![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, they must decide if they can also trust one another with their hearts. Violet and Merek will have to work together to stop Violet's betrothal, keep her grandmother safe, and convince the king of the baron's treachery. But as the baron continues to search for any disloyal subjects, Merek finds himself in danger of his own. Despite Merek's assurances that he is on her side and working to help her, Violet sees no reason to trust him. As she works to help her people and speak out against the baron, Dunham sends a guard to bring her to the castle - and that guard is none other than Sir Merek himself.ĭunham threatens her grandmother to ensure that he can use Violet as a pawn in his power games, attempting to force her into a marriage of his choosing. When Violet has a chance meeting with Sir Merek - a guard working for the villainous Baron Dunham - she immediately dislikes him. She has formed a close bond with her grandmother, who fills her heart with dreams of true love. Violet - so named because of the unusual color of her eyes - knows almost nothing about her birth mother. Violet Lambton never imagined herself as anything but average. ![]() In this exciting retelling of the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairytale, Melanie Dickerson sweeps readers away into a thrilling adventure and a charming romance. Cloak of Scarlet (The Dericott Tales, 5) by Melanie Dickerson Goodreads Jump to ratings and reviews Want to read Kindle 11.99 Rate this book The Dericott Tales 5 Cloak of Scarlet Melanie Dickerson 4.29 35 ratings21 reviews She was an orphan of no importance. ![]()
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University of Regina Press ( Aug 24, 2019)īronze, Autobiography & Memoir (Adult Nonfiction)Ī childhood and early adulthood marked by sexual abuse and rape led Dane Zaa and Cree woman Helen Knott into deep addiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Horn Book Guide Volume VI, Number 1 July-December 1994 “Carle’s classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and then changes into a beautiful butterfly has been reissued in a sumptuous twenty-fifth anniversary edition with a shiny, silver-coated cover and wonderfully thick, durable pages.” – by Judith Rovenger, Sesame Street Parents, July/August 1994 Caterpillar also brilliantly displays Carle’s ability to integrate a concept (days of the week), scientific information (the life cycle of a caterpillar), and an appealing story. Carle uses clever cutout pages to depict a caterpillar eating his way through the calendar week. “This early work by a premier author marked an exciting breakthrough in the traditional children’s book format. Striking pictures and cleverly die-cut pages offer interactive fun. ![]() This all-time favorite not only follows the very hungry caterpillar as it grows from egg to cocoon to beautiful butterfly, but also teaches the days of the week, counting, good nutrition and more. ![]() ![]() and with an unexpected enemy preparing to attack, their courage and strength will be needed more than ever if the Clan is to survive. The choices they make now could affect ThunderClan for generations to come. ![]() One is torn between loyalty to her calling and a forbidden love, while the other struggles with her best friend's betrayal and the surprising perils of the forest. Dangers they have never faced before are lurking in the twilight shadows, and former allies are acting strangely hostile.Īs divisions between the Clans grow deeper, Firestar's daughters face troubling decisions. New territory brings new troubles for the fierce cats of the warrior Clans, who are still uncovering the secrets of their new home around the lake. The penultimate title in this thrilling feline fantasy adventure.īefore there is peace, blood will spill blood… In the exciting second Warriors story arc, the wild cats of the forest have lived in peace and harmony for many moons-but new prophecies from their warrior ancestors speak of a mysterious destiny and grave danger for the clans. ![]() ![]() ![]() Elle Casey's ability to tell a highly entertaining story with a combination of supernatural, fantasy, and contemporary elements took me for a ride. "How come I am just finding out about this book?! Never did I imagine that it would be so hard to put down. ![]() HERE'S WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT WAR OF THE FAE, BOOK 1: War of the Fae: Book 10 (Winged Warriors) **Coming soon** War of the Fae: Book 9 (Dragon Riders) **Coming soon** War of the Fae: Book 7 (Portal Guardians) War of the Fae: Book 6 (Between the Realms) War of the Fae: Book 3 (Darkness and Light) Meant for older Young Adult readers (age 15+). Who will emerge triumphant? And what will they be when they do?Ĭontent warning: Mild violence and significant foul language within. Jayne and Tony, together with a group of runaway teens, are hijacked and sent into a forest, where nothing and no one are as they seem. Jayne Sparks, a potty-mouthed, rebellious seventeen-year-old and her best friend, shy and bookish Tony Green, have a pretty typical high school existence, until several seemingly unrelated incidents converge, causing a cascade of events that change their lives forever. With over 1,700 5-star ratings on Goodreads for Book 1, readers love the War of the Fae Series! ![]() NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 1 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The show’s creative team includes director Polly Findlay, circus outfit Cirque Bijou and Stephen Long and Iain Sharkey – the minds behind many of Derren Brown’s TV and stage illusions. ![]() The company has also confirmed a “large-scale circus spectacle, that brings together beloved characters from the most popular Roald Dahl stories for the first time” is also in development. Released next spring, it will be directed by Milli Bhatia and designed by Shankho Chaudhuri. Set and costume design is by Fly Davis.