Books with author Stephen Kramer

Amy Gaer is a busy working wife and mother with young twin boys and a precocious teenage daughter. After returning home from a hectic day at work, Amy greets her children and carves out a few minutes to listen to her daughter sing. A delicate, silky melody fills the air, and Amy's mind drifts back more than twenty years to a time when everything changed for her… It's 1992. Grunge is on the rise. “Hair bands” are fading. Amy graduates from college and despite a talent for music, she's determined to chase the corporate ladder. Returning to rural Iowa for the summer to live at home with her parents, all her plans shift when Amy meets a local farmer named Nick. A romance blossoms and suddenly the previously banal landscape becomes beautiful. But settling into a life with Nick is far more complicated than she expected, and she is faced with decisions that will alter her life forever. For fans of Emily Giffin and Sophie Kinsella, Goodbye Def Leppard (I'll Miss Those Jeans) is a lighthearted yet poignant tale about life, fate, and the difficult choices we make.

Peterson's Master the New York City Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) 7th Edition is a comprehensive test preparation guide for the competitive test offered to all eighth and ninth-grade students, residing within the five boroughs of NYC, who wish to attend a specialized high school. This guide offers valuable preparation resources,and test-taking strategies, including 10 practice mini-tests that cover: scrambled paragraphs reading comprehension logical reasoning word problems algebra geometry Every practice test question is accompanied by our expert detailed answer explanations that will help boost your test-prep efforts to score high on the exam. Bonus section that includes 2 practice tests for the Hunter College H.S. Entrance Examination, administered each January to all sixth-grade students residing within the five boroughs of NYC, who meet specific criteria in reading and mathematics. Increase your self-confidence by reviewing the test format, types of questions, timing of the test sections, and other important factors that will help you score your best on this extremely challenging test for academically-gifted students. Every November, approximately 30,000 NYC students take the challenging 2.5 hour exam which consists of two parts: Verbal with 45 multiple choice questions and Mathematics, 50 questions. The following eight specialized schools that use this test for admission are highly selective NYC public schools for students who are talented, academically or artistically: Bronx High School of Science Brooklyn Latin School Brooklyn Technical High School High School of Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College High School of American Studies at Lehman College Queens High School for the Sciences at York Staten Island Technical High School Stuyvesant High School If you’re considering any of these schools, this guide will help you maximize your admissions test score.

Clayton and Tilden Investigations' fourth case deals with a young girl from Middlebury, Vermont, who went missing in the early 1960's. The recent discovery of the girl's diary provides one small clue to her disappearance: she may have been kidnapped. Jack and Yolanda travel to several small towns, searching cold case files for any clue that might help them solve the case. Early in the case they realize that they might have identified the person responsible, but they lack any solid evidence that can link him to the crime. As they continue to unravel the string of clues, they become aware that they have uncovered a web of pure evil, a crime so malevolent that went far beyond a simple kidnapping.

This is the guide to the entrance exam for New York City's top public high schools!Every December, thousands of New York City's brightest eighth and ninth graders compete for admission to the Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Technical High School, and Stuyvesant High School--and this teacher-recommended book is the only guide to the entrance exam! Now revised to cover the latest test format, it includes 10 sample tests, explanatory answers for all questions--plus practice tests for the Hunter Junior/Senior High School Entrance Exam.Stephen Krane is a former teacher at Bronx High School of Science.