Books with title No Strings Attached

Brielle and Tawni have played cello side by side in orchestras since they were nine years old. Brielle has always played second chair to Tawni’s first, and she's been happy with that arrangement. When Tawni is injured, Brielle suddenly finds herself principal cellist. Not only does that mean she'll be thrust into the spotlight, but it also means she is now leader of the cello section. Brielle is terrified. Is she good enough? Will the other musicians accept her? What if she screws up? Despite her fears, Brielle rises to the occasion. Her cello skills, and her leadership skills, improve as she grows into her new role. But just as Brielle is beginning to feel confident, Tawni returns. And she wants her job back. If Brielle steps down now, she'll lose her place in the spotlight. If she doesn't, her friendship could be in jeopardy.

From National Book Award winner Judy Blundell, the tale of a sixteen-year-old girl caught in a mix of love, mystery, Broadway glamour, and Mob retribution in 1950 New York.FORMAT: 5 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: TBAKit Corrigan has always dreamed of being a star. But in order to get there, she needs to break up with Billy, who's going to Korea, and leave her family behind in Providence, RI, to move to New York City. She finds small roles, and a hard city to live in. She finds out that she's made a deal with Billy's father, Nate (a lawyer who defends mobsters), and has to do what he asks of her. And she finds a mystery that she needs to solve in order to protect the people she loves.

When Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City, she doesn't have much. She's fled from her family in Providence, Rhode Island, and she's broken off her tempestuous relationship with a boy named Billy, who's enlisted in the army. The city doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. She gets a bit part as a chorus girl in a Broadway show, but she knows that's not going to last very long. She needs help--and then it comes, from an unexpected source. Nate Benedict is Billy's father. He's also a lawyer involved in the mob. He makes Kit a deal--he'll give her an apartment and introduce her to a new crowd. All she has to do is keep him informed about Billy. and maybe do him a favor every now and then.

STRINGS ATTACHED is a powerful memoir about resilience in the face of unspeakable tragedy, an inspiring and poignant tale of how one man transformed his own heartache into a legacy of joy for his students.His students knew Jerry Kupchynsky as "Mr. K" - the fierce, foot-stomping Ukrainian-born music teacher who rehearsed them until their fingers almost bled, and who made them better than they had any right to be. Away from the classroom, though, life seemed to conspire against him at every turn. STRINGS ATTACHED takes you on his remarkable journey, from his childhood on the run in Nazi Germany, to his life in America caring for his disabled wife and their two young daughters, to his search for his younger daughter after she mysteriously disappears - a search that would last for seven years. His unforgettable story is lyrically told in alternating chapters by two childhood friends who reconnected decades later: journalist Joanne Lipman, his former student; and Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Melanie Kupchynsky, his daughter.Heartbreaking yet ultimately triumphant, STRINGS ATTACHED is a testament to the astonishing power of hope -- and a celebration of the profound influence one person can have on the lives of others.

Widget is a Frixian who returned to this planet many years after her people abandoned children. They used to protect them, inhabiting soft toys to watch over their young charges, so that they were kept safe from the wicked Goblians.Life changed for everyone. Computer games took over and that favoured soft toy became consigned to the toybox where its Frixian inhabitant could do nothing to protect their child. The child was then totally at the mercy of the Goblians and their hatred, jealousy and tempestuous attitude which would influence the child. Magic slipped from the world as the love of the Frixians and their wisdom was lost.Then by chance Widget came back to Earth in a time, space and dimension travelling space craft, the TAVERN. It ran out of power in a remote area in Mid Wales and there she remained until she and the other crew were awoken from the cryogenic unit when the house's owner reinstated the TAVERN to its former glory.Much was gone, forgotten and the memories merely a whisper in children's minds and in the minds of their parents. The Weaver of Dreams who gave good dreams was but a memory. The Toymaker who made the toys that became the hosts was long gone as there was no need for the toys he made any more. The key to the gateway to the Frixian world was also lost, leaving the Goblians free run of the world.Goblians bring spite, they bring hate, they bring fear, they bring all the bad thoughts that turn one person against another. They value greed, envy, pride, pretentiousness and the need for one person to feel better than another. The children they influenced grew up to value all these things.Widget won't let this go on. She has no physical body but like all other Frixians she can inhabit a body that has been made for her. In her case a puppet which has been adapted. That creativity brought her into being and now with her human and goat friends and her sister Gadget she is determined to save the children from the Goblians and help them to be loving and happy, secure children again.This is the story of her adventures....

Puppets No Strings Attached is the story of four grandchildren's adventure with their grandmother. It is spring break, so Drew, Dakota, Paige, and Max will spend it with their grandmother at the family cabin. The cabin is in a secluded forest on a mountain where they have encountered many adventures. Unbeknownst to them, their adventure this time will be the most memorable. Their grandmother has told them she has a 'surprise bigger then any before.' During the lunar eclipse the surprise is unveiled, it is a suitcase holding family heirloom puppets. Mahogany, Maple, Tipo, Splinter, and Elm carved by their great-great-grandfather during the lunar eclipse the puppets come to life for one week. Bringing a week of monumental adventures that are hysterically fun and some that are trying.

Brielle and Tawni have played cello side by side in orchestras since they were nine years old. Brielle has always played second chair to Tawni’s first, and she's been happy with that arrangement. When Tawni is injured, Brielle suddenly finds herself principal cellist. Not only does that mean she'll be thrust into the spotlight, but it also means she is now leader of the cello section. Brielle is terrified. Is she good enough? Will the other musicians accept her? What if she screws up? Despite her fears, Brielle rises to the occasion. Her cello skills, and her leadership skills, improve as she grows into her new role. But just as Brielle is beginning to feel confident, Tawni returns. And she wants her job back. If Brielle steps down now, she'll lose her place in the spotlight. If she doesn't, her friendship could be in jeopardy.