Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000735861X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
A novel from Susan Fletcher, author of the bestselling Eve Green and Oystercatchers.
Corrag
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000735861X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
A novel from Susan Fletcher, author of the bestselling Eve Green and Oystercatchers.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000735861X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
A novel from Susan Fletcher, author of the bestselling Eve Green and Oystercatchers.
Witch Light
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007321600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The new novel from Susan Fletcher, author of the bestselling Eve Green' and Oystercatchers'.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007321600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The new novel from Susan Fletcher, author of the bestselling Eve Green' and Oystercatchers'.
Oystercatchers
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393060034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
From the Whitbread Award-winning author of "Eve Green" comes this lyrical novel that probes two sisters struggle with envy, loneliness, and love--an emotion they crave and simultaneously fear, but ultimately recognize it as the greatest force of all.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393060034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
From the Whitbread Award-winning author of "Eve Green" comes this lyrical novel that probes two sisters struggle with envy, loneliness, and love--an emotion they crave and simultaneously fear, but ultimately recognize it as the greatest force of all.
Eve Green
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393059885
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In this timeless and beautifully told story about family secrets and unresolved liaisons, Eve Green, pregnant with her first child, recalls her mother's death when she was eight years old and her struggle to make sense of her parents' mysterious romantic past.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393059885
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In this timeless and beautifully told story about family secrets and unresolved liaisons, Eve Green, pregnant with her first child, recalls her mother's death when she was eight years old and her struggle to make sense of her parents' mysterious romantic past.
The Silver Dark Sea
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007465092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The powerful new novel from the award-winning author of ‘Eve Green’ and ‘Oystercatchers’ is a tale of love and the lore of the sea.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007465092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The powerful new novel from the award-winning author of ‘Eve Green’ and ‘Oystercatchers’ is a tale of love and the lore of the sea.
A Little in Love
Author: Susan E. Fletcher
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545830575
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Inspired by Victor Hugo's classic, Les Miserables, A Little in Love beautifully conveys the heartbreaking story of street girl Eponine. Paris, 1832A girl lies alone in the darkness, clutching a letter to her heart. Eponine remembers being a child: her swing and the peach tree, and the baby brother she loved. But mostly she remembers being miserable. Taught to lie and cheat, and to hate the one girl, Cosette, who might have been her friend. Now, at sixteen, the two girls meet again, and Eponine has one more chance. But what is the price of friendship--the love of a boy?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545830575
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Inspired by Victor Hugo's classic, Les Miserables, A Little in Love beautifully conveys the heartbreaking story of street girl Eponine. Paris, 1832A girl lies alone in the darkness, clutching a letter to her heart. Eponine remembers being a child: her swing and the peach tree, and the baby brother she loved. But mostly she remembers being miserable. Taught to lie and cheat, and to hate the one girl, Cosette, who might have been her friend. Now, at sixteen, the two girls meet again, and Eponine has one more chance. But what is the price of friendship--the love of a boy?
The Witching Hour
Author: Elizabeth Laird
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330472104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Everyone knows the devil is real. Everyone knows that witches exist. Everyone knows that saying the wrong thing can get you hanged. When fourteen-year-old Maggie's grandmother is accused of witchcraft, Maggie has to run for her life. But Scotland is in the grip of terror and Maggie runs straight into danger, falling into the hands of the English. Defying the king can be deadly, but falling in line is unthinkable. Maggie must learn to stand up for herself if she is to survive.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330472104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Everyone knows the devil is real. Everyone knows that witches exist. Everyone knows that saying the wrong thing can get you hanged. When fourteen-year-old Maggie's grandmother is accused of witchcraft, Maggie has to run for her life. But Scotland is in the grip of terror and Maggie runs straight into danger, falling into the hands of the English. Defying the king can be deadly, but falling in line is unthinkable. Maggie must learn to stand up for herself if she is to survive.
The Only Genuine Jones
Author: Alex Roddie
Publisher: Alex Roddie
ISBN: 9781782990956
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Two climbers. One victor. O.G. Jones and Aleister Crowley are rival mountaineers, both brilliant and ambitious, but with a very different concept of honour. It's 1896, but not as you know it. Mountaineers use new and revolutionary equipment, risking death for intangible rewards. Nobody has ever climbed a major Alpine north face before. Only an extraordinary man would want to. Crowley seeks revenge; Jones seeks redemption. Together their journey will take them to the most lethal mountain wall in the Alps, where Jones will face a terrible choice: risk death and dishonour, or allow Crowley to triumph and destroy everything he believes in. Adventure and deception, the Victorian spirit of progress, and the savage beauty of the wild combine to make this a tale of the mountains unlike any other.
Publisher: Alex Roddie
ISBN: 9781782990956
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Two climbers. One victor. O.G. Jones and Aleister Crowley are rival mountaineers, both brilliant and ambitious, but with a very different concept of honour. It's 1896, but not as you know it. Mountaineers use new and revolutionary equipment, risking death for intangible rewards. Nobody has ever climbed a major Alpine north face before. Only an extraordinary man would want to. Crowley seeks revenge; Jones seeks redemption. Together their journey will take them to the most lethal mountain wall in the Alps, where Jones will face a terrible choice: risk death and dishonour, or allow Crowley to triumph and destroy everything he believes in. Adventure and deception, the Victorian spirit of progress, and the savage beauty of the wild combine to make this a tale of the mountains unlike any other.
The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385754728
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A NEW YORK TIMES READER TOP 100 PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385754728
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A NEW YORK TIMES READER TOP 100 PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
The Persimmon Tree
Author: Bryce Courtenay
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459620763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the beguiling Anna van Heerden. Their time together is brief, as both are forced into separate, dangerous escapes. They plan to reunite and marry in Australia but it is several years before their paths cross again, scarred forever by the dark events of a long, cruel war. In The Persimmon Tree, Bryce Courtenay gives us a story of love and friendship set against the dramatic backdrop of the Pacific during the Second World War.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459620763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the beguiling Anna van Heerden. Their time together is brief, as both are forced into separate, dangerous escapes. They plan to reunite and marry in Australia but it is several years before their paths cross again, scarred forever by the dark events of a long, cruel war. In The Persimmon Tree, Bryce Courtenay gives us a story of love and friendship set against the dramatic backdrop of the Pacific during the Second World War.