Mila’s World: Mila’s Big Curly Hair

Mila’s World: Mila’s Big Curly Hair
Author: Maslina Yusoff
Publisher: Buku Prima
Total Pages: 36
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ISBN: 9674460160

Mila really hates her big curly hair. She wishes her hair was nice and straight. But, oh dear, what happens when Mila wakes up one morning and is Bald.

Mila’s World: Mila’s Big Secret

Mila’s World: Mila’s Big Secret
Author: Maslina Yusoff
Publisher: Buku Prima
Total Pages: 36
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ISBN: 9674460179

Mila wants a pet but Mak says no. Mila finds an injured squirrel and hides him in her bedroom. But Mila is in for a surprise when her mother discovers her secret.

Mila's Meals

Mila's Meals
Author: Catherine Barnhoorn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2021-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780639822808

Mila's Meals is part cookbook, part whole-food nutrition encyclopaedia covering The Beginning of your child's lifelong relationship with food and The Basics of feeding yourself food that is medicine.

Mila 18

Mila 18
Author: Leon Uris
Publisher: Estate of Leon Uris
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2024-05-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1475606133

When journalist Christopher De Monti is sent to Warsaw on an assignment, he is thrust into the midst of a pre-World War II ghetto and the persecution of Poland’s Jewish population. Bearing witness to the atrocities of the Nazi party and their plans for a “final solution,” De Monti becomes determined to share his story with the world and joins the Jews of Warsaw in their resistance against German occupation. As the war rages on and the ghetto population diminishes, Mila 18 paints a picture of the sheer strength, honor, and willpower of the Jewish resistance as they take their last stand to defend their people. Once again, Leon Uris has given us a heartfelt historical story of Jewish perseverance, which continues its legacy as a New York Times bestselling World War II novel. It was a time of crisis, a time of tragedy--and a time of transcendent courage and determination. Leon Uris's blazing novel is set in the midst of the ghetto uprising that defied Nazi tyranny, as the Jews of Warsaw boldly met Wehrmacht tanks with homemade weapons and bare fists. Here, painted on a canvas as broad as its subject matter, is the compelling of one of the most heroic struggles of modern times. “A profoundly moving experience.” —New York Herald Tribune "Not only authentic as history . . . . It is convincing as fiction . . . . The story of a sacrifice that had real meaning and will forever be remembered . . . . A fine and important novel." -- The New York Times

That Hair

That Hair
Author: Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida
Publisher: Tin House Books
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1947793500

Finalist for the 2021 PEN Translation Prize A Best Translation of the Year at World Literature Today That Hair is a family album of sorts that touches upon the universal subjects of racism, feminism, colonialism, immigration, identity and memory. “The story of my curly hair,” says Mila, the narrator of Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida’s autobiographically inspired tragicomedy, “intersects with the story of at least two countries and, by extension, the underlying story of the relations among several continents: a geopolitics.” Mila is the Luanda-born daughter of a black Angolan mother and a white Portuguese father. She arrives in Lisbon at the tender age of three, and feels like an outsider from the jump. Through the lens of young Mila’s indomitably curly hair, her story interweaves memories of childhood and adolescence, family lore spanning four generations, and present-day reflections on the internal and external tensions of a European and African identity. In layered and luscious prose, That Hair enriches and deepens a global conversation, challenging in necessary ways our understanding of racism, feminism, and the double inheritance of colonialism, not yet fifty years removed from Angola’s independence. It’s the story of coming of age as a black woman in a nation at the edge of Europe that is also rapidly changing, of being considered an outsider in one’s own country, and the impossibility of “returning” to a homeland one doesn’t in fact know.

Destiny's Spring

Destiny's Spring
Author: Iona Morrison
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2023-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1509248056

Desirae Fontaine, better known by her friends as Destiny, is on her way to see her friend Peyton in Blue Cove. Having gone through a lot in her life the past few months, Destiny needs some downtime to reset her life. Her adventure begins on the plane when she meets a sweet older woman named Mila Ferris. Their conversation during the flight leads to her sharing her heart with the kind woman and ends with a bit of unseen magic in a bag of jellybeans. Evan Parker has his own hardships to overcome and could use the help of the kind old gentleman who comes with a little magic of his own. Can two lonely hearts find love and two weary fairies find help in helping Anything can happen. It’s Destiny’s spring.

