![]() "This was a really fantastic read! Not at all what I was expecting (I guess Kafka was flavoring my expectations a bit, because I totally thought Gregor was a giant bug, for some reason-he's not). Rich in suspense and brimming with adventure, Suzanne Collin's debut marked a thrilling new talent, and introduced a character no young reader will ever forget. Little does he know his quest will change him and the Underland forever. But when he discovers that a strange prophecy foretells a role for him in the Underland's uncertain future, he realizes it might be the only way to solve the biggest mystery of his life. Gregor wants no part of a conflict between these creepy creatures. There, humans live uneasily beside giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, and rats-but the fragile peace is about to fall apart. ![]() When eleven-year-old Gregor follows his little sister through a grate in the laundry room of their New York apartment, he hurtles into the dark Underland beneath the city. ![]() Rich in suspense and brimming with adventure, the New York Times-bestselling Underland Chronicles unfold the fate of the Underland and the great warrior, Gregor. Suzanne Collins is also the author of the bestselling Hunger Games trilogy. ![]()
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Dear emmie blue by lia louis5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() When I first started I wondered if we would be reading about a woman who never outgrew her teenage crush, but it was so much more. What a charming and yet powerful novel this turned out to be. But nothing in life ever quite goes as planned, does it? ![]() ![]() ![]() And when Lucas tells Emmie he has a big question to ask her, she’s convinced this is the moment he’ll reveal his feelings for her. So dedicated to her love for Lucas, Emmie has all but neglected her life outside of this relationship-she’s given up the search for her absentee father, no longer tries to build bridges with her distant mother, and lives as a lodger to an old lady she barely knows after being laid off. She has pinned all her hopes on him and waits patiently for him to finally admit that she’s the one for him. Now, fourteen years later, Emmie is hiding the fact that she’s desperately in love with Lucas. Weeks later, on a beach in France, Lucas Moreau discovered the balloon and immediately emailed the attached address, sparking an intense friendship between the two teens. Attached was her name, her email address…and a secret she desperately wanted to be free of. At sixteen, Emmie Blue stood in the fields of her school and released a red balloon into the sky. ![]() Crocus by Amy Lane5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() These two really have to work to keep it together.but they never stop believing in one another. To say their relationship is being tested is putting it mildy. Kirby and Cristiana are getting along really well, and let's not forget Kellan, who has found a safe haven with this family.Ī family, that is about to get even bigger, when Larx' pregnant daughter decides to move home, not knowing she is being followed by her baby daddy It becomes clear real soon that, her being pregnant is the least they should be worried about.Īnd things are about to get even more intens, when multiple students need saving resulting in very dangerous situations for Larx and Aaron. ![]() Aaron still has one daughter who doesn't ecept their relationship, but hey.you can't win them all. ![]() Merging their families wasn't as hard as expected. Larx and Aaron are finally living together and it seems like things have calmed down after all the events that happened in the first book. Since the first book is freaking awesome, that shouldn't be a problem ! If you haven't yet, you should go do it now ) Let me start of by saying that you should read book 1, before you can start this one. ![]() I had no idea there was gonna be a second book though, so imagine my surpise and joy when I found out !! I fell in love with Larx and Aaron on the spot. I absolutely loved the first book in this series "Bonfire". ![]() The hawthorne inheritance5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, two of the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. Thanks to a DNA test, Avery knows that she’s not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions-including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons. ![]() Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the beloved bestselling The Inheritance Games OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! ![]() The three musketeers penguin classics5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Richard Pevear's introduction investigates the controversy of Dumas' literary collaborators and how important serialisation was to the book's success. A stirring 19th-century tale of friendship and adventure, The Three Musketeers continues to be one of the most influential and popular pieces of French literature. And when the young hero falls in love with the beautiful but inaccessible Constance, he finds himself in a world of murder, conspiracy and lies, with only the Musketeers to depend on. ![]() Soon, part of their close band, D'Artagnan's loyalty to his new allies puts him in the deadly path of Cardinal Richlieu's machinations. The Three Musketeers Penguin Classics Audio Download Shop Now Summary Brought to you by Penguin. Young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris to join the king's elite guards but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come to swear allegiance to - Porthos, Athos and Aramis: inseparable friends, the Three Musketeers. : The Three Musketeers (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (9780143105008) by Dumas, Alexandre and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. ![]() This definitive recording includes an introduction by Richard Pevear. This Penguin Classic is performed by Paterson Joseph, known for his roles in the