Books with title MY BROTHER'S KEEPER

The diagnosis of autism devastates every member of a family, sometimes impacting siblings the hardest. Twelve year-old Jonathan Roper is no exception. Forced to move away from everything that he's familiar so that his younger brother Cameron can get better services, Jonathan feels alone and forgotten. Can he overcome his feelings of resentment and sadness, or will Cameron's autism drive a wedge between the brothers that can't be overcome? This book also contains answers to frequently asked questions, a resource page, and more.

Winner of the Junior Fiction Award and Children's Choice Junior Fiction Award, New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2013.Winner of the Lianza Librarians' Choice Award, 2013.It's New Zealand, 1914, and the biggest war the world has known has just broken out in Europe. William eagerly enlists for the army but his younger brother, Edmund, is a conscientious objector and refuses to fight. While William trains to be a soldier, Edmund is arrested. Both brothers will end up on the bloody battlefields of France, but their journeys there are very different. And what they experience at the front line will challenge the beliefs that led them there.In 2002, David Hill won the Children's Literature Foundation Award for See Ya Simon and the same book won the TES Award for Special Needs in 1994. In 2003, he was the Robert Lord writer-in-residence and in 2005 he received the Margaret Mahy Medal for his significant contribution to children's literature in New Zealand. His books have been translated into French, Chinese and Estonian. His short stories and plays for teenagers and young readers have been published and broadcast in New Zealand, Australia and the USA."It is a searing read but the book speaks with great authority." Clare Morpurgo, The School Librarian (UK publication)“...this is an important and highly readable book.” NZ Listener“...there are stories that need to be told over and over again ...” NZ Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults“Beautifully written and deeply engrossing.” Otago Daily Times

Make your child's day bright and sunny with this book about grace and honey. Written by brother and sister team, Antoinette Baier and youth minister, Mark Restaino, this sweet and rhyming children's book features a family in need, a friendly gardener, and the life giving power of bees to tell a symbolic gospel story. The book touches on the topics of homelessness, immigration, the environment, and of course, the Christian faith. Another great thing about this book is that all net author proceeds are donated to Christian organizations that house the homeless, refugees, and missionaries. Find out what all the buzz is about, support a good cause, and invest in a copy today.

An unexpected turn of events pushes Ben Floyd out of his normal small neighborhood routine, and into an unexpected appreciation for his old life.Ben Floyd has a lot on his mind. In only eighteen months he will be old enough to get a learner’s permit to drive, but that seems like a lifetime away. Ben enjoys the close-knit group of friends in his small neighborhood, but lately he has been longing for a taste of adventure. Keeping an eye on his younger brother Cody is getting to be a big responsibility. And he is confused by complicated feelings he has for his lifelong friend, Cass.When the Floyd family ends up in the Florida Keys over Christmas vacation Ben gains a welcome opportunity to escape his routines. He meets Mica, an independent, strong-willed girl who lives a nomadic life aboard a boat with her marine biologist father. Together Ben, Cody, and Mica explore the interior canals and coastal waterways, but Ben soon realizes that adventure sometimes brings danger, and that at the center of Mica’s seemingly charmed life lies a mysterious loneliness.Young readers will relate to Ben’s conflicting feelings and growing restlessness as they experience this realistic, thoughtful, and sometimes humorous portrait of adolescence by award-winning author Adrian Fogelin.

Jamaica Kincaid's incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother Devon Drew's life is also the story of her family on the island of Antigua, a constellation centered on the powerful, sometimes threatening figure of the writer's mother. Kincaid's unblinking record of a life that ed too early speaks volumes about the difficult truths at the heart of all families. My Brother is a 1997 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

C. Alexander Milan born on May 11, 1995 is an American author. He grew up in Blytheville, Arkansas where he graduated from Blytheville High School class of 2013 becoming a member of ToastMaster's, Future Business Leaders of America, Family Career, and Community Leaders of America, Blytheville Leadership Institute, Mississippi County Youth Leadership Program, and a host of other clubs and organizations. He has won a plethora of awards including the Bill Bracey Top Male award for graduating at the top of his class. He currently attends the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He is pursuing a major in Psychology and a minor in Sociology joining the ranks of the elite as a member of Psi Chi. He wrote his first book while still attending high school. He loves reading, writing, and music. He is also an activist for minority rights which is reflected in his works.

This is a story about a seventeen year old girl who lives with her three brothers after their parents are killed in a car accident. Feeling unloved and unwanted by her brothers she feels the need to run away. She soon discovers running away is not the answer to her problems but it's too late to turn back. Eventually she finds a new "family" who loves her for who she is, but how can they love her when she's lied about the past? Will they still love her when they know the whole story?

Iris Tagar - Therapeutic (for siblings) “It is a wonderful work. Siblings of special need child can read these words with one of their parents over and over again, which is therapy for the siblings!!” Ravit Moran Tal - Psychologist “It is absolutely beautiful! You were able to capture the emotional state of the child in such an emphatic and touching way. I love it.” Bosmat Baruch - Occupational Therapist “Very touching, I love it .” Although you might not always get along, having a brother or sister can be lots of fun. And if you’re twins, that can be even more fun. Plus, you’ll always have someone to play with. Or will you? Oliver and Anthony are twins, and sometimes they have fun, playing together. Much of the time, though, Anthony doesn’t want to play with Oliver. In author Andrea Yip’s My Brother, Oliver shares his feelings about what it’s like to have a brother with autism. Sometimes they’ll be playing and then Anthony just stops. He makes noises Oliver doesn’t always understand. And sometimes, Oliver feels his mom and dad love Anthony more than they love him. Written from Oliver’s perspective, My Brother helps young children with a special needs sibling to express their feelings. As the mother of a special needs child and a child without special needs, Yip has seen the struggle firsthand. My Brother shows children how to release their unspoken feelings and explains that we live in a world full of all kinds of people—and they are all special in their own ways. When we learn to accept each other, our world will be a better place to live.

A warm, funny celebration of brothers from acclaimed author-illustrator Anthony Browne.My brother is really COOL. He’s a SUPER skateboarder and he’s got MASSIVE muscles. He can run so FAST that…he can FLY! Yes, my brother is really COOL.A humorous, affectionate tribute to brothers, perfect for adults and children to read together, and an ideal companion picture book to the bestsellers My Dad and My Mum.