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Give Me a Break
Do you ever want something so badly that nothing else seemed important? Well, you're not alone. Give Me a Break is all about young people looking for that one chance to make their dreams come true.-Kevin wants to show himself and the world that he's something special. But it may cost him his life to prove it.-Maria longs to return home to Mexico. Should she follow her heart, even if it means leaving her family behind?-A talented actor's dreams are shattered...when a monkey steals the show.Here are eight short stories in which kids face real problems and dream real dreams. You may even spot a dream of your own in one of these moving tales.
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Published January 1, 1991
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October 15, 2012
“Give Me A Break” by Ray Harris and Jane Claypool
Watermill Press copy right 1983
I found this book o be a very pleasant, light and interesting read. A nice break from studying the guitar, piano and operating the computer. This was a group of eight short stories:
1. Give Me a Break - Brothers having a spat leaving one injured and in the hospital turned out to be a lesson in love for older healthier and stronger brother. This is a lesson of the strength of the family unit and his mother's love that endures the test of shame, anger, guilt, blame,, and hurt and yet still turns him around from running away to returning to the equal love of their mother,
2. Where I Belong - A beautiful daughter learns she has to stand up to her loving head strong mother, to realize that she was living an exact carbon copy of her mother in reverse, with dreams just as her mother had when she was a young lady living with her mother. Hear they both found they were to support each other’s dreams, wanting the best for each other, even separating from each other in different loving ways as they became closer.
3. Romeo, My Enemy - Seems to me the writer was so caught up in himself and had a thing so strong for the pretty girl next door, that he was blinded to the intelligence of her and her pet monkey.
4. A Horse and Dog of My Own – the grass on the other side of the fence my seem greener, Like a promise to move to another state with a horse of your own for a pet. When in fact if need be you can usually fix up the grass you already in, to be just as pleasant. By maybe not moving and just getting a dog for a pet.
5. Working Scared – this is a lesson on how someone can be forgiven for the stress life puts on us to survive and how one might take their education more seriously and use the time to gain a foot hold onto their future in the force.
6. The Math Exam - the student seemed to be placing the responsibility of his success and learning ability totally on the teacher and in the process he found that he had built a challenge to beat the teacher and in fact he raised the bar for his own learning
Watermill Press copy right 1983
I found this book o be a very pleasant, light and interesting read. A nice break from studying the guitar, piano and operating the computer. This was a group of eight short stories:
1. Give Me a Break - Brothers having a spat leaving one injured and in the hospital turned out to be a lesson in love for older healthier and stronger brother. This is a lesson of the strength of the family unit and his mother's love that endures the test of shame, anger, guilt, blame,, and hurt and yet still turns him around from running away to returning to the equal love of their mother,
2. Where I Belong - A beautiful daughter learns she has to stand up to her loving head strong mother, to realize that she was living an exact carbon copy of her mother in reverse, with dreams just as her mother had when she was a young lady living with her mother. Hear they both found they were to support each other’s dreams, wanting the best for each other, even separating from each other in different loving ways as they became closer.
3. Romeo, My Enemy - Seems to me the writer was so caught up in himself and had a thing so strong for the pretty girl next door, that he was blinded to the intelligence of her and her pet monkey.
4. A Horse and Dog of My Own – the grass on the other side of the fence my seem greener, Like a promise to move to another state with a horse of your own for a pet. When in fact if need be you can usually fix up the grass you already in, to be just as pleasant. By maybe not moving and just getting a dog for a pet.
5. Working Scared – this is a lesson on how someone can be forgiven for the stress life puts on us to survive and how one might take their education more seriously and use the time to gain a foot hold onto their future in the force.
6. The Math Exam - the student seemed to be placing the responsibility of his success and learning ability totally on the teacher and in the process he found that he had built a challenge to beat the teacher and in fact he raised the bar for his own learning
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