BBC adaption of Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses, Peep Show and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. ![]() A quick and easy guide to asexuality5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Although she's spent the past ten years globetrotting, she currently lives in Portland, Oregon with her ridiculous cat, Jamie McKitten. Her works include The Cardboard Kingdom, Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom, and the forthcoming The Cardboard Kingdom: Roar of the Beast. ![]() ![]() Here's to being invisible no more! Molly Muldoon is a former scholar and bookseller, current librarian and writer, and always demisexual fanfiction enthusiast. Asexuality is a real identity and it's time the world recognizes it. This book is for anyone who wants to learn about asexuality, and for Ace people themselves, to validate their experiences. Too many young people grow up believing that their lack of sexual desire means they are broken - so writer Molly Muldoon and cartoonist Will Hernandez, both in the ace community, are here to shed light on society's misconceptions of asexuality and what being ace is really like. So, it's kinda hard to be ace in a society so steeped in sex that no one knows you exist. You don't learn about it in school, you don't hear "ace" on television. Asexuality is often called The Invisible Orientation. ![]() The Magic Cottage by James Herbert5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() A few creepy moments spike the generally lethargic pace of the novel. Complicating the picture is the presence of a local cult, led by an Aleister Crowley type, which desperately wishes to gain control of Gramarye and its forces. The house at first seems lovely and warm but takes on a sinister mood as cracks develop in the stone, moisture and mildew crawl up the walls, and bats multiply in the attic. ![]() ![]() Gradually they find that Gramarye is the focus of supernatural energies, and that they themselves are sometimes the media through which these energies work. Herbert's 12th novel is a minor effort about a young couple, Midge and Mike (she's an artist and children's book writer he's a rock musician) who buy an idyllic country home, christened Gramarye ("magic" in old English) by a former owner. ![]() Mila 2.0 book5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() |n Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 275306 KB). ![]() |b New York : |c Katherine Tegen Books, |d 2016. But when Mila discovers that her enemy General Holland is an even bigger threat to humanity than she is, she must make a choice: either push aside her fears and fight him with everything she's got. ![]() Now she's gone into hiding with friend and tech expert Lucas. After the sudden death of her father, Milas at a new school, trying to fit in and falling for mysterious sexy Hunter. But that was before she betrayed Hunter, the boy she'll always love, and before she discovered she was an incredible danger to anyone who dares to get close to her. Mila has been running for her life for so long. |a This final book in Debra Driza's exhilarating MILA 2.0 series is perfect for fans of books filled with suspense and imagination, like The Bourne Identity and Legend, and it will surprise and thrill readers to the very end. |a 1 online resource (9 audio files) : |b digital |a Redemption |h : |b Mila 2.0 series, book 3. ![]() Swing it sunny5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() The Holms are realistic about Sunny's complicated family situation yet imbue the upbeat narrative with hope. References to 1970s pop culture, such as General Hospital and pet rocks, add authenticity. The exaggerated, cartoonlike artwork strikes the right balance of humor and heart, candidly conveying Sunny's emotions. Fans of Sunny Side Up will adore this sequel, which provides enough background for new readers to jump right in. With some sage advice from Gramps, Sunny learns that she can't always fix everything but that offering her brother love and support may be enough. When Dale returns home for Thanksgiving, he's angry that his family sent him away. She and her best friend plan their Halloween costumes, watch popular TV shows, listen to records, and read comics. Her older brother, Dale, has been sent to boarding school to help with his drug problem, and life isn't the same at home. Gr 4-6-It's autumn of 1976, and Sunny has just entered middle school. ![]() Babe by Dick King-Smith5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Rex sternly instructs Babe to stay away from Ferdinand and the house. In doing so they wake Duchess, the Hoggetts' cat, and wreck the house in the ensuing chaos. ![]() There he is taken in by Border Collie Fly, her irascible mate Rex and their puppies and befriends a duck named Ferdinand, who wakes people by crowing like a rooster every morning so he will be considered useful and be spared from being eaten.ĭismayed when the Hoggetts buy an alarm clock, Ferdinand persuades Babe to help him destroy it. Plot Īfter being used in "guess the weight" contest at a county fair, orphaned piglet Babe is brought home to the farm of the contest winner, Arthur Hoggett. A sequel, Babe: Pig in the City, was released on 25 November 1998, but failed to achieve the same success as the first film. The film is narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne and the main animal characters are played by both real animals and animatronic puppets.īabe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales in 1994 and released theatrically on 4 August 1995, going on to become a critical and commercial success, with several Academy Award nominations. It is an adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, which tells the story of a farm pig who wants to do the work of a sheepdog. Babe (also known as Babe the Sheep-Pig in the working title) is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan, produced by George Miller and written by both. ![]() |