![]() ![]() ![]() She knows she must never let anyone find out who she really is. Where she must pretend that she is a robot like any other - there to follow orders and to carry out tasks on the farm where she now works. After being washed up on the shore of a remote and wild island, she learned to adapt and make it her home, befriend its animal inhabitants and even adopt a small orphaned gosling, Brightbill.But a new life is now beginning for Roz - she has been taken away, far away from her island, back to civilisation. As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home - until, one day, her mysterious past comes back to haunt her. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realises that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He wants to pretend like everything is fine, but it's hard not to withdraw, and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to keep the group together.Īs the pressures mount, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most important, will he finally be able to accept himself? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn't afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? This time, it's Jordan's friend Drew who takes center stage in another laugh-out-loud funny, powerful, and important story about being one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school.Įighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying "You have to work twice as hard to be just as good." His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. ![]() The audiobook was a 2020 Audie Awards Finalist for Middle Grade and named an Audible Best Audiobook of the Year. New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. ![]() ![]() This is a wonderfully funny, moving romance, not to be missed!"― Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling author of My American Duchess "The hero of The Trouble with Dukes reminds me of Mary Balogh's charming men, and the heroine brings to mind Sarah MacLean's intelligent, fiery women. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. For her, he'll become the warrior once more, and for her, he might just lose his heart. Megan isn't the least bit intimidated by his dark reputation, but Hamish senses that she's fighting battles of her own. To make his sisters happy, he'll take on any challenge-even letting their friend Miss Windham teach him to waltz. ![]() No one was fiercer at war than Hamish MacHugh, though now the soldier faces a whole new battlefield: a London Season. But Megan Windham sees in Hamish something different, some one different. They say he should never be trusted alone with a woman. ![]() The gossips whisper that the new Duke of Murdoch is a brute, a murderer, and even worse-a Scot. ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Windham series comes "a wonderfully funny, moving romance," (Eloisa James) perfect for fans of "sexy heroes, strong heroines, intelligent plots, enchanting love stories" (Mary Balogh). ![]() ![]() After Jacqueline escapes from Buck when he tries to rape her in the stairwell of her dorm building, Buck spreads the rumor that they are sleeping together. Jacqueline and Lucas flirt, and they begin dating very casually. Heller decides to give her a second chance, setting her up with his tutor, Landon Maxfield, with whom she begins a flirtatious online tutoring. Since Jacqueline missed Economics class for two weeks, she is failing the course, but Dr. Jacqueline wants to forget about the event, but she keeps running into her mysterious savior, Lucas. Luckily, she is rescued by an attractive stranger she has never noticed who seems to know who she is. ![]() Two weeks after Kennedy, her boyfriend of three years, dumps her, Jacqueline leaves a Halloween party at Kennedy's frat house and is attacked by Buck, one of Kennedy's fraternity brothers. "Easy" is an extremely entertaining and enjoyable novel that demonstrates that people are not always what they seem, in both good and bad ways. Since she is also drawn to Landon, her Economics tutor who helps her avoid failing the class, Jacqueline must decide who to trust as secrets about each guy comes to her attention. ![]() ![]() After Jacqueline's boyfriend of three years dumps her, she is shocked to find herself attracted to Lucas, a "bad boy" who rescues her from an attempted rape. ![]() "Easy" by Tammara Webber is an intriguing book about two college students finding love against the odds brought on by their individual trust issues. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Find out how the notorious Amber from The Last Mrs. "Hold on tight! The First Shot is a deep dive into the emotionally twisted world of a woman who wants it all and will stop at nothing to take it. It’s not long before she’s ready for the main event: armed with a new identity and a new purpose, she heads to Gunnison, Colorado, preparing herself to meet her future husband among the wealthy vacationers.Įven the smallest misstep could derail this carefully-laid plan, and in the end, can you even truly outrun your past? The First Shot is an absorbing, binge-able thriller that shows just how far some will go to build the lives they want. So begins her desperate attempt to leave her old life behind, and she’ll use everything and everyone at her disposal, from social media stalking to the kindness of unsuspecting strangers, to get where she needs to go. This much is clear when she sneaks out of her home in the dead of night and hitchhikes across state lines to meet up with a man she hasn’t seen or spoken to since high school graduation. ![]() Parrish, listeners will discover exactly how Amber Patterson transformed from small-town girl to master manipulator - after all, practice makes perfect.