There was an immediate attraction for him, but Aneeka has an ulterior motive. While Eammon be able to detect this or will he find out too late. When Aneeka asks Eammon to talk to his father about helping her brother return to the country, he feels like he will be able to help her, but his father doesn't want to have anything to do with the Pasha family given their father's past.
How will this turn out for everyone involved. Will they be able to settle their differences in order to help a young man who has made some stupid choices?
The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America
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A New York Times Best Seller! To many, the past 8 years under President Obama were meant to...
politics social issues
When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide: Black Athletes at Byu and Beyond
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When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide tells the story of Brandon Davies' dismissal from Brigham...
The Boys of Summer
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Described by Richard William of The Guardian as 'the best sports book of 2013, and the best sports...
In My Footsteps
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Thirty miles off the Cape Cod shore sits the quaint historic island of Nantucket, the Far Away...