![]() ![]() Greg's mother wants to be vacationing in a place where there are more people, so they pay to spend a week at a luxury RV campground. They make several stops, arriving at a fish hatchery they unknowingly swim in, an activity center, and a National Forest. The family realizes that they can vacation in the camper and not have to spend money at restaurants and hotels.Īfter buying supplies and cleaning the camper, the family takes off on the road. Unable to reach a decision, Greg's family receives a call from his great-grandmother, asking them to take his uncle's camper out of her driveway. The Heffleys can not afford an expensive vacation, but they discuss possible family vacations that they can afford. Greg Heffley and his family have been living in his grandmother's basement for two months (due to the events in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball), and they are beginning to go stir crazy. The book was created during the COVID-19 pandemic, which influenced the writing. ![]() ![]() The book was promoted with a pool-party themed drive-through event. It received many positive reviews and was a best-seller for several weeks following its release. The story follows protagonist Greg Heffley and his family as they vacation in a recreational vehicle (RV). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End is the 15th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Here is the woman tormented by dreams and questions of her own-questions of service and self-determination, of history and memory, of the kindness or cruelty of fate. Here is the woman escaping into the unreceded waters, where a seductive angel tempts her to join a strange and haunted world. Here is the woman torn between faith and fury, lending her strength to her sons and their wives, caring for an unruly menagerie of restless creatures, silently mourning the lover she left behind. Now, in a work of astounding invention, acclaimed writer Sarah Blake reclaims the story of his wife, Naamah, the matriarch who kept them alive. We know the story of Noah, moved by divine vision to launch their escape. With the coming of the Great Flood-the mother of all disasters-only one family was spared, drifting on an endless sea, waiting for the waters to subside. ![]() "A dreamy and transgressive feminist retelling of the Great Flood from the perspective of Noah's wife as she wrestles with the mysterious metaphysics of womanhood at the end of the world." - O, The Oprah Magazine ![]() ![]() ![]() She displays strength and resilience in the face of adversity, and it was fun to follow along and cheer her on. Her character is well fleshed out in all of its complexity, triumph, and heartbreak. I love stories about strong female characters, and immediately found Ariadne to be a captivating heroine. ![]() When she is faced with the terrible atrocities happening under King Minos, will she have the courage to do the right thing and finally accept her destiny? Ariadne vows to never be a pawn for the gods or for mortal men. 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Even readers older than the target audience will appreciate the book's simple charm, wisdom, and warmth." - Booklist Equally noteworthy are the expressive drawings and universal lessons of persistence, kindness, and loyalty." - People"Delightfully sweet. ![]() A simple but by no means simplistic tale emphasizing the universality of kindness." - Kirkus Reviews "As always, Owly is a steadfast and indispensable friend to everyone he meets, including young readers in search of warmhearted adventure." - School Library Journal"Runton's illustrations glow with vivid and lustrous color, the characters all delightfully expressive." - Publishers Weekly"A cute little tale." - School Library Connection Praise for the Owly series: "Appeals to all ages. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Through this frequent activity, it is Ana Rosa who first spots a whale swimming in the bay, an event which captures the excitement of the whole town. One of the central aspects of Ana Rosa’s personality is that she enjoys observing, especially from her special place in the gri gri tree near her house. ![]() After Ana Rosa confesses to stealing pages from Guario’s precious work notebook, she wrestles with the tension of letting her family down as a trade-off for her passion. Equally important to the people that Ana Rosa lives with are words: Ana Rosa is an aspiring poet, even though she knows that being a writer is a treacherous career in the Dominican Republic. Through both the poems and the first person story that follows, Ana Rosa reveals more about herself and about the people around her.Īs Ana Rosa begins narrating her story, she describes the things and people that are important to her: Mami, who teaches her most life lessons, Papi, who is a dreamer and drinks a lot, Guario, her hard-working older brother, and Angela, her beautiful older sister. In each chapter, Ana Rosa discovers something significant about her world usually this is connected to the topic of her poem. Each chapter of The Color of My Words begins with a short poem penned by the protagonist, Ana Rosa, who is 12 years old and very observant. ![]() ![]() But then a hungry hawk nearly kills Burr, the pigeon she loves most, and leaves him gravely hurt.Ĭoo must make a perilous trip to the ground for the first time to find Tully, a retired postal worker who occasionally feeds Coo's flock, and who can heal injured birds. Coo has lived her entire life on the rooftop with the pigeons who saved her. ![]() Ten years ago, an impossible thing happened: a flock of pigeons picked up a human baby who had been abandoned in an empty lot and carried her, bundled in blankets, to their roof. For readers who love books by Kate DiCamillo and Katherine Applegate. Gorgeous and literary, this is an unforgettable animal story about friendship, family, home, and belonging. In this exceptional debut, one young girl's determination to save the flock she calls family creates a lasting impact on her community and in her heart. ![]() "An unforgettable story of friendship, love, and finding your flock." -Erin Entrada Kelly, Newbery Medal-winning author of Hello, Universe ![]() ![]() They answer comprehension questions and summarize at the end. Given the poem divided into strips, students use knowledge of rhythm and rhyme to assemble the complete poem. 8 pages Adobe Reader required for access.įree script for 8+ voices, ages 9 and older.Ĭovering Your Bases: Rhyming, Ordering, and Recapping In this handout, students read the poem and answer multiple choice and short-answer questions, including questions about metaphor, simile, rhyme, synecdoche, allusion, and enjambment. ![]() Note: Storyboard That helps sponsor this site. ![]() Students work with vocabulary, character maps, theme, more. 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Having lived in a world full, according to her mother, of ‘beautiful men’, she has found that in death it is the women she falls for, their beauty she cannot turn away from, and it is the women and girls who, over her centuries in the village and at the monastery, she has sought to protect from the attentions of men with what little power she has. Blanca’s was a life cut short and she is outraged. ![]() Witness to this tumultuous arrival is Blanca, the ghost of a teenage girl who has been at the monastery for over three hundred years. They are there to create and to convalesce, to live a simple life after the wildness of their Paris days. In 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her children travel to a monastery in Mallorca. 'A gorgeous, wildly seductive novel, shimmering with intelligence, humour and joy' - Sarah Waters, Financial Times Book of the Year ![]() |