With Charity For All

With Charity For All
Author: Ken Stern
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0307743810

Each year, the average American household donates almost $2700 to charity. Yet, most donors know little about the American charitable sector and the nonprofit organizations they support. In With Charity For All, former NPR CEO Ken Stern exposes a field that few know: 1.1 million organizations, 10% of the national workforce, and $1.5 trillion in annual revenues. He chronicles the many flaws in the charity system, from tax-exempt charities such as bowl games, roller derby leagues, and beer festivals, to charitable hospitals that pay their executives into the millions, to--worst of all--organizations that raise millions of dollars without ever cracking the problem they have pledged to solve. With Charity For All provides an unflinching look at the philathropic sector but also offers an inspiring prescription for individual giving and widespread reform.

Cast Two Shadows

Cast Two Shadows
Author: Ann Rinaldi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2000-05-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0547351151

A young girl living in South Carolina during the American Revolution discovers the duplicity within herself and others.

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons
Author: Ann Rinaldi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2005-03-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0547351496

Kidnapped from her home in Senegal and sold as a slave in 1761, a young girl is purchased by the wealthy Wheatley family in Boston. Phillis Wheatley—as she comes to be known—has an eager mind and it leads her on an unusual path for a slave—she becomes America’s first published black poet. “Strong characterization and perceptive realism mark this thoughtful portrayal.”—Booklist

The Fifth of March

The Fifth of March
Author: Ann Rinaldi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 355
Release: 1993-11-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 054735116X

“Carefully researched and lovingly written, Rinaldi’s latest presents a girl indentured to John and Abigail Adams during the tense period surrounding the 1770 Massacre. . . . Fortuitously timed, a novel that illuminates a moment from our past that has strong parallels to recent events. Bibliography.”—Kirkus Reviews

Wolf by the Ears

Wolf by the Ears
Author: Ann Rinaldi
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9780785705871

Harriet Hemings, rumored to be the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, one of his black slaves, struggles with the problems facing her: to escape from the velvet cage that is Monticello, or to stay, and thus remain a slave

Beyond the Burning Time

Beyond the Burning Time
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1994
Genre: Occult fiction
ISBN:

When, in the winter of 1691, accusations of witchcraft surface in her small New England village, twelve-year-old Mary Chase fights to save her mother from execution.

Real

Real
Author: Carol Cujec
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2022-10-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781639930807

Inspired by a true story. My name is Charity. I am thirteen years old. Actually, thirteen years plus eighty-seven days. I love sour gummies and pepperoni pizza. That last part no one knows because I have not spoken a sentence since I was born. Each dawning day, I live in terror of my unpredictable body that no one understands. Charity may have mad math skills and a near-perfect memory, but with a mouth that can't speak and a body that jumps, rocks, and howls unpredictably, most people incorrectly assume she cannot learn. Charity's brain works differently from most people's because of her autism, but she's still funny, determined, and kind. So why do people treat her like a disease or ignore her like she's invisible? When Charity's parents enroll her in a public junior high school, she faces her greatest fears. Will kids make fun of her? Will her behavior get her kicked out? Will her million thoughts stay locked in her head forever? With the support of teachers and newfound friends, Charity will have to fight to be treated like a real student. Inspired by a true story, Real speaks to all those who've ever felt they didn't belong and reminds readers that all people are worthy of being included.

A Break with Charity

A Break with Charity
Author: Ann Rinaldi
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1992
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0152003533

While waiting for a church meeting in 1706, Susanna English, daughter of a wealthy Salem merchant, recalls the malice, fear, and accusations of witchcraft that tore her village apart in 1692.

A Break with Charity

A Break with Charity
Author: Ann Rinaldi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 273
Release: 1994-04-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0547351550

A village girl seeking friendship is swept up into the Salem Witch Trials in award-winning author Ann Rinaldi’s young adult novel, A Break with Clarity. Susanna English desperately wants to join the circle of girls who meet every week at the parsonage, but she doesn’t realize the leader of the group, the malicious Ann Putnam, is about to set off a torrent of false accusations that will lead to the imprisonment and execution of countless innocent people—victims of a witch-hunt panic. “A graceful blend of fiction and history, Rinaldi’s incisive and thoughtful narrative brings to life a dark period in America’s past.” —Publishers Weekly “The author’s skillful manipulation of the conventions of the young-adult novel—particularly the rich exploration of being an outsider and going against the mainstream—makes this book a superb vehicle for examining the social dynamics of this legendary event.” —The Horn Book “A Break with Charity portrays an excruciating era in American history from a unique perspective, and it will be enjoyed by readers who enjoy psychology, the supernatural, and history.” —School Library Journal Includes Reader’s Guide

Developing Voice Through the Language Arts

Developing Voice Through the Language Arts
Author: Kathryn Henn-Reinke
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412918111

Let every voice be heard! Developing Voice Through the Language Arts shows prospective teachers how to use the language arts to connect diverse students to the world around them and help them develop their own literate voices. This book considers the integrated nature of the primary language arts - reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visually representing. Authors Kathryn Henn-Reinke and Geralyn A. Chesner encourage preservice and inservice teachers to take a reflective, balanced approach in preparing to teach language arts.