Unexpected Stories

Unexpected Stories
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781596069831

Unexpected

Unexpected
Author: Laura E. Williams
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439455855

Presents a collection of creepy, mind-bending stories including "Baby from Outer Space," "Marked for Death," and "The Telltale Croak."

Unexpected Magic

Unexpected Magic
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2012-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062244604

Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents ariveting collection of unpredictable tales, including: A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast. When Anne has mumps, her drawings come to life, and she must protect her home from them. Four children become involved in the intrigue surrounding an innocent prince, an evil count, and a brave outlaw. These fifteen stories and one novella will enchant, startle, and surprise!

Destination Unexpected

Destination Unexpected
Author: Donald R. Gallo
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780763631192

Offers ten stories that provide a look into adventures of discovery.

The Unexpected Daughter

The Unexpected Daughter
Author: Sheryl Parbhoo
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998231006

Three people's lives intersect in a tumultuous yet redeeming way that none of them could have ever predicted. Jenny is a young professional from the South with an upbringing she wants to forget. She meets Roshan, an Indian immigrant who has moved to the United States with his mother, Esha, to escape family ghosts. With strong cultural tradition, Esha has devoted her entire life to her only child, both for his own good and for her personal protection from a painful past. Roshan understands his role as his mother's refuge, and from an early age, he commits himself to caring for her. But when Jenny and Roshan embark on a forbidden, intercultural relationship, all three get tangled into an inseparable web-betrayal, violence, and shame-leaving them forced to make choices about love and family they never wanted to make while finding peace where they never expected to look.

Boy, Lost

Boy, Lost
Author: Kristina Olsson
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0702248932

A powerful family memoir from the award-winning author of The China Garden Kristina OlssonOCOs mother lost her infant son, Peter, when he was snatched from her arms as she boarded a train in the hot summer of 1950. She was young and frightened, trying to escape a brutal marriage, but despite the violence and cruelty sheOCOd endured, she was not prepared for this final blow, this breathtaking punishment. Yvonne would not see her son again for nearly 40 years. Kristina was the first child of her motherOCOs subsequent, much gentler marriage and, like her siblings, grew up unaware of the reasons behind her motherOCOs sorrow, though PeterOCOs absence resounded through the family, marking each one. Yvonne dreamt of her son by day and by night, while Peter grew up a thousand miles and a lifetime away, dreaming of his missing mother. Boy, Lost tells how their lives proceeded from that shattering moment, the grief and shame that stalked them, what they lost and what they salvaged. But it is also the story of a family, the cascade of grief and guilt through generations, and the endurance of memory and faith."

The Role of Unexpected Events in Stories

The Role of Unexpected Events in Stories
Author: Andrea Smorti
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2022-11-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3031193377

This book stems primarily from the intention to make public the seminar entitled "Narratives and Cultural Psychology" held by J. Bruner and C. Feldman in May 2000 in Florence. This seminar represents the point of view of these two authors, at an important moment in their scientific and human careers, on two themes: narratives and interpretative communities. The central concept on which this book works is the Aristotelian concept of peripeteia which, born in the world of art, is developed by Bruner in the field of cognitive and cultural psychology and by Feldman in the concept of interpretative community. Thus the first purpose of this book is to analyze the role and usefulness of this concept in the study of the world of stories and culture The second aim of this book is to explain, clarify and comment on the concept, the theoretical assumptions and the key words used by the two authors, while also exploring the issues addressed. In this way, the author wanted to reflect on what contribution this seminar offers today to the theme of narratives and cultural psychology and what the future prospects might be. This book is aimed at students and scholars interested in exploring the role that stories play in human culture.

The Unexpected Everything

The Unexpected Everything
Author: Morgan Matson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481404547

When a scandal surrounding her father upsets all her carefully laid plans for her future, Andie must learn to accept a new relationship with her father and to embrace a little chaos in her life.

The Unexpected Friend: A Rohingya Children's Story

The Unexpected Friend: A Rohingya Children's Story
Author: Raya Rashna Rahman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781946747105

A thoughtfully illustrated picture book, made in partnership with Save the Children, and based on the real lives of Rohingya children living in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The Rohingya are a Muslim minority of 1.3 million, formerly living in the Rakhine State within Myanmar. In summer 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled violence in their home and sought safety in neighboring Bangladesh. More than half of those fleeing were children. The story centers around Faisal, a young Rohingya boy in a Bangladeshi refugee camp, who finds a bird with a broken wing and decides to take care of it with his sisters. Life in the camp is not always easy, so the children are thrilled to have a pet to look after. But as the bird's wing slowly heals, they are faced with a difficult choice. Can they let go of something they dearly love? Themed around universal childhood joys that are relatable by all children, the story helps young children to empathize with situations that are different than their own. With artwork that authentically depicts life in a crowded refugee camp, 'The Unexpected Friend - A Rohingya Children's Story' is a fitting book to introduce children to social justice, specifically the worldwide refugee humanitarian crisis. Profits from the sale of this book will be donated to Save the Children's Rohingya Relief Fund.