Rollercoasters: Firestarter Reader

Reference

Forde, Catherine

Words, Language & Grammar

Oxford University Press

FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD JIMMY KELLY is “Fat Boy Fat,” the largest kid in his Scottish community, who is made to feel useless at everything. Only his family know’s he’s a whiz in the kitchen, and Jimmy’s determined to keep it that way. After all, what would people say if they discovered that “Big Blob Kelly” had one special talent and it involved food? So when GI Joe, the toughest coach at school, finds out his secret, Jimmy’s sure he’s doomed. But, Coach proposes a deal: If Jimmy helps him, Coach will help Jimmy . . . swim. With each stroke Coach teaches him, Jimmy feels like he’s getting closer to recognizing the Shadow Shape that’s been haunting his dreams. And closer to Ellie, whose chocolate brown curls look good enough to eat. Coach and Ellie know there’s more to Jimmy than meets the eye. Now it’s time for Jimmy to stop hiding and realize it himself. “A moving, tumultuous, roller-coaster, acid-etched story.”—The Bookseller (UK)

Fat Boy Swim

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD JIMMY KELLY is “Fat Boy Fat,” the largest kid in his Scottish community, who is made to feel useless at everything. Only his family know’s he’s a whiz in the kitchen, and Jimmy’s determined to keep it that way. After all, what would people say if they discovered that “Big Blob Kelly” had one special talent and it involved food? So when GI Joe, the toughest coach at school, finds out his secret, Jimmy’s sure he’s doomed. But, Coach proposes a deal: If Jimmy helps him, Coach will help Jimmy . . . swim. With each stroke Coach teaches him, Jimmy feels like he’s getting closer to recognizing the Shadow Shape that’s been haunting his dreams. And closer to Ellie, whose chocolate brown curls look good enough to eat. Coach and Ellie know there’s more to Jimmy than meets the eye. Now it’s time for Jimmy to stop hiding and realize it himself. “A moving, tumultuous, roller-coaster, acid-etched story.”—The Bookseller (UK) From the Hardcover edition.

Fourteen-year-old Jimmy Kelly is Fat Boy Fat, the largest kid in his Scottish community, who’s made to feel useless at everything. Only his family knows he’s a whiz in the kitchen, and Jimmy is determined to keep it that way.So when GI Joe, the toughest coach at school, finds out his secret, Jimmy is sure he’s doomed. But Coach proposes a deal: If Jimmy helps him, Coach will help Jimmy to swim. He knows there’s more to Jimmy than meets the eye. Now it’s time for Jimmy to stop hiding and realize it himself.

Laurel-Leaf

At a time of growing social, economic and environmental challenge, this book offers a fresh and engaging perspective on the connections between social work and community development and on how social workers can use a community development approach to practice in critical, creative and sustainable ways.

Social Work and Community Development (Reshaping Social Work, 1)

Politics & Social Sciences

Lynch, Deborah

Social Sciences

Red Globe Press

Children's Books

Listening Library (Audio)

Egmont Books

Danny-Boy shaves his head for Grampa Dan’s funeral and the barber tells him he looks like a prisoner of war. Danny-Boy doesn’t care—he’s on a downward spiral. Drinking, cutting school, obsessed with the sick, violent lyrics of his favorite band, Skarrs. Danny would like to clean up his act and get together with the gorgeous Ali, but he can’t escape Jakey’s gang, even when the police come asking questions. While running from Jakey’s revenge, Danny at last hears the truth: Grampa Dan—always hearing Skarrs’ lyrics about concentration camps pounding through the wall from Danny’s bedroom—had himself been a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp. When Danny finds out the truth about Grampa Dan, he has one last chance to put things right.

Skarrs

Action & Adventure

Egmont UK

When Reece - strange, blue-haired, fire-obsessed Reece - moves in next door, Keith is worried. Reece is clearly trouble but the problem is, Keith feels sorry for him. Keith knows he should ignore Reece, but he's like smoke. He pervades everything, every aspect of Keith's life.

Firestarter

This is a gripping, powerful, and heart-warming story about one girl's choices. In 2012, The Emergency begins as terrorist bombs shatter cities around the UK and wreak havoc on normal life. Molly's parents decide to send her and her brother, John, away from Glasgow to safety in the countryside. Molly is sent to Paradise Farm where she is cared for by Pernilla, who has always wanted a child, and gives Molly everything she desires. Pernilla's youthful enthusiasm is in stark contrast to Molly's own frumpy, daggy mum. Molly is so caught up in her new life that she fails to take action when her friend, Fergal, tells her that John has been sent to live with an abusive farmer. It is not until her mother comes to visit that Molly realises how important her family is, and how close she is to losing them.

Tug of War: Two Mums, One Girl, One Choice

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Rollercoasters: Firestarter Reader

Fat Boy Swim

Fat Boy Swim

Fat Boy Swim

Social Work and Community Development (Reshaping Social Work, 1)

Fat Boy Swim

Fat Boy Swim

Skarrs

Firestarter

Tug of War: Two Mums, One Girl, One Choice