Beany Malone Series - 14 Book Set (Beany Malone)

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AMAZING SERIES!! IS A MUST READ!

Beany Malone Series - 14 Book Set (Beany Malone)

Manufacturer: Image Cascade Publishing
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ASIN: B000G02BF6

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The 14 Book Beany Malone Set includes: Meet the Malones; Beany Malone; Leave It to Beany; Beany and the Beckoning Road; Beany Has a Secret Life; Make a Wish for Me; Happy Birthday, Dear Beany; The More the Merrier; A Bright Star Falls; Welcome Stranger; Pick a New Dream; Tarry Awhile; Something Borrowed, Something Blue; Come Back, Wherever You Are. The Malones of Denver, Colorado are a warm open-hearted family with a welcoming home, open to friends and all others in need of physical and emotional nourishment. The series has the warmth and sense of solidarity intrinsic of wartimes and the post-war era. There is a general feeling of peace and simplicity. When the series opens, the Malone children are motherless, as Mary Malone has been dead for three years. The father, Martie Malone, is often absent due to his duties as editor of the Denver Call. Three of the four Malone children, Mary Fred, Johnny and Beany, live at home. The oldest Malone daughter, the beautiful, loving Elizabeth, has been married to Lieutenant Donald McCallin for one year. The Malones live on Barberry Street in a large, wide-bosomed gray stone home. Their surrounding neighbors are Mrs. Morrison Adams (known as Mrs. Socially-prominent Adams) in her red brick home with immaculate white trim and frilly curtains in the windows, and the imposing and stately home of the Judge Buell family.

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AMAZING SERIES!! IS A MUST READ!.......2006-06-24

I got the entire series this past Christmas. I had read the first 2 because although my library had more, they didn't have all of them, and they didn't have the 3rd and I don't like to read things out of order so I was really sad. So then I was soo happy to find out they were being republished by Image Cascading!!!

So yea I read them all and they all rock!!! It's nice seeing what teenagers did back in the 50's. And it was also nice how different people's relationships were with their family's, I wish it were more like that today. And they are also way more responsible and mature then we are now. Making their own money, not having to depend on their parents for everything. And their parents respect and trust them more too! And they definatly treat their parents with much respect which is ALOT more then I can say about kids of today.

The first book is about Beany's older sister, Mary Fred. It is in MF's junior year of highschool, when Beany is in 8th grade. The rest of the books are all about Beany, in highschool, college, and then when she gets married. And let me just say I LOVE who she ends up with. They are SOOO cute!!!

Everyone should read these books they are amazing and are definatly one of my favorite books ever!

The Road to Seneca Falls: A Story About Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Carolrhoda Creative Minds Book)

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After Watching TV Tonight I thought Of This Woman
WAKE UP TO WHAT WE OWE THE SUFFRAGISTS !

The Road to Seneca Falls: A Story About Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Carolrhoda Creative Minds Book)
Gwenyth Swain
Manufacturer: Carolrhoda Books
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ASIN: 1575050250

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After Watching TV Tonight I thought Of This Woman.......2007-04-19

In many ways I remain beautifully limited by the things I grew up with, from my place in space if you will.

My close friend in childhood descended from this woman's hero, which was an amazing thing that embarrassed her. She is forever connected by history made at Seneca Falls. And coincidentally my state contains a beautiful place called Seneca Falls, which for years meant I was confused about Seneca Falls being in NY. Completely, confused, as I was a West Virginian with a love for a place named this. I happily went there many times, once camping with a friend in college, and felt it as sacred. Funny.

I grew up with very independent young women friends, and a mom with strong notions of community, advocacy, and actions matching words. So when I read of Elizabeth Cady Stanton in school I thought, why of course. Women are equal now. But I never understood her young life, how she developed her perspectives over time, never looked at letters and diaries of hers to understand her perspectives on being a woman at that time or really asked my friend anything about her famous relative. And of course she did know a great deal about that. Her grandfather a local historian a great deal more. A treasure I let get by me, fortunately my mom did not and she knows a lot about what the family said about the limitations she perceived as a woman and her efforts on the issue. Nowadays we would do oral histories, interviews, look at primary source documents, conduct ethnographic investigations. Then I sat on a bleachers at lunch and ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches together and tried not to embarrass her by mentioning it.

