![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Brilliant world-building, deep intrigue and incredible heart’ Megan E. inventive, adventurous and wonderfully written’ Alix E. ‘Epic fantasy at its most human and heartfelt. ![]() The Bone Shard Emperor is the unmissable sequel to The Bone Shard Daughter, one of the biggest fantasy debuts of recent years – a captivating tale of magic, revolution and mystery, where a young woman’s sense of identity will make or break an empire. Lin may need their help to defeat the rebels and restore order. Yet an even greater threat is on the horizon, for the Alanga – the powerful magicians of legend – have returned to the Empire. And in a far corner of the Empire a rebel army of constructs is gathering, its leader determined to take the throne by force. Lin Sukai finally sits on the throne she won at so much cost, but her struggles are only just beginning. As her own governors plot treason, the Shardless Few renew hostilities. Lin Sukai has won her first victory as Emperor, but the future of the Phoenix Empire hangs in the balance - and Lin is dangerously short of allies. ‘One of the best fantasy novels I’ve read in a long time…This book is truly special’ Sarah J. The Bone Shard War is the epic finale to the unmissable, action-packed and magic-laced Drowning Empire series. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Small old price written in pen inside back board. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and bottoms. ![]() Top edge of pages dyed orange have a few small marks/minor foxing. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine/corners/front upper edge), a few tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, a few marks, patchy browning (including to spine), minor foxing, rubbing to/near spine, pushing/bumping to corners, creasing/rubbing/browning/minor foxing to front/back inner flaps and is in only fair condition. True first British printing with original clipped jacket. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The circularity of his similes in describing the generations of teasing endured by Lu’s father, who stuttered as a child (“You sound like a choking Chihuahua”), by Lu, bullied due to his albinism (“Yo, you look like a cotton ball dipped in white paint”), and even by a bully Lu takes down (“Yo, Kelvin, you smell like your blood ain’t blood. Reynolds’ seamless integration of Lu’s story into his series shows him to be a master of temporal structure, highlighting individual and collective growth of his four protagonists over one season. An unexpected pregnancy announcement from his parents and the challenge of waltzing to a win in his new event, hurdles, among other things, keep Lu’s emotions, and feet, racing. In this final addition to Reynolds’ Track series, the titular, self-described “ fine-o albino” is nervous, maybe a little scared, about the many changes occurring during the week leading to the championships for the Defenders. A middle-grade runner soars over obstacles to shine as a leader for his team and family. ![]() ![]() ![]() The daughter of a school principal who supplied her with a new book almost daily, Diane quickly learned the emotional power of story. Is Ellie on a quest to right the wrongs of the past? And does the house at the end of the street hold the key? Told in dual time periods, The Last House on the Street is a novel of shocking prejudice and violence, forbidden love, the search for justice, and the tangled vines of two families.ĭiane Chamberlain is the New York Times, USA Today and (London) Sunday Times best-selling author of 28 novels. ![]() Kayla's elderly new neighbor, Ellie Hockley, is more welcoming, but it's clear she, too, has secrets that stretch back almost fifty years. It's clear this woman has some kind of connection to the area.and a connection to Kayla herself. But when she is confronted by an odd, older woman telling her not to move in, she almost agrees. But the trophy home in Shadow Ridge Estates, a new development in sleepy Round Hill, North Carolina, will always hold tragic memories. When Kayla Carter's husband dies in an accident while building their dream house, she knows she has to stay strong for their four-year-old daughter. From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweaves history, mystery, and social justice. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Racist anti-immigration policies, from the border wall to the Muslim ban, have left many Americans wondering- How did we get here? In a sweeping account, Reece Jones reveals that although the US is often mythologized as a nation of immigrants, it has a long history of immigration restrictions that are rooted in the racist fear of the "great replacement" of whites with non-white immigrants. The first book to show that immigration laws in the US have always been motivated by racial exclusion and the desire to save the idea of a white America. ![]() ![]() ![]() Levi's family, and their religious battering, no matter how well intentioned, grated at me terribly even as I respected their growth and willingness to alter their opinions. ![]() ![]() I did find it heavy handed at times, but those times usually passed pretty quickly and I tried not to dwell on them. I knew going in that the story has an association with religious themes, so I didn't find the subject matter to be surprising. But he grows, through his love of Jamie, and that helped me like him better. His actions, thoughts, behavior.I wanted to punch him. ![]() It helped my respect for his character to grow, which is good because I really hated him for the first 50% of the story, then mostly disliked him for the next 10%, then eventually liked him. I eventually liked Levi, especially his handling of Jamie and Jamie's past. Jamie is what kept me going through the story. ~ I loved Jamie and the way Sexton handles Jamie's past trauma, the aftermath, and, ultimately, his healing. ~ I loved the story is told from both Levi and Jamie's POV. What I liked most: ~ I loved this is a hurt/comfort