Books with title Breakout

?Los Angeles! City of tanned shoulders! Smog-spewing, pay-per-viewing, sit-com maker for the world!?Del?s put in 17 years there, bouncing among foster homes. Smart, sharp-tongued, a master mimic, she?s fed up with her world and with being Del. So she?s faked her own death and is leaving both herself and L.A. behind?until her escape lands her in an all-day traffic jam.Fast-forward eight years. It?s opening night for the one-woman play she?s written and is starring in?a show called Breakout, about a Los Angeles traffic jam. Wildly funny, she seems to be skewering workaholics, road ragers, pickup artists, and car culture in general. But readers will see what her audience can?t?that the show is a portrait of herself, of her hunger for her mother and her terror of rejection, her free-floating identity and yearning for connection.Flashing between Del?s present and future, Breakout gives us a backstage pass into a young playwright?s psyche, letting us watch her life being transformed into a art, heartache into comedy, solitude into community, and anger gradually giving way to acceptance.

When Anthony's angst-ridden rock 'n' roll lyrics go viral, he's unwittingly cast as the school rebel. The truth is, he's not trying to be anyone's hero. Anthony Castillo needs a new life. His teachers are clueless autocrats except for Mr. Darren, who’s in charge of the rock band program. The girls at school are either shallow cutebots or out of his league. And his parents mean well, but they just make things worse. It’s as if Anthony is stuck on the bottom level of his favorite video game, Liberation Force 4.5. Except there is no secret escape tunnel and definitely no cheat code. Fed up, pissed off, and feeling trapped, Anthony writes his first song for his rock band, the Rusty Soles. His only problem: Arts Night. If he exercises his right to free speech and sings his original lyrics—where his own bombs will drop—he and his band will be through. The clock is ticking. Time for Anthony to pick his battles and decide what’s really worth fighting for.Praise for BREAKOUT“Emerson captures the heady mixture of pride, vulnerability, amazement, and fear Anthony feels in having created something of personal significance that, once public, takes on a life of its own.” –Publishers Weekly “A funny, perceptive book.” –Booklist “The narrative momentum keeps readers invested in Anthony's moral conundrum.” –Kirkus Reviews “A solid coming-of-age tale that younger readers will pick up for its emotion and shades of rock and roll.” –School Library Journal “Anthony’s narrative voice is the very real cri de coeur of every middle-school boy who feels as though his real talents are being underserved by the school curriculum.” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

When Anthony's angst-ridden rock 'n' roll lyrics go viral, he's unwittingly cast as the school rebel. The truth is, he's not trying to be anyone's hero. Anthony Castillo needs a new life. His teachers are clueless autocrats except for Mr. Darren, who’s in charge of the rock band program. The girls at school are either shallow cutebots or out of his league. And his parents mean well, but they just make things worse. It’s as if Anthony is stuck on the bottom level of his favorite video game, Liberation Force 4.5. Except there is no secret escape tunnel and definitely no cheat code. Fed up, pissed off, and feeling trapped, Anthony writes his first song for his rock band, the Rusty Soles. His only problem: Arts Night. If he exercises his right to free speech and sings his original lyrics—where his own bombs will drop—he and his band will be through. The clock is ticking. Time for Anthony to pick his battles and decide what’s really worth fighting for.Praise for BREAKOUT“Emerson captures the heady mixture of pride, vulnerability, amazement, and fear Anthony feels in having created something of personal significance that, once public, takes on a life of its own.” –Publishers Weekly “A funny, perceptive book.” –Booklist “The narrative momentum keeps readers invested in Anthony's moral conundrum.” –Kirkus Reviews “A solid coming-of-age tale that younger readers will pick up for its emotion and shades of rock and roll.” –School Library Journal “Anthony’s narrative voice is the very real cri de coeur of every middle-school boy who feels as though his real talents are being underserved by the school curriculum.” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Del's lived in Los Angeles for seventeen years, bouncing among foster homes. Smart, sharp-tongued, and a master mimic, she's fed up with her world and with being Del. So she's changing her name and leaving both herself and L.A. behind -- until her escape lands her in an all-day traffic jam. Fast-forward eight years. It's opening night for the one-woman show Del has written and is starring in -- a show called Breakout about a Los Angeles traffic jam. As the novel flashes between Del's present and future, we get a backstage pass into this young playwright's psyche, watching her life being transformed into art, heartache into comedy, solitude into connection. And, finally, anger giving way to acceptance.

