The Jumping-Off Place

The Jumping-Off Place
Author: Marian Hurd McNeely
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2017-05-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0486815684

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This 1930 Newbery Honor Book relates an exciting tale of adventure in which four orphaned children head for the South Dakota prairie, where they battle drought, squatters, and other challenges.

The Jumping-Off Place

The Jumping-Off Place
Author: White Kiser Dolores White Kiser
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2010-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440198187

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Maria lifted her hand to knock, but stopped when she heard a woman speaking. "Pastor, I met the most pathetic-looking girl yesterday," the voice said. "Where was that?" "Here at the church . . ." Maria felt her face burning with shame. She had fallen into disgrace, but not far enough to endure the term "pathetic." * * * "Did you come to the Ladies' Aid Meeting?" the woman asked. "Yeah. I came for aid," Maria answered, trying to control the bitterness in her voice. "I came for aid yesterday, but you asked me to eat and I did. I came again today to see if you needed a janitor to clean the church, but I know you don't, so I'll leave." * * * Maria Grant feels she at her wit's end-hungry, weary, and bedraggled-all for the love of a boy. Why did she leave her loving family to be near Orville? He didn't care one iota for her. She had sunk so low, all because of Orville.

The Jumping-Off Place

The Jumping-Off Place
Author: Marian Hurd McNeely
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2017-05-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0486821390

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This 1930 Newbery Honor Book relates an exciting tale of adventure in which four orphaned children head for the South Dakota prairie, where they battle drought, squatters, and other challenges.

Robert Altman

Robert Altman
Author: Patrick McGilligan
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 682
Release: 1989-07-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312304676

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The most prodigal, prolific, and visionary director to emerge from post-sixties Hollywood, Robert Altman is a man whose mystique sometimes threatens to overshadow his many critically acclaimed films (including MASH).

The Jumping-off Place

The Jumping-off Place
Author: Ethel Shackelford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1916
Genre: Attitude change
ISBN:

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Jumping Off the Planet

Jumping Off the Planet
Author: David Gerrold
Publisher: BenBella Books
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1948836874

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A trip to the Moon? Sounds like the perfect family vacation. Only, for 13-year-old Charles "Chigger" Dingillian, life is anything but perfect. His parents fight so much, they put the "dis" into dysfunctional. His brothers, Stinky and Weird, are impossible to get along with. And his neighborhood is a down-trodden tunnel community on Earth. It's supposed to be a short vacation—a trip up the Line, Earth's space elevator, and then home again. Halfway there, Chigger hits on a plan: if his parents can't find a way to work things out, why not just divorce them? The idea sounds crazy . . . until it works. But Chigger soon realizes he has much bigger problems: The people they meet on the Moon seem overly friendly and way too interested in his family. Suddenly, the quick pleasure trip takes a detour into danger as Chigger suspects they are targets of an interstellar manhunt. Their only hope may be to jump off the planet.

Jumping Off Swings

Jumping Off Swings
Author: Jo Knowles
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2010-03-16
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0763651729

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One pregnancy. Four friends. It all adds up to a profound time of change in this poignant, sensitively written YA novel. (Age 14 and up) Ellie remembers how the boys kissed her. Touched her. How they begged for more. And when she gave it to them, she felt loved. For a while anyway. So when Josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life, leads her from a party to the backseat of his van, Ellie follows. But their "one-time thing" is far from perfect: Ellie gets pregnant. Josh reacts with shame and heartbreak, while their confidantes, Caleb and Corinne, deal with their own complex swirl of emotions. No matter what Ellie chooses, all four teenagers will be forced to grow up a little faster as a result. Told alternately from each character’s point of view, this deeply insightful novel explores the aftershocks of the biggest decision of one fragile girl’s life -- and the realities of leaving innocence behind.

Jumping the Nail

Jumping the Nail
Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1993-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152413583

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YA. The jumping place was called the Nail and it was ninety feet from the top of the cliff to the water below.

Living with Jackie Chan

Living with Jackie Chan
Author: Jo Knowles
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2013-09-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0763667161

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After fathering a baby, a teenager moves in with his karate-loving uncle and tries to come to terms with his guilt — and find a way to forgive. This isn’t how Josh expected to spend senior year. He thought he’d be hanging out with his best friends, Dave and Caleb, driving around, partying, just like always. But here he is, miles from home — new school, new life, living with his Jackie-Chan-obsessed uncle, Larry, and trying to forget. But Josh can’t forget. So many things bring back memories of last year and the night that changed everything. Every day the pain, the shame, and the just not knowing are never far from his thoughts. Why is he such a loser? How could he have done what he did? He finds some moments of peace when he practices karate with Stella, the girl upstairs and his one real friend. As they move together through the katas, Josh feels connected in a way he has never felt before. He wonders if they could be more than friends, but Stella’s jealous boyfriend will make sure that doesn’t happen. And maybe it doesn’t matter. If Stella knew the truth, would she still think he was a True Karate Man? Readers first met Josh in Jumping Off Swings which told the story of four high school students and how one pregnancy changed all of their lives. In thiscompanion book, they follow Josh as he tries to come to terms with what happened, and find a way to forgive.

The Jumping Off Place

The Jumping Off Place
Author: Sherry Solomon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1989
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

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