'Charlie, Don't Be a Hero' - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 'Charlie, Don't Be a Hero' write by Krista Keating-Joseph. This book was released on 2020-06. 'Charlie, Don't Be a Hero' available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Charlie, Don't Be a Hero' is a moving story from a mother about her son, Charles Keating IV, a heroic U.S. Navy SEAL killed in Iraq in 2016. His story, told only as a mother can tell it, is that of an extraordinary young man whose love of family and country propelled him to incredible heights as a soldier and as a person.
I'm No Hero
I'm No Hero - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I'm No Hero write by Charlie Plumb. This book was released on 1995-11. I'm No Hero available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'I'm No Hero' is the story of Charlie Plumb, but it is also the story of all POWs who faced an isolated world of degradation, loneliness, tedium, hunger, and pain. It is no pretty story. It tells of the torture room with walls built to muffle human screams, of the 'rope trick' and 'fanbelt' techniques designed to make a man talk, of illness, of insanity. But it also tells of the ingenuity and creativity which allowed the men to outsmart their guards and to set up communication systems, classes, escape plans, and to maintain their chain of command. It is a revealing story. It pictures men who are reduced to the basics physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It shows how these situations can be survived with individual integrity and pride intact. It tells of growing relationships with God which came as a result of desperate need. It outlines a closed society's methods of developing rules which allow members to live together in harmony. It is a story of hope, for it suggests that the techniques used by POWs to survive their conditions can be used by others to overcome similar situations faced in day-to-day living.
The Half Brother
The Half Brother - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Half Brother write by Holly LeCraw. This book was released on 2015-02-17. The Half Brother available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A passionate, provocative story of complex family bonds and the search for identity set within the ivy-covered walls of a New England boarding school When Charlie Garrett arrives as a young teacher at the shabby-yet-genteel Abbott School, he finds a world steeped in privilege and tradition. Fresh out of college and barely older than the students he teaches, Charlie longs to leave his complicated southern childhood behind and find his place in the rarefied world of Abbottsford. Before long he is drawn to May Bankhead, the daughter of the legendary school chaplain; but when he discovers he cannot be with her, he forces himself to break her heart, and she leaves Abbott—he believes forever. He hunkers down in his house in the foothills of Massachusetts, thinking his sacrifice has contained the damage and controlled their fates. But nearly a decade later, his peace is shattered when his golden-boy half brother, Nick, comes to Abbott to teach—and May returns as a teacher as well. Students and teachers alike are drawn by Nick’s magnetism, and even May falls under his spell. When Charlie pushes his brother and his first love together, with what he believes are the best of intentions, a love triangle ensues that is haunted by desire, regret, and a long-buried mystery. With wisdom and emotional generosity, LeCraw takes us through a year that transforms both the teachers and students of Abbott forever. Page-turning, lyrical, and ambitious, The Half Brother is a powerful examination of family, loyalty, and love.
Charlie the Hero
Charlie the Hero - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Charlie the Hero write by Dale Carlson. This book was released on 1983. Charlie the Hero available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A sixth grader with a burning desire to be a hero finds a body in a field and hopes it will make his dream come true.
The Journey of Little Charlie
The Journey of Little Charlie - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Journey of Little Charlie write by Christopher Paul Curtis. This book was released on 2018-01-30. The Journey of Little Charlie available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Newberry Medalist brings humor and heart to this story of a Civil War–era boy struggling to do right in the face of history’s cruelest evils. Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died, and Cap’n Buck—the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South Carolina—has come to collect a debt. Fearing for his life, Charlie strikes a deal with Cap’n Buck and agrees to track down some folks accused of stealing from the cap’n and his boss. It’s not too bad of a bargain for Charlie . . . until he comes face-to-face with the fugitives and discovers their true identities. Torn between his guilty conscience and his survival instinct, Charlie needs to figure out his next move—and soon. It’s only a matter of time before Cap’n Buck catches on. Praise for The Journey of Little Charlie A National Book Award Finalist “This is a compelling and ugly story for middle-grade readers told with genuine care. Little Charlie is a product of his Southern upbringing, yet in Curtis’s skillful hands he learns the world is not as he’d thought . . . Christopher Paul Curtis does it again.” —Historical Novel Society “A characteristically lively and complex addition to the historical fiction of the era from Curtis.” —Kirkus Reviews
