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Sixteen year old Carly Brown's film industry bigwig parents cast her, against her wishes, in their new film. She's completely unprepared for the fallout when she becomes an instant movie star and the press try to capture every aspect of her once quiet life in Beverly Hills, California. Follow faithful diarist Carly through high school as she learns not to cut herself, wins her first Oscar and wins the heart of her first love, Aaron Linkletter.
Christophe (Chris) Jean-Jacques Robillard, 14, is a voracious reader who has lived in the New Orleans-based St. Jean le Baptiste Orphanage his entire life, as have his two best friends, Danny Michaud and Jean Pierre Dellacourt. They and their girlfriends all attend the Rue St. Paul Middle School funded specifically for the four orphanages of the French Quarter. One day Chris receives his first letter. The letter is from an attorney telling him that, from his late father, he has inherited a ship-the S.S. Eagle's Rook. The letter goes on to tell him the crew will be leaving on a mysterious voyage on June 26 at 8: 00 p.m. Chris and his friends embark on a voyage that will forever change the course of the rest of their lives. They encounter a hurricane, experience an attempted takeover of the Eagle's Rook, and discover a treasure that only Chris could appreciate.
Christophe (Chris) Jean-Jacques Robillard, 14, is a voracious reader who has lived in the New Orleans based St. Jean le Baptiste Orphanage his entire life as have his two best friends Danny Michaud and Jean Pierre Dellacourt. They and their girlfriends all attend the Rue St. Paul Middle school funded for the four orphanages of the French Quarter: One day Chris receives his first letter. The letter is from an attorney telling him that he has inherited a ship from his late father -the S.S. Eagle's Rook. The letter goes on to tell him the crew will be leaving on a mysterious voyage on June 26th at 8:00 p.m. Chris and his friends embark on a voyage that will forever change the course of the rest of their lives. They encounter a hurricane, an attempted takeover of the Eagle's Rook and discover a treasure that only Chris could appreciate.
Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Julie and Jean-Benoit chronicle the lessons they learned after they returned to France to live, for a year, with their twin daughters. They offer up all the lessons they learned and explain, in a book as fizzy as a bottle of the finest French champagne, the most important aspect of all: the French don't communicate, they converse.To understand and speak French well, one must understand that French conversation runs on a set of rul...
After returning home from the Pirate Games, Roberto reads a letter from the doctor who delivered his son indicating his beloved Hélène may be alive! They learn Madame Heureux kidnapped Hélène just after she gave birth. Soon Roberto and Chris are reunited with their missing loved one only to return and discover Captain Arthur Benedict kidnapped Hélène again! Gathering the crew and family aboard the Eagle's Rook, they set sail on a cat and mouse chase in pursuit of Hélène, kidnapped by Captain Benedict.