LIBROS DEL AUTOR: teresa r funke

8 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: teresa r funke

  • Bursts of Brilliance for a Creative Life
    Teresa R. Funke
    Is your inner artist awake and inspired, bursting with brilliant ideas? Or, has it been slumbering so long you almost forgot you had one?In this heartfelt and uplifting book, award-winning author and creative entrepreneur Teresa R. Funke draws on nearly three decades of experience to show you in quick, readable bursts: What makes you uniquely creative  Why your art or ideas ...
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    14,10 €

  • War on a Sunday Morning
    Teresa R. Funke / Teresa RFunke
    Based on a true story . . .Thirteen-year-old Rose Williams has trouble fitting in. Every time her family moves to a new navy base, she wishes she could be more like her fearless brother, Les, and not her usual shy and practical self.On the Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Rose hears the roar of low-flying planes. From her front yard she watches as Japanese aircraft attack th...
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    11,85 €

  • Wave Me Good-bye
    Teresa R. Funke / Teresa RFunke
    Based on a true story from World War II:As the only Jewish girl in her New York neighborhood, thirteen-year-oldMiriam Liebler has a lot on her mind. World War II is raging, and herbrother will soon pack his bags to join the fight. Blackouts and air-raiddrills punctuate her daily life. Worse yet, her family has heard nothing fromtheir Jewish relatives in Europe since before the ...
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    11,95 €

  • Remember Wake
    Teresa R. Funke
    Based on a true story. December, 1941 - While the world focuses on the carnage at Pearl Harbor, tiny Wake Island 2,300 miles west is also under attack. On it are 1,200 civilians and a small detachment of marines. This frightened, under-equipped band of Americans will hold the mighty Japanese navy at bay for sixteen days before succumbing to the sweeping invasion. 'Remember Wa...
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    18,29 €

  • Dancing in Combat Boots
    Teresa R. Funke
    When the going got tough during World War II, America's women got going. By the millions, housewives and mothers took off their aprons and stepped into factories, offices, hospitals-anywhere capable hands were needed to replace those of the husbands and sons now battling overseas. The eleven fictional stories in this remarkable collection are based on real women whose experie...
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    17,57 €

  • V for Victory
    Teresa R. Funke
    Based on a true story in the summer of 1943... Twelve-year-old Miguel Montoya feels left behind. Everyone else in his large family is 'doing his part' during World War II. His brother is flying dangerous missions over enemy territory, and his sister and aunt are home-front volunteers. Miguel offers to take their places in the family grocery store, only to be told he's not old ...
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    11,96 €

  • Doing My Part
    Teresa R. Funke
    Based on a true story . . . Until World War II came along, fourteen-year-old Helen Marshall's biggest problem had been her height. Few men in Hayden's Valley, Illinois are as tall as Helen. But when Helen's mother is hurt and can't work and her favorite cousin ships off to fight, Helen must find a way to support both her family and her country. Along with her best friend, Janie...
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    12,04 €

  • The No-No Boys
    Teresa R. Funke
    Based on a true story in the winter of 1943... Fourteen-year-old Tai Shimoda's family has lost everything. Like many other Japanese-Americans at the start of World War II, Tai's family has been forced to leave their home and move to Tule Lake Relocation Center-a desolate camp surrounded by barbed wire in northern California. Though he misses his home in Sacramento, Tai keeps...
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    11,95 €