![]() It teaches the skill of maintaining tension on a strand. Single crochet is just making a loop with your fingers and thumb, and tying the same sliding knot over and over. ![]() It strikes me we could learn something crucial, as geeky feminists, from the pattern of how knowledge is passed on between young girls, and how that is presented to them and by them as gendered knowledge – as something “girls know how to do”. Yet it’s still ingrained very deep that it’s something we teach each other. society hasn’t depended on women doing textile work by hand for many years. of my generation, could braid, single crochet, and do particular string figures. But think about how great it is that kids teach each other this complicated, geeky skill.Īt some point I realized that most guys didn’t even know how to make a braid, much less the complicated ways to do fingerloop braiding, and that most women, and most girls, in the U.S. Older women teach these games too and of course also teach knitting, weaving, and other textile crafts. Like hand-clapping games and jumprope rhymes, string figures are passed from young girl to young girl over decades and centuries. Some other kid in Detroit taught me four-finger knitting. ![]() We’d do cat’s cradle, finger crochet, or string figures. Through elementary school, yarn and string fads would sweep the playground. I first learned cat’s cradle from other little kids on the playground in kindergarten. ![]()
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![]() ![]() One of the most anticipated moments of the book is the relationship between Clary and Jace. ![]() These details come into play in the final volume, providing a satisfying conclusion to the series. A second read-through will not disappoint, as there are subtle hints and details that may have been missed on the first go-round. In preparation for the release of City of Heavenly Fire, readers may find themselves revisiting the earlier books in the series. The book ties up the main plot of the series nicely, but the epilogue provides just enough of a tease to make readers crave more. The final installment in the series, City of Heavenly Fire, is no exception. Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series is a masterclass in suspense and tension, keeping readers hooked from one book to the next. ![]() ![]() Just one problem: Amber and Jack are falling for each other, and if Amber can't stand up for Jack and figure out how to get everyone to fall in line, her dream may come at the cost of her heart.ĭahlia Adler's Home Field Advantage is a sparkling romance about fighting for what - or who - you truly want.įELIZ DÍA DE PUBLICACIÓN A ESTE LIBRO LESBIANO!! Les traigo una reseña de esta historiabque a partir de hoy ya pueden leerl. Amber tries for some semblance of unity, but it quickly becomes clear that she's only got a future on the squad and with her friends if she helps them take Jack down. The players refuse to be led by a girl, the cheerleaders are mad about the changes to their traditions, and the fact that Robbie’s been not only replaced but outshined by a QB who wears a sports bra has more than a few Atherton Alligators in a rage. And when it turns out Jack is actually short for Jaclyn, all hell breaks loose. ![]() For both the team and the squad, watching Robbie get replaced by newcomer Jack Walsh is brutal. ![]() ![]() In this sweet and funny new f/f romance from the author of Cool for the Summer, a cheerleader and the school's newest quarterback are playing to win, but might lose their hearts in the process.Īmber McCloud’s dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but it’s an extra-tall order to be joyful and spirited when the quarterback of your team has been killed in a car accident. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was excited to see there was a prequel/bonus scene. Because on Embassy Row, the countries of the world stand like dominoes, and one wrong move can make them all fall down.ĭon’t miss this never-before-read scene from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter’s brand-new series, Embassy Row.Īll Fall Down was actually one of my anticipated reads for January 2015. and if she doesn't stop it, Grace isn't the only one who will get hurt. But they can't control Grace - no more than Grace can control what she knows or what she needs to do. Not Alexei, the Russian boy next door, who is keeping his eye on Grace for reasons she neither likes nor understands.Įverybody wants Grace to put on a pretty dress and a pretty smile, blocking out all her unpretty thoughts. Not her new friends, who all live on Embassy Row. ![]() Not her grandfather, a powerful ambassador. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay.Īs certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her - so there's no one she can completely trust. Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things:ģ. Embassy Row Book 1, All Fall Down, is available now! Step into Grace’s world with this exclusive bonus scene from Embassy Row, New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter’s new series of global proportions. ![]() Inside every secret, there’s a world of trouble. ![]() ![]() ![]() She considered becoming a librarian as a backup career, but writing drew her away. She worked as a production editor on medical journals including The Journal of Pain while studying at Rutgers University. ![]() in English from The College of New Jersey in 1994. Black has won an Eisner Award, a Lodestar Award, an Award, a Nebula Award, and a Newbery honor.