An emotionally rich read for a wide audience, especially those interested in keeping the planet alive and well for future generations." - School Library Journal, starred review * "A coming-of-age novel with a fully developed and authentic protagonist. Through Obe, King asks the Big Questions alongside the smaller, more personal ones in a way that will likely have readers doing the same." - The Horn Book Magazine, starred review * "A smart, environmentally conscious underdog story with a lot of heart. * "A provocative exploration of human action and interaction on both local and global levels, as well as the interplay between past, present, and future, King's novel will leave readers pondering how we treat each other and the planet. A Spring 2017 Kid's Indie Next List selectionĪ New York Public Library Best Book for KidsĪ Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Katee roberts desperate measuresIf I had to create a fancast for this book it would be: Jasmine - Richa Moorjani. But again, it's just because it's not my personal brand of kink. The scenes were sexy as hell and the overall book was great, the only thing that holds me back from absolutely loving it was the whole Daddy thing. Where my reservations came in was the usage of Daddy and Baby Girl. This book is chock full of non consensual consent, which I don't actually mind. After reading it, I can say that this book was pretty good! Parts of it wasn't my cup of kink but the ending definitely made the book. I wasn't overly excited to read the book because all I had seen of Jafar and Jasmine was their small interaction in Learn My Lesson, where Jasmine is seen seated at Jafar's feet. I want to preface that this by saying that this was actually the last book I read in the series. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Enough sharon jaynesAnd if you have a family member or friend who is struggling, you can share one of these prayers with them to send a little (or a lot of) strength their way. These prayers about strength will empower you so that you can make it through the hardest days. Of course, there is no "right way" on the path towards healing, but tuning in with your faith through prayer can offer a quiet sanctuary where you can find strength when you may be feeling your weakest. But seeking guidance through faith is one avenue to explore that may also provide you with a sense of comfort and peace. Sometimes it can be easier to give in to the overwhelming swirl of thoughts and emotions that tend to arise when you are struggling in any situation. But God already knows that you are strong enough to take on any obstacle no matter the size or weight, and these prayers for strength will give you the courage you may need to remember just how resilient you are. These difficult times can impact your well-being in mental, emotional, and physical ways, and oftentimes make you feel too weak to face what life is throwing at you today. 15.99 Description Popular author and speaker Sharon Jaynes exposes the lies that keep you bogged down in shame, insecurity, and feelings of inadequacy. Hard days at work or at home can spring upon you without much warning. Wilder wrote a close friend later that his first publishers, Albert & Charles Boni, “so disliked Heaven’s My Destination (‘the American scene is not natural to you. Heaven’s My Destination was published in England by Longmans, Green and Company, on December 3, 1934, and in the United States by Harper & Brothers on January 2, 1935. Wilder’s novel is also a coming-of-age story, and we may understand Wilder’s variant as his homage to Joyce’s great story. The title shows up in the novel's first epigraph, taken, Wilder explains, from "Doggerel verse which children of the Middle West were accustomed to write in their schoolbooks." It readsĪs Wilder well knew, James Joyce used a variant of this verse in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in 1914. Wilder also worked on the book while in Chicago, Kansas City, and New Haven. He completed the novel in September of 1934 at Mabel Dodge Luhan’s fabled ranch in Taos, New Mexico. Wilder began serious work on Heaven’s My Destination in June of 1932 at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, the writer’s colony where he later drafted significant portions of Our Town. The first glimpse of the novel appears in a journal entry of June 23, 1930: “Ideas for Novels or Novellas- Picaresque: Baptist ‘Don Quixote.’ Selling educational textbooks through Texas, Oklahoma.” Heaven’s My Destination is Wilder’s fourth novel and the first to be set in the United States. When and where did Wilder write Heaven’s My Destination? 5/24/2023 0 Comments Lyddie full bookHow can comprehension of a text be expressed in writing? What reading strategies can be used to monitor comprehension during the reading process? How does the author reveal character traits? Why is it important for readers to explain characterization: what the character says, what the character does, what the character thinks, how the other characters respond to the character? Vocabulary knowledge enhances text comprehension. Understand that readers make inferences and draw conclusions during reading to aid in the ability to access complex text.