Bøger af Paddy Eger

A tale of adventure and survival.¿¿In 1850, sixteen year-old Irish lad, Ean McCloud, steps off the boat, his legs in iron shackles, and steps into serving a three-year sentence at the Port Arthur Penal Colony in Tasmania. Falsely convicted, he must now survive the brutal conditions, the backbreaking labor, and time in the silent prison-a place that breaks men's souls. Follow Ean's journey as he seeks not only to survive but to escape!

Meg Appens is a new junior at Sherman Harrison High School. Since she is deaf, each day poses extra problems to handle. Her goals include playing basketball and earning a scholarship to college. Most of all she wants to fit in, to not be ignored.Meet Meg's family. Follow Meg's junior year of successes and setbacks. As the only deaf student in the high school, can she truly fit in or will she remain sidelined?When an unforeseen emergency rises, possibly blocking one of her major goals, will she have the physical and emotional strength to handle the situation? How will she handle the resulting setback?

Lynne struggles to find her place in the world of professional ballet while her own world is turning upside down.Dance, the central character, enters the stage with a tour jeté and then pirouette's gracefully through the life of Lynne Meadows. Her story is reminiscent of the main character, which heralds the life of Frankie in Mitch Albom's The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto.This third book in the series glides into Lynne's world with backward glances at the fortunes and falls that bring her to the commencement of an exciting and grueling adventure as a member of a dance troupe traveling in Europe during the summer of 1959.If dance is the mode, communiqués become the medium, Lynne dashes off her impressions in letters and post cards between performance venues to provide a tantalizing peek into a past European summer.Letters to Follow is the third book in The Ballet Series