She then sets off on a burro across the desert to look for Jesús. So with the bartender’s help, Rhonda cuts her hair and assumes the identity of a Mexican boy named Angel. There a peyote- addled bartender convinces her she won’t be safe traveling alone into the country’s interior. She swims to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande and makes her way to the border town of Milagros, Mexico. But when the INS deports Jesús back to his home state of Oaxaca, Rhonda is left alone with her increasingly painful family situation.ĭetermined to find her friend Jésus, Rhonda seizes an opportunity to run away during a camping trip with friends to Big Bend National Park. The only reliable person in Rhonda’s life is her family’s Mexican yardman, Jesús. On the outside, everything looks perfect in Rhonda’s world, but at home Rhonda has to deal with a manipulative father who keeps her mentally ill mother hooked on pharmaceuticals. The Earthquake Machine tells the story of 14 year-old Rhonda. I usually write my own summary of a book but since this book is a little hard to describe, here’s the author’s summary: The Earthquake Machine is a book by new author Mary Pauline Lowry.
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In this gripping and heart-wrenching memoir, Bui shares the stories of her parents growing up in war-torn Vietnam and her family’s escape as refugees to the U.S. Thi Bui’s graphic novel “The Best We Could Do ” emerged from questions about her family history similar to my own questions. I wanted to know why they decided to come to America - what pushed them to leave their comfortable homes behind and start anew in a vast, unfamiliar place. I hungered for stories of their childhoods in Taiwan, their school lives and how they met. You can also read School Library Journal’s starred review here.īy Evelyn Chi, sophomore, Amherst CollegeĪs a child of first generation Taiwanese immigrants, I have always been curious about my parents’ past lives, or who they were before they came to America. For discussion questions from the NEA, click here. For a teacher’s guide from the publisher, click here. “ The Best We Could Do” is recommended for grades 9 and up. No, no, we will preserve them upon our list of suspects. If they are innocent it would be a cruel injustice, and if they are guilty we should be giving up all chance of bringing it home to them. There remain the people who will actually surround Sir Henryěaskerville upon the moor.” “Would it not be well in the first place to get rid of thisěarrymore couple?” “By no means. I really think that we may eliminate him entirely from our calculations. Jamesĝesmond, who is the next heir, is an elderly gentleman of a very amiable disposition, so that this persecution does not arise from him. One thing only appears to be certain, and that is that Mr. I have made some inquiries myself in the last few days, but the results have, I fear, been negative. “Anything which may seem to have a bearing however indirect upon the case, and especially the relations between young Baskerville and his neighbours or any fresh particulars concerning the death of Sir Charles. “I will not bias your mind by suggesting theories or suspicions, Watson,” said he “I wish you simply to report facts in the fullest possible manner to me, and you can leave me to do the theorizing.” “What sort of facts?” I asked. Sherlock Holmes drove with me to the station and gave me his last parting injunctions and advice. Mortimer were ready upon the appointed day, and we started as arranged forĝevonshire. Baskerville Hall Sir Henry Baskerville and Dr. Spears averaged 5.3 assists and 1.1 steals at Georgetown last season. “His desire to help young men like myself is something that was hard to pass up, and I believe my desire to help come and add a piece to the winning culture he has built is going to be unique next season and should lead to us cutting some nets down.” “Coach Hamilton is an amazing coach, and has created a great culture in Tallahassee,” said Spears. Spears (Hartford, Conn.) began his career at Duquesne, where he led the Dukes with a 12.7 points per game scoring average. “He’s a proven player who will complement the current players on our roster.” “Primo is an extremely competitive player who is a good fit for our program,” said Head Coach Leonard Hamilton. He totaled 22 points on a perfect nine of nine shooting from the free throw line against Syracuse and scored 26 points against NCAA Tournament participant Providence. Spears (6-3, 185) led Georgetown in scoring 32 games as a sophomore. Spears has led both Duquesne and Georgetown in scoring during his first two seasons. – Primo Spears, who averages 14.4 points in his two seasons as a collegiate player, has been added to the Florida State Men’s Basketball Roster by Head Coach Leonard Hamilton. Spending early mornings swimming in the bracingly cold sea, the days tracking Orkney's wildlife – puffins nesting on sea stacks, arctic terns swooping close enough to feel their wings – and nights searching the sky for the Merry Dancers, Amy slowly makes the journey towards recovery from addiction. Now thirty, she finds herself washed up back home on Orkney, standing unstable at the cliff edge, trying to come to terms with what happened to her in London. Unable to control her drinking, alcohol gradually took over. She moved to London and found herself in a hedonistic cycle. But as she grew up, she longed to leave this remote life. Approaching the land that was once home, memories of her childhood merge with the recent events that have set her on this journey.