5/13/2023 0 Comments Wintergirls![]() ![]() ![]() Edwards Award and has been honored for her battles for intellectual freedom by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the National Council of Teachers of English. Laurie was selected by the American Library Association for the 2009 Margaret A. Two more books, Shout and The Impossible Knife of Memory, were long-listed for the National Book Award. ![]() Two of her books, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists, and Chains was short-listed for the prestigious Carnegie medal. Laurie has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award four times. Her new book, SHOUT, a memoir-in-verse about surviving sexual assault at the age of thirteen and a manifesta for the #MeToo era, has received widespread critical acclaim and appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for seven consecutive weeks. Combined, her books have sold more than 8 million copies. UPDATE! SHOUT, my memoir in verse, is out, has received 9 starred reviews, and was longlisted for the National Book Award!įor bio stuff: Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and adults. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Undefeated book steve sheinkin![]() ![]() The assimilation of Native American students at Carlisle School is combined with the discrimination Native Americans faced across the country. ![]() The development of the game of football that we all know today is overlaid with the history of the team who revolutionized the game one play at a time. Steve Sheinkin has aptly woven together multiple storylines of history in this book. Expertly told by three-time National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin, it’s the story of a group of young men who came together at that school, the overwhelming obstacles they faced both on and off the field, and their absolute refusal to accept defeat. government’s violent persecution of Native Americans and the school that was designed to erase Indian cultures. Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team is an astonishing underdog sports story–and more. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Just so stories illustrated![]() ![]() This Fully Illustrated Edition Icludes Two Extra Stories And Kipling's Own Explanation Of The Title. They Invite Older And Younger Readers To Share A Magical Experience, Each Contributing To The Other's Pleasure But Each Can Also Enjoy Themalone, As More Jokes, Subtexts, And Exotic References Emerge With Every Reading. Just So Stories for Children(classics illustrated) by Rudyard Kipling from. ![]() ![]() The Just So Stories have a typical theme of. This stories are highly fantasised origin stories and are among Kipling's best known works. ![]() Gleeson and were originaly published by Doubleday & Company, in 1912 the Black & white images are by Rudyard Kipling. The Tales Were Told To His Own And His Friends' Children Over Many Years Before He Wrote Them Down, Adding Poems And His Own Illustrations. Just So Stories (1902) by Rudyard Kipling, and illustrated by Joseph M. He Also Celebrates His Ownjoy In Fatherhood. He Plays Games With Language, Exploring The Relationships Between Thought, Speech, And Written Word. Kipling's Imagined Answers To Such Questions Draw On The Beast Fables He Heard As A Child In India, As Well As On Folk Traditions He Later Collected All Over The World. How Did The Camel Get His Hump? Why Won't Cats Do As They Are Told"? Who Invented Reading And Writing? How Did An Inquisitive Little Elephant Change The Lives Of Elephants Everywhere. New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Robert sawyer calculating god![]() ![]() Sawyer, and Calculating God is my favorite of his books. Readers of this blog know that I'm a big fan of Robert J. The End of the World, Again (Plus a Cute Kid) The RevealerĪn examination of the links between the apocalyptic horror film The Omen and evangelical apocalypticism.įrom Batman to the Green Goblin, the most scandalous sex scenes in comics.DickĮxploring the religious ideas that drove the greatest mind in science fiction. Pink Beams of Light from the God in the Gutter: The Science-Fictional Religion of Philip K.The Gospel According to Science Fiction: From the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier.Including reviews of Cloverfield, American Virgin, Funny Games, and Rambo, to name a few. ![]() ![]() Articles and blog posts at Religion Dispatches.The web version of an exhibit I curated for Cornell University's Divison of Rare & Manuscript Collections. Dick and Ridley Scott's Replicant Futures Cornell University ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Shannon hale friends forever![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The main character has crippling anxiety and no wonder given the life the author has constructed for her- her friends referred to as The Group in this story are constantly bickering and insulting and manipulating each other, there is a part where they rate each other on notebook paper on looks and personality, teachers are belittled multiple times, there is sexual assault (a boy holding one girl while the other kisses the other girl, and they plan it in the scene right before) where there is only imagined retaliation by the main character (a super hero scene) but in the story of the book the girl said she wanted him to kiss her (wow! After his friend physically held your friend and forced himself on you?!) there is physical abuse by the older sister on multiple occasions graphically illustrated and also intense emotional put-downs, she imagines her own death- this book is a nightmare. ![]() The subject matter of this book is way beyond a 7 or 8 year olds mental development- please strongly reconsider if your child is this age. This book in a nutshell is everything I am trying to shield her from. Never again will we take a new recommendation without scanning through it first.shame on us. My 7 year old got this book because one of her friends has it and my daughter loves reading, she just reads through everything and we welcome any suggestions. I think the fact that the kids are rating this for a higher age than even the adults is telling. