在线阅读本书 Joel's best friend Tony drowns while they are swimming in the forbidden, treacherous Vermilion River. Joel is terrified at having to tell of his disobedience and overwhelmed by his feelings of guilt.

When his best friend drowns while they are swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience. "A powerful, soul-stirring novel told simply and well."--"Booklist, " starred review. A Newbery Honor Book; ALA Notable Children's Book.

Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds Tony has vanished. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?

在线阅读本书 "I was born with skins too few. Or they were scrubbed off me by...robust and efficient hands." The experiences absorbed through these "skins too few" are evoked in this memoir of Doris Lessing's childhood and youth as the daughter of a British colonial family in Persia and Southern Rhodesia Honestly and with overwhelming immediacy, Lessing maps the growth of her consc...(展开全部)

Liza never knew that falling in love could be so wonderful . . . and so confusing. "'Liza,' Mom said, looking into my eyes, 'I want you to tell me the truth, not because I want to pry, but because I have to know. This could get very unpleasant . . . Now--have you and Annie--done any more than the usual experimenting . . . ' 'No, Mom,' I said, trying to look back at her calmly...(展开全部)

Buried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are essential to our survival but remain largely unknown to us. In Beneath the Skin, fifteen writers each explore a different body part: Naomi Alderman unravels the intestines and our obsession with food; Thomas Lynch celebrates the womb as a miracle; AL Kennedy exp...(展开全部)

Buried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are essential to our survival but remain largely unknown to us. In Beneath the Skin, fifteen writers each explore a different body part: Naomi Alderman unravels the intestines and our obsession with food; Thomas Lynch celebrates the womb as a miracle; AL Kennedy exp...(展开全部)

格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆 Gloria Steinem，作家、演讲家、编辑和女权主义社会活动家。20世纪60年代后期和20世纪70年代妇女解放运动的代表人物，因揭露花花公子兔女郎的故事而掀起了反色情运动的风潮。在1968年，她协助建立了《纽约》杂志，同时担任政治专栏评论员。她 于1972年联合创办了《女士》杂志。2005年，斯泰纳姆联合成立了妇女媒体中心，并担任董事。代表作有《内在革命》《无耻行为和日常生活的反叛》《言语之上》《玛丽莲：诺玛·珍》和《仿佛女人重要一般》等。斯泰纳姆曾获得彭尼-密苏里新闻奖、《头版新闻》和号角奖、全国杂志奖、女性体育新闻报道奖、专业记者协会颁发的新闻终身成就奖、联合国颁发的作家协会奖、詹姆士·威尔顿·约翰逊新闻奖等。在2013年，她被巴拉克·奥巴马总统授予总统自由勋章。