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    Thalia Book Club: Gary Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars

    by Gary Schmidt ...
    Narrated by Khris Lewin ...
    Series series Thalia Kids' Book Club

    Unabridged

    1 hour 4 min

    Two-time Newbery Medal winner Gary Schmidt talks about the frequently comic mishaps and adventures of a 12-year-old Long Island boy in the Vietnam era. Actor Khris Lewin performs an excerpt from the book. Co-presented with Bank Street Bookstore.Thalia Kids' Book Club events are lively talks between children's book authors and their fans (ages 9-12), plus one event for teens. Each event includes a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • First Boy

    by Gary Schmidt ...
    This fast-paced thriller from the award-winning author follows a teenager caught up in political intrigue."You're my first boy, Cooper, my first boy," grandfather says just before he dies. All alone in the world, without even a dog, the only thing that keeps Cooper going is running the dairy farm.Suddenly, black sedans are swarming all around Cooper's small New Hampshire town, driven by mysterious ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mara's Stories: Glimmers in the Darkness

    by Gary Schmidt ...
    A testament to the power of stories, and how they may bring hope even in times of darkness."Everyone gathers around, and from her lips to their ears the stories go, and for a little while the camp disappears, and for a little while they are all free."As night falls, the women gather their children to listen to Mara tell her stories. They are stories of light and hope and freedom, stories of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • In God's Hands

    by Gary Schmidt, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner ...
    A Charming tale to remind us all that our kindness works miracles.“When the sun sets and stars fill the sky, the square in the little town grows quiet and still. The cool air of distant hills mingles with the sweet scent of baking bread. The moon rises and glows softly. It’s the sort of place where miracles could happen.”David and Jacob live in the same little, ordinary town, but it’s almost as if ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

    by Hugh Lofting, Gary Schmidt ...
    Series series Doctor Dolittle Series
    Dolittle is soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures, starring Robert Downey Jr., and featuring the voice talents of Emma Thompson, Tom Holland, Selena Gomez and John Cena! Doctor Doolittle returns in this classic Newberry Medal winner!Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the most amazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal! Told by 9-and-a-half-year-old ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Tender Gaze

    Compassionate Encounters on the German Screen, Page, and Stage

    by Anna-Rebecca Nowicki, Joseph Rockelmann & Christina Joseph Rockelmann, Dr Christina Weiler, John Blair, Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien, Nancy Nenno, Dr Gary Schmidt, Erika Nelson Mukherjee, Nikhil Sathe, Professor Lorna Martens ...
    The gaze, understood as a way of looking at others that involves contemplation and the operation of power, has an extensive history of iterations such as the male gaze (Mulvey), the oppositional gaze (hooks), and the postcolonial gaze (Said). This essay collection develops a supplemental theory of what Muriel Cormican has coined the "tender gaze" and traces its occurrence in German film, theater, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • In God's Hands

    by Lawrence Kushner, Gary Schmidt ...
    A Charming tale to remind us all that our kindness works miracles.When the sun sets and stars fill the sky, the square in the little town grows quiet and still. The cool air of distant hills mingles with the sweet scent of baking bread. The moon rises and glows softly. Its the sort of place where miracles could happen.  David and Jacob live in the same little, ordinary town, but its almost as if ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Styx and Stones

    by Gary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge ...
    Percy Jackson meets The Labors of Hercules Beal in this hilarious, page-turning fantasy adventure with a heart of gold from two award-winning authors.Simon expected more from life than being orphaned in ancient Greece and stuck in the Underworld for eternity. Determined not to forget who he is, he commits himself to escaping Hades. Along the way, he faces the monster Cerberus, befriends the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Day at the Beach

    by Gary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge ...
    Look Both Ways meets Seedfolks in this masterful novel from two titans of kid lit that follows a diverse cast of young people whose lives intersect in surprising and hilarious ways over the course of a summer day.Here’s what’s so cool about the beach. Kids are everywhere! Kids you know, kids you want to know. Wandering from one blanket to another, from one family to another. Somebody’s mom reads a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Orbiting Jupiter

    by Gary D. Schmidt ...
    In this riveting novel, two boys discover the true meaning of family and the sacrifices it requires.Two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt delivers the shattering story of Joseph, a father at thirteen, who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter.After spending time in a juvenile facility, he’s placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn, meets ... Read more

    Was $13.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Pilgrim's Progress

    by Gary D. Schmidt ...
    Illustrated by Barry Moser ...
    National Book Award finalist and two-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt recaptures the classic tale of one man's spiritual journey in this contemporary retelling of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, masterfully illustrated with watercolors by artist Barry Moser.Here again is the tale of Christian's epic trek from the City of Destruction to the Heavenly Palaces - of the pitfalls that ... Read more

    $17.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Wednesday Wars

    A Newbery Honor Award Winner

    by Gary D. Schmidt ...
    In this Newbery Honor–winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt tells the witty and compelling story of a teenage boy who feels that fate has it in for him, during the school year 1968-69.Seventh grader Holling Hoodhood isn't happy. He is sure his new teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates his guts. Holling's domineering father is obsessed with his business image and disregards his family. Throughout the school year, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook