When a major obstacle is removed to our progress, idealist intellectuals like myself rejoice. I was introduced to one such obstacle in the early l970s, when a woman hiding from her abusive husband in our home told us “violence wasn’t the worst part.” Like the millions of other victimized women we have served in the ensuing years, she understood that the prevailing equation of partner abuse with domestic violence has little relation to her lived experience of oppression.
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Do you need an attorney? Who doesn’t need an attorney for some legal matter? Of course, attorneys charge a lot for their services. Here are ten humorous fortune cookie sayings with lawyers in mind:
- If the suit fits, sue tomorrow.
- You are about to come into a tidy fortune. Just ignore the banana peel on the marble floor until it is too late.
- Would you like some black forest tort cake? I see. You would prefer just the tort.
- You are about to learn more about cell technology. It is so fascinating that the subject will just imprison you.
- Divorcing yourself from reality may not lessen your cost from your imminent divorce.
- Beware of a guy named Mal. This is particularly true if his last name is Practice.
- People shouldn’t judge you by your appearance unless you are picked out of a lineup.
- Betty Lou would sure love to court you. However, if you become unfaithful, she’ll see you in court.
- You cannot replace your batteries in a case of assault and battery.
- If you are drunk as a skunk and drive, you just might find yourself making the evening news by five.
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Do you need an attorney? Who doesn’t need an attorney for some legal matter? Of course, attorneys charge a lot for their services. Here are ten humorous fortune cookie sayings with lawyers in mind:
- If the suit fits, sue tomorrow.
- You are about to come into a tidy fortune. Just ignore the banana peel on the marble floor until it is too late.
- Would you like some black forest tort cake? I see. You would prefer just the tort.
- You are about to learn more about cell technology. It is so fascinating that the subject will just imprison you.
- Divorcing yourself from reality may not lessen your cost from your imminent divorce.
- Beware of a guy named Mal. This is particularly true if his last name is Practice.
- People shouldn’t judge you by your appearance unless you are picked out of a lineup.
- Betty Lou would sure love to court you. However, if you become unfaithful, she’ll see you in court.
- You cannot replace your batteries in a case of assault and battery.
- If you are drunk as a skunk and drive, you just might find yourself making the evening news by five.
Miriam is quite happy to be herself. At least when she is not in school. She yearns for the time in the past when she and sister Deborah would play together at home and have great imaginative adventures. But Miriam has noticed how much that Deborah has changed. She wears fashionable clothes and makeup, talks for hours on the telephone, and has enough assets to garnish the attention of Artie Rosenberg, who has just happened to move in with their family for senior year.
When Miriam is at school, things are almost unbearable. Not that she complains. The pretty, cool girls smell of watermelon lip gloss, get the attention of the boys, and Jenny Clarke, in particular, seems to live to torture Miriam. This is not big obvious bullying...rather the subtle girl sort. Miriam almost plays along...just to make it go away.
Miriam is, however, close to the breaking point. There is no support at home. Deborah just doesn't want to be embarrassed, her college professor dad is busy, and her self absorbed mother is getting ready for an art show. What will happen when Miriam breaks? And why is Jenny Clarke so venomous?
I think that Marcella Pixley has written a gripping first novel about the underbelly of middle school. Miriam is so real, as are the watermelon girls. She is weird enough but not so much so as to be unbelievable. And the Fisher household is truly something to behold. There are many middle school girls (and their teachers and parents) who should be reading this book. Brilliant.
Author: Robert Heidbreder
Illustrator: Bill Slavin and Esperanca Melo
Published: 2004 Kids Can Press
ISBN: 1553379829 Chapters.ca Amazon.com
This feisty fossil fiesta of anatomically correct dinosaurs is not just a riot to read — it ignited an irresistable desire to make the trek to Drumheller (Alberta) to see this unbelievable landscape for ourselves. See you there!
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This book was nominated for the Shining Willows award in Saskatchewan last year. Although it did not come in first, the children absolutely loved it and I, as a teacher librarian, never got tired of reading it. Thus we bought it for our grandson’s fourth birhday and it has become a huge favourite with him as well. In fact, he has set up his own Drumheller Dinosaur band and has invited some of his neighbourhood friends to join him.
I have this book in my textbook at school; LoL