![]() ![]() ![]() His presence brings an air of mystery, as he offers the boys a free rod and foresees that lightning will strike one of their houses. Will and Jim are, at first, surprised by the presence of a man selling lightning rods late in October. This is their shared journey into the unknown that age offers to grant them. They share more than neighboring locations, however, as they were born exactly two minutes apart: Will one minute before midnight on October 30th and Jim one minute after midnight on October 31. Towheaded, good-natured Will Halloway and raven-haired, adventurous Jim Nightshade grow up together in adjacent homes. There are, again, dual protagonists who must face the world and all the danger it brings. While the two are not sequels, Something Wicked This Way Comes is something of the darker cousin of its hopeful predecessor. Ray Bradbury’s fourth novel takes place in the same fictional idyllic hamlet of Green Town, Illinois, in which Dandelion Wine was situated. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The first book I ever read by her was Some Girls Are, and I remember thinking perhaps a more appropriate title for it might have been “Some Girls Are Bitches.” I couldn’t put it down. Review: Courtney Summers is an author with teeth. Caught between her desire to self-destruct and others’ attempts to save her, Parker is pushed to the brink as she is eventually forced to admit her perfection is a façade. ![]() Used to being the popular, perfect girl at school, Parker is now doing everything she can to alienate her friends and family, and it all comes down to one night and a mistake she made that she can never forgive herself for. After showing up at school drunk and a suicide attempt, Parker is being closely watched by her school’s administration and must follow all of the rules they have set out for her if she still wants to graduate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Civil War, a Marvel Comics event, stars Spider-Man, the New Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and the entirety of the Marvel pantheon! Civil War - the cross-over that rewrites the rules - begins here!Ī conflict has been brewing in the Marvel Universe, threatening to pit friend against friend, brother against brother-and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams, friendships, and families begin to fall apart. ![]() Published from 2006-2007, this series saw the Marvel Universe divided over the Superhero Registration Act, which would have the US government regulate all costumed heroes and vigilantes. A conflict has been brewing in the Marvel Universe, threatening to pit friend against friend, brother against brother-and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams, friendships, and families begin to fall apart. An accident on a reality show leads the government to issue a directive that all superheroes must register, a requirement that pits Captain American and his. Civil War by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven is one of Marvel’s most iconic storylines to date. ![]() ![]() ![]() Closer to home, the Shia Buyids ruled in Southern Iraq and for a while occupied Baghdad itself (945CE). ![]() ![]() Far away Spain enjoyed the zenith of its power under Abdur Rahman III, who had declared his own claim to the Caliphate. The Fatimids, after establishing themselves in North Africa, were advancing towards Egypt. The Aghlabids in Tripoli were independent all but in name. The Abbasid Caliphs in Baghdad had lost their hold on vast territories. ![]() At the turn of the ninth century, the Islamic world extended from Spainto the borders of India, but it was like a giant banyan tree decaying from within. An understanding of the political, economic and intellectual milieu surrounding him is helpful in appreciating his time and his work. He was born and educated in Baghdad during the reign of Caliph Al Mu’tadid (892-904 CE). The history of this challenge and the aftermath of ensuing battles has defined the intellectual landscape of Islam until modern times.Īl Masudi was a descendent of Abdullah Ibn Masud, a companion of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). The historian and geographer, Abul Hasan Ali Ibn Hussain Ibn Ali Al Masudi (895-957 CE) was a scion of an age when Islamic scholarship had overcome the challenge of Greek rationalism, and having thrown off the yoke of deductive absurdity, found its own expression in the inductive empiricism of the Qur’an. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her life is described in three semi-autobiographical novels: A Vicarage Family, Away from the Vicarage and Beyond the Vicarage. ![]() Noel Streatfeild was born in Sussex, the second of five surviving children of William Champion Streatfeild, later the Bishop of Lewes, and Janet Venn. Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television. She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family. ![]() She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for The Circus Is Coming. publisher of the 1936 novel Ballet Shoes (1936), published some of Streatfeild's subsequent children's books using the word "Shoes" in their titles, to capitalize on the popularity of Ballet Shoes thus Circus Shoes (originally called The Circus Is Coming), Party Shoes (originally called Party Frock), Skating Shoes (originally called White Boots) and many more. Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE / ˈ n oʊ ə l ˈ s t r ɛ t f iː l d/ (24 December 1895 –11 September 1986) was an English author, best known for children's books including the "Shoes" books, which were not a series (though some books made references to others). ![]() ![]() ![]() Refugee was also a Global Read Aloud Book for 2018.Īlan’s 2022 novel Two Degrees and his 2021 novel Ground Zero were both instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and were also ABA Indie, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers. Its other accolades include the Sydney Taylor Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Award, a Charlotte Huck Award Honor, and a Malka Penn Award for Human Rights Honor. His 2017 novel Refugee has spent more than four years on the New York Times bestseller list, and is the winner of 14 state awards. Learn more about him online at Want to know more about Alan? Read on…Īlan Gratz is the bestselling author of nineteen novels and graphic novels for young readers. ![]() A Knoxville, Tennessee native, Alan is now a full-time writer living in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and daughter. ![]() Alan Gratz is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels and graphic novels for young readers, including Two Degrees, Captain America: The Ghost Army, Ground Zero, Refugee, Allies, Prisoner B-3087, and Ban This Book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This study guide quotes and obscures the author’s use of a derogatory reference to a Romani person. This study guide refers to the 2013 Doubleday hardcover edition.Ĭontent Warning: Inferno depicts violence throughout and includes a scene of sexual assault. Textual and thematic references to Inferno abound in Brown’s novel. Written in the 14th-century Tuscan dialect, the Divine Comedy is credited with establishing the modern Italian language, and Dante Alighieri remains one of the most important writers in the history of Italian literature. The book’s title is a reference to Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri’s three-part epic poem Divina Commedia, or Divine Comedy in English, which was completed in the year 1320 and traced Dante’s fictional pilgrimage through the three realms of the afterlife: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Heaven). ![]() ![]() ![]() Or at least there was something wrong with his heats. It was a nice sentiment, but Eric doubted it. “Everything will be all right,” the other omega said. “The doctor is considered one of the best in his field.”Įric Blake hummed noncommittally, looking out the helicopter window at the cloudless sky. But along the way, the lines get blurred, and what starts as a scientific experiment turns into something else. He'll fix him, and they'll go their separate ways.Īt least, that was the plan. He'll never get mated again and his interest in Eric is purely professional. Randall will never see him as an omega worthy of mating.ĭisillusioned with mating after his disastrous marriage, Hugh Randall wants to prove that true mates don’t really exist. And no matter how good the alpha smells to him or how much Eric starts needing him, he knows Dr. Randall suggests an… experimental treatment that will also help the doctor’s research. Unfortunately, it seems that won’t be easy, and Dr. Crushing on a hot alpha doctor isn't in Eric Blake's plans when he goes to a clinic to fix his weird heats. ![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s just say the first third of the book drove me crazy.įinal Verdict: I’m definitely still interested in this series and I want to see how it all ends. I can’t even start with the rest of the characters or I’d go on forever. Of course, I know that “actions speak louder than words”, but I need SOME words. And Guy irritated me with his inability to express his feelings. She wanted to strong and independent, yet she let people push her around and belittle her. Tells irritated me with how conflicting her thoughts and actions were. Not only that, I couldn’t stand the way the characters were acting, especially Tella and Guy. For some reason, it felt so messy and inconsistent, like a hodge podge of things going on all at once. ![]() Left Me Wanting More: I have to say, I did not like the beginning at all. There’s enough action and danger to keep you interested and the pacing was pretty quick. There are quite a few deaths and crazy moments in this book that shocked me and kept me glued to the pages. ![]() Also, the game itself was kicked up a notch. Tella definitely reminds me of Ash, how she cares for her Pandora, for all of them, and treats them with such love and respect. Their relationship with their humans reminded me of Pokemon, that’s how I picture their dynamic in my head. What I Loved: The best part of this book was easily the Pandoras. ![]() ![]() ![]() Haller inherits Vincent's caseload, which includes the high-profile trial of Walter Elliott, a Hollywood mogul accused of murdering his wife Mitzi and her German lover. He is called back to the practice of law when an old acquaintance, defense attorney Jerry Vincent, is murdered. Since the events of the previous novel, attorney Mickey Haller has spent a year recuperating from his wounds and a subsequent addiction to painkillers. Connelly introduced Haller in his bestselling 2005 novel The Lincoln Lawyer. ![]() The Brass Verdict is the 19th novel by American author Michael Connelly and features the second appearance of Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Michael "Mickey" Haller. ![]() |