A Slice of the Moon

A Slice of the Moon
Author: Sandi Toksvig
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2016-08-25
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 0552566594

"Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life . . . Slim Hannigan and her family are poor but happy. Theirs is a life filled with love and laughter - and a pet pig called Hamlet. But things change overnight, and suddenly they find themselves facing hunger and danger like they have never known . . . So they leave their village in Ireland to journey to America where, they hope, family and fortune await them. Slim soon finds herself living a life that feels just like one of those far-fetched stories her Da has always told. Can one brave girl keep her family together no matter what is thrown at them . . . ? "

Slice of Moon

Slice of Moon
Author: Kim Dower
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781597099714

New poetry by Kim Dower, whose "sensual and evocative" verses "seamlessly combine humor and heartache" (The Los Angeles Times)

Lemon Slice Moon

Lemon Slice Moon
Author: Kevin Polman
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre:
ISBN:

Lemon Slice Moon is a contemporary novel about married couple Gordon and Esperanza and their dog Jack. Everyday problems pertaining to all stages of their lives are mixed with elements of magical realism and spirituality.

50 Things to See on the Moon

50 Things to See on the Moon
Author: John A. Read
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1459505220

Have you always wanted to explore the Moon like Neil Armstrong or the eleven other astronauts who have walked on its surface? You can tour the Moon from your own backyard with a small telescope or binoculars. This book will point you to the Sea of Tranquility (the landing spot for Apollo 11) and many other fascinating features you can spot on the Moon's surface. Beginning with the New Moon, as each day passes, an additional slice of the Moon becomes visible. With each new slice comes new craters, lunar seas and jagged mountain ranges. This easy-to-use, illustrated reference book enables everyone, young and old, to better appreciate our nearest neighbour in space.

The End of the Sky

The End of the Sky
Author: Sandi Toksvig
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2017-10-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1448121515

11-year-old Slim Hannigan and her family left their home in Ireland to travel to America - in search of a better life. It has been so long and such a journey that Slim Hannigan and the rest of her family can't even imagine what home looks like anymore. And there are many, many miles across America for them to travel before they reach their destination. Between them and the home of their uncle lie thousands of miles of dangerous land, wild animals and strangers who do not wish them well. Slim has to draw on bravery like she's never known to keep her family together and to keep them moving forward.

The Moon Over High Street

The Moon Over High Street
Author: Natalie Babbitt
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2014-08-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545393027

The new novel by Natalie Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting Joe Casimir needed help with the choice he had to make. But how do you choose the person who will help you choose? Mr. Boulderwall, the millionaire, knew exactly what he wanted Joe to choose. And millionaires are experts at making choices. Well, aren't they? But Vinnie, the number-two man down at Sope Electric, didn't much approve of millionaires. He said to Joe, "Listen, kid, all of 'em act like they're the only ones with a ticket to the show!" But he didn't have any real advice to offer. Joe's Gran didn't either, as it turned out, and neither did Aunt Myra.The good advice was there, though. Right across the street. Just waiting right across the street. There are a lot of good things just waiting. You'll see.

A Slice of Organic Life

A Slice of Organic Life
Author: Sheherazade Goldsmith
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2010
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0756662117

Provides a comprehensive guide to growing one's own food organically, as well as how to cook home-grown produce, raise one's own selected livestock, and develop a more sustainable lifestyle.

Rise of the Moon

Rise of the Moon
Author: J. B. Caine
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578813783

YA Paranormal Literature: Book One of the Arcana seriesSummaryLia has always been unique. Never one to fit into the crowd, always a little too smart and a little too fascinated by Poe, magic, and a good pair of Doc Martens...a little too DIFFERENT to mix with her high school crowd. When she writes and performs her own short play about the struggles of a true Witch during the Salem Witch Hunts, strange things begin to happen, uncovering a not-so-hidden family secret and a vast conspiracy outside of the normal, sleepy life in her hometown.

Nigel and the Moon

Nigel and the Moon
Author: Antwan Eady
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN:

Tells the story of a young Black schoolboy with big dreams of moving past his fear of judgment to share his dreams with his class during career week.

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel
Author: Julian K. Jarboe
Publisher: Lethe Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2020-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781590216927

"In this debut collection of body-horror fairy tales and mid-apocalyptic Catholic cyberpunk, memory and myth, loss and age ... are the tools of storyteller Jarboe, a talent in the field of queer fabulism. Bodily autonomy and transformation, the importance of negative emotions, unhealthy relationships, and bad situations [inform the] staggering and urgent question of how [to] build and nurture meaning, love, and safety in a larger world/society that might not be 'fixable'"--Publisher marketing.