Books with title Threads: Clay

To Whom It May Concern: Please, we need help! The day twelve-year-old Clara finds a desperate note in a purse in Bellman's department store, she is still reeling from the death of her adopted sister, Lola. By that day, thirteen-year-old Yuming has lost hope that the note she stashed in the purse will ever be found. She may be stuck sewing in the pale pink factory outside of Beijing forever. Clara grows more and more convinced that she was meant to find Yuming's note. Lola would have wanted her to do something about it. But how can Clara talk her parents, who are also in mourning, into going on a trip to China? Finally the time comes when Yuming weighs the options, measures the risk, and attempts a daring escape.The lives of two girls--one American, and one Chinese--intersect like two soaring kites in this story about loss, hope, and recovery.

Nonie's passion is fashion. Edie plans to save the world. Jenny has a part in a Hollywood movie. But when the three best friends meet a young refugee girl called Crow, wearing a pair of pink fairy wings and sketching a dress, they get the chance to do something truly wonderful - and make all their dreams come true.A funny, fabulous story for older children about friendship and fashion, 'Threads' was the winner of the Times Children's Fiction Competition 2009.

To Whom It May Concern: Please, we need help! The day twelve-year-old Clara finds a desperate note in a purse in Bellman's department store, she is still reeling from the death of her adopted sister, Lola. By that day, thirteen-year-old Yuming has lost hope that the note she stashed in the purse will ever be found. She may be stuck sewing in the pale pink factory outside of Beijing forever. Clara grows more and more convinced that she was meant to find Yuming's note. Lola would have wanted her to do something about it. But how can Clara talk her parents, who are also in mourning, into going on a trip to China? Finally the time comes when Yuming weighs the options, measures the risk, and attempts a daring escape.The lives of two girls--one American, and one Chinese--intersect like two soaring kites in this story about loss, hope, and recovery.

National Film Board of Canada Collection A masterfully illustrated exploration of the beauty and complexity of parental love. In Torill Kove's delicate and moving story, a woman joins her peers to grasp for threads dangling from the sky, each representing an unknown opportunity. Our protagonist snags a particularly special looking thread and is whisked away on an adventure. She flies across the city and the countryside and comes down gently to meet her fate. Holding the other end of the thread is an infant girl. A mother-daughter connection is born. As love and trust grow, the thread shared between mother and daughter is pulled and stretched across new experiences, until finally, it must be broken so that the daughter can go out on her own. However, both mother and daughter keep a part of the thread that brought them together. The love in their hearts will never truly let them be separated. Adapted from the National Film Board animation of the same name, Kove's beautiful and touching portrayal of the loving bond shared by a mother and daughter was named one of the 10 best films at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Threads is a perfect keepsake for any mother-daughter relationship, and a perfect gift for Mother's Day. In the tradition of the NFB's creative and innovative storytelling on film comes the National Film Board of Canada Collection: a series of celebrated animated films, documentary films and media projects adapted for the printed page. Whether discovering a much-loved classic for the first time or interacting with a favorite film in a new and exciting way, readers will be delighted with the thought-provoking stories and inventive presentations of the National Film Board of Canada Collection.

A new school. A sinister classroom. An inhuman teacher.Alec Mason starts sixth grade in a new school and with a new best friend, Worm Tanner. Things immediately go from bad to worse. Their classroom is a creepy old portable building that Worm calls the Black Hole. And their teacher, Mrs. Amanita, rules with an iron hand while sucking the life out of the class. Then kids begin to disappear. What are the mysterious threads hanging underneath the building? Who and what is Mrs. Amanita? And what is she doing to the kids in their class? Alec and Worm must discover what their teacher is up to in time to save the class or they might be the next ones to disappear.

To Whom It May Concern: Please, we need help! The day twelve-year-old Clara finds a desperate note in a purse in Bellman's department store, she is still reeling from the death of her adopted sister, Lola. By that day, thirteen-year-old Yuming has lost hope that the note she stashed in the purse will ever be found. She may be stuck sewing in the pale pink factory outside of Beijing forever. Clara grows more and more convinced that she was meant to find Yuming's note. Lola would have wanted her to do something about it. But how can Clara talk her parents, who are also in mourning, into going on a trip to China? Finally the time comes when Yuming weighs the options, measures the risk, and attempts a daring escape.The lives of two girls--one American, and one Chinese--intersect like two soaring kites in this story about loss, hope, and recovery.

A new school. A sinister classroom. An inhuman teacher. Alec Mason starts sixth grade in a new school and with a new best friend, Worm Tanner. Things immediately go from bad to worse. Their classroom is a creepy old portable building that Worm calls the Black Hole. And their teacher, Mrs. Amanita, rules with an iron hand while sucking the life out of the class. Then kids begin to disappear. What are the mysterious threads hanging underneath the building? Who and what is Mrs. Amanita? And what is she doing to the kids in their class? Alec and Worm must discover what their teacher is up to in time to save the class or they might be the next ones to disappear.

Ever wonder what life might be like on a different timeline? Ellis thought her parents died in an accident ten years ago. When she learns that they disappeared on an unknown timeline and can't find their way back Ellis forces past her shy, reserved self to go look for them. But as Ellis uses the device her parents invented to unravel the mystery behind their disappearance, she unexpectedly learns about life's fragile path and the necessity of choosing one's destination -- a destination that may depend on a thread. For a more visual experience, Threads has a Pinterest page: pinterest.com/belleyrebooks/threaded-destiny/