In fact it really wasn't until the last two decades in my life that I have considered this idea of women's treatment, rights and roles more fully. My worst experiences in how I was treated by doctors until the cancer was found, I learned a great deal.Patronizing. Not good. Though living in a world I felt full of possibilities is my basic personal orientation, I did not fully realize my ceilings, and now my daughter tells me it is necessary she become a "radical feminist". She has an interesting global look at the limitations in her own age, where the sexualization of women still predominates as a media image frenzy of beauty consumption as well as in unequal salary issues and opportunities and in many areas unequal opportunity to find audience for discussion of the issues. She related well to this book younger as it told the young life of Cady Stanton which was brought forward in ways surprising me. I felt so many points of agreement. Even in being thought less important when speaking on issues I do fully understand.....So in many ways it seems our students may in fact need to look to Stanton for a role model in an on-going way for a long while to center their efforts as well as gain historical perspectives. Maybe as much as ever we learn much from history. And the book is lovely. Gentle, a sweet telling. Perfect for a class, I loved using it in 3rd grade. Will use again next year in March.
My daughter for instance going into physics will need to consider the role of women in that science. She won't be alone, the field itself appears to be ready to look at whether or not women may indeed have a great deal to offer. I think she noted to me recently a person, teacher I think, telling her the male brain better biologically suited to the field. It remains to be seen how she will deal with this. Or what this means. I am certain she has to "prove herself", that is a concern.....but let me pull this back away from my random thinking ...whenever I consider the issues women had to fight for to gain the place they have, I do think about Cady Stanton. And my friend. And I see this notion of equality as an on-going work in progress.

As a teacher I have this book, actually have six I ordered for lit circles. Sometimes it's important in these smaller groups that read together then meet with themselves and the teacher developing the content, sometimes you use this setting to introduce figures as role models and background historic figures to provide a base for young women and men in understanding how rights for women evolved from individual actions and as functions of their character. I know the kids enjoy the story and it was well done by Swain who has written other equally important books about "things that matter".

I recommend this. Stanton Cady's anti-slavery work was important. Her participation at Seneca Falls inspiring. At Seneca Falls, New York, in the summer of 1848 a group of American women and men came together to talk about the role women had in their times. Amazingly to reveal the limits. Their understanding of those issues had been expanded by their participation in the anti-slavery movement. They used the language and structure of the Declaration of Independence to claim the rights they felt women had right to as American citizens in their Declaration of Sentiments....go read the book with children and celebrate the importance of Seneca Falls, Cady Stanton and the beginning of something not yet completed, achieving an equality and respect for the intelligences, abilities roles and capacities of women as equal partners in the human race story in America.

WAKE UP TO WHAT WE OWE THE SUFFRAGISTS !.......2002-11-07

"The Road to Seneca Falls" will take contemporary readers back to the time of their great, Great, GREAT-grandparents. Can today's 4th and 5th graders identify with what may seem ancient history? Will Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her sausage curls draw young readers?

Let's hope Gwenyth Swain's story ignites interest & even passion
in 'Women's Rights' and the tough fight to change conditions which today's girls can hardly believe ever existed: NO college for women! NO rights to personal or real property! and definitely NO VOTE!

Elizabeth was never a shy violet. She was bright and determined. The story of her childhood makes her seem genuinely real. Her beliefs were authentic and she never turned her back on them, or those who stood with her, persistent and dedicated.

As a fan of the author, I was delighted to see her picture on the back cover of the library edition. She is shown at the truly meaningful national historical monment to women's rights, an exciting museum complex in Seneca Falls -- in upstate New York.
This is a town which many people identify as the backdrop for the movie classic "It's a Wonderful Life". The museum draws people from all over the USA and world and gives one the opportunity to pay tribute to women who did battle for a worthy cause. I could bridge many decades and pose next to a hero, Frederick Douglass!

