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“jim rees”

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  • Surplus People

    by Jim Rees ...
    The Great Famine in Ireland was a catastrophe of immense proportions. Eviction, emigration and death from starvation were widespread. Landlords, eager to dispose of 'surplus' tenants, engaged in 'assisted passages', whereby tenants were given financial incentives to emigrate. The clearances of uneconomic tenants from the 85,000-acre Coolattin Estate in County Wicklow by Lord Fitzwilliam were the ... Read more

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  • Education Forward

    Moving Schools into the Future

    by David Price, Mick Waters, Debra Kidd, David Jackson, Neil Roskilly, Jim Knight, Henry Stewart, John Rees, Madeleine Holt, Liz Robinson, Claudia Barwell, Ross Morrison McGill, Hywel Roberts, Valerie Hannon, Mark Stevenson, Guy Claxton ...
    Too often, we think of school as a fixed-rail path we all have to follow: teachers teach, students learn, exams are taken, futures set. That's how it's been since the introduction of compulsory schooling in the 19th century.But parents, teachers and corporations around the world are now voicing their dissatisfaction with education systems that are no longer fit for purpose. Too many of our young ... Read more

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  • Like a Brother

    by Ree Rozier ...
    Illustrated by Jim Vernon ...
    A veteran of the foster care system, 10-year-old Jake "McMagic" is also a story-teller. As Jake settles into his new foster home on a family dairy farm, his story of traveling fish is cut short by hearing his new older brother is leaving, and his baby brother-adopted by another family years before-is in a hospital somewhere! Determined to find and rescue his little brother, Jake must decide: can ... Read more

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  • Missing U

    by Ree Rozier ...
    Illustrated by Jim Vernon ...
    Set against the backdrop of the 2008 Great Recession, this story follows twelve-year-old Anne. Watch as her world changes in an instant! After her father loses his job, she watches him slowly unravel, turning to alcohol in a desperate attempt to cope with the weight of providing for his family. With money tight and tension rising at home, Anne, a brave and resilient young girl, must sacrifice her ... Read more

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  • 101 Ways to Dance

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    A quirky collection of stories about teens in lust and in love. From the first stirrings of same-sex desire to paternity questions around a teen pregnancy, 101 Ways to Dance reflects the spectrum of teen sexuality from the sweet to the scary. ... Read more

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    From the Newbery Award–winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall comes a story about one brave girl who saves her family from losing everything. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls this lyrical tale “melodic, poetic, and enchanting.”Everyone in Lucy’s family sings. Opera. Rap. Lullabies. Everyone, except Lucy. Lucy can’t sing; her voice won’t come out.Just like singing, helping Aunt Frankie ... Read more

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  • Odd Man Out

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    Winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize and the TD CCBC Canadian Children's Literature AwardKip is spending the summer with his grandmother and his five eccentric girl cousins, including Emily, who thinks she's a dog. Gran's house is about to be demolished, so anything goes, whether it's drawing maps on the walls or sawing off the knob at the bottom of the banister for a smoother ... Read more

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  • Yesterday's Hero

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    Criterion, an aging horseshow champion, is sold and forgotten until Linda finds him in an overgrown pasture. Should his age keep him from the show ring, or is he the perfect horse to rescue her new friend?Honored with a third place in Children's Fiction/Nonfiction, 2001 Focus on Writers ContestFriends of the Sacramento Library, 1100 entries over all ... Read more

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    The adorable My Pet Human series continues at school, where Oliver and Freckles star in the pet club's talent show.Freckles is new at her elementary school, and Oliver wants to be sure she finds her niche. So when she joins the pet club and gets roped into putting on a talent show to raise money for the local animal shelter, Oliver has no choice but to help out. What he doesn't bargain for is that ... Read more

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