Zink

Zink
Author: Cherie Bennett
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1998
Genre:
ISBN: 9780871298829

"Zink is about true courage in the face of unpredictable predators. In an age where too many are quick to confront fears and differences with senseless violence, Zink exemplifies the importance of tolerance and acceptance. Imaginative, funny, and heartbreaking, this allegory features a pre-teen girl with leukemia and a herd of talking African zebras whom she meets when she is diagnosed with her life-threatening illness. The zebras include street-smart Ice Z, grandfatherly Papa Zeke and pompous Zilch, along with Shlep, a furry green monkey who's certain he's also a zebra. The zebras recount to her their legend of Zink, a mythical polka-dotted zebra once an outcast but later a hero. As Becky's condition worsens and she is mistreated by some classmates, she zaps back and forth between real life and the zebra world, until the shattering, breathtaking, and uplifting climax."--Publisher's description."

Zink the Zebra

Zink the Zebra
Author: Kelly Weil
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Brothers and sisters
ISBN: 9780836816266

Zink is different from other zebras, including her brother Fink, because she has spots instead of stripes, but her parents reassure her that she is not weird.

Searching for David's Heart

Searching for David's Heart
Author: Cherie Bennett
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1998
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780590306737

A young girl who's beloved brother is killed in an accident, searches for his heart which was donated for a heart transplant.

Life in the Fat Lane

Life in the Fat Lane
Author: Cherie Bennett
Publisher: Ember
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385740069

Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts gaining weight and becomes a fat girl.

Scalamandre

Scalamandre
Author: Steven Stolman
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2013-10-16
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1423634950

A formidable textiles house and decorative tastemaker for more than 80 years in the world of high-end interior design. Scalamandré is revered for its comprehensive offerings of fabrics, wallcoverings and trims available to-the-trade through design centers across the United States, Europe, and Asia. The Scalamandré touch has also been applied to compelling collections of china, crystal, flatware and gifts along with ultra-luxury bedding and related decorative accessories showcased in fine stores worldwide. Scalamandré: Haute Décor celebrates the world of Scalamandré as seen through the eyes of the international design elite while paying homage to the people, places and events that contributed to the nearly cinematic Scalamandré story. All those who appreciate and cultivate beauty in their lives will enjoy this insider’s look at this interior design treasure. Steven Stolman, designer, writer and all-around style provocateur, was born in Boston, raised in West Hartford and attended Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern Universities before graduating from New York’s Parsons School of Design. Known for his lighthearted use of decorative fabrics in apparel design, he now serves as president of Scalamandré, bringing the legendary American textiles house into its future. He divides his time between homes in Florida, New York, and Wisconsin.

Anne Frank and Me

Anne Frank and Me
Author: Cherie Bennett
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2002-11-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 110107583X

In one moment Nicole Burns's life changes forever. The sound of gunfire at an Anne Frank exhibit, the panic, the crowd, and Nicole is no longer Nicole. Whiplashed through time and space, she wakes to find herself a privileged Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II. No more Internet diaries and boy troubles for Nicole-now she's a carefree Jewish girl, with wonderful friends and a charming boyfriend. But when the Nazi death grip tightens over France, Nicole is forced into hiding, and begins a struggle for survival that brings her face to face with Anne Frank. "This is a powerful and affecting story." (KLIATT)

A Heart Divided

A Heart Divided
Author: Cherie Bennett
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-05-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0307556654

Is the Confederate battle flag a racist symbol—or a proud reminder of Southern heritage? When Kate’s liberal-minded family moves from the suburbs of New York City to a small town near Nashville, Kate is convinced her life is over. Redford lives up to Kate’s low expectations. The Confederate battle flag waves proudly in the sky, the local diner serves grits and sweet tea, and country music rules the airwaves. Then she meets Jackson Redford III, scion of the town and embodiment of everything Dixie. And dang if brilliant, gorgeous Jack doesn’t make Kate decide that maybe her new hometown isn’t so bad after all. But a petition to replace the school’s Confederate flag symbol is stirring up trouble. Kate dives right in, not afraid to attack what she sees as offensive. Getting involved means making enemies, though, and soon, Kate and Jack—and their families—find themselves pitted against each other in a bitter controversy: not just about the flag, but about what it means to be an American.

Mammals and Birds as Bioindicators of Trace Element Contaminations in Terrestrial Environments

Mammals and Birds as Bioindicators of Trace Element Contaminations in Terrestrial Environments
Author: Elżbieta Kalisińska
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 707
Release: 2019-03-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030001210

The population explosion that began in the 1960s has been accompanied by a decrease in the quality of the natural environment, e.g. pollution of the air, water and soil with essential and toxic trace elements. Numerous poisonings of people and animals with highly toxic anthropogenic Hg and Cd in the 20th century prompted the creation of the abiotic environment, mainly in developed countries. However, the system is insufficient for long-term exposure to low concentrations of various substances that are mainly ingested through food and water. This problem could be addressed by the monitoring of sentinels – organisms that accumulate trace elements and as such reflect the rate and degree of environmental pollution. Usually these are long-lived vertebrates – herbivorous, omnivorous and carnivorous birds and mammals, especially game species. This book describes the responses of the sentinels most commonly used in ecotoxicological studies to 17 trace elements.

Zack the Lazy Zebra

Zack the Lazy Zebra
Author: Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439165495

Zack to wake up? Find out is this zippy tale that teaches the letter Z. AlphaTales are humorous stories designed to help young children recognize letters and the sounds they make. Lay the foundation for reading success with these kid-pleasing books—one for each letter of the alphabet. For use with Grades PreK-1.

An Anthropologist on Mars

An Anthropologist on Mars
Author: Oliver Sacks
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2012-11-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0345805887

From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat • Fascinating portraits of neurological disorder in which men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushered them into another reality. Here are seven detailed narratives of neurological patients, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident, but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white; and an autistic professor who cannot decipher the simplest social exchange between humans, but has built a career out of her intuitive understanding of animal behavior. Sacks combines the well honed mind of an academician with the verve of a true storyteller.