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Oct 1, 2013 · 399 ratings67 reviews. When her mother dies from a snake bite, Comity Pinny's life in the middle of the Australian outback changes for ever. Her father, Herbert, retreats into his work transmitting telegrams, abandoning Comity when she needs him most. Comity turns to Fred, the young Aboriginal yard boy, and he becomes her only friend.
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Jan 26, 2014 · She is unable to tell them the terrible news so she writes to them pretending that her mother is busy. Her only friend is the Aboriginal yard boy who also loved her mother and mixes up aboriginal ...
A shocking sequence of blind-eyes and dead bodies leads to a hot mess of mistruths and miscommunication culminating in an unforgettable cinematic climax. Geraldine McCaughrean writes a superb sentence, and they come thick and fast in The Middle of Nowhere. Comity is a wonderful heroine, good-natured and forgivably naïve she is immediately ...
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It's late August 2005 and 9-year-old Armani Curtis, looking forward to her birthday weekend, cannot wait to join the double digits club. Nothing, not even the persistent rumors of a storm, can burst Armani’s excitement until she notices her parents’ apprehension. Focusing on her celebration, Armani is disappointed when the other members of her fami...
Julie Lamana knows first-hand the destruction brought on by Hurricane Katrina. In 2005 Lamana worked as a literacy aide in a Louisiana school. In the aftermath of the hurricane, she helped displaced children and found in her experiences the seeds to write a story. As a child growing up in a military family, Lamana moved many times and found it diff...
For readers who like survival stories,Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere is a fearsome read. Real life scenarios based on Julie Lamana’s personal experiences dealing with Hurricane Katrina create the story foundation for those uncertain first few days in the Ninth Ward district of New Orleans, Louisiana. These experiences provided material for an...
Julie Lamana has personal experience with Hurricane Katrina and she witnessed the devastating physical, social, and mental effects of the hurricane. Hence, she gives readers an authentic story where a very young girl must deal with death, disease, and despair. While not graphic in detail, there is no sugarcoating about the dead bodies floating in t...
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere is a 2014 young adult novel by American author Julie T. Lamana. The book transposes a traditional young adult narrative of overcoming obstacles to a tragic but riveting setting: New Orleans' Ninth Ward in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Book 1-3. Middle of Somewhere Series Box Set: Volumes 1–3. by Roan Parrish. 4.43 · 104 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2020 · 1 edition. Dive into the Middle of Somewhere universe! Three …. Want to Read. Rate it: related series: Small Change In the Middle of Somewhere (Middle of Somewhere, #1), Out of Nowhere (Middle of Somewhere, #2 ...
Mar 31, 2021 · 7. The Company of Strangers by Gus Powell. While working in midtown, photographer Gus Powell followed the lead of poet Frank O’Hara and spent his lunch hours making art. For Powell, the camera ...
