Sugar and Dirt

by Fernando Prol
Sugar and Dirt
Author: Fernando Prol
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1627871632
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Sugar and Dirt is the inspiring coming-of-age story of a young émigré during one of the stormiest eras in recent American history. F.P. Romero's stirring memoirs begin in Cuba, where his affluent family loses everything to Fidel Castro's revolution and is forced to flee with scarcely more than the clothes on their backs. Having to start over in Miami, the family struggles with refugee life but resolves to pursue the American Dream. F.P. describes his idyllic years at the elite McCullough Academy, his departure from McCullough, and his startling descent into a world of violence and malice. His reckless decline into drug-fueled dissipation threatens to consume him until a girl and a chance discovery change his life forever. Told with a unique blend of wit, candor, and pathos, Sugar and Dirt recounts F.P.'s early life of privilege, his tragic fall from grace, and his hard-earned redemption. It is a story of true American reinvention.

Sugar in the Dirt

by L. S. Blunt
Sugar in the Dirt
Author: L. S. Blunt
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2024-06-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:
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"As miserable as I was, I had a great way of not crying. Whenever a lump welled up inside my throat, I swallowed real hard and counted to ten and thought about things in this world that I hate, things like speed bumps and raisin pie and the smell of cat pee on carpet." Syd Callens moves to Augusta, Georgia, with her dying father and her mom. In her raw state of loss and loneliness, she resents the fact that he's the one who "got taken." Little does she know, high school misadventures await: on day one, she meets Megan and Ashley, who possess none of that southern charm but who seem to want to persecute Syd at every turn. Syd also meets Mel, a sarcastic oddball who shares a secret about an illegal wild animal she keeps in her bathtub. Then Mel disappears. "It's like she offered me friendship then yanked it away." Syd makes it her mission to find and save Mel.

Dishing Up the Dirt

by Andrea Bemis
Dishing Up the Dirt
Author: Andrea Bemis
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0062492241
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Some recipes are dreamed up in the kitchen. Others are dished up from the dirt. For Andrea Bemis, who owns and operates an organic vegetable farm with her husband in Parkdale, Oregon, meals are inspired by the day’s harvest. In this stunning cookbook, Andrea shares simple, inventive, and delicious recipes for cooking through the seasons. Welcome to life on Tumbleweed Farm—where the work may be hard, but the stove is always warm.

The Dirt Diary

by Anna Staniszewski
The Dirt Diary
Author: Anna Staniszewski
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1402286376
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The first book in Anna Staniszewski's award-winning YA best selling book series: The Dirt Diaries! A hilarious tale about the weight of responsibility that comes from a secret-filled diary... Rachel can't believe she has to give up her Saturdays to scrubbing other people's toilets. So. Gross. But she kinda, sorta stole $287.22 from her college fund that she's got to pay back ASAP or her mom will ground her for life. Which is even worse than working for her mother's new cleaning business. Maybe. After all, becoming a maid is definitely not going to help her already loserish reputation. But Rachel picks up more than smelly socks on the job. As maid to some of the most popular kids in school, Rachel suddenly has all the dirt on the 8th grade in-crowd. Her formerly boring diary is now filled with juicy secrets. And when her crush offers to pay her to spy on his girlfriend, Rachel has to decide if she's willing to get her hands dirty... "Holy fried onion rings! Fun from beginning to end."—Wendy Mass, New York Times bestselling author of 11 Birthdays and The Candymakers The Dirt Diaries Series is the perfect... book series for girls aged 9-12 book series for middle school girls diary book series for reluctant readers preteen gift for girls