Author: Emily S. Deibel
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1680463497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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In this retelling of the classic Cinderella fairytale, after an epidemic sweeps through the royal family's favorite resort town of Havenshire, orphaned Cecilly becomes the guardian of two stepsisters: surly Rose and heedless Violet. When Vi almost ruins their chance to secure the patronage of Madame Ebenesse from the posh Hot Springs District, Cecilly panics and bribes the ghastly noblewoman with two rare coronation diamonds to save their seamstress' shop. Remorseful and weary, Cecilly and her stepsisters halfheartedly wish for a respite from their troubles on Havenshire's legendary Fairy's Kiss geyser. To their surprise, stairs appear descending into the cone.Cecilly's family journeys deep into the earth, to a land pockmarked with geysers, hot springs, dragons, and a race of magical beings eager to grant their wish. As responsibility is lifted from Cecilly's shoulders, she soon discovers that the Cinders even grant wishes spoken in haste and the dark wishes you don't ever say out loud. The longer she remains in Cinderland, the faster her family ties disintegrate. With the help of a prickly stable hand the Cinders have foisted into her company, Cecilly tries to repair their damaged family bonds before her sisters are lost to her forever. But more is at stake than just one family. Can an ordinary seamstress save a race of dragons, mend a man's broken heart, find favor with a queen, and heal a divided city?
Author: William Farrer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Author: Ann Linnea
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671002821
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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This "engrossing adventure and . . . story of spiritual awakening and inspiration" (Publishers Weekly) tells the true story of Ann Linnea, the first woman to circumnavigate Lake Superior by sea kayak. Chronicles the author's midlife spiritual journey, during which she spent sixty-five days kayaking around Lake Superior--the first woman to perform such a feat--while facing dangerous elements and reassessing her life.
Author: William Farrer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Author: Jaimy Gordon
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307946738
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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In the early 1970s, trainer Tommy Hansel attempts a horse racing scam at a small, backwoods track in West Virginia, but nothing goes according to his plan when the horses refuse to cooperate and nearly everyone at the track seems to know his scheme.
Author: William Farrer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Author: Tracy Johnston
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Tracy Johnston's account of her rafting expedition down Borneo's Boh River.
Author: John Ciardi
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Explains the basic elements of poetry and groups poems to encourage an analysis of similarities and differences.
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545843316
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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“A genuinely moving exploration of the pain of separation” from the New York Times-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist (The New York Times Book Review). NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work 2015 VOYA Magazine Perfect Ten CCBC Choices List Selection Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2016 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens Selection Giselle Boyer and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be, even as their family seems to be unraveling. Then the Boyers have a tragic encounter that will shatter everyone’s world forever. Giselle wakes up in the hospital, injured and unable to speak or move. Trapped in the prison of her own body, Giselle must revisit her past in order to understand how the people closest to her—her friends, her parents, and above all, Isabelle, her twin—have shaped and defined her. Will she allow her love for her family and friends to lead her to recovery? Or will she remain lost in a spiral of longing and regret? Untwine is a spellbinding tale, lyrical and filled with love, mystery, humor, and heartbreak. Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat brings her extraordinary talent to this graceful and unflinching examination of the bonds of friendship, romance, family, the horrors of loss, and the strength we must discover in ourselves when all seems hopeless. “While Danticat fully grounds Giselle in her identity as a Haitian-American teen in Miami, this gentle young artist could speak to any teen anywhere coping with a major loss.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
Author: Sandra Cox
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 1616506067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
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Finding love is hard, even when you aren’t a mutant. Like most seventeen-year-olds, Piper Dunn wants to blend in with the crowd. Having a blowhole is a definite handicap. A product of a lab-engineered mother with dolphin DNA, Piper spends her school days hiding her brilliant ocean-colored eyes and sea siren voice behind baggy clothing and ugly glasses. When Tyler, the new boy in school, zeroes in on her, ignoring every other girl vying for his attention, no one, including Piper, understands why... Then Piper is captured on one of her secret missions rescuing endangered sea creatures and ends up in the same test center where her mother was engineered. There she discovers she isn’t the only one of her kind. Joel is someone she doesn’t have to hide from, and she finds herself drawn to the dolph-boy who shares her secrets. Talking to him is almost as easy as escaping from the lab. Deciding which boy has captured her heart is another story... 63,486 Words