Īmber Patterson has many secrets. In this gripping prequel to the blockbuster best seller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Last Mrs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here is the official synopsis: Across the ages, gods are vanishing - and the God of Thunder must unite with his past and future selves to stand against Gorr the God Butcher! Meanwhile, Malekith the Accursed begins a bloody rampage that will spread war throughout the realms. With the Original Sin event, the God Butcher, the now-famous female Thor, and the War of Realms, Jason Aaron saw big and wrote some surprising and huge stories. Not as big as Dan slott’s run on Spider-Man, Jason Aaron’s one on Thor is still big and full of now historic events. ![]() In 2012, after Kieron Gillen and Matt Fraction wrote Thor stories for a few years, Jason Aaron picked up where they left off and started to build an epic that lead us to The War of Realms ( full reading order here). ![]() ![]() (He had taken some animation classes at SVA while he was in high school.) Dorkin ended up attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts, but eventually switched his passion from animation to comics. ĭorkin aspired to attend the School of Visual Arts in the animation department, but was not accepted. He became even more obsessed with comics when comic book retailer Jim Hanley opened a store location near his high school Dorkin later ended up working there. He grew up reading superhero comics (being loyal to Marvel over DC), Mad magazine, and humor titles by Archie Comics and Harvey Comics. ![]() His comics often poke fun at fandom, even while making it clear that Dorkin is a fan himself.ĭorkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved with his family to Staten Island when he was 13 years old. ![]() His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork. Evan Dorkin (born April 20, 1965) is an American comics artist and cartoonist. ![]() ![]() ![]() yes, the backbone of the story is familiar, but the norwegian influence present in this is just so lovely. i imagine retellings are some of the hardest books to write because the story needs something fresh and unique to make it stand out from other retellings. ![]() and although this isnt the best one ive read, there is still so much to adore.įirstly, the scandinavian folklore that is intertwined with this story is something to live for. I will never not read a ‘beauty and the beast’ retelling. As the year ticks by, the rooms begin to disappear, and Echo must solve the mystery of the wolf’s enchantment before her time is up, otherwise Echo, the wolf, and Hal will be lost forever. When centuries-old secrets unfold, Echo discovers a magical library full of books-turned-mirrors, and a young man named Hal who is trapped inside of them. ![]() In his enchanted house beneath a mountain, each room must be sewn together to keep the home from unraveling, and something new and dark and strange lies behind every door. But there is more to the wolf than Echo realizes. The wolf presents Echo with an ultimatum: If she lives with him for one year, he will ensure her father makes it home safely. ![]() Believing he is lost forever, Echo is shocked to find him half-frozen in the winter forest six months later, guarded by a strange talking wolf-the same creature who attacked her as a child. Echo Alkaev’s safe and carefully structured world falls apart when her father leaves for the city and mysteriously disappears. ![]() ![]() ![]() They might have had a healthy case of lust, but love? I wasn't convinced at all. I didn't think they even LIKED each other. I think my main problem with this story was Lexie and Sean. Okay, that wouldn't bother me so much if the story was good. It's not, "they lost by two points"-this isn't football or basketball-it's "they lost by two goals" Now you have to suspend disbelief here-because even though Lexie is a big hockey fan (her dad was a superstar and now coaches the Seattle Chinooks) she doesn't recognize Sean? Isn't he like the league scoring leader? Does she only know players who play for the Chinooks? (And while I'm talking hockey you don't win/lose by "points", you win/lose by goals. While on the run she meets up with surly hockey star Sean Knox. John Kowalsky and Georgie's daughter Lexie running from her wedding to a Bachelor-like reality star-at first this provided a lot of laughs. I liked the whole premise-but the execution was h. It had a lot of promise, and touches of humor. I've read every previous book in this series, and all were winners. ![]() Ohh, it pains me to say it, but I was disappointed in this one! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Among the inhuman are the warring brothers Morozko, the winter-king with whom Vasya conducts a conflicted romance, and Medved, a demon addicted to chaos. ![]() Among the humans are Vasya's sister, Olga, compromised by her desire for wealth and position her brother, Sasha, a monk with a taste for the military life Grand Prince Dmitrii and corrupt priest Konstantin. Because the novel starts with a bang where the preceding volume left off, with Moscow nearly burned to a crisp by a Firebird imperfectly controlled by Vasya, readers are advised to backtrack to the two earlier books rather than attempt to sort out all the characters and backstory on the fly. In a luxuriously detailed yet briskly suspenseful follow-up to The Bear and the Nightingale (2017) and The Girl in the Tower (2018), Arden's historically based fantasy follows heroic Vasya-a young woman with a strong connection to the spirits of the place where she lives-as she attempts to save her family and her country from evil forces. A satisfying conclusion to a trilogy set in medieval times in the area on the verge of becoming Russia. ![]() |