Books with title The Nightingale

"Last night I had a dreamThat my skin was brown, like mahogany.My outside had changed, but my inside was ME, And a nightingale sang from the nearby tree..."Throughout one magical night, a child dreams ofa world in which diversity is celebrated, and thebeauty of every child cherished."Brothers and sisters we shall be, Stars of one sky, leaves of one tree..."...

Ed Nightingale and his fellow teammates are not the best players on the rugby, football or cricket pitches. So when it comes time to challenge the Badgers, the Bucks, and the Squirrels in this year’s Champions’ Cup, Ed goes to ask for expert advice from some famous athletes including English rugby legend George Kruis, Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson and cricket World Cup winner Mark Wood. The superstars each give Ed different advice, except for one main thing: they all say ‘work together as a team.’ While Ed and the Nightingales don’t win any of their matches in the Champions’ Cup, they do better than they ever have before. And when a violent storm threatens to cancel the Champions’ Cup award ceremony, the birds band together and with their brilliant song, fight off the storm. The Nightingales might not be the best sports team, but they prove that by working together, anything can be accomplished!

Life is not quite a fairytale for poor Viola. Left penniless, the young widow is forced to live with her late husband's family in a joyless old house. There's Mr Wither, a tyrannical old miser, Mrs Wither, who thinks Viola is just a common shop girl, and two unlovely sisters-in-law, one of whom is in love with the chauffeur. Only the prospect of the charity ball can raise Viola's spirits - especially as Victor Spring, the local prince charming, will be there. But Victor's intentions towards our Cinderella are, in short, not quite honourable . . .

Rudy, a boy disabled by polio, is condemned to be kitchen help in Adolf Hitler's Berlin bunker during the last eleven days of World War II. With Karoline, a servant girl, he struggles to survive the insanity of the Nazis and the collapse of the Third Reich. When the Nightingale Sings will Rudy find the courage to never give up?Author Bio: John Ashton Williams started serious writing in 1994 at the Mississippi Valley Writers Conference sponsored by David Collins a teacher and well-known children's author. He has written numerous short stories and received awards at the above conference. WHEN THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS is his second novel. His first novel, a historical adventure, will be revised and also made available as an e-book. Keywords: Teen, Juvenile, Fiction, Historical, Hitler, Nazi, Survival, World War II, Holocaust, Friendship