![]() ![]() ![]() Strengthened by the sisterhood of ancient magic, can she harness her power to save the people she loves most? View more But Bri is not the only one who wants the Heart, and her enemies will stop at nothing to fulfil their own ruthless plans. If Bri is to locate the missing piece, she must turn to the blood relatives she's never known, learn of their secret powers and take her place in their ancient lineage. And then Briseis inherits an old house from her birth mother and suddenly finds herself with the space and privacy to test her powers for the first time.īriseis's mother is dead, but there is one chance to bring her back: find the last piece of the deadly Absyrtus Heart. It's a power she and her adoptive mothers have spent her whole life trying to hide. Flowers bloom in her footsteps and leaves turn to face her as though she were the sun. For the lives of those not chosen by a man at the ball … are forfeit.Įver since she can remember, Briseis has had power over plants. And every girl knows that she has only one chance. ![]() Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she's tiny until the night she's sent to the royal ball for choosing. Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In her first historical novel, rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again earns her title as queen of the summer novel. As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, each of them hiding a troubling secret. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. ![]() Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha's Vineyard. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket. It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of a summer when everything changed, in New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first historical novel. ![]() ![]() Now into this landscape comes a book that is not a 9/11 novel or a post-9/11 novel, but rather a pre-9/11 novel. ![]() The narrative of the Un-American Century is that there is no central narrative, and, thanks to the self-expanding and story-diminishing technology available on the Internet, that's how we like it. ![]() For the most part, American readers have rejected the notion that any one writer can tell about an event they had to live through. And yet the dream of a novel that unifies the culture around an event that wound up cleaving it is just another of those things that hasn't quite worked out for this country in the Un-American Century. Before the bone fragments were harvested from Ground Zero, or any of the accidental monuments desanctified by their eventual inclusion in a Staten Island landfill, writers of American fiction were challenged to write about the Day Everything Changed. ![]() We are familiar by now with the 9/11 novel - with the idea of it, anyway. ![]() ![]() Martine discovers that her only living relative is her maternal grandmother, Gwyn Thomas, who lives in Africa. Martine awakens to find her house on fire. On New Year’s Eve, the night she turns eleven, Martine has a strange dream: she miraculously heals an injured wild goose. ![]() John’s Animal Healer series, The White Giraffe won the 2008 East Sussex Children’s Book Award. She even had her own pet giraffe named Jenny. John drew on personal experiences from her own childhood which she spent on a farm and game reserve in Zimbabwe. John explores themes of loss, friendship, empathy, and perseverance. The story follows eleven-year-old Martine Allen who, following the death of her parents, forms a special bond with an elusive white giraffe on her grandmother’s South African game reserve. The White Giraffe is a children’s animal adventure novel written by Lauren St. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She takes Sunanda as a client, even inviting her to live at the Mistry home in Bombay’s Dadar Parsi colony. But the joint family household is already full of tension. Perveen’s father worries about their law firm taking so much personal responsibility for a client, and her brother and sister-in-law are struggling to cope with their new baby. Perveen herself is going through personal turmoil as she navigates a taboo relationship with a handsome former civil service officer. Perveen cannot stand by while Sunanda languishes in jail with no hope of justice. The grandson of an influential Gujarati businessman catches fire-but a servant, his young ayah, Sunanda, rushes to save him, selflessly putting herself in harm’s way. Later, Perveen learns that Sunanda, who’s still ailing from her burns, has been arrested on trumped-up charges made by a man who doesn’t seem to exist. Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new women’s hospital specializing in maternal health issues when she witnesses an accident. India, 1922: Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable and very few women have ever seen a doctor. ![]() The New Perveen Mistry Novel Is Coming This Summer!īombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex family dynamics as she seeks justice for a mistreated young woman in this thrilling fourth installment in Sujata Massey’s award-winning series. ![]() ![]() ![]() A lovable, hapless heroine Jane Jameson would be proud to know. It’s a winner!” - Michael Lee West, Author of Gone With a Handsomer Man“Fast-paced, snarky action set in a compelling, southern glitz-and-glamour locale. ![]() It’s that rarest of books: a beautifully written page-turner. Praise for DOUBLE WHAMMY:“If Scout Finch and Carl Hiaasen had a baby, it would be Davis (Way.) Double Whammy is filled with humor and fresh, endearing characters. With his help, Davis must win this high stakes game before her luck runs out. Make that her landlord, lawyer, and love interest. Buried under a mistaken identity, her hot streak runs cold until her landlord Bradley Cole steps in. Davis learns the truth and it does not set her free - in fact, it lands her in the pokey. But once there, she runs straight into her ex-ex husband, a rigged slot machine, her evil twin, and a trail of dead bodies. ![]() This madcap debut is a winning hand for fans of Janet Evanovich and Deborah Coonts.” - Library Journal.Davis Way thinks she’s hit the jackpot when she lands a job as the fifth wheel on an elite security team at the fabulous Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. It gets the Stephanie Plum seal of approval.” - Janet Evanovich“Archer navigates a satisfyingly complex plot and injects plenty of humor as she goes. ![]() USA TODAY BESTSELLER.FILLED WITH HUMOR AND FRESH, ENDEARING CHARACTERS.“Funny & wonderful & human. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's about Natasha - a Jamaican immigrant, science nerd and skeptic - and Daniel, a Korean-American poet rebelling against his family's desire for him to be a doctor. The Sun Is Also a Star tries to make a scientific case for instalove, and I'm just not buying. And sure, they can hurt, but you'll get over them. ![]() It's not that gushy, obsessive, in-the-moment feeling. Love is knowing someone's flaws, habits and pet peeves having to deal with their grumbling after a bad day the weird quirks that only surface after several months of being together living with their morning breath and farts. And I don't.Ĭall me cynical, call me cold-hearted, but I don't believe in just knowing and love at first sight. For those ready to be convinced that love at first sight really does exist, or those who already believe it. There were some good things about it, but it's primarily for people who are far more romantic than I am. I came away a little bit in love with her.īut I just couldn't love this book. I even recently met Nicola Yoon at a book signing and she is so sweet and hilarious, and I found out that this book is based on her own life as a Jamaican immigrant married to a Korean-American. I was honestly ready to love The Sun Is Also a Star. ![]() But her style was enjoyable and easy to read, so I was eager to give her books another shot. My problem with Yoon's Everything, Everything was the twist. I just couldn't love this like I wanted to. We’re meant to walk through this world together. She opens her palm and she’s going to take my hand. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When the 17-year-old Abigail Williams (a darkly blushing Erin Doherty) incites a group of young girls in Salem to accuse their neighbours of witchcraft, the whole town finds itself sucked into a vortex of unfounded indictments and imminent executions. Nearly 70 years after on, The Crucible remains an object lesson in the perils of groupthink and mass hysteria, its tragedy buttressed by merciless intersections of the personal and the political. ![]() Painterly but unfussy, Turner’s staging fixes our gaze on those electric moments in Miller’s allegorical tale where unreason and blind faith lock horns with integrity. But under Lyndsey Turner’s aesthetically vigorous direction on the National Theatre’s Olivier stage, the play’s infected air becomes a breeding ground for visually arresting tableaux possessed of rampant emotional intensity. ![]() ![]() ![]() A modern classic in the making reminiscent of the Penderwicks series, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street is about the connections we make and the unexpected turns life can take. America’s Review: The Vanderbeeker kids are adored by the entire block and surrounding area of their quant Harlem neighborhood on 141st Street however, their landlord, the Beiderman (or Mr. And all is fair in love and war when it comes to keeping their home. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home and convince the dreaded Beiderman just how wonderful they are. 5, 2019 The Heffley family’s house undergoes a disastrous attempt at home improvement. 14 by Jeff Kinney illustrated by Jeff Kinney RELEASE DATE: Nov. ![]() 235 WRECKING BALL From the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Vol. It's practically another member of the family. One of The New York Times Notable Childrens Books of 2017: In this delightful and heartwarming throwback to the big-family novels of yesteryear. THE VANDERBEEKERS AND THE HIDDEN GARDEN by Karina Yan Glaser bookshelf Readers can still rely on this series to bring laughs. The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. Meet the author, Karina Yan Glaser, in her Author Access replay in RAR Premium. Experience the warmth of a family and their community as they work together to bring a. ![]() A practically perfect family story that's first in a wonderful series. Vanderbeekers 02, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden - Paperback. Highly recommended for kids of all ages (I read it to all six of my kids, from preschool through teen). When their landlord decides he's not going to renew the Vanderbeekers' lease, the five Vanderbeeker kids launch a full-blown mission to change his mind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The fourth thrilling African adventure, written with all the zest and skill that has endeared so many readers to THE WHITE GIRAFFE, DOLPHIN SONG and THE LAST LEOPARD. This could be the answer to all their troubles. Its the first day of the December school holidays & Martine has lots of fun planned for the next. The Elephants Tale by St.John, Lauren and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at . The third of Lauren St Johns heartwarming White Giraffe series, in which Martine and Ben must save the worlds rarest leopard. When Grace has a vision about a unique herd of Namibian elephants, she knows she must travel to Namibia to learn their secrets. Martine is determined to save the home she's grown to love. The nature reserve, and everything in it, will no longer belong to them. But her plans for a peaceful holiday are soon shattered when a sinister man informs Martine and her grandmother that Sabuwona is about to be repossessed. It's the first day of the December school holidays and Martine has lots of fun planned for the next few weeks, not least spending time with Jemmy, her beloved white giraffe, and her best friend, Ben. ![]() The fourth instalment in Lauren St John's heartwarming White Giraffe series, in which Martine must travel to Namibia to save an elephant and the home she has come to love. ![]() |