Lara Jean’s letter-writing days aren’t over in this surprise follow-up to the New York Times bestselling To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and P.S. Jenny Han - Always and Forever, Lara Jean When blood turns on blood, and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fire-leaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare's heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country-and his prisoner.Īs Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. And when the Lightning Girl's spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion? In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard’s bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side.
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You and your friends are piloting a hot air balloon when a deadly storm hits. Choose Your Own Adventure By Balloon to the Sahara is an interactive adventure book in which YOU decide what happens next. One of the bestselling titles from the original Choose Your Own Adventure series, By Balloon to the Sahara is one of the craziest page-turning adventures in the series. Terman takes YOU aboard a hot air balloon that sweeps you around the world! 9-12 year old readers will encounter space creatures, mean desert rogues, and brave extreme peril. About the Book After renting a hot air balloon in France, a storm hits, blowing you off course over the Meditterranean to the Sahara! You and your friends must take control of your destiny to avoid dangers, death, or space aliens.īook Synopsis By Balloon to the Sahara by D. 5/9/2023 0 Comments Janet evanovich oneIn her thirties, she began writing novels. When Evanovich had children, she chose to become a housewife like her mother. After attending South River High School, she became the first in her family to attend college when she enrolled at Douglass College, part of Rutgers University, to study art. The national writers series presents an evening with janet evanovichĮvanovich is a second-generation American born in South River, New Jersey to a machinist and housewife. She has over two hundred million books in print worldwide and is translated into over 40 languages. Evanovich has had her last seventeen Plums debut at #1 on the NY Times Best Sellers list and eleven of them have hit #1 on USA Today Best-Selling Books list. The novels in this series have been on The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller lists. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a former lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to make ends meet after losing her job. Janet Evanovich (born Janet Schneider April 22, 1943) is an American writer. 5/9/2023 0 Comments The paris apartment foleyVividly conjured settings are a key element of both of these, and the same can be said for her latest novel. The Paris Apartment is the latest offering from Lucy Foley, author of best-selling murder mystery thrillers The Hunting Party and The Guest List. Determined to get to the bottom of things, Jess begins to investigate, and that’s when it becomes clear that this is an apartment of many secrets: held by its residents, both present and absent, and by its unwelcome visitor. As she begins to cross paths with the other residents of the apartment, who are far from welcoming, she senses that they know more about Ben’s disappearance than they are letting on. In fact, once she finally manages to sneak her way into the building, Ben is nowhere to be found. When she rings the doorbell, things get stranger because, although he is expecting her, Ben doesn’t answer. Tall and imposing, the beautiful old building stands back from the road, lurking in the shadows behind a big metal gate, and flanked by two high walls. Far from the glitz and glamour, Ben’s apartment block is down a quiet cul-de-sac. Jess arrives in Paris, in need of a fresh start, to stay with her half-brother Ben but, pretty soon, it seems this may not be the visit she was hoping for. 5/9/2023 0 Comments Ling & ting share a birthdayShe mixes butter, sugar, and eggs.” After the girls exchange gifts, they both hope the other will share hers-and don’t need to wait long: “Ling and Ting like their gifts. Ting does not read the cookbook carefully. She mixes butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. When baking, “Ling reads the cookbook very carefully. Despite working with a limited vocabulary, Lin infuses the twins’ every interaction with personality and understated humor, while underscoring the girls’ individuality. In six stories, the girls receive birthday shoes, shop for presents, bake cakes, make wishes, open their gifts, and read a story. Lin continues to work wonders within the early reader format in twins’ Ling and Ting’s birthday-themed second outing. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. “Which one of us isn’t? That’s the real question.” They’re more alike than either of them suspect and soon Ezekiel gets pulled in deeper than he thought possible, past the point of no return. Rainer sees in him the perfect adversary. Special Agent Ezekiel Herod knows the game well, but he’s never played it quite like this before. The murder in the book is paced well in amongst brilliant characterisations, humour and interesting life moments, including friends and brothers, but when its. But Ezekiel presents him with a new opportunity, a challenge. Aarne 4.10 170 ratings49 reviews We’re playing Murder in the Dark, Agent. The serial killer the media has dubbed The Lamplighter has been dormant because Rainer’s heart just isn’t in it anymore. Sometimes even a psychopathic serial killer gets tired of killing people and that’s where Rainer is when Ezekiel walks into his office and stirs things up. Then he meets him and gets a glimpse behind the carefully crafted mask Rainer wears every day to the monster he is at heart. Rainer Bryssengur is only a professor of English and Ezekiel doesn’t expect to gain any insight from him into his case, only to cross him off the list as a person of interest. Special Agent Ezekiel Herod knows the game well, but he’s never played it quite like this before. “We’re playing Murder in the Dark, Agent.” 