Books with author Glenda Millard

Beautiful, lyrical prose, told in two voices, lifts up a poignant story of two traumatized teens who find each other in a small riverside town.i am the girl manny loves. the girl who writes our story in the book of flying. i am alice.Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words, but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows that words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chips shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken, too: he once was a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent things. But in a new land with people who care for him, Manny explores the small town on foot. And in his pocket, he carries a poem he scooped up, a poem whose words he knows by heart. The relationship between Alice and Manny will be the beginning of love and healing. And for these two young souls, perhaps, that will be good enough.

Beautiful, lyrical prose, told in two voices, lifts up a poignant story of two traumatized teens who find each other in a small riverside town.i am the girl manny loves. the girl who writes our story in the book of flying. i am alice. Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words, but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows that words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chips shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken, too: he once was a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent things. But in a new land with people who care for him, Manny explores the small town on foot. And in his pocket, he carries a poem he scooped up, a poem whose words he knows by heart. The relationship between Alice and Manny will be the beginning of love and healing. And for these two young souls, perhaps, that will be good enough.

Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone, but something inside her is broken. Manny runs at night, trying to escape his memories. He sees Alice on the roof of her river-house, looking like a figurehead on a ship sailing through the stars. He has a poem in his pocket and he knows the words by heart. He is sure that girl has written them. Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Award and long-listed for the UKLA Awards 2017, this is a poetic and powerful coming-of-age tale. You cannot fail to be moved by the warm friendship that builds between Alice, damaged by a trauma at twelve years of age, and Manny, a former child soldier, living as a refugee in a foster family in Australia. Together, they confront bullies and the experience of being an outsider. Strong ties hold the family of characters together and enable them to face the dangers of their perilous life. Ultimately, you will be uplifted by their strength of character - but sustained throughout the novel by the quality of Millard's writing and the light touch with which she handles difficult subjects.

SHORT-LISTED: 2016 QLD Premier's Literary Awards, Young Adult BooksAlice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone, but something inside her is broken. She has acquired brain injury, the result of an assault, and her words come out slow and slurred. But when she writes, heartwords fly from her pen. She writes poems to express the words she can't say and leaves them in unexpected places around the town. Manny was once a child soldier. He is sixteen and has lost all his family. He appears to be adapting to his new life in this country, where there is comfort and safety, but at night he runs, barefoot, to escape the memory of his past. When he first sees Alice, she is sitting on the rusty roof of her river-house, looking like a carving on an old-fashioned ship sailing through the stars.

Will is desperate to cheer his grandpa up, but how? When Will's Grandpa Jack has a stroke and can no longer live on his beloved farm, it seems like nothing interests him except causing trouble, or planning his escape from the nursing home where he now lives. Will is desparate to cheer his grandpa up, but how? then Will meets the motor-bike riding tansy and her mysterious angels! Ages 6+.

* Shortlisted Queensland Premier's Awards * Since his arrival at the Kingdom of Silk, Perry Angel has learned a lot about love. Apart from dressing up as Superman, Perry's favourite thing in the entire universe is drawing. But then something happens, and his friends are worried that he might never draw again. Mr Kadri from the Colour Patch Café understands that sometimes there are no words to describe our feelings. So when he announces a new category at the annual art exhibition, he gives Perry all the colours of Paradise, just in case he needs them. Following on from the success of The Naming of Tishkin Silk , Layla Queen of Hearts and Perry Angel's Suitcase comes this third instalment in Glenda Millard's award-winning Kingdom of Silk series. There is a reason why the Kingdom of Silk series has won every major prize in Australia: these whimsical, beautifully written and illustrated mini-novels are quite simply exceptional.

Academic calendar July2019-June2020 for teacher, student and who concern is suitableThis is simple and useful planner for classroom or homeschoolAll important, to do list, home work, or time management of your happy lifeThis planner include: Each monthly spread (July 2019 through June 2020) contains an overview of the month, a notes section. The cute weekly spreads include space to write your daily schedule as well as a to-do list. Inspiratioinal quote. Perfect size 8.5"x11". The light weight and comfortable to carry. Printed on quality paper Made in USA Grab your colored pens and let's get organized! (Ps.These also make wonderful gifts for the planners and teachers in your life!)

In poignant verse, the story of one young shepherd makes the experience of soldiers in World War I accessible to children.Once there sang a carefree shepherdIn a field of emerald green . . .Once his world was all at peace.Here is the tale of Tom Shepherd, tending his lambs and shearing their fleece and wooing his sweetheart, who weaves the sheep’s wool to make him a coat. But then the Great War comes, and Tom must leave his beloved wife and his unborn child and go off to fight. In a moving, sobering story that resolves in a heartbreaking but beautiful ending, Once a Shepherd evokes the reality of war in a way young children can understand, while fostering a deep-felt hope for peace.