Faith McNulty
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"If you decide to go to the moon, " writes Faith McNulty, "read this book first. It will tell you how to get there and what to do after you land. The most important part tells you how to get home. Written in the second person, the text allows the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey, from packing ("don't forget your diary and plenty of food") to liftoff (at first you'll feel heavy; don't worry") to traveling thorugh space (where "the...
14) Mouse and Tim
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
Description
A boy and a mouse describe their relationship during the months they spend together.
17) The burning bed
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
This film is based on the true story of Francine Hughes, a battered housewife who was prosecuted in 1977 for dousing her abusive husband with gasoline and setting him on fire as he slept.
18) The burning bed
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Based on actual events, this courageous story of a woman pushed to the edge is a gut-wrenching, eye-opening and shocking experience. Francine Hughes marries her small-town high school sweetheart Mickey only to discover his temper is short and his behavior violent. Urged to hang in there by her family and a broken social welfare system, she suffers continuous abuse until desperation leads her to cross a threshold from which neither she nor her husband...