Meet Rebecca

Meet Rebecca
Author: Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Publisher: Amer Girl Pub
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781593695200

In 1914 New York City, nine-year-old Rebecca is determined to show her family that she is old enough to light the Shabbos candles and to go to the movies.

The Other Half of Happy

The Other Half of Happy
Author: Rebecca Balcárcel
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2019-08-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452170002

Quijana is a girl in pieces. One-half Guatemalan, one-half American: When Quijana's Guatemalan cousins move to town, her dad seems ashamed that she doesn't know more about her family's heritage. One-half crush, one-half buddy: When Quijana meets Zuri and Jayden, she knows she's found true friends. But she can't help the growing feelings she has for Jayden. One-half kid, one-half grown-up: Quijana spends her nights Skyping with her ailing grandma and trying to figure out what's going on with her increasingly hard-to-reach brother. In the course of this immersive and beautifully written novel, Quijana must figure out which parts of herself are most important, and which pieces come together to make her whole. This lyrical debut from Rebecca Balcárcel is a heartfelt poetic portrayal of a girl growing up, fitting in, and learning what it means to belong.

When You Reach Me

When You Reach Me
Author: Rebecca Stead
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2009-07-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375892699

"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist. Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn’t know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter—a true story, and that she can’t share her mission with anyone. It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem—because the notes tell her that someone is going to die, and she might be too late to stop it. Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction A New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book Five Starred Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection "Absorbing." —People "Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal "Lovely and almost impossibly clever." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as many times as she's read L'Engle's, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review

The Sound of Applause

The Sound of Applause
Author: Jacqueline Greene
Publisher: Amer Girl Pub
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2014-08-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781609584535

Rebecca Rubin is growing up in New York City in 1914. She dreams of being a star on the silver screen, but starts on the stage at her school. She has to share the spotlight with her cousin Ana, and Rebecca fears the audience will laugh instead of applaud. Will Ana hurt or help the show? Illustrations.

Agile Faculty

Agile Faculty
Author: Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2017-11-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 022646315X

Digital tools have long been a transformative part of academia, enhancing the classroom and changing the way we teach. Yet there is a way that academia may be able to benefit more from the digital revolution: by adopting the project management techniques used by software developers. Agile work strategies are a staple of the software development world, developed out of the need to be flexible and responsive to fast-paced change at times when “business as usual” could not work. These techniques call for breaking projects into phases and short-term goals, managing assignments collectively, and tracking progress openly. Agile Faculty is a comprehensive roadmap for scholars who want to incorporate Agile practices into all aspects of their academic careers, be it research, service, or teaching. Rebecca Pope-Ruark covers the basic principles of Scrum, one of the most widely used models, and then through individual chapters shows how to apply that framework to everything from individual research to running faculty committees to overseeing student class work. Practical and forward-thinking, Agile Faculty will help readers not only manage their time and projects but also foster productivity, balance, and personal and professional growth.

In Five Years

In Five Years
Author: Rebecca Serle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982137460

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick “In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists ​Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever. Where do you see yourself in five years? Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers. She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content. But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. In Five Years is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.

Rebecca

Rebecca
Author: Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-05-04
Genre: New York (N.Y.)
ISBN: 9781593695323

Presents six stories featuring Rebecca Rubin, a Jewish girl growing up in 1914 New York City.

Rebecca

Rebecca
Author: Edited By S.E. Paces
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
Total Pages: 185
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 8121939526

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The Magic of Melwick Orchard

The Magic of Melwick Orchard
Author: Rebecca Caprara
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2018-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1541530918

After more moves than they can count, Isa's family finally puts down roots. People in town are afraid of the abandoned orchard behind their home, but Isa and her sister Junie are happy to have acres of land to explore. But when Junie gets sick, Isa's mom falls into a depression, and medical bills force Isa's dad to work more. No one notices that Isa's clothes are falling apart and her stomach is empty. Out of frustration, Isa buries her out-grown sneakers in the orchard. The next day a sapling sprouts buds that bloom to reveal new shoes. Can Isa use this magical tree to save her family?