Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Foreign Language Study - English as a Second Language

Oscar has made it. When he arrived in the Unites States thirty years ago he spoke very little English and the only work he could get was washing dishes. He washed a lot of dishes and, over the years, worked his way up the ladder. Now he runs his own very popular Mexican restaurant, he is married, has two daughters, and owns a house. In short, he has achieved the American dream. Everything is perfect, until the pandemic breaks out. Oscar, his family, and everyone he knows has to work out how to survive physically, mentally and financially. In these extreme circumstances, will he lose...

Tim and his friends are enjoying the summer vacation together by the lake. As they clean up their camp after a big storm, they decide to build a raft with the wood from the fallen trees and use it to get to Indian Island. There is an Indian burial ground on the island, and they have never seen it. Nobody goes to the island, and Len, who has Indian roots, is very nervous about going. As they sail towards the island, the water gets rougher, and the mood changes. The nearer they get, the more uncomfortable they become, especially when they see that they are not alone...

Cassie lebt in Naschitti, New Mexico. Das ist Navajo-Territorium und da gibt es für ein Teenager-Mädchen nicht viel zu tun. Aus Langeweile verbringt sie so gut wie jeden Nachmittag auf der Couch, nascht und sieht fern.

Eines Tages hat Cassie auf dem Heimweg eine Begegnung mit Thor, dem Pitbullterrier eines Nachbarn. Sie muss weglaufen, aber das ist nicht so einfach, wie es sein sollte. In den nächsten Wochen wird sie von Rückblenden zu Thor heimgesucht und erkennt, dass es an der Zeit ist, etwas zu tun, um ihr Leben zu ändern.

Während sie sich auf den Weg macht, eine...