īlack was born in West Long Branch, New Jersey in 1971, and during her early years her family lived in a "decrepit Victorian house." She graduated from Shore Regional High School in 1990. She is also well known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and her debut trilogy of young adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales. Her most recent work is the New York Times bestselling young adult Folk of the Air series. Holly Black ( née Riggenbach born November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Children's, young adult literature, short stories, fantasy, horror ![]() ![]() ![]() Or at the very least, an ancestor had to have worked for it.Īrrogance without cause, arrogance without achievement – or that mistook sheer luck for true achievement – was an abomination. Veppers was all for arrogance – he possessed the quality in full measure himself, as he’d often been informed – but it had to be deserved, you had to have worked for it. Losers who’d made it always let the side down. It was just part of the way things worked – part of the complexity of life, he supposed – that sometimes somebody who absolutely deserved nothing more than to be one of the down-trodden, the oppressed, the dregs of society, lucked out into a position of wealth, power and admiration.Īt least people who were natural winners knew how to carry themselves in their pomp, whether their ascendancy had come through the luck of being born rich and powerful or the luck of being born ambitious and capable. “There was nothing worse, Veppers thought, than a loser who’d made it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The police in Newry and Mourne asked parents on Facebook: Do you understand text talk? It is a decision which the PSNI have also had to defend. To help worried parents, the Police Service of Northern Ireland have elected to post an American style graphic sexting dictionary on Facebook for parents to familiarise themselves with online talk. The online world is perpetually changing, and it can be difficult to be alert to which mediums are used and what exactly is going on. ![]() ![]() The line between trusting your child (and respecting their privacy) and policing them out of concern is a fine one for parents to tread. Not knowing what a child is up to on their smartphone or laptop can be a parent's worst nightmare.Īnd with teen slang constantly evolving, and the nature of social interaction online always changing, it is increasingly tricky to know when your child is potentially in danger. ![]() ![]() I like this activity because students get to choose events they feel are most important in the literary work and standout to them. This allows students to use more space when drawing/colors pictures. There are no text boxes for the pictures. I also provided a copy of one template that indicates where the pictures should be written. ![]() This simply forces students to be selective with their words when they write their short description. The lined space for the fifth event is limited. The spacing ranges from single space, space and a half, and double space. Each copy has different line spacing to accommodate the different level of writers (or penmanship). This worksheet is one page however, there are three different copies. There is enough space for students to list five major events. ![]() I enjoy having students draw and color their art. Students will also draw a picture of each event. Beginning at the bottom left of the page, students will number each major event in the literary work and write a short description of the event. This worksheet has a staircase pattern that moves from the bottom left to the upper right of the paper. ![]() This plot graph is presented in landscape view. ![]() ![]() ![]() Garrick appeared, cradling an AK-47 assault rifle, which had probably been new when Chevie was in grade school. “Praise the Lord for good sense,” said Riley, and he ducked under Chevie’s arm so he could drag her more efficiently. “What you said about leaving? You were right.” “That was our cue to go,” she admitted, hitching herself over the top step and into the hallway. “That was your locker, wasn’t it, miss? That was Garrick outfoxing your code?” ![]() Riley knew without being told what the noises were. “Maybe, if he could get into the weapons locker, he could do something, but that’s protected by a code.”įrom below came a double bleep and ka-chaak, which Chevie recognized as the weapons locker keypad turning off its alarm and swinging open. Didn’t you see him delivered from the pit with your own two gawpers?”Ĭhevie had seen it, but she refused to relinquish the rules of her world entirely. He ain’t no bludger nor simple broadsman. Riley understood that Miss Savano believed she had gained the upper hand, and his eyes watered with frustration. “Unless it’s a weapon, Agent, forget your bloomin’ phone. Why Do We Dream and What is Actually a Dream? ![]() ![]() ![]() So Rodney picked up his board and started from scratch. But by the time he finally broke free from his suffocating and abusive home life, the popularity of freestyle had waned and given way to vert and street styles. After years of stress and conflict, Rodney gave in and promised his father he'd quit for good. But through it all, his father looked down on his son's love for skating and pressured him to walk away from the sport and leave behind his fans and status as the most famous skateboarder of his era. He won 35 world titles in less than five years. The world-champion freestyle skateboarder and the man who brought the ollie - the trick that revolutionised the sport by taking it from the ground to the air - to street skating shares the history of skateboarding, as he tells the dramatic story of his life.Īt the age of 13, Rodney took the freestyle skating world by storm. ![]() |