Dave reardon the deep enders5/24/2023 An outsider in a bewildering land of red dust and paranoia, Murph is quickly taken under wing by Banjo––a cheeky Aboriginal scamp with a passion for pyrotechnics––and Micki, a beautiful teenager on the run from authorities. Instead, he discovers a lawless place brimming with espionage, treachery, and murder. In the throes of the Pacific War, a troubled young man, Murph Turner, seeks solace in the Western Australia pearling town of Broome after his home was destroyed, but instead he finds true friendship, romance, adventure, and wartime treachery.Ī teen and young adult novel filled with adventure, danger, and more! His home destroyed in The Pacific War, a troubled young man, Murph Turner, stumbles into the exotic pearling town of Broome hoping for safe harbor. The Deep Enders is a wild ride for readers!" –– Leah James, film producer "An action-packed adventure filled with wonderful characters, life, and color. #1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Boys & Men Fiction, Teen & Young Adult Military Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, and Australia Teen and Young Adult Novel Based on Actual World War II Events
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The first victim is an anonymous pilgrim, but when a highborn nobleman dies after taking the same potion the authorities finally decide to act. York: 1363: people are dying in mysterious circumstances.however, there seems to be a common thread - the herbal remedies dispensed by Nicholas Wilton, Master Apothecary. Perfect to settle down with! 'Enthralling and evocative.Candace Robb recreates medieval York with ease'-Yorkshire Evening Press 'This book was so good I couldn't put it down' - ***** Reader review 'A well researched and gripping novel' - ***** Reader review 'Plenty of twists and turns to keep one turning the pages' - ***** Reader review 'Great story with engaging characters' - ***** Reader review *************************************************************************** A REMEDY DESIGNED TO HEAL BECOMES A LETHAL MURDER WEAPON. Fans of Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell will love Candace Robb's gripping and compelling murder mystery - full of suspense and tension and with a real sense of medieval York. After Pias grandmother dies in a freak accident, the neighbors in her little. "An impressive debut from a writer to watch. Buy a cheap copy of The Vanishing of Katharina Linden book by Helen Grant. "Lightness of touch, neatness of phrase and talent for observation enliven the darkness of the material.For something so chilling, it is terrific entertainment." "This fascinating debut novel veers off in an unexpected direction and Grant steers it with impressive skill.a richly textured, effortlessly written novel with an impeccable sense of place and characterisation." The excellent writing, and the eschewing of anything remotely winsome or mawkish, make this an eerily subtle literary page-turner. Pia is determined to find out what happened to Katharina.īUY THE BOOK (UK): Amazon Hive WaterstonesīUY THE BOOK (US): Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-a-Million Tower Books Book Passage Diesel Bookstore IndieBound Skylight The Tattered Cover Vroman's How could a ten-year-old girl vanish in a place where everybody knows everybody else? On the day Katharina Linden disappears, Pia is the last person to see her alive. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden UK (April 2009) US (August 2010) As far as Celia knows, Anna isn't anything other than a normal teen. At least Celia doesn't have to worry about Anna becoming a target for every gang with masks and an agenda, like Celia was at Anna's age. Unlike every mother, Celia has the means to send Anna to the best schools and keep a close watch on her, every second of every day. Hiding her burgeoning superpowers from her parents is hard enough how's she supposed to keep them from finding out that her friends have powers, too? Or that she and the others are meeting late at night, honing their skills and dreaming of becoming Commerce City's next great team of masked vigilantes? Like every mother, Celia worries about her daughter. She's also the granddaughter of the city's two most famous superheroes, the former leaders of the legendary Olympiad, and the company car drops her off at the gate of her exclusive high school every morning. Unlike every teen, Anna has a telepath for a father and Commerce City's most powerful businessperson for a mother. Dreams of the Golden Age is the stunning sequel to author Carrie Vaughn's groundbreaking superhero novel, After the Golden Age Like every teen, Anna has secrets. Summerlost book5/24/2023 Long gone, far away.”Īnd I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this book. She was like a character, someone I was learning about from a book or watching in a show. I’d thought it might be hard, but it wasn’t. “It surprised me how much I liked giving the tour and learning about Lisette. Outside her new house, Cedar quickly meets enthusiastic and enterprising Leo Bishop, who gets her a job at Summerlost, the town’s yearly Shakespeare festival.