![]() ![]() "Probably the probability of someone like me, starting playing basketball at 15, to get the chance to be the MVP of the league is, I'd say, probably negative zero. But then again, it's also part of my story because I've always felt like I was a role model - especially to my Cameroonian people and my African people - and I feel like, just looking at my story, they can look at it and be like, 'Wow, he did it.' And to be sitting here and feel like I won something as far as the Most Valuable Player is great. ![]() "There's a reason why these are the best basketball players in the world. "It's hard to win this league it's hard to be successful in this league," Embiid said after Philadelphia's shootaround at TD Garden ahead of Wednesday's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Celtics. ![]() Tim Bontemps, ESPN May 3, 2023, 02:26 PM ETīOSTON - Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid said the chances of someone like him - who started playing basketball in his native Cameroon at the age of 15 - winning the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award are "probably negative zero," but that it is proof that "improbable doesn't mean impossible."Įmbiid was named the winner of the league's top individual honor Tuesday night, claiming 73 of 100 first-place votes to finish ahead of Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, who had beaten Embiid for the award in each of the past two seasons. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Houghton Mifflin, 2007.ġ. Here are Fun home citations for 14 popular citation styles including Turabian style, the American Medical Association (AMA) style, the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style, IEEE, and more. Fun home: A family tragicomic, Houghton Mifflin. New York: Houghton Mifflin.īechdel, A., 2007. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.īechdel, Alison. Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007).īechdel, Alison. Here are Fun home citations for five popular citation styles: MLA, APA, Chicago (notes-bibliography), Chicago (author-date), and Harvard style. If you are looking for additional help, try the EasyBib citation generator. ![]() Fun home is cited in 14 different citation styles, including MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, APA, ACS, and many others. Learn how to create in-text citations and a full citation/reference/note for Fun home by Alison Bechdel using the examples below. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He was a lot of fun to write, but if you met someone like him in real life, you’d run miles to avoid him! He’s quite simply an awful, awful person. ![]() ![]() Lisa: Oh, I think he’s going to be one you love to hate! Taylor has pretty much no redeeming features. Is he a bad guy we love, or one we love to hate? Kate: You describe Taylor from Naked Ambition as a sociopath. Having said that, I do love checking out fashions from the Met Gala and things when I see them, and like the rest of the world I’m totally in love with any look that Billy Porter wears! But I don’t think I could actually name any of the designers who work with him. Lisa: I know absolutely nothing about fashion! If there’s a character in this book that is me, then it’s Mike, who loves carbs, has a ketchup stain on his tie, and can’t tell the difference between haute couture and Walmart. Do you have an interest in fashion? If so, who’s your favourite designer? Kate: Naked Ambition is set in the world of fashion. Hi everyone! We’re Kate Sherwood and Lisa Henry, and thank you so much for having us here today to talk about our new releases for the Grim and Sinister Delights series! We threw some interview questions at one another, and here’s what we came up with: ![]() ![]() “From the moment I could remember, it was made very clear to me that I was going to the United States,” he says. Díaz nods in agreement, settling into the chair across from where I am seated. As immigrant children, I begin, we learn at a very young age to view America as a kind of utopia, a place to be lauded. It is a cold Monday afternoon in early January, and I am in Cambridge, Mass., to discuss the novel, which turns 10 this September, with its author, Junot Díaz. It is this dream that is at the center of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. In America, the land of opportunity and democracy, anything is possible. ![]() This dream tells us that no matter our circumstances elsewhere, in America we can make it. We leave behind families and careers many of us leave to survive, escaping countries shrouded in violence and death. ![]() ![]() Terrifying, promising and elusive, it pulls us from our native lands. ![]() ![]() ![]() That means getting past Monday’s henchmen and journeying to the Dayroom itself. After meeting Suzy Blue and the first part of “the Will” (a frog-looking entity that knows everything about the House), Arthur learns that he’s been selected as Rightful Heir to the House and must get the other part of the clock hand in order to defeat Monday. But when the confused and curious boy discovers that a mysterious virus is spreading through town, he decides to enter an otherworldly house to stop it. You can read this before Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #1) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Īrthur Penhaligon’s first days at his new school don’t go too well, particularly when a fiendish Mister Monday appears, gives Arthur a magical clock hand, and then orders his gang of dog-faced goons to chase Arthur around and get it back. ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #1) written by Garth Nix which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, #1) by Garth Nix ![]() ![]() Im going to be honest, I wasnt really interested in the mystery plot (which didnt really develop until closer to the 60% mark) but I kept reading because the pack dynamics were interesting.