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OCLC. 1023214260. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend is a 2014 picture book by Dan Santat. The book won the 2015 Caldecott Award and tells the story of an imaginary friend in search of a child. This is the third book Santat has written, following The Guild of Geniuses (2004) and Sidekicks (2011), and his second picture book.
The story does not unfold in chronological order; instead, it is arranged alphabetically by dictionary entries that give glimpses into the joys and struggles the characters face over the course of their relationship. Major themes. The Lover's Dictionary is "a story about love, in all its messy complicated reality," says Levithan.
Connie is an attractive, self-conscious 15-year-old girl. She has a strained relationship with her mother, who is jealous of her youth and beauty. Her mother constantly compares her to her sister, who is plain and hard-working. Her father is fairly distant and busy with work. Connie enjoys going out with friends to the mall and "a drive-in ...
To that end, “The Imaginary” opens with a spectacular demonstration of the power of Amanda’s creativity: She conjures an adventure-filled dream world of magical creatures, impossible physics ...
Publication date. 1953. " A Good Man Is Hard to Find " is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it as "the story of a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida [from Georgia ], is slaughtered by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit". [2]
Jackson , late 1950s [6] Jackson, Hyman family [7] Jackson [7] by Erich Hartmann. Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories .
Then we fell in love. I told him he was too short for me. Then we fell in love. Joyce Maynard. July 2, 2024 at 5:12 PM. I was 57 years old — divorced almost 25 years — when I met Jim on Match ...
400 pp (US) ISBN. 1501115073. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (published in the United Kingdom as My Grandmother Sends her Regards and Apologises) is a novel written by the Swedish columnist, blogger, and writer Fredrik Backman. The book was first published in Swedish (as Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt) in 2013.