Jaye Andras Caffrey

First Star I See

Illustrator: Adamson, Lynne

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Welcome to the world of Paige Bradley, a bright, mischievous fourth-grader with a big goal and a small problem. She desperately wants to meet her idol, Dr. Kelsey Strongheart, or at least the actress who plays her. And she has a chance to do itonly one thing stands in the way: Paige herself. The winner of a school essay contest will win a meeting with Dr. Strongheart, and Paige knows she can write a winning essay like nobody elseif she could just focus her attention on her essay instead of following her runaway imagination into daydreams that threaten to wreck her chances of winning the contest. Can Paige overcome her ADD in time to create a winning entry and achieve her goal? Find out in the pages of First Star I See. Central Recovery Press has updated this lovely book with the latest ADD/ADHD information and enhanced it with sparkling original artwork especially created for this new edition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Central Recovery Press
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 141mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 188g
• ISBN-13: 9781936290017
• ISBN-10: 1936290014
• Artikelnr.: 29942911

Autorenporträt

Jaye Andras Caffrey: Jaye Andras Caffrey is a Louisiana tax lawyer, online columnist for MDNews, poet, mother, and writer. In February 2006, New Orleans City Business recognized her as a 'Woman of the Year.' She is presently completing a master's degree in fine arts with emphasis in creative fiction at the University of New Orleans, Louisiana, where she lives. Despite her achievements, her childhood was saddened by an undiagnosed attention deficit disorder. A voracious reader and incessant daydreamer as a child, she often felt lonely and confused. Since her diagnosis at the age of thirty-one, she has found new ways to deal with the distractibility, disorganization, and loneliness once so evident in her life. Lynne Adamson: Lynne Adamson has worked in the graphics field including television graphics, advertising, and publishing all of her adult life. A forty-year resident of Las Vegas, NV, Lynne worked as Art Director for TV8 and TV3 in Las Vegas, as well as Art Director for several Las Vegas advertising agencies. She was Advertising Creative Director for the Greenspun Media Group, that publishes the alternative paper Las Vegas Weekly, InBusiness Las Vegas, and several magazine publications. Lynne also spent two years as a Graphic Specialist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Space Academy
2. Peevers and Other Crew Mates
3. Captain Stone Griffith Joins the Crew
4. In the Crew's Quarters
5. Late For Takeoff
6. Collision Course
7. Through the Branches and the Stars
8. Technical Difficulties
9. Against Overwhelming Odds
10. Where's the Flight Plan?
11. In a Time Warp
12. Canine Invader
13. Brain Telescope
14. Clouds of Gas and Dust
15. First Star I See
16. Mission Accomplished