Īnother thing that I want to talk about is the use, or lack thereof, of Indigenous folklore. Annas story is particularly heartbreaking but reading her come into her own and realize her own talents kept me going. Their dynamic was really interesting to me. ![]() ![]() That being said, I did really enjoy getting to know Charles and Anna. Its hard to even keep up with who were following, despite the fact that literally NOTHING is happening but our characters are cuddling in the cold. There are some parts where theres barely anything happening but the book changes POVs four times in one chapter. It felt like a slog to get through at some parts and usually I can churn through books like this in under a day this one took me three. However, all of that strong characterization done at the beginning pretty much falls flat when the plot moved at a snails pace in some parts. It was a very interesting and, I feel, effective way of characterization for the people at the forefront of the story. Were dropped right in the middle of life changing events at the start of the story and at first I really liked how the author created this very complicated web of people and interactions by just forcing the reader in the middle of it. This book felt like it was trying to do everything and yet nothing at the same time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When former bad girl Genevieve West returns home for her mother’s funeral, she’s prepared to keep her distance from her ex-boyfriend, Evan Hartley. But as Mac finally starts feeling accepted by Cooper and his friends, the secret he’s been keeping from her threatens the only place she’s ever felt at home.īestselling author Elle Kennedy returns to Avalon Bay in this sexy second chance story about two exes who can't stay away from each other, Bad Girl Reputation. Their friendship soon becomes the realest thing in her life.ĭespite his disdain for the trust-fund kids he sees coming and going from his town, Cooper soon realizes Mac isn’t just another rich clone and falls for her. Mac’s had plenty of practice suppressing her wilder impulses, but when she meets local bad boy Cooper Hartley, that ability is suddenly tested. That means moving to the beachside town of Avalon Bay, a community made up of locals and the wealthy students of Garnet College. Unlike most twenty-year-olds, all she really wants to do is focus on growing her internet business, but first she must get a college degree at her parents’ insistence. It’s exhausting, really, always following the rules. ![]() Mackenzie “Mac” Cabot is a people pleaser. ![]() ![]() ![]() Often this is because a character stands in for a group. (There is no obvious sexual dimorphism in wombats - you can’t easily tell the sex of a wombat unless you’re an expert.) I wonder if you assumed the wombat was male until “For Pete’s sake! Give her some carrots!” A study by Janet McCabe told us that unless animal characters are given obvious female markers then we tend to read them as male. This is partly to do with the realistic style of art. ![]() Unusually for a children’s book, the wombat is female yet has not been given any typically feminine markers, such as a big pink bow. STORY STRUCTURE OF DIARY OF A WOMBAT WHO IS THE MAIN CHARACTER? ![]() Bruce Whatley illustrates animals in a mostly realistic style, with only a few modifications to make the facial expressions more human, making the pairing perfect. Jackie French could have anthropomorphised the wombat and taken her off on an adventure to save the world, but this wombat is inspired by the wombats around French’s own house. But wombats don’t really do much and have little to report. We expect that if someone has taken the trouble to write something down then it must be something important. Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wombat is a parody of a diary. ![]() ![]() ![]() The only safe place they have is with each other. But his dad's fists are the most powerful force in Nicu's life, and in the end he'll have to do what his dad wants.Īs Nicu and Jess get closer, their secrets come to the surface like bruises. He wants to get educated, do better, and stay here in England. The last thing Nicu wants is to get married. His dad brought Nicu and his mum here for a better life, but now all they talk about is going back home to find Nicu a wife. Nicu is all big eyes and ill-fitting clothes, eager as a puppy, even when they're picking up litter in the park for community service. Jess would never have looked twice at Nicu if her friends hadn't left her in the lurch. ![]() ![]() Rising stars Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan join forces to break listeners' hearts in this contemporary story of star-cross'd lovers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Melissa - One of Raina’s friends from middle school.Kelli - The friend that was with Raina when she injured her teeth.Will - Raina and Amara’s younger brother.She teased Raina for her braces, is not very social, and argues with Will and Raina. Amara - A six-year-old (in the in end 10-year-old).Mom (Sue) - Raina, Amara, and Will's mother.Raina is the character based on author Raina Telgemeier’s teen self. Raina - A young teenager who has an accident that leaves her with dental trauma.Stephanie Yue did the color for the novel version of Smile. Smile was published as a graphic novel with eight chapters by the Graphix imprint of Scholastic Inc. Telgemeier created this comic to tell the story of her adolescence, though she did not initially write these strips for Girlamatic with children in mind as her intended audience. ![]() One strip of Telgemeier’s comic was published online each week. ![]() Smile was initially published as a webcomic on Girlamatic, an online magazine website. Smile has had a pedagogical impact, and reviews have been written on this novel. It is most appropriate for readers between fourth and sixth grade. The book originated as a webcomic, which was serialized on Girlamatic. The novel provides an account of the author's life, characterized by dental procedures and struggles with fitting in, from sixth grade to high school. It was published in February of 2010 by Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Smile is an autobiographical graphic novel written by Raina Telgemeier. ![]() |