The Queen of Katwe by Tim Crothers5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() One day in 2005, while searching for food, nine-year-old Phiona followed her brother to a dusty veranda where she met Robert Katende, another child of the Ugandan slums, who works for an American organization that offers relief and religion through sports. Phiona Mutesi is also one of the best chess players in the world. Phiona has been in and out of school her whole life because her mother cannot afford it, so she is only now learning to read and write. Phiona Mutesi sleeps in a decrepit shack with her mother and four siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. ![]() Based on a popular ESPN Magazine article - optioned by Disney films, a finalist for a National Magazine Award and chosen by Dave Eggers for inclusion in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 - the astonishing true story of Phiona Mutesi, a teenager from the slums of Kampala, Uganda, who - inspired by an unlikely mentor, a war refugee turned missionary - becomes an international chess champion. ![]()
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At The Bat by Del Leonard Jones5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Junior Jessica Lemmon entered the game with two outs in the inning and was able to get shortstop Lexi Slater to pop up to the shortstop to end the threat. ![]() The Cyclones continued the offensive onslaught with three more runs in the top of the fourth off Linton. Lira (1-1) was tagged with the loss after pitching 0.2 innings and giving up three hits and three earned runs. Saint Mary's senior pitcher Britany Linton entered the game with two outs in the inning and struck out right fielder Madison Jones to end the inning. The Cyclones starting pitcher Tori Torrescano did her part at the plate and hit a two-run blast in the bottom of the first to put Iowa State up 3-0. Iowa State centerfielder Amber Ewert singled to open the game and scored on a double by first baseman Erica Miller. The Cyclones jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first and caused an early exit for Saint Mary's starting pitcher Sarah Lira. ![]() Lira's only hit of the day was an RBI triple which marked her first career hit. Rebecca Sabatini and Sarah Lira accounted for the Gaels' other two hits. Sophomore Brittany Sabatini finished the day 2-for-4 with a run scored, while senior Mandy Camuso went 2-for-3 with a walk. Saint Mary's struggled early at the plate but eventually pounded out six hits in the game. The Gaels drop to 7-14 with the loss, while Iowa State improves to 9-15 on the season. The Saint Mary's softball team could not overcome a big deficit to Iowa State on Sunday morning, falling to the Cyclones 9-3. ![]() The reason to stay alive5/31/2023 ![]() There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet. Maybe love is just about finding the person you can be your weird self with. A face, a line out of a poem, the clouds out of a window, some graffiti, a wind farm. ![]() Wherever you are, at any moment, try and find something beautiful. ![]() How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. Get The Book: Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig available now on Amazon.ĥ0 Quotes from Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig Here is a selection of the top 50 quotes from Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig. The book is sprinkled with nuggets of wisdom and heartfelt quotes that are sure to make this a modern classic. ![]() Reasons to Stay Alive provides an emotional account of just how life-altering depression can be, and gives a unique perspective on how Matt Haig coped with it. I related deeply his story so I highly recommend this book to anyone who is currently going through depression or dealing with friends and family who have depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is a raw, personal memoir that is gut-wrenching yet inspirational at the same time. ![]() Reasons to Stay Alive, a bestseller in the UK since its publication, is his first work of nonfiction. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He has also written award-winning children’s books. Matt Haig is the internationally bestselling writer of six novels, including the forthcoming How To Stop Time. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt Haig’s accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Husband-and-wife duo Kerascoeet's watercolour illustrations, with their golden flourishes and bursts of pink, perfectly complement the text. "Malala's Magic Pencil tells the beguiling tale of Malala Yousafzai's dream of a magic pencil and her discovery of education's transformative power, in a beautiful paean to children and their potential for heroic change. ![]() ![]() ![]() The boy jacked a jaguar, slipping into its sleek body and sending its simple feline mind to sleep. Mikey encounters a creature that scares even the mighty McGill: a scar wraith, whose touch can extinguish an Afterlight forever.Īs fights and schemes come to a head, it becomes clear that the outcome of this battle will determine not just the fate of Everlost, but the fate of the living world as well. At his side is Nick the Chocolate Ogre, who has become pure chocolate and hardly remembers himself at all. Meanwhile, Mikey McGill desperately tries to rescue Allie the Outcast. A furjacker who skinjacks great cats, Jix has his own agenda. ![]() Mary’s army is joined by a newcomer: Jix, a spy for the Mayan King of Everlost. In the stunning conclusion to the Skinjacker trilogy by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Neal Shusterman, the final battle for the very soul of Everlost rages on.Īs Mary Hightower slumbers in a glass coffin waiting to be reborn back into Everlost, her allies and henchmen begin to carry out her terrible mission. “Compellingly readable and a worthy finale to the Skinjacker trilogy.” - VOYA ![]() |