Bøger af Victoria Wright

Neepa Irving has two main goals in life: to not get pregnant like her mother did at sixteen years old and to graduate high school. Neepa's other goal: to avoid being bullied. Her strategy has been to not be seen or heard, but no matter where she's lived-on the reservation or in the city-bullies find her. When her grandmother kicks out Neepa and her mother for good, they are back on the road. This time, they head to Colorado to start another new life. While unpacking, she discovers poems from her deceased grandfather, reminding her to listen to nature's wisdom, as her Native ancestors did. Soon, Neepa is fighting school bullies as well as the bully within-her ego that fills her head with lies. How will her grandfather's indigenous writings help her? And when her mother messes up again, where will they go next? No matter what Neepa does, it seems her life will never be okay.

What secrets would you keep for the sake of your family? At eighteen, Violet Franklin fled the Texas ranch she'd always called home. Pregnant and alone, she was desperate to escape the cycle of lies and abuse that tainted her youth. Four years later, a death in the family brings her back. Faced with the choice to speak out or remain silent, she chooses to reveal the unspeakable abuse she suffered at the hands of her rapacious uncle. But not everyone wants to hear what she has to say, and with a sizable inheritance at stake, there are those who wish she never came back at all. As truth and greed threaten to tear her family apart, one secret remains. It's the darkest secret of all and the one she knows could destroy everything-but can she afford to keep it? *Her Dark Secrets: Book One is a story about love and family, truth and lies. Some of the subject matter may offend or trigger survivors of mental, physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse. Please read at your own discretion.*

This is a book of poems of nature and life as seen through the eyes of the author, with her interpretation of the beautiful natural world created by God. Her sign is the dragonfly, a mystical insect that has been on earth for millions of years and has more eye facets than any other living creature. The dragonfly is revered by the Abenaki, New England's native Americans as a sign of magic and rebirth. The author writes of the swamps and bogs, lakes and ponds, brooks and rivers she has loved in New England, and the wonderful animals she has encountered there, and in her own back yard. She writes of turtles, snakes, hummingbirds and turkeys. She sings of cows and deer and butterflies. She is inspired by the flowers in her garden; pansies, lupine, foxgloves, and even the weeds like lady's thumb. She finds joy in all of the New England seasons and the hills and rocks and forests. Nature has a million tales to tell, and herein are offered a few. The discovery of nature's stories offers us a clue to the discovery of the mystical within ourselves. To learn to see as the dragonfly sees, with its myriad points of vision, is to awaken to life, to self, and to spirit.

This second book of dragonfly poems comes from the heart more than the eyes of the dragonfly. They tell how she feels about the things she sees in the world, and what she observes about the actions and nature of human beings.

"Rooftops" is a third grade chapter book about a boy named Tyler, who has to move from his uncle's farm in Kansas to an apartment building in the city. He longs to go back to the farm and remains unhappy until he makes a good friend, Trisha, who helps him discovers that city life can be fun.

No one steals treasure from a dragon.So what was Sevyr thinking when he stole tribute from another clan? The dragonborn divided the land specifically to avoid inter-clan conflicts, but when his lover is about to be sacrificed to a neighboring clan that will kill her, Sevyr does the only sensible thing he can think of: he steals her away to the safety of the Red Mountain.His plan is not without flaws. The biggest one? Desdemona is more than she appears, and Drake Bronzeclaw has very personal reasons for wanting to ensure that she winds up stone cold before her secrets are revealed.Sevyr will do anything to protect the woman he loves. But will the rest of his clan risk going to war over a matter of the heart?*The Dragon's Treasure is a complete, standalone romance novella. It can be read on its own or as part of the Blackwing Dragons series.*

Jan Whitlock, the young investigative reporter in "The Mystery at Seymour Lake Lodge" continues to search for an answer to the gnawing hunger inside her soul. She returns to the area of Vermont where she grew up, and there in Shady Rill, in the shadow of Hunger Mountain, she is challenged in ways she never expected. With threats to her business success, her most important relationships, and even her life, Jan must discover and believe in her inherent inner strength and wisdom. Her passion for discovery and her need for connection with writers, artists and musicians drive her to build and sustain a life where creativity can flourish and where she can be fully herself yet still have room for a romantic partner. The author tempts you to escape into the back woods of Central Vermont in the Worcester Mountain Range, where beavers and rattlesnakes are protected from poachers, and where serendipity awaits at every turn of the trail.

Why did Evie''s family keep so many secrets? What did they have to hide and how would the truth affect her? Will she ever learn all of their secrets, or will she uncover more? Evie Prince, an artist guided by the light in her heart, continues her journey of self-discovery and finding true self. Fear, honesty, pain, understanding, light, and love feed her passion and help her remember her true power. Trusting herself and taking chances provides her more than she could ever dream of. Can she stay true to herself, or will the truth cause her to fall back on her old ways? Follow Evie''s inspirational journey in the next installment of the Evie Prince series.

This comprehensive resource is written to cover the Cambridge IGCSE ICT syllabus (0417).