![]() ![]() Go Jump in the Pool by Gordon Korman 381 copies, 5 reviews. ![]() The story is told with chapters of alternating perspectives. This Cant Be Happening at MacDonald Hall by Gordon Korman 780 copies, 16 reviews, Order: 1. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Ungifted is a 2012 childrens novel by Gordon Korman, which contains 31 chapters and 280 pages. A native of Thornhill, Ontario, and a graduate of New York University's School of Dramatic Writing, Korman lives in New York with his family and writes full-time. Other popular Korman books include: The Juvie Three, Pop, The 6th Grade Nickname Game, Jake Reinvented, Maxx Comedy, The Everest Trilogy, The Island Trilogy and The Dive Trilogy. He also wrote Swindle, a Silver Birch nominee, and its sequel, Zoobreak. Gordon has also written The New York Times bestseller, 39 Clues: One False Note and plans to write more for the series. He has written six other books about Macdonald Hall, which have recently been reissued. ![]() When he was 12, he wrote his first book, This Can't Be Happening!, about the adventures of two friends, Bruno and Boots, who went to a boarding school called Macdonald Hall. Gordon Korman has written more than fifty books for children and young adults, including four ALA Best Books for Young Adults: Son of the Mob, A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag, Son of Interflux and Losing Joe's Place. Go Jump in the Pool: Macdonald Hall 2 by Gordon Korman Trade Paperback Condition: Near Fine Category: Kids ISBN: 9781443124935 Publisher: Scholastic Canada. ![]()
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Mom was about to protest but seemed to be informed by Dad’s ghost that she should drop it, and walked off alone, the ugly carpet dulling the tap of her stilettos to a thud.Ĭrawford Funeral Home was completely depressing. ![]() Savannah Brown, author of The Truth About Keeping Secrets ![]() ![]() Then, without warning, on November 20, 1995, Sergei suffered a fatal heart attack during a routine training session. Gordeeva and Grinkov (G & G as they were affectionately known) managed to parlay their intense emotions for each other into an exquisite, passionate skating style - one that became even more luminous after the birth of their daughter. Somewhere along the way, between training and competing, the couple fell madly in love, discovering the kind of profound relationship few ever find. But they were talented and dedicated, and together they won four World Championships, two Olympic gold medals - and the hearts of millions of fans. She was a tiny, serious girl of eleven he was a fun-loving boy of fifteen. They were two mismatched kids teamed by the Soviet regime to perform for the good of the state. ![]() Now in her own words, his wife, Katia, tells their remarkable story, in this loving tribute to the exceptional man she idolized, whom she called.My Sergei. Then, tragically, Sergei died at the age of twenty-eight. Partners in life as well as on the ice, they were rarely apart. ![]() ![]() Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were the most celebrated pairs skaters of all time. ![]() ![]() If this all sounds medieval and intriguing, then you get your money’s worth in at least one half of the book, set in the imaginary land of Evgard, where a rebel youth Argent is captive in the castle of his enemy, the Duke of Arcaster, and befriended by his son and daughter, Columen and Iaspis. ![]() ![]() The Traitor Game is gathering speed as a word-of-blog “good thing” in YA circles: a book that is of delightfully middling length, without a threat of a sequel looming, with an intelligent story arc that deals with the emotional deathtraps and pitfalls that are the day-to-day punctuation of the life of mid-teens: what is cool and what is not, what can you trust to say or imply or understand, how do you act when under threat, physical or emotional? The Traitor Game plays to all these strengths with its two central motifs of the Judas Floor, an Indiana-Jones-style death-trap built for the amusing torture of captured rebels, and the Traitor Game itself, a chess-like figuration in which each side secretly inserts a ‘traitor’ peg inside one of their opponent’s pieces, to bring defeat and ruin from within at a moment of supposed victory. ![]() ![]() In the United States, the publication of The Montessori Method (1912) in English and her 1913 lecture tour fostered a rapid increase of Montessori schools in the country. As word of her endeavor spread, schools using the Montessori educational method began opening around the world. In 1906, she opened her Casa dei Bambini, a school for children from low-income families. In 1901, she left her private practice to reenroll at the University of Rome for a degree in philosophy, dedicating herself to the study of scientific pedagogy and lecturing on the topic from 1904 to 1908. ![]() She graduated in 1896 as a doctor in medicine and began working with mentally disabled children, for whom she also became a prominent public advocate. At the University of Rome, she overcame prejudice from the predominately male faculty and student body, winning academic prizes and focusing her studies on pediatric medicine and psychiatry. ![]() In 1890, she completed her degree in physics and mathematics, yet decided to pursue medicine rather than a career in engineering. ![]() Raised in Florence and Rome, Montessori excelled in school from a young age, graduating from technical school in 1886. Born in Chiaravalle, she came from a prominent, well-educated family of scientists and government officials. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was an Italian educator and physician. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When the two find themselves on a journey across Britain to stop a wedding, it’s impossible for Clayborn to resist this woman who both frustrates and fascinates him.īut late-night carriage rides make for delicious danger, and soon Adelaide is uncovering Clayborn’s truths, throwing his well-laid plans into chaos, and threatening to steal his heavily guarded heart. His own reputation is impeccable-and the last thing he needs is a frustrating, fascinating woman discovering the truth of his past, or the secrets he holds close. He has no time for the salacious gossip that arises every time the Matchbreaker ends another groom. Henry, Duke of Clayborn, has spent a lifetime living in perfection. Raised among London’s most notorious thugs, a twist of fate landed Adelaide Frampton in the ballrooms of Mayfair, where she masquerades as a quiet wallflower without anyone recognizing that she’s the Matchbreaker- using her superior skills as a thief to help brides avoid the altar. Tags: Historical, Strong Heroine, Alpha Male, Suspense, Opposites Attract ![]() |