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Under the never sky book series6/30/2023 ![]() Ruling authorities banish Aria from the Pod, and Rossi nails the feat of offering dual perspectives from Aria and Perry as they help one another on separate quests that turn out to have unexpected connections. Rossi seamlessly intertwines Aria’s journey with that of Peregrine, a teenage boy who has grown up outside of a Pod, an Outsider, in what the Dwellers consider perilous wastelands where humans live without the gadgets Dwellers depend upon. They also revel in endless virtual joy rides accessible through devices all Dwellers have. ![]() Dwellers lead sheltered, insulated lives in the Pod, enjoying protection from the often treacherous and always unpredictable Aether forces in the sky. Debut author Rossi creates a dystopian world in which a teenage girl loses her home but finds truth, love and identity.Īria has grown up in a Pod, where life is highly regulated and technology has eliminated many of life’s pains and inconveniences. ![]()
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The tale of despereaux by kate dicamillo6/30/2023 ![]() And what happens then? Reader, it is your destiny to find out." - from the inner front jacket flap. These characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and ultimately, into each other's lives. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl with a simple, impossible wish. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in darkness but covets a world filled with light. "This is the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. Reinforced First Trade Edition, First Printing. All other pages are in as new unmarked condition and the spine/binding is in exceedingly tight and square unread condition (see photographs). A small neatly printed former owner name and number at the upper edge of the first free front endpaper. ![]() ![]() Illustrated with pencil drawings by Timothy Basil Ering. Includes Author Dedication Preliminary Page Quote Coda and Acknowledgments. ![]() ![]() Fine unread condition dark maroon boards with front cover color illustration and yellow spine lettering contained in a fine condition color illustrated dust jacket. Ering, Timothy Basil (pencil drawings and jacket illustrations) (illustrator). 40 books based on 13 votes: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie by. ![]()
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Reflections in a golden eye novel6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() They are despicable in so many ways, and yet sometimes so hopeless trapped and pitiable. I never knew these characters well and yet I felt as if they had bared their very souls to me and I was asking to sit in judgment of them. Like her other works, Reflections in a Golden Eye left me feeling a bit uncomfortable and puzzled in the end. ![]() She never allowed herself to be pushed into the round hole and she is constantly asking why all the holes need to be round in the first place. If you know anything of Carson McCullers’ life, you will realize that she was that square peg and she opted to find the square hole and occupy it. In short, it is better, because it is morally honorable, for the square peg to keep scraping about the round hole rather than to discover and use the unorthodox square that would fit it?” ”You mean,” Captain Penderton said, “that any fulfilment obtained at the expense of normalcy is wrong, and should not be allowed to bring happiness. ![]() Carson just knows how to put her finger on those people in a way that few authors can. Because underneath every human being alive there is a piece that feels alien to the world and a bit that never (or seldom) gets shared. These are not folks I know.” And then, you realize, you are and they might be. All through this novel you are thinking, “I’m not like this. I know these folks.”? Well, Carson McCullers creates exactly the opposite of that. Do you ever read a novel and love it because you are thinking all the way through, “these people are just like me. ![]()
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An ember in the ashes book cover6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() And all while being a totally PG YA novel! And occasionally you get hit with teensy goodies like, “ Dawn is still a blue rumor on the horizon,” or “ his hands are slow and gentle as candle flame.” Tabir’s writing can be brutal, but it’s also really sensual. The cheesiness is the delicious kind, trickling through the story like some kind of delicious cheese fountain. I’ve been on a serious YA binge this year, but An Ember in The Ashes still felt like a palate cleanser. I bought into every character and conceit. Enemies to lovers and moral greyness for days. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined-and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itselfīutterflies and big, dumb boys. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier-and secretly, its most unwilling. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. ![]() |