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Wintersong novel![]() ![]() “Once there was a little girl who played her music for a little boy in the wood.”īut the girl grew up, and forgot about the boy. I claim this beautiful tale, I claim the sorrow, the dreams, the wildness, the magic, the darkness and the pain that consumed me. Jae-Jones's Wintersong will sweep you away into a world you won’t soon forget. And with time and the old laws working against her, Liesl must discover who she truly is before her fate is sealed. Drawn to the strange, captivating world she finds-and the mysterious man who rules it-she soon faces an impossible decision. ![]() Now eighteen and helping to run her family’s inn, Liesl can’t help but feel that her musical dreams and childhood fantasies are slipping away.īut when her own sister is taken by the Goblin King, Liesl has no choice but to journey to the Underground to save her. They’ve enraptured her mind, her spirit, and inspired her musical compositions. Now the days of winter begin and the Goblin King rides abroad, searching for his bride…Īll her life, Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, dangerous Goblin King. ![]() Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints and Ruthless Godsĭark, romantic, and unforgettable, Wintersong is an enchanting coming-of-age story for fans of Labyrinth and The Cruel Prince. ![]() "Darkly romantic and atmospheric in all of the best ways, this book reads like a fever dream you never want to wake from." -Emily A. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Sorted by jackson bird![]() ![]() ![]() Let me let me figure out some schedule things, but yeah, I'd probably be down." ![]() I posted, "Oh, yeah, I'm still looking for a new co-host for the pod!" and then they were like, "I might possibly be interested in that. And we just we just became friends through other Barbie podcasts. I met them through stalking their Barbie podcast, Barbie Movies Slap. Season three! And I got a new co-host for the podcast finally. Oh, yeah! Well, one: we're starting a new book finally. Recently, on our Patreon bonus feed, I said I was going to stop introducing you, but I think that you deserve an introduction right now because you are one of the co-hosts of Of the Eldest Gods! You want to tell everyone what changes are happening over there right now? Better to just get out of the way at the beginning so people aren't wondering if Grace is okay.Īnd, of course, we are so excited to be joined today by our friend, Charlie! Say hello to the listeners, Charlie. Yeah, I just wanted to give you the opportunity to to explain why your voice is like this. So thank you so much for having me today. I am a little bit under the weather today, but being here with you is making it all better. I am very excited to be joined today by my beloved friend, Grace. Welcome to The Restricted Section, where we love our trans friends! ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Uglies pretties books![]() ![]() ![]() It just is, and it’s simple and flexible – easy entertainment for anyone into Science Fiction. Westerfeld writes quite simply – it’s easy to move into the world he creates because it doesn’t require leaps of faith or confusing lessons in engineering and spirituality. I found Uglies to be interesting and I quite liked Tally as she developed from superficial and self-centred to someone I could understand. What do you do when you don’t like the main character of a novel? Do you abandon it entirely or do you try to find something likeable nestled in the narrative? I kept going, though I don’t feel like reading the series has left me with anything profound. The ‘Uglies’ series by Scott Westerfeld is plaguing my mind at present, particularly because I have a personal problem with the character of Aya in the fourth book Extras. One of these days I might actually read a book intended for grown ups, but for now I’ll just spread my love of young adult literature across cyber space. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Catch Me If You Can by L.B. Gregg![]() ![]() No one ever said Ce’s life was a walk in the park. Oh, and don’t forget the whole blackmail thing, too. In the meantime, he’s also got a job so financially inadequate that he’s forced to live with his Nana, a large Italian family-some of whom are a bit on the shady side-and he’s also dealing with the theft of a bust of Justin Timberlake sculpted entirely of watches. ![]() He has an ex-boyfriend who’s keeping a big one, a boss who’s keeping a somewhat bizarre one, a private investigator following him who’s keeping a rather significant one, and that’s just to name a few. “A lie never lives to be old.” – SophoclesĬaesar Romano seems to have a knack for attracting people who not only outright lie but also like to keep a variety of secrets, as well. ![]() ![]() ![]() The weeklong festival, held once every 50 years, is his chance to get close enough to Karina to fulfill his mission. Using magic he’s been taught is wrong and cursed his whole life, Malik manages to get himself appointed one of the Solstasia champions. When Nadia, the youngest, is kidnapped by what seems to be an evil demon, Malik makes a deal to save her life: he will kill Crown Princess Karina in exchange for Nadia’s life. ![]() ![]() Malik and his sisters are traveling to Ziran to escape a life of deprivation and sorrow, hoping to start over again in the empire’s capital city. Karina can never live up to the memory of her older sister who died tragically a decade ago nor can she live up to The Kestrel’s expectations, which is why she has other plans. She is the daughter who was never supposed to lead… and who never wanted to. Karina is the second daughter of the Sultana, known both affectionately – and in terrified awe – as The Kestrel. Brown’s absolutely exquisite A Song of Wraiths and Rui n, and I cannot urge you strongly enough to do the same. ![]() I recently made a stop in Korea, then hopped over to the Caribbean, though I’m making a brief detour for dragon-and-fallen-angel-murder-husband-shenanigans in Paris and Vietnam.īefore that, however, I read Roseanne A. As I’ve said on numerous previous occasions, I am all aboard the non-Western European-based fantasy train, and the wider I get to roam, the happier I am. ![]() |