5/8/2023 0 Comments Sea of tranquility book coverThe situation culminates in him being banished to a reclusive place where his life changes forever. The continual use of vulgar language against random people saw him isolated even by close friends. For instance, the consequences suffered by Edwin are due to his obstinacy, a situation reflected in the current world especially during the pandemic.Įdwin is an outcast living on the West coast of Canada during the 1910s. The characters’ lives depict real-life situations experienced by humans in the contemporary world. Edwin is a time traveler, Olive an author, and Roberts a detective. Andrew, Olive Llewellyn, and Gaspery-Jacques Roberts are the main characters in the book and their lives match up despite living in varied periods. The starring characters in the book exist in different times but their lives converge ultimately. John Mandel and known for divulging details about time travel. Sea of Tranquility is a captivating story authored by Emily St. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. 5/8/2023 0 Comments Novel a time to killAnd she drops some thirty feet down to the creek bottom below. So they pick her up, throw her in the back of the truck and drive out to Foggy Creek Bridge. It snaps and she falls back to the earth. Imagine the noose going tight around her neck and with a sudden blinding jerk she's pulled into the air and her feet and legs go kicking. They throw them so hard that it tears the flesh all the way to her bones. They start throwing full beer cans at her. And when they're done, after they've killed her tiny womb, murdered any chance for her to have children, to have life beyond her own, they decide to use her for target practice. First one, then the other, raping her, shattering everything innocent and pure with a vicious thrust in a fog of drunken breath and sweat. They drag her into a nearby field and they tie her up and they rip her clothes from her body. This is a story about a little girl walking home from the grocery store one sunny afternoon. I'm going to ask you all to close your eyes while I tell you the story. Jake Tyler Brigance: I want to tell you a story. 5/8/2023 0 Comments Across the pond joy mcculloughMeanwhile, at the castle, Callie’s attempts to befriend Sid, the gardener’s granddaughter, are met with limited success Callie thinks the girl is distant and unfriendly, but redoubles her efforts at friendship when she learns that Sid’s inattentiveness is actually due to absence seizure epilepsy. She does make friends with club member Raj, and develops a sincere interest in birds, but is ultimately asked to leave the club. Taken under the wing of Esme, the town’s librarian, Callie joins a birdwatching club, but is soon frustrated to learn that ‘twitching’ is a male-dominated activity in Scotland (they don’t even appreciate female birds). Her parents agree to an experiment in homeschooling, provided she join some sort of social group. It’s not as simple as she hoped, of course: she adores the scenery, but the castle is cold and mouse-ridden, and a visit to her potential new school gives her anxiety about fitting in. Having recently been shut out of her social circle by her lifelong best friend, Callie decides a move to a new country is just what she needs to reinvent herself. What did you like about the book? When 12-year-old Callie learns that her parents have inherited a castle in Scotland and plan to move there and renovate it, she embraces the opportunity for a fresh start. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 5/8/2023 0 Comments Shadow Rise by Audrey GreyHer quest takes her deep into the domain of a warped and vicious queen where the rules are simple: break her curse or die. When one of those monsters kidnaps Prince Bell, Haven must ally with Archeron Halfbane and his band of immortals to rescue her friend. When a very human Talia emerges from its depths, Will suspects she’s the key to buying his way back into the regiment he once commanded against the last remaining rebel humans-and the ruling mock queen’s good graces.īoth Talia and Will would rather get space-tossed than trust one another, but with the queen’s forces chasing them across the galaxy and the fate of both worlds hanging in the balance, they’ll forge the unlikeliest of alliances to survive.Īfter the Prince of Penryth saved her from captivity, seventeen-year-old Haven Ashwood spends her days protecting the kind prince and her nights secretly fighting the monsters outside the castle walls. One hundred years later, half-mock captain Will Perrault and his ragtag crew discover a device floating in space. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she’s forced to publicly betray her best friend, a companion mock she’s had since birth, setting events into motion that lead to the destruction of the humans, and the princess floating through space, a remnant of a time when humans ruled over droids. While she sleeps, the whole universe changes. |