I recommend this 5-star book for its well-researched story, and useful bibliography. It will help growing readers as they learn to choose values for their own lives.

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Captivating read.

This is surprising wonderful book!

Interesting, informative, and throroughly enjoyable!

Where Girls Come First: The Rise, Fall, and Surprising Revival of Girls' Schools
Ilana DeBare
Manufacturer: Tarcher
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 1585422894
Release Date: 2004-03-08

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A rich history of girls' schools in America, as well as an illuminating look at the strong convictions of parents and educators that have given birth to the recent wave of new all-girls schools cropping up all over the country.

Twenty years ago, all-girls schools seemed headed for extinction, a footnote in the broad story of American education. Today, they are experiencing a dramatic revival. In Where Girls Come First, Ilana DeBare weaves the first complete history of girls' schools in America with her own story of cofounding an all-girls school in Oakland, California, in 1999 with a small group of parents who, like her, believed passionately that single-sex education was best for their daughters. DeBare's personal account of building a school established on the idea that girls thrive in an environment that places them at center stage sheds crucial light on the current debate over single-sex education in America.

In this deeply insightful book, DeBare reveals how the radical struggle to educate women that began two hundred years ago is reflected in the visions of today's girls' schools. With vivid portraits of the brave women who built the first all-girls schools in this country, as well as profiles of the girls' schools of today-DeBare visited schools across America and interviewed alumnae about their experiences-this book succeeds in dismantling many of the lingering myths and misunderstandings that negatively impact contemporary perceptions of the girls' school experience. Where Girls Come First is vital reading for anyone committed to helping the girls of today develop into the strong women of tomorrow

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Captivating read........2007-05-10

Enjoyed reading some of this book. There is a lot of information here. The author has taken a great deal of time and effort to share her research into why girls need separate educational facilities. That said, there are still many people for whom, regardless of 'facts', single sex schools cannot be the right answer. Just as in politics and religion, many people have their set of beliefs which no facts or research will ever change. I don't expect this book to win converts, but I do believe it can help people who are attempting to determine the best path for their own child's education.

This is surprising wonderful book!.......2004-09-18

Although I did not attend a girls' school myself, I found this book very interesting and thought-provoking. It is full of interesting historical information, balanced with the very interesting story of how a group of parents interested in single-sex education launched The Julia Morgan School. It is also beautifully written, so it is a just a wonderful read.

Interesting, informative, and throroughly enjoyable!.......2004-06-23

I loved this book! It's stuffed full of fascinating historical tidbits, and beautifully written. The history is interleaved with the modern story of the founding of Julia Morgan School for Girls, so it never gets boring. You're always wondering if they'll succeed in creating the school -- it's a page-turner, really (with a happy ending). My favorite kind of book. Thanks Ilana!

The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress: Stories

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Detail and Depth
Ms. Richmond's work offers an antidote to modern rubbish!
COMPLEXING, COMPELLING READ
BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED
Thoroughly enjoyable!

The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress: Stories
Michelle Richmond
Manufacturer: University of Massachusetts Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1558493158

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Four sisters, many lovers, and a series of settings both familiar and exotic delineate the nineteen linked stories in this award-winning debut collection. Although most of the characters have roots in the South, their search for home and for truth takes them to New York City, San Francisco, even to the northern coast of Iceland.

Michelle Richmond introduces us to a memorable extended family, in which lies come more easily than forgiveness, and parents and siblings conceal the truth as often as they reveal it. In many cases, the women are forced to choose—between family and lovers, safety and self-sufficiency, the religion they grew up with and the reality of the world they have found for themselves.

In "Down the Shore Everything's All Right," twenty-eight-year-old Grace abandons wide Southern beaches for New York sidewalks, only to discover that the Gulf Coast still has a hold on her. In "Intermittent Waves of Unusual Size and Force," a wayward father is called home from California by a massive hurricane that threatens the lives of his family. In "The World's Greatest Pants," three younger sisters watch in awe as Darlene, the eldest and bravest, defies her parents and heads for Texas in a battered El Camino.