Īmy was shaped by the cycle of the seasons, birth and death on the farm, and her father's mental illness, which were as much a part of her childhood as the wild, carefree existence on Orkney. When Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the Outrun on the sheep farm where she grew up. Shortlisted for the 2016 Wellcome Prize Shortlisted for the 2017 Ondaatje Prize He was normal-enough-looking, Clary thought, for Pandemonium. It looked like a wooden beam, pointed at one end. “Aw, come on.” The kid hoisted the thing up over his head. Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray, standing in line with her best friend, Simon, leaned forward along with everyone else, hoping for some excitement. The bouncers were fierce and would come down instantly on anyone who looked like they were going to start trouble. It was a long wait to get into the all-ages club, especially on a Sunday, and not much generally happened in line. The fifty or so teenagers in line outside the Pandemonium Club leaned forward to eavesdrop. He stared down at the boy in the red zip-up jacket and shook his shaved head. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” the bouncer said, folding his arms across his massive chest. Brustein also served for twenty years as director of the Loeb Drama Center, is a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University and drama critic for The New Republic. His latest book, The Tainted Muse: Prejudices and Preconceptions in Shakespeare's Works and Times, was released earlier this year. He has written eleven adaptations for the American Repertory Theater and is the author of thirteen books on theater and society. As founding director of the Yale Repertory and American Repertory Theaters, Robert Brustein has supervised well over two hundred productions, acting in eight and directing twelve.
When they meet again as adults, it's clear that Nel has chosen a life of acceptance and accommodation, while Sula must fight to defend her seemingly unconventional choices and beliefs. Sula Peace leaves Medallion to experience college, men, and life in the big city, an exceptional choice for a black woman to make in the late 1920s.Īs girls, Nel and Sula are the best of friends, only children who find in each other a kindred spirit to share in each girl's loneliness and imagination. Nel Wright grows up to become a wife and mother, happy to remain in her hometown of Medallion, Ohio. In Sula, Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize for literature, tells the story of two women-friends since childhood, separated in young adulthood, and reunited as grown women. It's a leap of critical neglect to assume that when parents call their baby Bob, and say, "because that was the name of our dog," they mean to state that the name Bob means dog. So yes, Eve is the mother of all life, but her name simply doesn't mean life. These two letter sometimes interchange, but this verb, and all its many derivations are always spelled with a yod. The verb is spelled with a yod but the name is spelled with a waw. Note the difference between the verb that means to live and the name Eve: חיה and חוה. Eve character in 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' by Garth Stein Eve White main character in 1957 film 'The Three Faces of Eve' Eve robot in Pixar's 'Wall,E' Eve Rosser character in the Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine Eve Dallas main character in series of novels by J.D. The "mother of all life" gives birth to life and hence comes before it. The "mother of all life" is something that supports life and leads up to it. Hence the "mother of all life" is the biosphere all living things.Īnd hence the NOBSE Study Bible Name List, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names, and even BDB Theological Dictionary report in dubious unison that the name Eve means Life. The phrase "all life" returns six times in Scriptures and never just mankind is meant ( show me). The Hebrew word אם ( 'em), mother, comes from the same root as אמה ( 'amma), mother city, cubit, tribe/ people hence the phrases Mother Babylon and Mother Jerusalem. In Genesis 3:20 it reads that Eve was named this way because she was אם כל־חי mother of all life. |