The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Penguin READERS - Level 5
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE.An elderly amusement park maintenance worker named Eddie who, while operating a ride called the 'Free Fall', dies while trying to save a young girl who gets in the way of a falling cart that hurtles to earth. Eddie goes to heaven, where he meets five people who were unexpectedly instrumental in some way in his life.
Italian - American immigrant life in the 1950's textures this searing drama of love and revenge. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife, Beatrice and to his niece, Catherine. When Beatrice's impoversihed Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally, in the hope of finding work, Eddie gives them a helping hand. But when Catherine and one of her cousins fall in love, Eddie's affection for his niece turns into obsession. Dedicated To pigeon45 :-)
Uh-oh. Eddie's little sister gets a "bright idea" just days before the Battle of the Bands. Now Eddie has to write a new song, practice with his band, and help Keesha save energy all at the same time. Can he do it? This early reader for students in grades 1-3 is part of the 'Social Studies Connects' program which combines characters and plots with social studies concepts - here, the environment, saving energy, and making thoughtful decisions - that relate to kids' everyday lives and supports/reinforces social studies vocabulary. Reading Level: Grades 1-3
Who P-p-p-plugged Roger Rabbit? opens with a call from Roger to hard-boiled private eye Eddie Valiant. Roger suspects that Jessica is baking carrot cakes for movie heartthrob Clark Gable. And the scandal threatens to rob Roger of the Rhett Butler role in the soon-to-be-filmed Toon musical comedy Gone With The Wind. Investigating Jessica?? alleged affair, valiant Eddie finds adultery turning to murder. In no time flat, he? up to his fedora in a nasty web of deceit, intrigue, and Hollywood corruption including reports from all over of a swindling, cheating, blackmailing? Roger!!?!?!
Added by: decabristka | Karma: 67896.04 | Fiction literature | 26 August 2014
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Eddie Corazon is angry. He’s also very smart. But he’s working pretty hard at being a juvenile delinquent. He blows off school, even though he’s a secret reader. He hangs with his cousins, who will always back him up—when they aren’t in jail. Then along comes Lupe, who makes his blood race. She sees something in Eddie he doesn’t even see in himself. A heart, and a mind, and something more: a poet. But in Eddie’s world, it’s a thin line between tragedy and glory. And what goes down is entirely in Eddie’s hands.
