6/10/2023 0 Comments Being nikki by meg cabot![]() But then, nobody said it was going to be easy being Nikki. ![]() Not to mention trying to convince the love of her life that models aren't really airheads after all.especially one model in particular. Johns-especially when she's got ex-boyfriends crawling out of the woodwork who want more than just a photo op a sister who is headed to the high school cheerleading championships a company she represents that seems to be turning to the dark side. Will this former tomboy be able to make it in the world of high fashion? What will happen if she can't? How can Em balance all her new, crazy life demands of her with school, runway shows, and weekend jaunts to St. ![]() Em's trying to handle the demands of school, modeling, fending off Nikki's creepy ex-boyfriends, and living with celebutante Lulu Collins. Ever since former tomboy Emerson Watts' accident at the SoHo Stark Megastore-and subsequent brain transplant into the body of teen supermodel Nikki Howard-her life has changed dramatically. ![]()
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![]() ![]() A TOP TEN INDIE PUBLISHERS' FICTION BESTSELLER FOR 2014 AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 PICK A WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 PICK A BOOKSELLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 PICK This is the story of a hen named Sprout. Bora McAteer About the Author:īook Description Paperback. ![]() ![]() Anyone who is a parent-or has ever been loved by one-will find a moment (or two) where it’s hard to keep the tears at bay. You’ll root for Sprout as she pluckily faces the elite barnyard coterie for a place to rest her head or as she tirelessly guards her baby from a hungry, conniving weasel. ![]() This English-language translation of the best-selling Korean novel is sparse and economical as befitting the fable-like tale, allowing phrases and moments to breathe with emotion. But just like all enduring classics, peel back a few layers and The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly easily transcends the just-for-kids label by deftly tackling universal themes of individuality, nurturing the young, the cycle of life and death, the meaning of friendship, and the eternal parent-child bond. An Amazon Best Book of the Month, November 2013: You could read the adventures and struggles of Sprout, an egg-laying hen who escapes the coop with dreams of hatching her own chick, as a straightforward children’s book. ![]() ![]() It’s very much a coming of age and finding your identity story, and a story about learning that your parents – and yourself – are not exactly who you thought either you or they were, and dealing with that knowledge. While I was not expecting a happy ending, as this world tends toward bittersweet on the happiness scale, I was expecting this story to feel like it was part of the continuum from The Last Unicorn through “Two Hearts”, which features Sooz as a child, to Sooz’ own story. So I’m going to start at the end, with “Sooz”.Īs a story – as opposed to the character – “Sooz” did not work for me. ![]() ![]() I have a lot, and a lot of good things, to say about “Two Hearts”, but less and not so much about “Sooz”. In “Two Hearts”, she’s a nine-year-old girl, but by the time of her own story, she’s seventeen and on her first solo adventure as part of her passage into adulthood. Rather, this is two stories, the previously published Hugo Award winning novelette, “Two Hearts”, and the new and more recently written novella “Sooz”. The Way Home is not a single story as The Last Unicorn was, although it is set in the same world. Those hopes were, unfortunately, only partially met, and I’m more than a bit sad about that. I picked up The Way Home because I absolutely adored The Last Unicorn when I finally read it for the very first time back in January. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments After morris gleitzman series![]() ![]() Other Facts of Life emerged the winner during AGWIE Awards. Gleitzman also had a chance of writing several telemovie screenplays and feature films including Second Childhood, Other Facts of Life, which were both produced by Australian’s Children Television Foundation. Later on, Morris Gleitzman eventually became the only writer of top rating and award seasons of the critically acclaimed TV series, the Norman Gunston Show. ![]() Before Gleitzman could realize his lifelong dream, he had an extremely colorful childhood as a paperboy, department store Santa-claus, bottle shelf stacker, sugar mill employee and fashion design assistant.Īfter completing his high school education, Morris Gleitzman joined Canberra college where he majored in Professional Writing. In the year 1969, his family emigrated to Australia, and in the process, he not only escaped school but also had a chance of becoming an extremely famous writer. Morris Gleitzman was born in the year 1953, in England. Currently, Morris Gleitzman is now one of Australia’s most successful writers. Gleitzman comic style of writing has, in turn, made him a favorite to children and adults alike. In the year 1985, Morris Gleitzman wrote his very first children books. ![]() ![]() Before he became an author, Morris Gleitzman worked first as a screenwriter. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Reign of brayshaw![]() ![]() ![]() Robinson, Marni Mann, Max Monroe, Meagan Brandy, Micalea Smeltzer, Dr. Bromberg, Kandi Steiner, Karina Halle, Katie Ashley, Kelsie Stelting, Laurelin Paige, Leia Stone, Lexi Ryan, Lora Richardson, M. Asher, Ilsa Madden-Mills, Jennifer Wilson, Jessica Hawkins, Jewel E. Each author has graciously donated their story so that 100% of profits from this anthology will be going to the various charities The Bookworm Box is able to support because of you, the readers.