| Description |
195 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Everything I need to know I learned in a Thai restaurant / Christina Soontornvat -- The coolness equation / Adam Gidwitz -- This can't be happening to Gordon Korman / Gordon Korman -- I am the greatest / James Bird -- Bones / J.C. Cervantes -- The day the hot dog truck came to town / Max Brailler -- Sweet surprise / Hena Khan -- Letter to my daughter on her eighth-grade graduation / Pablo Cartaya -- Hope in the halls of Catholic school / Karina Yan Glaser -- Helpful tips for the worst week of your life / Stuart Gibbs -- The adventures of me and Supersquirt / Sarah Mlynowski -- Panic! at the movies / Julie Buxbaum -- What's in a name? / James Ponti -- Colors of June / Rex Ogle -- On hopes and dreams / Janae Marks -- Major malfunction / Tom Angleberger -- Hope I don't see a ghost / R.L. Stine -- Victory after defeat / Soman Chainani -- My favorite photograph / Veera Hiranandani -- The boy in the back of the class / Ronald L. Smith -- The friend who changed my life / Pam Muñoz Ryan -- There's more to playin' ball that just playin' ball / Matt de la Peña. |
| Summary |
In this collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and best-selling authors show that hope can live anywhere, even during the darkest of times. |
| Audience |
008-012. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Subject |
Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
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Hope -- Juvenile literature.
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Encouragement -- Juvenile literature.
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Hope -- Literary collections -- Juvenile literature.
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Conduct of life.
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Hope.
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Encouragement.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Values & Virtues.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Emotions & Feelings.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Inspirational & Personal Growth.
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Children -- Conduct of life.
(OCoLC)fst00854871
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Encouragement. (OCoLC)fst00909521
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Hope. (OCoLC)fst00960068
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Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
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Hope -- Juvenile literature.
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Encouragement -- Juvenile literature.
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Conduct of life.
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Hope.
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Encouragement.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Personal narratives.
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Brock, Rose, editor.
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Container of (work): Soontornvat, Christina.
Everything I need to know I learned in a Thai restaurant.
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Container of (work): Gidwitz, Adam.
Coolness equation.
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Container of (work): Korman, Gordon.
This can't be happening to Gordon Korman.
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Container of (work): Bird, James, 1979-
I am the greatest.
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Container of (work): Cervantes, J. C. (Jennifer C.).
Bones.
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Container of (work): Brallier, Max.
Day the hot dog truck came to town.
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Container of (work): Khan, Hena.
Sweet surprise.
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Container of (work): Cartaya, Pablo.
Letter to my daughter on her eighth-grade graduation.
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Container of (work): Glaser, Karina Yan.
Hope in the halls of Catholic school.
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Container of (work): Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-
Helpful tips for the worst week of your life.
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Container of (work): Mlynowski, Sarah.
Adventures of me and Supersquirt.
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Container of (work): Buxbaum, Julie.
Panic! at the movies.
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Container of (work): Ponti, James.
What's in a name?
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Container of (work): Ogle, Rex.
Colors of June.
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Container of (work): Marks, Janae.
On hopes and dreams.
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Container of (work): Angleberger, Tom.
Major malfunction.
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Container of (work): Stine, R. L.
Hope I don't see a ghost.
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Container of (work): Chainani, Soman.
Victory after defeat.
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Container of (work): Hiranandani, Veera.
My favorite photograph.
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Container of (work): Smith, Ronald L.
Boy in the back of the class.
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Container of (work): Ryan, Pam Muñoz.
Friend who changed my life.
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Container of (work): de la Peña, Matt.
There's more to playin' ball that just playin' ball.
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| ISBN |
9780593463932 (hardback) |
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0593463935 (hardback) |
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9780593463956 (paperback) |
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0593463951 (paperback) |