Įxplaining the main idea with supporting details provides the reader overall comprehension of text. Understand the author uses figurative language to help readers develop imagery. Understand the relationship between cause and effect. Understand that analysis of a text should be based on text should be based on textual references, not a personal opinion. Analysis of a variety of text will provide an understanding of an author’s voice and tone that stems from word choice and the use of literary devices. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Alex approximately seriesOr that she's being heckled daily by the irritatingly hot museum security guard, Porter Roth - a.k.a. Or that she's landed a job at the local tourist-trap museum. In this delightfully charming teen spin on You've Got Mail, the one guy Bailey Rydell can't stand is actually the boy of her dreams - she just doesn't know it yet.Ĭlassic movie buff Bailey "Mink" Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online by "Alex." Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives in the same California surfing town as her online crush.įaced with doubts (what if he's a creep in real life - or worse?), Bailey doesn't tell Alex she's moved to his hometown. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself? When one of the strangers - beautiful, haunted Akiva - fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands" she speaks many languages - not all of them human and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. A Time Magazine 100 Best YA Books of All Time Selection In a nation on the brink of war, a young art student's star-crossed love begins to bloom in the first book of the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor. 5/24/2023 0 Comments The maddest obsession pagesThese books technically are stand alone novels and can be read in any order. The second novel would come quickly after and is titled The Maddest Obsession. This romance series first got started in 2018 with the publication of The Sweetest Oblivion. Check out her books and see what you think!ĭanielle Lori is the creator and author of the Made series of fictional novels. She has written plenty of books that have hit the tops of the best selling novels lists at Amazon. Lori is married and shares her home with her son, husband, and plenty of dogs. She loves to drink coffee and has a special place in her heart for ‘chick flicks’ from the nineties. She also loves to write heroines that can be sweet but are always sassy.īesides writing in the romance genre, Lori has switched things up and has written contemporary fiction and fantasy. She also enjoys putting relationships in her stories that start from a place of hate where the two can’t stand each other and then it transitions quickly into love (after all, there’s a fine line between the two). She loves to write novels that have heroes that maybe don’t always stick to the straight and narrow. Danielle Lori is an American published author of fiction known for writing romance novels. With the vast treasure obtained thanks to Taita's efforts, Tamose now attempts to recruit allies among the neighbouring nations against the Hyksos. With the help of the young captain Zaras, Taita successfully undertakes a covert operation to steal the Minoan treasure while blaming the theft on the Hyksos, breaking their treaty and enriching Pharaoh at a single stroke. Taita receives intelligence that the Hyksos and the Minoans have signed a secret treaty, and that the Minoans are sending a large shipment of silver to a fortress they have constructed on Hyksos territory in an effort to expand their maritime empire. Pharaoh Tamose has succeeded in securing a capital at Thebes in Upper Egypt, and the brilliant eunuch Taita is his chief advisor, even as he continues to try to expel the Hyksos from Egypt. The story is set a few years after River God. It also depicts an attempt to forge an alliance between the Hyksos and the Minoans. It depicts a conflict between a Pharaoh ruling from Thebes in Upper Egypt and the Hyksos rulers of Lower Egypt. The setting of the novel is the 2nd millennium BC. It is part of a series of novels by Smith set to Ancient Egypt and follows the fate of the Egyptian Kingdom through the eyes of Taita, a multi-talented and highly skilled eunuch slave. Desert God is a novel by author Wilbur Smith first published in 2014. Dad’s theory is that life is rough, and I might as well get used to it. I would have yelled for him to make Patrick leave me alone, but it wouldn’t do any good. “You creep!” I screamed, trying to wriggle out of his grip. But that’s how things work in our family. You know how it is: you get upset, things build up inside you, and suddenly you BOP! someone. I would tell you why my big brother was beating on me if I could, but I can’t, because I don’t know. I said “OW!” instead of “out” because Patrick had just landed a major noogie on my skull. “Patrick!” I shouted, mad now instead of terrified. “Aliens!” But even as I was screaming, I saw in the mirror that the arm holding me was a strong human arm. “It’s not go-away time, it’s bopping time!”Ī strong arm wrapped around my neck. “Go away!” I yelled, spattering toothpaste foam across the mirror. “Hey, Duncan,” rasped a voice from behind me, “what time is it?”Ī wave of terror washed over me. I was standing in the bathroom, brushing my teeth, when I looked up and saw a horrible green face in the mirror. |