The Splendor of Silence

The Splendor of Silence
Author: Indu Sundaresan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2007-09-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743283686

Internationally bestselling author Sundaresan pens her first novel set in the 20th century, merging her Indian and American inspirations into a heartrending tale of tragic love and clashing cultures in a time of war.

Mila Hildebrand is Forever Not Yours (The Immortal Mistakes, Book 3)

Mila Hildebrand is Forever Not Yours (The Immortal Mistakes, Book 3)
Author: Sandra L. Vasher
Publisher: Mortal Ink Press, LLC
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2020-06-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1950989070

Scorn her at your immortal peril. Mila Hildebrand is a brainy beauty with her eyes on the sky. But her chances of reaching the stars are low when a terrorist attack leaves her dying from radiation poisoning along with hundreds of others. Then a miracle medical cure saves her, and there are just a few side effects. Red eyes and immortality. As an immortal, Mila’s dream of becoming an astronaut could be reality, but she soon finds that the immortal community is full of bullies who use, manipulate and stereotype her. Only Christian Godric, a socially awkward musical savant, sees her true potential. With Christian’s encouragement, Mila begins to fight for what is hers. But how far will she go to rise above her enemies? Can Mila get what she wants without losing herself? Or will the victim become the baddest villain of them all? Mila Hildebrand is Forever Not Yours is the third book in The Immortal Mistakes series. But this is just the beginning. See where immortality takes your favorite immortals in Sandra L. Vasher’s Mortal Heritance series.

Louder Than Words

Louder Than Words
Author: Ashley Woodfolk
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2024-06-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1338875582

This amazing collaboration brings together two inspirational Black artists, NYT bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk and actress Lexi Underwood, for a story about the transformative power of art as protest and its capacity to change the world. When Jordyn Jones transfers to Edgewood High, it's her opportunity to forget everything that happened at her old school. To forget what she and her friends did. To forget who she used to be. That was a different person — this is a fresh start. Now she's someone new, someone better. Except it's the very first day of school, and somehow everyone already seems to know who she is. But Jordyn soon finds a group of friends, and she even starts talking to Izaiah, a soccer star who shares her love of art. Life is good. That's until an anonymous podcast called Tomcat Tea begins revealing humiliating secrets about Edgewood students, ruining their reputations and in some cases their futures. Jordyn and her friends know they have to do something—and this is Jordyn's chance to prove to herself that she's changed. Jordyn's plan to take down the podcast throws her into the spotlight, and as the momentum builds, so do the risks—because Jordyn has a secret of her own, one that could ruin everything . . . and that a mysterious harasser online is threatening to expose. With riveting prose, New York Times bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk and acclaimed actress Lexi Underwood balance an insightful depiction of the power of art as protest with asking some of the biggest questions facing teenagers today—in an era where mistakes can be picked over endlessly online, who is worthy of forgiveness? Can someone ever really change?

The Way Past Winter

The Way Past Winter
Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452181616

The Way Past Winter is a riveting adventure about magic, an eternal winter, and one girl's unbreakable determination to reunite her family. Mila, her sisters, and her brother, Oskar, live in a small forest cabin, surviving in a world gripped by frost and snow. When a mysterious man shows up on her doorstep, Mila and her family grant him shelter for the night. But in the morning, the man is gone—and he's taken Oskar with them. • Written by award-winning and internationally recognized author Kiran Millwood Hargrave • Inspired by European folklore • Middle grade novel that explores deeper topics—grief, inner strength, and the unbreakable bonds of family Determined to save their brother, Mila and her sisters set out on a mission to rescue him. But challenges await them at every turn: wolves with the speed of demons, tempestuous gold, an untrustworthy mage—and always the relentless, stinging freeze of winter. The Way Past Winter is a classic adventure story in the vein of Phillip Pullman, Anne Ursu, and Kelly Barnhill that evokes the best of the middle grade fantasy genre. • A beautifully written, smartly paced tale of riveting adventure with a focus on family • Perfect for children ages 10 and up who love fantasy and magic • You'll love this book if you love books like Greenglass House by Kate Milford, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill.