![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests-or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each with an extraordinary talent that sets them apart-an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. ![]() Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks-and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. About the Book Ideal for fans of the Harry Potter series and Neil Gaiman, this breathtaking, enchanting new series from a debut author is about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world-but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.īook Synopsis A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world-but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination. ![]()
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![]() It became required reading in grade schools across the United States. Victorians who swore off novels because of their immoral influence eagerly picked up Ben-Hur-were even encouraged to by their pastors. It has the appeal of a rollicking historical adventure combined with a sincere Christian message of redemption. The novel intertwines the life of Jesus with that of a fictional protagonist, the young Jewish prince named Judah Ben-Hur, who suffers betrayal, injustice, and brutality, and longs for a Jewish king to vanquish Rome. ![]() By 1900 it had been printed in thirty-six English-language editions and translated into twenty others, including Indonesian and Braille. It outsold every book except the Bible until Gone With the Wind came out in 1936, and resurged to the top of the list again in the 1960s. Since its first publication, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ has never been out of print. ![]() ![]() First edition from the collections of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, Crawfordsville, IN. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A TOP TEN INDIE PUBLISHERS' FICTION BESTSELLER FOR 2014 AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 PICK A WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 PICK A BOOKSELLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 PICK This is the story of a hen named Sprout. ![]() Bora McAteer About the Author:īook Description Paperback. Anyone who is a parent-or has ever been loved by one-will find a moment (or two) where it’s hard to keep the tears at bay. You’ll root for Sprout as she pluckily faces the elite barnyard coterie for a place to rest her head or as she tirelessly guards her baby from a hungry, conniving weasel. This English-language translation of the best-selling Korean novel is sparse and economical as befitting the fable-like tale, allowing phrases and moments to breathe with emotion. But just like all enduring classics, peel back a few layers and The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly easily transcends the just-for-kids label by deftly tackling universal themes of individuality, nurturing the young, the cycle of life and death, the meaning of friendship, and the eternal parent-child bond. An Amazon Best Book of the Month, November 2013: You could read the adventures and struggles of Sprout, an egg-laying hen who escapes the coop with dreams of hatching her own chick, as a straightforward children’s book. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was there that she grew confident in her identity as both a lesbian and a poet. After an English teacher rejected one of her poems, Lorde submitted it to Seventeen magazine – it became her first professional publication.Īfter working a variety of jobs in New York and Connecticut, Lorde studied for a year at the National University of Mexico in Cuernavaca. She graduated from Hunter High School, where she edited the literary magazine. ![]() She once commented, “I used to speak in poetry.when I couldn’t find the poems to express the things I was feeling, that’s what started me writing poetry.” She was around 12 or 13 at the time. Lorde connected with poetry from a young age. As a child, Lorde dropped the “y” from her first name to become Audre. ![]() She was the youngest of three sisters and grew up in Manhattan. A prominent member of the women’s and LGBTQ rights movements, her writings called attention to the multifaceted nature of identity and the ways in which people from different walks of life could grow stronger together.Īudrey Geraldine Lorde was born on Februto Frederic and Linda Belmar Lorde, immigrants from Grenada. Poet and author Audre Lorde used her writing to shine light on her experience of the world as a Black lesbian woman and later, as a mother and person suffering from cancer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil, where inhuman creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at night, where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the shadows, where deformed beasts can be heard howling from the blood-drenched tunnels below. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. Convicted of a murder he didn’t commit, sentenced to life without parole, “new fish” Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Annotation: Furnace Penitentiary: the world’s most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth’s surface. ![]() |