Īlso announced today is a new theatrical reading of Dahl’s The Magic Finger, presented for online release for schools and families, co-produced with the Unicorn Theatre. It will feature a score by composer Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab (who performs under the band name Sinkane), book and lyrics by Suhayla El-Bushra, and additional music and lyrics from Tom Brady.ĭirected by Emily Lim, the show will include “a menagerie of mischievous puppets” by leading designer Toby Olié (who also worked on 101 Dalmatians at the Open Air Theatre and who also co-directs). Exclusive: The Roald Dahl Story Company has announced three new theatre productions, including a new family musical based on his picture book The Enormous Crocodile.Ĭo-produced with Leeds Playhouse and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, The Enormous Crocodile premieres in Leeds from 2 December 2023 to 6 January 2024, before heading to Regent’s Park for summer 2024. ![]() ![]() As the peaceful town of Clayton is preparing for one of its annual picnic-cum-ritual-blood-sacrifices (only goats, unlike in Boston, where virgins are required), Chris notices disquieting changes in himself: violent mood swings, sleeplessness, relentless thirst, and a tendency, when agitated, to fade out of mirrors and other reflections. They are collectively weak their god, Tch'muchgar, has long been banished from this plane of existence, kept away by regular rites. ![]() ![]() In Chris's familiar world of high school, bickering parents, and secret crushes, the vampires have always been an acknowledged but distant reality, on the nightly news when their victims are found or when they are summarily executed by police. In a first novel for which the word offbeat could have been coined, a modern Massachusetts teenager is swept into a plot of cosmic proportions as adolescence dishes up an unpleasant personal revelation-he's on the cusp of becoming a vampire. ![]() ![]() Why did I read this book: A moment of truth (and shame): I don’t remember when or why I bought this book – I seem to recall vaguely a review talking about this book featuring a trickster character and since I love tricksters, it is safe to say this might have been the reason for buying it. How did I get this book: Bought on my Kindle Lord’s world of spider tricksters and indigo immortals is inspired in part by a Senegalese folk tale-but Paama’s adventures are fresh, surprising, and utterly original. Unfortunately, a wrathful djombi with indigo skin believes this power should be his and his alone.īursting with humor and rich in fantastic detail, Redemption in Indigo is a clever, contemporary fairy tale that introduces readers to a dynamic new voice in Caribbean literature. ![]() When Paama leaves him for good, she attracts the attention of the undying ones-the djombi- who present her with a gift: the Chaos Stick, which allows her to manipulate the subtle forces of the world. Bad enough that he followed her to her parents’ home in the village of Makendha-now he’s disgraced himself by murdering livestock and stealing corn. Karen Lord’s debut novel is an intricately woven tale of adventure, magic, and the power of the human spirit. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tupman develops an affection for Wardle's unmarried sister, Rachael, while Snodgrass falls for Wardle's daughter, Emily. After accepting an invitation to Wardle's farm, the group plays cards and cricket, tells stories, and hunts. Their next adventure finds the Club in Chatham, where they encounter Mr. ![]() Jingle is a wily fellow and gets naïve Winkle involved in a duel with a volatile military man known as Dr. ![]() A man named Alfred Jingle helps them out of the predicament and joins them on their journey. On the way there, however, an irate cab driver thinks they are spies and lashes out at them in a grand tirade. It is May 1827, and the Club's first adventure takes them to Rochester. Pickwick, a friendly retired businessman and philosopher Tracy Tupman, a self-confessed womanizer who never seems to have any luck with women Augustus Snodgrass, a poet unable to write poetry and Nathaniel Winkle, a clumsy and inept athlete. ![]() The Pickwick Club has four members: founder Mr. Because of the original serial format of the novel, the chapters contain individual but interconnected episodes charting the Club's exploits. Legendary British author Charles Dickens’s debut novel, The Pickwick Papers, first published as a serial of stories between 18, chronicles the adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club, a group of travelers who journey around England and share their experiences. ![]() ![]() ![]() They reveal not merely positions taken but the reasons why positions were taken they review motive and understanding: the assumptions, beliefs, and ideas - the articulated worldview - that lay behind the manifest events of the time. ![]() But for all their variety they have in common one distinctive characteristic: they are, to an unusual degree, explanatory. The pamphlets include all sorts of writings - treatises on political theory, essays on history, political arguments, sermons, correspondence, poems - and they display all sorts of literary devices. But sheer numbers were not the most important measure of the magnitude of the project. In the end I concluded that no fewer than seventy-two of them ought to be re-published. The full bibliography of pamphlets relating to the Anglo-American struggle published in the colonies through the year 1776 contains not a dozen or so items but over four hundred. ![]() This book has developed from a study that was first undertaken a number of years ago, when Howard Mumford Jones, then editor-in-chief of the John Harvard Library, invited me to prepare a collection of pamphlets of the American Revolution for publication in that series. ![]() |