An undercurrent of eroticism runs through the collection. "Propaganda" finds the youngest sister alone in an old house in Knoxville, where she forms a symbiotic relationship with a mysterious upstairs neighbor during her husband's lengthy absence. In "Fifth Grade: A Criminal History," adolescence and sexuality merge with explosive consequences. A woman dancing naked on a bridge in San Francisco is the central figure of the title story. In "The Last Bad Thing," a love-struck young woman in the Bible Belt is haunted by visions of Ramadan.

The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress heralds a stunning new voice in fiction.

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Detail and Depth.......2002-07-11

Ms. Richmond's attention to detail makes me feel I know these women personally. She shows such depth of understanding that I wonder if these characters are based on people she knows. I look forward to her next book and believe that she will have great success in her career.

Ms. Richmond's work offers an antidote to modern rubbish!.......2002-04-05

This collection is a wonderful antidote to the mundane and thoroughly unimaginative work that plagues modern fiction. Ms. Richmond rises above the rest with her unique blend of characterization and skillful narrative, making her the first new writer worth your time since Alice Walker came upon the scene. Thanks to the publishers for getting this work to us.

COMPLEXING, COMPELLING READ.......2002-03-06

Short stories woven with the common thread of relationships, this book boasts a new delivery. A neoteric realm which captures it's reader spellbound. Eccentric tales loop, twisting into an explainable reality. Thoughtful, humorous, morose, challenging, this read never lets go. The threads of it's beginning pattern complect a tapestry by end. I was mesmerized by each tale; completely given over to the surreal quality that melded into perfect rhyme. It is not an easy read, but is life an easy road? Isn't the trip the joy? It is in this transmigration of spirit and pulp.

A beautiful work of art; that books could be displayed in museums, this would hang in reverence.

This is a read. This is a masterpiece of prose. This should be your next choice.

BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED.......2002-02-08

It was a delight to dive into a work by such a master craftsman. This is dazzling talent combined with experience, training, sensitivity, humor, and insight. If you want to see how it is supposed to be done, relax into this haunting collection of stories and experience a pro at work.

Thoroughly enjoyable!.......2002-01-07

In this collection of short stories, Richmond braids tales with emotional tactility. Drawing the reader into her collection of recurring characters with deft storylines, Richmond creates vivid images based upon life and living in the modern South.

Lizzie McGuire: The Rise and Fall of the Kate Empire - Book #4 (Lizzie Mcguire)

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Boring! Dont waste your money!
The Rise of This Book!
The Rise and Fall of the Kate Empire
Good book
It was OK

Lizzie McGuire: The Rise and Fall of the Kate Empire - Book #4 (Lizzie Mcguire)
Kirsten Larsen
Manufacturer: Disney Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0786845414

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Lizzie McGuire always tries to stay out of Kate Sanders's way. Ever since Kate made cheerleader, she has become the most popular girl in school. And she's turned into a major she-beast-the kind that likes to hunt defenseless Lizzies. Yikes! But when Kate injures her ankle in cheerleading practice, the other girls kick her off the squad. Suddenly Kate isn't so popular anymore. Lizzie wants to help her old friend....but Kate still won't give her the time of day. Can Lizzie get Kate to admit that-for once-she actually needs Lizzie's help?

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Boring! Dont waste your money!.......2005-08-20

This book i really didnt care for. There was one part of the book i liked but that was it! It is not worth reading! Listen to me or waste your money on it your choice!

The Rise of This Book!.......2005-07-02

I love "The Rise and Fall of the Kate Empire". It's soooo awesome! Here are small sneak peeks of each story.
PART ONE--10/10--Kate hurts her arm at cheerleading practise, and gets kicked out of cheerleading. Soon, she loses her friends, too. Lizzie can't help it but feel sorry for Kate. Can she get Kate to admit that for once she actually needs Lizzie's help?

PART TWO--10/10--Kate is throwing a birthday bash for herself, and Lizzie, Miranda, and Gordo totally wanna be there after they find out that cell phones may be in the party bags. But their parents won't let them cause there's not a proper chaperone. Lizzie, Miranda, and Gordo sneak into the party, but it's a total disaster. What do they do? And what if their parents find out?

