Patricia McCormick Knihy

V jedenácti letech začala Malála, která se narodila do paštunské rodiny v pákistánském údolí Svát, psát pro BBC postřehy o tom, jak se žije pod hrozbou Tálibánu. Pod pseudonymem Gul Makaj popisovala, jak její rodina bojuje za vzdělávání dívek a jak tálibánská moc stále narůstá. Dívčina neohroženost však nezůstala bez trestu a v říjnu 2012 ji v autobuse střelil neznámý útočník do hlavy. Dívka jako zázrakem přežila a dál pokračuje ve svém boji. Na podporu svého úsilí založila fond Malala Fund a je nejmladší kandidátkou na Nobelovu cenu míru.

The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children. When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse.

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. I AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons. I AM MALALA will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.

Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.

Struggling with feelings of inadequacy, Private Matt Duffy grapples with his experiences in war after receiving a Purple Heart in an army hospital in Iraq. The story delves into his internal conflict and the complexities of heroism, exploring themes of trauma, honor, and the personal toll of combat. As he navigates his recovery, Duffy must confront his identity and the expectations placed on him as a soldier.

You say it's up to me to do the talking. You lean forward and your black leather chair groans, like a living thing. Like the cow it was before somebody killed it and turned it into a chair in a shrink's office in a loony bin...

A brush with the supernatural? A rock concert? A reunion? A poolside revelation? The need to know what's up? The confessions of a friend? The dream of escape? A sick pet? An English assignment? The rear-window view of a murder next door? The search for the mother you never met? What keeps you up all night?This remarkable collection of award-winning and bestselling authors is thought provoking, insightful, heartfelt, and powerful.

Malála pochází z Pákistánu a poprvé vzbudila zájem veřejnosti v jedenácti letech, když začala psát pro BBC o životě pod nadvládou Tálibánu a o tom, jak její rodina bojuje za vzdělávání dívek. V říjnu 2012 se stala terčem útoku – neznámý muž ji střelil do hlavy, když se vracela autobusem domů ze školy. Dívka však zázračně přežila a její osud i odvaha, s níž v Pákistánu dál pokračovala ve své osvětové kampani, jí vynesla Nobelovu cenu míru za rok 2014. Svůj životní příběh vylíčila v knize Já jsem Malála (česky 2014). Nový titul se zaměřuje na fenomén migrace. Malála líčí vlastní zážitky i zážitky dalších migrantů, nelehké podmínky v uprchlických táborech, bezvýchodnost a nepochopení, s nimiž se musí uprchlíci potýkat. Malála je ve světě vnímána jako inspirativní osobnost a její nová kniha, která si všímá také osudu dětí, dokáže oslovit i mladší čtenářské publikum.

This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge. Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and authentically told from his point of view as a young boy, this is an achingly raw and powerful historical novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace. It includes an author's note and acknowledgments from Arn Chorn-Pond himself. When soldiers arrive in his hometown, Arn is just a normal little boy. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is changed forever. Arn is separated from his family and assigned to a labor camp: working in the rice paddies under a blazing sun, he sees the other children dying before his eyes. One day, the soldiers ask if any of the kids can play an instrument. Arn's never played a note in his life, but he volunteers. This decision will save his life, but it will pull him into the very center of what we know today as the Killing Fields. And just as the country is about to be liberated, Arn is handed a gun and forced to become a soldier. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Es ist nicht gerade einfach, so zu tun, als wäre alles normal, wenn dein Bruder völlig bekifft auf dem Sofa hängt, zusammen mit einem Kerl, der ziemlich minderbemittelt aussieht, während jeden Moment deine total gestresste und womöglich todkranke Mutter und dein ahnungsloser Cowboy-spielender kleiner Bruder zur Tür rein kommen könnten. Nein, Toby hat es mit seiner Familie wirklich nicht leicht! 'Ein lebendiger und bewegender Roman.' The New York Times