Īs they team up to give secretive walking tours about the life of legendary actress and hometown hero Lisette Chamberlain, they become enthralled by the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death. This follows an incredibly moving coming-of-age story about 12-year-old Cedar Lee, who has moved to Iron Creek, Utah, for the summer with her mother and younger brother, Miles.Īnd it follows their journey trying to regroup after an accident that claimed the lives of Cedar’s father and younger brother, Ben. I’m so glad that I’ve finally read this book, it was one of my anticipated reads of the month. “It’s not right that something so big, your entire life, depends on a million tiny things.” Grasses by Stephen Harris5/24/2023 He was confronted with the sight of beautiful Jersey cows, grazing contently on lush, verdant grass. He drove there and met a nice lady called Rosemary Sergeant who showed him round. He resolved to seek it out.Īfter landing a head chef’s job in Kent, he visited the farm listed on the side of the tub of cream: the White House farm in nearby Biddenden. It was vividly redolent of its rural origins - “farmyards, iron and roses.” He was told the cream originated from a farm in the Weald of Kent. He had never tasted such delightful dairy produce. Harris gone on to create one of Britain's greatest restaurants, The Sportsman, yet at this point he was a disillusioned financial consultant, treating himself to a meal at the Bibendum restaurant in London - and the cream in question? It was raw Jersey. In the early 1990s, Stephen Harris had a plate of fruit tart and cream which would have the same life-changing effect on him as punk rock had. Here’s how a simple, unadulterated dairy product changed the way the award-winning chef Stephen Harris cooked The recipe features heavy, double cream The Sportsman’s winning ingredients: Cream Grilled plums with plum stone ice cream and brioche, as featured in The Sportsman. Green lantern geoff johns omnibus5/24/2023 Led by Hal's old enemy, the former Green Lantern Thaal Sinestro, the Sinestro Corps wear rings to wield the power of fear as Green Lantern wield willpower. The deadly Manhunter androids and the mutated Shark return with shocking violence, but they are just precursors to an even greater danger, one that will test the Emerald Crusader in ways he never imagined-the Sinestro Corps. Now it's time to get on with his life as Green Lantern, protector of Space Sector 2814.īut even as he returns to the skies as an Air Force pilot, Jordan faces new threats from his old foes. Hal Jordan has been resurrected and redeemed. The greatest Green Lantern of them all is back. Chrysanthemum the story5/23/2023 This is an ideal break-the-ice book for the first week of school. “Perfectly executed in words and illustration, Chrysanthemum exemplifies Henkes’s talent for creating true picture stories for young audiences.”- The Horn Book This popular picture book has sold more than a million copies and was named a Notable Book for Children by the American Library Association. What will it take to make her blossom again? “You’re named after a flower!” teases Victoria. Written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes, the nationally bestselling and celebrated creator of Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Kitten’s First Full Moon, Chrysanthemum is a don’t-miss classic, especially for back to school.Ĭhrysanthemum thinks her name is absolutely perfect-until her first day of school. Chrysanthemum is a funny and honest school story about teasing, self-esteem, and acceptance to share all year round. Montgomery had two imaginary friends growing up, who lived in a "fairy room" behind a bookcase in her grandparents' sitting room. So I wanted to write a story about it."²ġ4. The Blue Castle is set in Ontario, specifically Muskoka: "Muskoka is the only place I've ever been in that it could be my Island's rival in my heart. Nineteen of Montgomery's 20 novels are set in P.E.I. Why was Mother so still? And why was Father crying? I reached down and laid my baby hand against Mother's cheek."¹ġ3. Montgomery once wrote that her earliest memory was seeing her mother in her coffin: "I did not feel any sorrow, for I knew nothing of what it all meant. Montgomery's mother died of tuberculosis when she was nearly two, and her father would later move to Saskatchewan and remarry.ġ2. The photo was published in the magazine Everywoman's World. Pictured above is Montgomery's home in Cavendish, P.E.I. All these bodies book5/23/2023 There are also fistfights among mostly drunk teens, and there's lots of teen drinking and smoking. Even though these murders happened before the story begins, many details emerge during the long interrogation, including how bodies are slit open and how a toddler watched her family die. Marie is accused of taking part in some way in 17 murders around the Midwest where victims are drained of blood. It concerns the murder-scene arrest of a teen girl covered in blood. Parents need to know that All These Bodies is a paranormal murder mystery by Kendare Blake, the author of Anna Dressed in Blood and the Three Dark Crowns series. Michael, the main character, smokes once and Marie is either smoking or asking for a pack of smokes.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. They also drive drunk on country roads and fight drunk and smoke quite a bit. Lots of teen drinking among seniors in high school in 19. |