Growing up in hard-scrabble coal country with a drunk father and a runaway mother hasn't been easy for teen brothers Kyle and Klint.  And when their dad smashes his truck and dies after a few too many beers, the boys are shocked that their often-absent mother plans to take them back to her new home out West.  After all, their mom hasn't cared for Kyle and Klint for years. She still doesn't.  Their mom quickly hands the boys over to 75-year-old Candace Jack, a curmudgeon with an acidic tongue who surprises herself in agreeing to take the boys. Living together isn't easy, but the boys discover that Candace has a tragic, passionate past and the three discarded souls help each other to heal. With Tawni O'Dell's trademark tenderness, vivid sense of place, and complex characters, Fragile Beasts is a beautifully crafted novel told from two very different points of view: a fourteen-year-old boy's and a seventy-five-year-old woman's. It's a wonderfully touching novel with two fascinating narrators who will wholly capture readers' hearts.

Fragile Beasts. Tawni O'Dell

O'DELL

John Murray Publishers

DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE

Benchmark Education

EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAIT ARTISTS

<p>Book 2 in this series continues helping students learn their theory in the most beneficial way by combining it with ear training at the same time, which promotes well-rounded musicianship. In this book, students learn more notes on the staff as well as intervals, half and whole steps, major and minor five-finger patterns, key signatures and more. There is an entire unit on music analysis as well as a final test. It is here that students synthesize everything they have learned throughout the book. As in Book 1, every unit includes a multitude of activities such as: writing, playing, and listening; "Count and Hear Your Theory"; "Write and Play Your Theory"; Lesson Day activity; and a CD to reinforce every unit, which can be used at home or at the lesson.</p>

Write, Play, and Hear Your Theory Every Day, Book 2 (Fjh Pianist's Curriculum, 2)

Arts & Photography

Helen

Peggy

Kristen

Ávila

Marlais

Music

The FJH Company, Inc.

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