Showing titles in Biographical Fiction

La conseillère d’orientation, ses parents ont décidé pour lui : il sera boucher. Il a la carrure et surtout il n’a pas le choix. Pas au niveau pour le bac. Manuel par défaut. Mais ne dit-on pas que les bouchers ne sont jamais au chômage et gagnent bien leur vie ! Pourtant, la viande morte, ça le dégoûte. Il commence son apprentissage chez Monsieur Pascal. Il accepte passivement son destin alors qu’à l’intérieur il brûle, il aspire à un monde où il pourra enfin vivre pour lui et non pour les autres.

Mary Roget, una famosa y bella actriz de teatro, desaparece misteriosamente. Tras cuatro días sin ninguna pista, el inspector Auguste Dupin decide pedir ayuda al joven Poe, por su sagaz perspicacia. Sin embargo, la mujer reaparece de pronto, sin aclarar qué le ha ocurrido. El caso se da por...

The story of Miss Honey Bunny is inspired by the true-life adventures of a very real and beloved dog. She will steal your heart and leave your child wanting to hear or read more. Book One of this adventure series lets the listener get lost in the woods alongside Miss Honey Bunny. It follows her story of being found by a friendly stranger, then adopted to a new family with plenty of mischief along the way.

Mariel is a young girl who is struggling with her identity. As a Chinese-American being raised by her adoptive Latino family in Miami, she doesn't understand who she really is. All of the other kids make fun of her but Mariel feels connected to her Latino culture. After a trip to China, where she was born, Mariel learns about her Chinese heritage. Seeing the orphanage and all the children who are still up for adoption allow Mariel to be happy with her life. She is finally able to accept who she really is—a "Florida chica china by the way of Fujian!"

رسائل سالي مكبرايد إلى صديقتها جودي آبي وعدوها اللدود وآخرين! في الجزء الثاني من رواية "صاحب الظل الطويل" تقبل سالي بإدارة ميتم جون غرير بعد إلحاح من جودي. تتولى...

It's not easy growing up as an only child in the only funeral home in town, especially when your parents suck every dime out of every living and dead soul that comes through the door. Kids at school think I'm creepy, unclean—okay, that's kind of my fault, but hey, it was an accident. Lesson learned: never give a girl a tour of the crematory and prep-room when Mom and Dad are gone, no matter what she promises.

Ella Fitzgerald began her life as a singer on the stage of the Apollo Theater when she was just 17 years old. Her rich voice and vocal innovations brought her fame and a remarkable career than spanned half a century and won her generations of fans around the world. Acclaimed author Andrea Davis Pinkney has told Ella's inspiring story in the voice of Scat Cat Monroe, a feline fan whose imagined narrative sings with the infectious rhythms of scat.