Ĭontributing authors: Aileen Erin, Alessandra Torre, Chanda Hahn, Charleigh Rose, Colleen Hoover, Dominique Laura, Eric R. Each author showcased in this anthology was featured in The Bookworm Box in 2020. The only thing these stories have in common is their starting point. Where they took that sentence was completely up to them.Įvery story is different. Each author was given the same first sentence. Much like the first installment, Two More Days is an exciting and unique reading experience with contributions from several of our charity's featured authors. The Bookworm Box is proud to present Two More Days, our second anthology installment. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their own life of adventure includes traveling, skiing, and scuba diving. ![]() Leslea lives in beautiful Colorado with her husband and three children. Here’s some information about our guest Leslea Wahl Tune in as Leslea takes us on a journey to faraway lands to enjoy incredible experiences with these wonderful adventure books for kids and teens! So, if you are looking to get your teen interested in reading, here we talk about three of Leslea’s all-time favorite adventure books for teens that will keep them hooked right until the last page. Such books are usually driven by the plot, feature fast-paced action, and elements of danger and suspense everything that attracts teens. ![]() Certainly, there is nothing better than an adventure book to instill the spirit of reading in your child. In this meaty episode of the Reading with Your Kids podcast, We are overjoyed to be joined by Leslea Wahl, author of An Unexpected Role and The Perfect Blindside. Leslea is joining us today to share with us some of her favorite adventurous reads.Īdventure books are something that can entertain even the most apathetic of teens. Save up to 35% – Visit ! The Return of Leslea Wahl, author of An Unexpected Role – Discussing her Favorite Adventure Reads ![]() ![]() Larson’s profile subjects include Churchill’s 17-year-old daughter, Mary his private secretary, John “Jock” Colville, who kept a meticulous (and likely illegal, due to the national security secrets it revealed) diary Nazi leader Rudolf Hess and, to a lesser extent, ordinary Britons. Larson ( Dead Wake) delivers a propulsive, character-driven account of Winston Churchill’s first year as British prime minister (May 1940–May 1941), when the German air force launched “a full-on assault against the city of London” in preparation for an invasion that never came. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this intriguing and innovative work of social history, Stephen Nissenbaum rediscovers Christmas's carnival origins and shows how it was transformed, during the nineteenth century, into a festival of domesticity and consumerism.īursting with detail, filled with subversive readings of such seasonal classics as "A Visit from St. The Puritans had their reasons, since Christmas was once an occasion for drunkenness and riot, when poor "wassailers extorted food and drink from the well-to-do. ![]() Nicholas to the Christmas tree and, perhaps most radically, the practice of giving gifts to children.Īnyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed the holiday. Drawing on a wealth of research, this "fascinating" book ( The New York Times Book Review) charts the invention of our current Yuletide traditions, from St. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments The midnight folk![]() In the end, it is that ragtag team of old toys that rallies to support Kay and save the day.Ī book to set beside C.S. Soon Kay is engaged in a thrilling quest that begins each night as the clock strikes twelve, taking him into the enchanted and dangerous world of the Midnight Folk: pirates, highwaymen, talking animals, and a gang of witches led by none other than Sylvia Daisy (in cahoots, as in The Box of Delights, with the arch-villain Abner Brown). Life seems very dull, until out of an old family portrait steps Kay’s great-grandfather, a sea captain, who, if legend is to be believed, made off with a fabulous treasure. In her zeal to educate Kay on the finer points of Latin grammar, Sylvia Daisy has even taken away all of Kay’s toys. ![]() ![]() Kay lives in a vast old country house, and is looked after by an unpleasant duo: the oily and egregious Sir Theopompous and the petulant and punitive Sylvia Daisy Pouncer. The Midnight Folk introduces readers to Kay Harker, the orphaned boy who is also the hero of John Masefield’s classic Christmas fantasy, The Box of Delights. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Starr Creek by Nathan Carson![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She married (2) RICHARD FIELDS, JR, CHIEF (Source: Emmet Starr, Grant 1-1-3-2, A8.) Bef. He was born 1766 in Spring Place, GA, and died Februin Buffington's Tavern, GA. ![]() She married (1) JAMES VANN, CHIEF (Source: Emmet Starr, E Starr, 419.), son of JOSEPH VANN and WA-WLI VANN. ELIZABETH2 HICKS (NATHAN1) (Source: Emmet Starr, E Starr, 306.) was born Abt. CHIEF WILLIAM ABRAHAM HICKS, SR, CHIEF, b. December 23, 1767, Tamali, on the Hiwassee River, CNE d. Starr's Notes: C641 a full blood Cherokee of the Wolf clanĬhildren of NATHAN HICKS and NA-YE-HI ANI'-WA'YA are:Ģ. Ĭlan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Peggy Scott) Although it's quite possable that these two Nathan's are one and the same I have no proof of such.īased on information from the Moravian Diaries about Gunrod and his family the very sick Gunrod left his own family to live with Charles Renatus Hicks a very close relative. Note: The Novemdate that I had for Nathan Hicks is a birthdate attributed to a Nathan Hicks who was born in Sussex County, Virgina - the son of Robert Hicks and Mary _, he had a sister named Amy. 1758, daughter of JOHANN CONRAD and JENNIE ANI'-WA'YA. 1740 in Virginia, and died 1829 in Georgia. This record is for Nathan Hicks who was born in Sussex County, Virgina - the son of Robert Hicks and Mary _, he had a sister named Amy. Nathan Hicks b.1740 (Robert 2 John 1) Sussex ![]() |