The Dying Breath
8 best books like The Dying Breath (Alane Ferguson): Pride of Baghdad, The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave, Boost, Prison Island: A Graphic Memoir, Stolen Children, The Girl I Used to Be, Piper
| Author | Brian K. Vaughan |
| ISBN | 1401203140 |
From one of America’s most critically acclaimed graphic novel writers – inspired by true events, a startlingly original look at life on the streets of Baghdad during the Iraq War. In his award-winning work on Y THE LAST MAN and EX MACHINA (one of Entertainment Weekly’s 2005 Ten Best Fiction titles),...
| Author | Dave Pelzer |
| ISBN | 1558745157 |
Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just begining -- he has no place to call...
| Author | Dave Pelzer |
| ISBN | 0452281903 |
More About Dave
A Man Named Dave is the conclusion to a trio of autobiographical books by Dave Pelzer, who to millions of readers of A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy has become an inspirational figure. A Child Called "It" is the gripping and harrowing account of Pelzer's abuse at the hands of his...
| Author | Kathy MacKel |
| ISBN | 0803732406 |
Thirteen-year-old Savvy is six two and full of raw basketball talent; her three-point shot is deadly. But she's also skinny and gets pushed around on the court. Her older sister, Callie, is a freshman on varsity cheerleading, but she's not quite light enough to be a flier - her coveted position. Both...
Prison Island: A Graphic Memoir
| Author | Colleen Frakes |
| ISBN | 1942186029 |
McNeil Island in Washington state was the home of the last prison island in the United States, accessible only by air or sea. It was also home to about fifty families, including Colleen Frakes's. Her parents—like nearly everyone else on the island—both worked in the prison, where her father was...
| Author | Peg Kehret |
| ISBN | 0525478353 |
Amy learned a lot in her babysitting course, but not what to do if two thugs show up, intent on kidnapping. Armed with misinformation and a weapon, the men take Amy and little Kendra to a remote cabin in the woods. There they make videos of the girls and mail them to Kendra’s wealthy parents in an effort...
| Author | April Henry |
| ISBN | 1627793321 |
Fourteen years ago, a three-year-old girl was the only survivor at a horrific murder scene. Now she’s determined to search for the truth—and the killer is even more determined to stop her.
When Olivia’s mother was murdered and her father disappeared, everyone suspected her father...
| Author | Jay Asher |
| ISBN | 0448493667 |
Long ago, in a small village in the middle of a deep, dark forest, there lived a lonely, deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because of her disability, her only comfort comes from her vivid imagination. Maggie has a gift for inventing stories and dreams of one day finding her fairy-tale love.
When...