The Breakout is the second half of the story which began with The Brightness. It is a journey in to the realms of imagination and supernatural existence, where good and evil face up to each other and test their faith in their own dominance.Xander embarks on a mystical experience which brings him in to contact with Adon Olam, the Overseer of the realms of the heavens. He learns about his own destiny and identity and is equipped - along with his friends, the gentle and sensitive Rosie and Dan, confident and at ease with himself - by seven spirits, to take on the might and Manifesto of the Machiavellian statesman, Peter Nixon and the demon king, Moloch, whom he serves. Xander goes in search of the Brightness, but ultimately gains so much more.This story has touched my heart and excited me with the potential for the future of our nations, as it literally opened up to me and told itself, chapter by chapter over two books and sixteen months. This is not idealistic fiction, it is an intravenous injection of hope, and you are invited to share in it too.

Trina Hauk isn’t good at following the rules, despite her elite genetic designation. She’s never really fit in, kind of a loner who has a major crush on Kalen. Raised by the government, Trina has never had a choice in occupation, social standing or even love. Until Kalen is arrested for helping her cover up her latest mistake.Now, the only way to save him is to seek help from an unlikely ally—a mysterious teenager with healing powers named Jarek—who is scheduled for termination. Jarek knows the prison location, but won’t tell unless Trina breaks him out of his cell. Becoming a fugitive is not exactly what she had in mind. And then there’s the part where she denies her growing attraction to Jarek. Pulled between the pre-determined life she’s always had and her forbidden love, Trina must choose…before it’s too late.

Told in letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics--a series of documents Nora collects for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project--Breakout is a thrilling story that will leave readers thinking about who's really welcome in the places we call home. Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. Worst of all, everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Even if the inmates are caught, she worries that home might never feel the same. "A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year!"

Go on an adventure with Jailbreak, rebel computer genius, in this hilarious Level 2 Ready-to-Read based on The Emoji Movie! The Emoji Movie pops into theaters on July 28, 2017!Jailbreak is a tough, beanie wearing, blue haired Emoji—there’s no device she can’t navigate. Unlock her secrets in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read! The Emoji Movie © 2017 Sony Pictures Animation Inc. All Rights Reserved. emoji® is a registered trademark of emoji company GmbH used under license

In this sequel to Outbreak: The Zombie Apocalypse, Matt Hawkins strives for redemption following Britain's first zombie outbreak. His internal struggles and his psychological analysis of those around him lead him to question the ethics of humanity and himself as he fights to survive the apocalypse. Hawkins perception of the immoral decisions of the leadership in seeking a possible cure force him to reevaluate his past and question his own motives as he tries desperately to conceal a secret that could ruin him and prevent him from keeping the fragile promise which has become his only motivation to live. From the sanctuary of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales to the promise of an escape through the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone, Kent, their only hope for survival and for the possibility of ending the zombie outbreak, the diverse group of people experience loss while they hope for success but all at a very high price.

Fact or fiction? You decide! Classifieds blend a fictional account with fact files, biographies, statements from witnesses, and debriefings--allowing readers to make up their own minds about intriguing unsolved mysteries. Access to classified documents will help unravel the mysteries behind the most intriguing events of recent times.Guilty of treason, two young Americans have been imprisoned for betraying their country. But how did they access top-secret intelligence files and sell them to the Russians? It's only when fellow inmate Larry Holtz helps his friends escape that he realizes how far out of his depth he has gone.