"The Rise and Fall of the Kate Empire" is a really great Lizzie McGuire book. It's one of my favourites. The stories are really great, and I know that every Lizzie McGuire fan will love it.

The Rise and Fall of the Kate Empire.......2005-06-09

The book, The Rise and Falling of the Kate Empire, is has a very good storyline and it has a little action too. When Kate, a popular and mean cheerleader, hurts her arm while practicing a pyramid for cheerleading, and falls off the top. When Claire, another mean, popular cheerleader, kicks Kate out of cheerleading and can't be popular because
she can't cheerlead anymore. Kate feels left out and very sad and has no friends, because all the people she was mean to and made fun of, are being mean to her. That all changed when Lizzie, a former friend of Kate, helps her to learn how to do one handed gymnastic moves. When Kate returned to school the next day, she showed Claire all her moves and she rocked at it! When Claire went to try to do a simple cartwheel, she feel, and hurt her foot. Claire has sprained her ankle, but when Claire goes to sit with the cheerleaders at lunch, Kate invites her to sit down. This is a great book because it demonstrates good character and how to be a friend. I think girls who are being mean to other girls should read this book because it will teach them not to be mean because if something happens to them, they might be hurt or even need the person or people, they hurt or were mean to.

Good book.......2004-03-16

This book is really fun and easy to read. It is all about Lizzie and her nemesis, Kate. The recommended age is 8-12, but if you're a fan of Lizzie Mcguire, and/or Hilary Duff, then you'll definitely want to read this book! What makes it special is Lizzie's little conscience, which says what Lizzie really wants to say!

Part 1:
Kate breaks her arm and she can't be a cheerleader anymore. Will she lose her popularity? Lizzie has the opurtunity to help Kate or to leave her alone. What will she decide? And will Kate accept help from an unpopular girl like Lizzie?

Part 2:
Lizzie, Miranda, and Gordo want to go to Kate's party. But it will be unsupervised! Mrs. Mcguire will never let this happen! How will the three friends get into the party? And what if Mrs. Mcguire find out? If she does, then it's sure to be big trouble!

It was OK.......2004-01-29

I liked this book because it showed the difference between two types of people. Kate and Lizzie used to be best friends. But now, they are fighting.

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With her family whispering around her and her friends starting to look a little different, Robyn's got to wonder, what's up with everybody? It's time for some long-overdue girl talk!

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Corporate Espionage On The Moon...

Fall Girl (Ace Science Fiction)
Pierce Askegren
Manufacturer: Ace
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0441012973

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On Earth's moon, a starship is being built to explore an alien artifact. But one newswoman has become a pawn in a conspiracy that could end the project--as well as her own life.

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Corporate Espionage On The Moon..........2006-06-24

I find this trilogy somewhat puzzling. It's supposed to be science fiction but the big idea that should be driving the story is just background noise to corporate espionage that's going on between the manager working for a group of super corporations running the moon and the manager working for the feds on a top secret project. While the story itself was entertaining throughout and read more like a mystery thriller, the science fiction was missing from the science fiction. I'm hoping that the next book in the trilogy fixes that problem.

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When Stars Fall (Brio Girls)
Lissa Halls Johnson , and Kathy Buchanan
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
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ASIN: 158997090X

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What do you do when you find everything you've ever believed blown apart? The last two books in the popular Brio Girls series (When Stars Fall and Bad Girl Days) tackle the toughest of questions: Why do horrible, unexplainable things happen? and Can God really be trusted?

The Seneca Falls: Women's Rights Convention (Landmark Events in American History)

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The Seneca Falls: Women's Rights Convention (Landmark Events in American History)
Dale Anderson
Manufacturer: World Almanac Library
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Binding: Library Binding

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The Gamma Girls of Chagrin Falls: Lillie and Rose

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The Gamma Girls of Chagrin Falls: Lillie and Rose
Janet Kuivila
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