Bøger af Larry Peterson

(Based on a true story)________________________________________________________________________________Having already lost their mom to leukemia, the Peach kids are officially orphaned when their dad suddenly dies during Christmas season 1965. As the realities of "grown up" world quickly embrace them they have one important thing to do first...have a funeral for 'Pops'. His "viewing" is scheduled to begin New Year's Eve but first Teddy and his best friend, Scratch, have to find Pop's wooden leg which was somehow lost at the hospital. You will be amazed and inspired as these kids confront a life they were not ready for. Teddy, 18, is the oldest and the new "head" of the family. He is determined to do his best to lead his siblings onward. Joanie, 17, is the only girl. Dancer, 14, Beeker, 10 and Joey, 6, are the boys. Teddy's resolve is quickly shaken when their power is turned off and he also discovers that the rent is three months past due. A severe cold front has gripped the Northeast and Teddy has about $14.00 until payday. Compounding his problems is the overly intrusive and scary neighbor, Beatrice Amon, who quickly lets him know that "those children must be placed into proper homes". They find a welcome ally in their parish priest, Father Tim Sullivan. Father Tim, a former Golden-Glove boxer from the "Hell's Kitchen" area of Manhattan, will try his best to guide his parentless, young parishioners into the strange, uncharted and turbulent waters of "grown-up" world. The priest's first challenge of the New Year has definitely arrived.Take an extraordinary and unpredictable journey with the five, newly orphaned Peach kids, as they begin their struggle to remain a family while planning their dad's funeral. Based on a true story, this novel can make you smile, laugh and even cry. Journey with the Peach kids as they come to realize that the power of love and faith in God, rooted in them through their dad's constant example of L-Y-N, yields strength of family that can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles

Seeing the world for the first time through a puppy's eyes is an experience to remember. Remi has a few observations and questions for Grandpa that keeps Grandpa on his heels and usually left shaking his head. Listen to Remi and Grandpa discuss the world through Remi's eyes. Remi never asks the expected, but Grandpa has all the answers as only he can.

The Hiawatha Anthology tells the stories of some of the pioneering men and women who migrated to Manistique, Michigan and the surrounding area; coming both from other states and from overseas.It is my hope that these stories will provide the reader with a glimpse into a not so distant past before technology, when life was simpler but also more perilous and uncertain.Modern medical advances were decades away and life expectancy was short. Though the times were different, the people themselves were very much like us. They were just as alive as we are today-with the same emotions and the same enduring hopes and aspirations for themselves and their children. Their struggles and that of thousands of others like them, laid the foundation for the lives we have today.

This book analyzes how a sizable group of Gennan workers came to support Communism and how they in turn influenced the emergence and development of the German Communist Party (KPD) in its fonnative period as a mass party.

This book analyzes how a sizable group of Gennan workers came to support Communism and how they in turn influenced the emergence and development of the German Communist Party (KPD) in its fonnative period as a mass party.