story that deals with some really heavy subject matters. I enjoyed the narration and wouldn't mind picking up other stories narrated by him. I thought John Solo did a really good job with the narration - conveying the situations presented and narrating the different character voices. ![]() ![]() ![]() After narrowly escaping capture by the Morlocks, the Time Traveller recovers his machine and journeys further forward to the world’s end before returning to his own time. His machine disappears, so he explores the future world. He finds that humanity has devolved into two races: the childlike Eloi and the monstrous Morlocks. A scientist builds a time machine and travels to future.Wells’s The Time Machine offers a dystopian vision of humanity’s future. Indeed, the novel’s decidedly pessimistic speculation about the ways humanity may evolve if it fails to face the most pressing social problems of the era – particularly, the exploitation of the working classes – offers a profound indictment of unchecked capitalism and the class divisions that roiled late 19th-century Victorian society. In many ways a response to the popular utopian fiction of the period, Wells handily inverts a core belief of his day – namely, that scientific and technological progress would, inevitably, lead to a better tomorrow. Still, The Time Machine is hardly light entertainment. Wells’s tale of a nameless scientist who builds a time machine, travels to the year 802,701 AD and there encounters humanity’s descendants – the childlike Eloi and the monstrous Morlocks – continues to engage readers and inspire fellow science fiction authors. ![]() ![]() More than 100 years after its initial publication in 1895, H.G. There’s no denying that The Time Machine is an extraordinary work of imagination. ![]() ![]() ![]() We want to teach them to develop a growth mindset! Get started teaching growth mindset in the classroom! We have put together an e-mail course with FREE lessons and resources to transform the culture of your classroom. ![]() We want them to believe in the power of yet. I can't do it.yet. ![]() This fixed mindset philosophy is wrong!Īs a teacher, we want our students to know that their effort does matter. There is no need to put effort into developing these traits because success in life is purely based on the talent and abilities that a person is born with. What is a Fixed Mindset?Ī fixed mindset is the belief that a person's basic qualities, such as their intelligence or talents, are simply fixed traits. These are all symptoms of a fixed mindset. Perhaps you can even recall saying something similar to yourself at one point in time. We are sure you’ve probably heard your students (and other adults) say these things. "I can’t do it." "This is too hard." "I’m just not good at math." ![]() ![]() With plenty of surprises, twists, and turns, The Chaos Curse is a perfect read. ![]() This book weaves a fast-paced story that takes the reader on a thrilling adventure through the Kingdom Beyond and back. ![]() Will Kiran and her friends be able to fix this new horror? Or will the Kingdom Beyond and all the universe succumb to the madness that is chaos? Stories clash together, and the Kingdom Beyond falls into disarray. As Kiran tries to escape this twisted version of her home, reality around her becomes increasingly complicated. But when she arrives, everything is wrong! Her parents are tax accountants, her arch-enemy is now her best friend, her companions have disappeared, and on top of that, a strange boy named Ned claims to know her. This quest should be easy, after all this town is Kiran’s home. Kiranmala, Tuni, a tiger named Bunty, and a lizard named Tiktiki One travel to her hometown of Parsippany, New Jersey, to free her friend Prince Lal from his imprisonment inside a tree. ![]() So, when the Demon Queen shows up in her dreams, Kiranmala doesn’t want to listen to the demoness. ![]() The Chaos Curse is Book Three in the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series. If you liked The Serpents Secret, what should you read next The Serpents Secret Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond (Book 1) The Last Fallen Star Gifted. Series: Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond 2 Game of Stars Twelve-year-old Kiranmala just wants to be normal, despite having been born an Indian princess in the Kingdom Beyond, an alternate dimension. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, their circumstances for them apart because Nora is to lead the Nephilim against the Fallen Angels, against Patch. She runs into Patches again, (though she doesn’t know that), and finds herself falling in love all over again. Struggling to move on she tried to put her life back to normal but finds herself dreaming of angel wings and things she doesn’t understand but feels connected to. Then- her memory disappears and she is left with a hole where the last five months used to be. She puts herself in dangerous situations to find the truth and finds more than she wanted. Through the teenage drama of forbidden love, archenemies, and old friends who rekindle old flames, Nora finds herself being haunted by images of her deceased father and is unsure if her rare bloodline has anything to do with it. ![]() When there is an attempt on her life she finds that Patch is her Guardian Angel, but angelic is not the word that would be used for him. Until she finds out Patches secret, that he is a fallen Archangel, and becomes caught in a battle between fallen angels and immortals because of what she is, Nephilim. She can not deny that she is attracted to him, but for what reason, she does not know. It slowly becomes apparent that Patch knows more about Nora then most people do, and seems to be everywhere Nora goes. That is until one of her teachers rearranges the seating and puts her next to a dangerously good looking up named Patch Cipriano. ![]() Hush hush follows the story of a girl named Nora Grey, who is a “normal girl” in high school and doesn’t have love on her radar. ![]() |