Books with title "View from the Bridge"

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BOOK SUMMARY In View from the Top, the sixth book of The Adventures of Nick & Sam series, the Perry twins are looking forward to summer. As the school year comes to an end, Nick and Sam are already caught up in new beginnings. Not only are they packing for a move, but Nick begins to wonder if he's good at anything and Sam struggles to help two people she loves through their troubles. Together, the twins discover that how they deal with inflatable castles, bad throws, and difficult decisions often depends on having the right point of view. It's a lesson for everyone in this exciting and fun-filled story. SERIES SUMMARY Nicolas (Nick) and Samantha (Sam) Perry are twins in the Perry family. They moved with their parents, their brother Andrew, and their sister Lizzy, to Hope Springs in the summer. Hope Springs is a fictional town in the mountains of Colorado. This series presents the adventures of the twins, their family, their friends, and the people they encounter at school, church, and in town. This series presents Catholic culture easily and normally, and it provides opportunities for readers to think about the consequences of words and actions. Some of the chapters early in the series appear in the Signs of Grace curriculum, and the Hope Springs ''universe'' expands out to McCusker's Blue Christmas and will be featured in other stories to come. This series is written similarly to the Adventures in Odyssey series and the Magic Tree House series, and it is recommended for readers ages seven and up, but it can also be read by parents to younger children.

Travis “Cream City” Bridges is a high school basketball star and the first-round draft pick of the Milwaukee Bucks. He’s also black. So when he is accused of the murder of a white female classmate, the city explodes with racial hysteria. There’s rioting in the streets, and a young boy is shot and killed in the confusion. Milwaukee is ready to implode.It’s up to defense attorney Sydney Hirsch to defend Travis, and she must unravel the chain of events leading to the murder. But then Travis’s best friend, Vince, apparently commits suicide, and Sydney uncovers a secret that could threaten Travis’s professional basketball career. Worse, it could have been Travis’s motive to kill his classmate.Don’t miss this relevant coming-of-age novel that explores contemporary racial tensions in an urban setting.

Travis “Cream City” Bridges is a high school basketball star and the first-round draft pick of the Milwaukee Bucks. He’s also black. So when he is accused of the murder of a white female classmate, the city explodes with racial hysteria. There’s rioting in the streets, and a young boy is shot and killed in the confusion. Milwaukee is ready to implode. It’s up to defense attorney Sydney Hirsch to defend Travis, and she must unravel the chain of events leading to the murder. But then Travis’s best friend, Vince, apparently commits suicide, and Sydney uncovers a secret that could threaten Travis’s professional basketball career. Worse, it could have been Travis’s motive to kill his classmate. Don’t miss this relevant coming-of-age novel that explores contemporary racial tensions in an urban setting.