Jewel
Author
Language
English
Description
When Jewel's first album, Pieces of You, topped the charts in 1995, her emotional voice and vulnerable performance were groundbreaking. Drawing comparisons to Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, a singer-songwriter of her kind had not emerged in decades. Now, with more than thirty million albums sold worldwide, Jewel tells the story of her life, and the lessons learned from her experience and her music. Living on a homestead in Alaska, Jewel learned to yodel...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union soldier and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever hear. They were no longer enslaved: they were free. The inhumane practice of forced labor with no pay was now illegal in all of the United States. This news was cause for celebration, so the group of people jumped in excitement, danced, and wept tears of joy. They did not know it...
6) Epoch
Author
Series
Transcend duet volume 2
Publisher
Jewel E. Ann
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Some lives end unfinished, and some transcend time. After a horrific incident, Swayze finds herself trapped between two lives. Patchy memories and fear for her own safety thrust her into a gut-wrenching journey to uncover the truth. Will she let her dreams slip away to seek retribution and find the missing pieces to a puzzle that existed a lifetime ago? "I'm not going to watch you self-destruct. I'm not going to watch you fall in love with another...
7) Transcend
Author
Series
Transcend duet volume 1
Publisher
Jewel E. Ann
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In another life, she was my forever." An unexpected tragedy leaves Professor Nathaniel Hunt a widower alone with a newborn baby. He hires a nanny. She's young, but well-qualified, with a simple life, a crazy name obsession, and a boyfriend she met at the grocery store. Over time, he discovers she knows things about him--things that happened before she was born--like a hidden scar on his head, his favorite pizza, and how he cheated on a high school...
Author
Publisher
KaBoom!
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang are headed to Camp Remote for a summer of hiking, camping, and combating a group of rival bullies. It all comes to a head with a wild rapids raft race in which Charlie Brown s leadership skills are tested, Peppermint Patty learns some of the pitfall of democracy, and Snoopy comes to the rescue! Inspired by the classic animated features film, Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown, this brand-new...
15) Detour
Author
Publisher
Rhino Records
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Cyndi Lauper's unmistakable voice on country classics from the 40s, 50s and 60s and features guest appearances from county music stars Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and Willie Nelson.
18) Lost in America
Publisher
Magnolia
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In the world's wealthiest country, 4.2 million teenagers are homeless. Former Navy veteran and homeless youth, director Rotimi Rainwater shows viewers the realities of life on the streets as he travels the country to shine a light on the epidemic of youth homelessness in America. With the help of celebrities and politicians who have been homeless themselves or advocates of the repressed, the film takes a large scale issue down to a very personal level....
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This Christmas, Emily Merkle (aka Mrs. Miracle) is working in the toy department at Finley's. Her boss is Jake Finley, the owner's son, who needs a miracle to keep the business afloat. Holly Larson needs a miracle, too. Her widowed brother who is in the army won't be home for the holidays. For Christmas her nephew wants the toy robot he saw at Finley's, and she plans to get it for him. Fortunately, it's Mrs. Miracle to the rescue. Next to making children...