![]() ![]() ![]() Great or Nothing is an ambitious multi-author collaboration, retelling Little Women during World War II, with each of the four authors (Joy McCullough, Tess Sharpe, Caroline Tung Richmond, and Jessica Spotswood) taking on a different March sister. I received an ARC from the publisher and am voluntarily posting a review. Woven together, these threads tell a story of finding one’s way in a world undergoing catastrophic change. Theodore Laurence is stationed as an army pilot.Įach March sister’s point of view is written by a separate author, three in prose and Beth’s in verse, still holding the family together from beyond the grave. Under the strain of their grief, Beth’s remaining sisters fracture, each going their own way with Jo nursing her wounds and building planes in Connecticut, Meg holding down the home front with Marmee, and Amy living a secret life as a Red Cross volunteer in London-the same city where one Mr. While the US starts sending troops to the front, the March family of Concord, Massachusetts grieves their own enormous loss: the death of their daughter, Beth. In the fall of 1942, the United States is still reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor. ISBN-13: 978-0593372593 | $18.99 USD | 400 pages | YA Historical FictionĪ reimagining of Little Women set in 1942, when the United States is suddenly embroiled in the second World War, this story, told from each March sister’s point of view, is one of grief, love, and self-discovery. ![]()
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![]() With her signature attention to detail and her talent for bringing characters together, Sarah Sundin weaves an exciting tale of emotion, action, and romance that will leave you wanting more. Can they weather the hurt and betrayal? Or will the pressures of war destroy the fragile connection they've made? While Georgie and Hutch share a love of the starry night skies over Sicily, their lives back home are falling apart. Hutch resents the lack of respect he gets as a noncommissioned serviceman and hates how the war keeps him from his fiancée. But in July 1943, Georgie's cozy life gets more complicated when she meets pharmacist Sgt. A boyfriend back home, a loving family, and a challenging job as a flight nurse. ![]() ![]() Georgiana Taylor has everything she could want. ![]() Caught between the war raging around them and the battles within, two souls long for peace-and a love that remains true. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the 15th century, the manuscript belonged to Bartolomeo di Benedetto Fortini (1402-70), a prosperous citizen of Florence, and an ownership inscription in Bartolomeo's hand appears on the final leaf of the manuscript. The text also includes a brief introduction to each of the three parts of the poem. The most complete drawing depicts Dante in conversation with Virgil, set in a landscape of trees and mountains, populated by a lion, a leopard, and a wolf, suggesting the motif of the "peaceable kingdom." According to Ciardi Duprè, the images are consistent with others known to be by Boccaccio. These images were authenticated in 1992 by the noted Florentine scholar Maria Grazia Ciardi Duprè dal Poggetto. ![]() Boccaccio illustrated the manuscript with five pen drawings in the lower margin of a series of leaves in the Inferno. ![]() This celebrated manuscript of the Commedia of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) containing the complete text of the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso was copied in the hand of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) and is one of the most splendid manuscripts in the collection of the Biblioteca Riccardiana. ![]() ![]() ![]() The radical multiculturalists' views raise insuperable barriers to mutual understanding. Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals writes that critical race theorists have constructed a philosophy which makes a valid exchange of ideas between the various disciplines unattainable. By repudiating reasoned argumentation, the storytellers reinforce stereotypes about the intellectual capacities of nonwhites. Rather than marshal logical arguments and empirical data, critical race theorists tell stories - fictional, science-fictional, quasi-fictional, autobiographical, anecdotal-designed to expose the pervasive and debilitating racism of America today. What is most arresting about critical race theory is turns its back on the Western tradition of rational inquiry, forswearing analysis for narrative. Judge Richard Posner of the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has "label critical race theorists and postmodernists the 'lunatic core' of 'radical legal egalitarianism.'" He writes, Many mainstream legal scholars have criticized CRT on a number of grounds, including some scholars' reliance on narrative and storytelling, as well as CRT's critique of objectivity. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her hopes of getting off the island seem to be stretching further away.until her mother makes a discovery that could change everything forever.īut before Nina and Averil can reach for the stars, they have to decide what they want. Averil doesn't seem to want the great guy she's married to, and doesn't seem to be making headway writing her first book their mom is living life just as recklessly as she always has and Nina's starting to realize that the control she once had is slipping out of her fingers. New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery returns to Blackberry Island with the poignant tale of two sisters on the verge of claiming their dreams. But as fun as all this romance is, Nina has real life to deal with. Nina unexpectedly finds herself juggling two men-her high school sweetheart and a younger maverick pilot who also wants to claim her heart. Which is why she isn't exactly thrilled to see Averil back on Blackberry Island, especially when Nina's life has suddenly plicated. This poignant tale of family dynamics, the jarring impact of change, and eventual acceptance and healing is sure to please Mallerys many, devoted fans. ![]() More "Mom" than their mother ever was, she sacrificed medical school-and her first love-so her sister could break free. Small-town nurse Nina Wentworth has made a career out of being a caretaker. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery returns to Blackberry Island with the poignant tale of two sisters on the verge of claiming their dreams. Contemporary Women, Family Life, Romance / Contemporary, Romance / Holiday Item Width. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He opens with the sweet romance between his parents, Harry and Margaret, who marry and start a comic book store and a haunted house called The Wandering Dark in the small town of Vandergriff, Texas. The story is told by Noah Turner, who matter-of-factly recounts the dark and terrible fortunes of his family. That said, this is a very scary coming-of-age tale that lives in the same space as Stranger Things, Stand By Me, and Stephen King’s It (1986). ![]() Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, so it may not be the easiest horror novel to parse or explain. This ambitious, grotesque debut novel is a love letter to H.P. A Texas family that runs a haunted house is haunted by monsters for decades. ![]() ![]() ![]() Well, I guess since I was in high school and I started making my own things. And that, is where my love of writing came from.įiona: When did you first consider yourself a writer? Why? Because I watched the premiere of Sailor Moon, and that got me hooked on creating my own fan-based Senshi, and creating new stories for them and fanfiction. We are slating for its sequel, Sophomore Sucks, to be released on November 16 th!įiona: When and why did you begin writing? ![]() Well, my debut novel Freshman Fangs was released on June 29 th, 2013. I am engaged to the love of my life, Dominic, and on Oct 15 th we will have been together 6 years! Our story is like a fairy tale – and I am not exaggerating at all! I love animals, currently have an all white cat named Lightning, who has a canine identity crises, I swear! I love fairy tales, happily ever afters, Big Brother (the tv show), anything that has to do with vampires, Sailor Moon, Final Fantasy, and anything and everything fantasy! Currently have two kids my oldest, Anna, is 7 years old and was diagnosed with Aspbergers Syndrome (Autism), and my youngest is 2, his name is Nicholas. Chillin’ out back and relaxing all cool and shooting some bball outside the school…īut, now I live in Darby, PA…the boring ol’ suburbs □Ī little about your self: Well, I am 26 years old and live in the most boringest state in the WORLD…Pennsylvania. ![]() Where are you from: In South Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days. ![]() ![]() ![]() John Anthony Bellairs (1938-1991) is the award-winning, best-selling author of fifteen acclaimed Gothic mystery novels staring Lewis Barnavelt, Anthony Monday, and Johnny Dixon, including The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973), The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn(1978), and The Curse of the Blue Figurine (1983), as well as the author of Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies (1966), a satire on Vatican II-era Catholicism The Pedant and the Shuffly (1968), a comical fable of logic versus chaos and the fantasy, The Face in the Frost(1969), staring Prospero and Roger Bacon.īellairs was born in Marshall, Michigan, earned degrees from Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, taught at colleges in Minnesota, Illinois, and Massachusetts, and later lived and wrote in Haverhill, Massachusetts. ![]() About | 1,384 articles | New pages | Categories About John Bellairs ![]() ![]() But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, ultrareligious Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to “fix” her niece, bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true self-even if she’s not quite sure who that is. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship, one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone, and Cam becomes an expert at both. ![]() She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Relief they’ll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.īut that relief doesn’t last, and Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. DanforthĪ wonderfully written coming of age story that I wanted so badly to love but couldn’t quite connect with. The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Useful notes at the end of the book explain a bit more about the jobs of each of the three branches of government, as well as list some ideas on how kids can make a difference in their communities! The book might be a little unrealistically optimistic when it comes to the voting results, but it is a children’s picture book-its goal is probably more inspiration and instruction than realism. Plus, the overall message will inspire kids toward kindness, which is always a win. I love the fact that the author created a setting that kids could relate to (a school’s student council) and related it to something big and mystifying like our government. This book is a perfect tool for the classroom and a great way to get kids thinking about how our government works. When she goes on a field trip to Washington DC, she sees a quote that inspires her to come up with a new plan, and the vote is a success! Grace doubts that the student council will ever be able to come up with an idea they agree on. Grace realized that the way the student council works is sort of like the three branches of government (with the student council itself like Congress). ![]() Woodrow Wilson Elementary’s student council has to decide how to use the money from a bake sale, but they can’t seem to agree. ![]() This book provides a fun way for kids to learn about the three branches of government. Head over to the blog for a full review & giveaway - Feed Your Fiction Addiction ![]() |