Books with author Russell Tovey

For most people, home is a place with four walls. It's a place to eat, sleep, rest, and live. For a refugee, the concept of home is ever-changing, ever-moving, ever-wavering. And often, it doesn't have any walls at all.Eleven-year-old Lam escapes from Vietnam with Dee Dee during the Vietnamese Boat People Exodus in 1979, when people from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fled their homelands for safety. For a refugee, the trip is a long and perilous one, filled with dangerous encounters with pirates and greedy sailors, a lack of food and water, and even the stench of a dead body onboard. When they finally arrive at a refugee camp, Lam befriends Dao, a girl her age who becomes like a sister-a welcome glimmer of happiness after a terrifying journey. Readers will feel as close to Lam as the jade pendant she wears around her neck, sticking by her side throughout her journey as she experiences fear, crushing loss, boredom, and some small moments of joy along the way. Written in verse, this is a heartfelt story that is sure to build empathy and compassion for refugees around the world escaping oppression.

Magic has never been easier to learn. This handbook teaches young readers how to make things disappear and do other amazing feats with coins, paper clips, and napkins--over 100 tricks in all are explained in simple, step-by-step, colorful photos. With just a few props, lots of practice, and this how-to book, young magicians can learn to fool the eye and confuse the mind of an audience.

Here's my EXCELLENT PLAN to make DogZombies the BEST band in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD! How hard can it be? (Very.)Right now I'm going to: 1. Write more songs (not about teachers). 2. Make a SPECTACULAR music video (easy). 3. Get some sleep (tricky when you're being kept awake by LOUD NOISES). 4. Annoy Delia (nothing to do with DogZombies but always FUN).