Patricia Mccormick: 14 books

This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge. Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and...

When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero. There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death....

Perfect for fans of suspenseful nonfiction such as books by Steve Sheinkin, this is a page-turning narrative about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor and pacifist who became an unlikely hero during World War II and took part in a plot to kill Hitler. Written by two-time National Book Award finalist Patricia...

MALALA YOUSAFZAI – AUSGEZEICHNET MIT DEM FRIEDENSNOBELPREIS 2014Malalas Schicksal bewegt die WeltZum ersten Mal erzählt die jüngste Friedensnobelpreisträgerin nun ihr Leben für jugendliche Leser selbst – einfühlsam, aufrüttelnd und direkt. Die damals fünfzehnjährige Malala wollte einfach...

Nominiert für den Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis 2016 (Jugendjury)Von der preisgekrönten Autorin von ›Verkauft‹ – Ein Jugendroman über die Schreckensherrschaft der Roten Khmer in KambodschaAls Arn Chorn Pond noch ein Junge ist, übernimmt das radikale kommunistische Regime der Roten Khmer...

A brush with the supernatural? A rock concert? A reunion? A poolside revelation? The need to know what's up? The confessions of a friend? The dream of escape? A sick pet? An English assignment? The rear-window view of a murder next door? The search for the mother you never met? What keeps you up all night?

Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Though she is desperately poor, her life is full of simple pleasures, like playing hopscotch with her best friend from school, and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp. But...

The bestselling memoir by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't...

Toby is a freshman whose life is slowly unraveling. His father has left, his brother's an addict, and his mother is solely focused on dating, in this realistic and engaging story about trying to hold a family together.

"Élevée par des parents éclairés dans un Pakistan en pleine transformation, Malala Yousafzai a toujours été encouragée à défendre ses opinions. Son père, en créant sa propre école et en s’opposant ouvertement aux talibans, lui a montré la voie. Il a instillé en elle la soif d’apprendre,...

Bonbonpapier am StacheldrahtAls Matt aufwacht, liegt er im Lazarett. Schädel-Hirn-Trauma nach einem Granatenangriff, sagen die Ärzte. Er selbst kann sich nicht erinnern. Er kann nur mit Mühe seine Beine bewegen, das Sprechen fällt ihm schwer, die einfachsten Wörter fallen ihm nicht mehr ein....

In `Ik ben Malala (voor jongeren) schrijft Malala Yousafzai het verhaal van haar strijd voor onderwijs voor iedereen. In zeer korte tijd groeide ze uit tot een internationaal symbool van vreedzaam protest en in 2014 werd ze winnaar van de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede. Zij was nog maar tien jaar oud toen...

PREMIO NOBEL DE LA PAZ 2014. Malala Yousafzai sólo tenía diez años cuando los talibanes se apoderaron de su región. Decían que la música era pecado. Decían que las mujeres no debían ir al mercado. Decían que las niñas no debían ir al colegio. Malala creció en una pacífica región de Pakistán...

Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...