5/13/2023 0 Comments The winged watchmanFinally, characters we care about, do die. The Verhagens then lie to Dutch informants who have sided with the Germans about the birth and baptism of the Jewish baby. At one point, early in the story, a Jewish woman leaves her baby with the family without a word. Additionally, the Verhagen family farm serves as an underground safe house of sorts. In this way, these bitter pills are easier for young readers to swallow.Ī few notes about content: this story involves necessary deceit (good men lying to evil ones), a little bit of unnecessary deceit (as defiance against evil occupiers) and not graphic but chilling scenes of children starving in the cold. Because the target audience is young readers (approximately 2nd or 3rd grade and up), Van Stockum gives us a collection of wartime abuse vignettes rather than sustained situations. Like The Hiding Place, Van Stockum leaves the reader with hope and clear examples of how everyone can choose rightly even when the world seems to be on fire. Unlike The Hiding Place, however, our main characters are able to combat the evil that presses in on them. There are scenes in this book that will stay with me and my nine-year-old for life. Written like a high adventure novel, the main story centers on 2 brothers (10 and 14) and allows us to view the sacrifices and suffering of occupation through the eyes of children. The Winged Watchman is full of hope, joy, fortitude, a celebration of life, trust in the Almighty, and a good helping of resistance and sabotage.
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5/13/2023 0 Comments American queen simoneIt starts with a stolen kiss under an English sky, and it ends with a walk down the aisle. When the three collide in the Oval Office many years later, the unsaid words between them leave Greer breathless and burning. Except her first kiss goes to the man who will one day lead the country, war hero Maxen Ashley "Ash" Colchester, and her second goes to his best friend and future vice president, Embry Moore. Not when she is warned to keep her kisses to herself. The sharp-eyed granddaughter of a former vice president, Greer is well-versed in politics and people-but not romance. Her name is Greer Galloway, and she serves at the pleasure of the president of the United States. From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Sierra Simone comes a steamy new polyamorous romance trilogy with a dash of politics and a pinch of magic. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Rebel in the sands seriesI could empathise with her wish to be more, and to be free – as she plots to leave behind the barrent waste of Dustwalk. I liked that she also had flaws, being impulsive and at times, short-sighted to the bigger picture. Although YA has no shortage of strong ladies, I still have the urge to seal clap every single time I see someone this awesome.Īmani’s confident, competent, and sassy – all that I love in a leading lady. The book offers a promising start, with some of my favourite story devices being employed: Amani crossdresses to enter a sharpshooting tournament, where she proceeds to rip all of men to shreds with her incredible skills. I truly enjoyed the spin on mythologies and the cinematic action scenes this book offered. I only became more enrapt when I saw promises of a gun-toting heroine taking on an Arabian Nights inspired world. Rebel of the Sands had me the moment I saw its utterly stunning UK cover. I received a review copy of this book from Allen & Unwin in exchange for an honest review. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Second fiddle rosanne parryHer published works include the non-fiction middle grade book Get Organized Without Losing It (Free Spirit Publishing 2006 in a new edition 2017), and three YA historical romances: Faithful (Speak/Penguin Group 2010), Forgiven (Penguin 2011), and Sirens (Penguin 2012). More about Janet Fox: Janet Fox writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction for children of all ages. Get your adventure PJs ready for a wild conversation! Rosanne is diving deep with another animal adventure perfect for fans of her bestselling A Wolf Called Wander with A Whale of the Wild - following young orca Vega on a quest to reunite with her family after an earthquake and Tsunami change everything. Bring your young readers along for a Books in Common adventure through middle grade fiction with Janet Fox and Rosanne Parry! Janet will be sharing the her new book in the Rookskill Castle universe - Artifact Hunter s - about a young WWII refugee named Isaac on an Indian Jones style adventure through time to find all the artifacts needed to defeat a sinister and magical evil, before Hitler’s spies can stop him. 5/13/2023 0 Comments The bronze horseman seriesThe Bronze Horseman starts out with our main protagonist, Tatiana, and her family living in Communist Russia and first hearing the declaration of war. I was crying, or at least tearing up, throughout most of it and I’m eternally grateful that I had Paloma to buddy read this with me, because I read most of this book with a very heavy heart. I’m not going to lie this was a really hard book to read. This is a historical romance that takes place during World War II in Leningrad, Russia, and even though the characters are fictional, the events are very, very real. In the spring of 1942 a million people remained.” When the Germans blockaded the city on September 8, 1941, there were two and a half million civilians in Leningrad. “At the start of war, on June 22, 1941, the day Alexander met Tatiana, there were three million civilians in Leningrad. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Long Time Gone by S.E. JakesAs they fight to clear his name, they delve deep into his past, finding enemies among everyone they meet. Their explosive reunion gets even hotter when Tom is arrested for murder. It turns out that Prophet’s been stuck in Tom’s head – and heart – too. Maybe that’s why he’s in New Orleans in the middle of a hurricane, protecting Tom’s aunt.īut the only looter around is Tom, bursting back into Prophet’s life. Even with half a world between them, Prophet can’t get the man out of his head. Which means he must’ve driven his lover away. But when Tom walked away three months ago, ostensibly to keep Prophet safe, Prophet learned the true meaning of being alone.Įveryone knows that Prophet, a Navy SEAL turned CIA spook turned mercenary, can look after himself. Soldier of fortune Prophet Drew’s always worked alone – until Tom Boudreaux became his partner. Publisher: Riptide Publishing (Audible Studios 12-16-15)īlurb: From New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Tyler, writing as S. Again, as I said in my review for Getting Hot with the Scot, I LOVED the friendship these girls share. If you follow by blog or my reviews, you know I wasn’t a huge fan of the first book in the Sometimes In Love series where we were given the love story between Cassie and Logan. Will he follow his heart or stay true to the role of his birthright? But his duties as a Duke come first and, unfortunately, don’t include the irresistible Shakespeare enthusiast. As the best man in her best friend’s upcoming wedding, he’s going to be seeing a lot more of Bonnie. Theo has always been interested in the red headed beauty, Bonnie ever since meeting her while she and her friends were traveling abroad. While she’s happy for her, she was supposed to be planning her own wedding, not her best friend’s. Bonnie tries to be strong but she can’t help but feel betrayed and also jealous as her best friend is getting married in the next few months and she is set to be the maid of honor… and an old crush she met in London is set to be the best man. But when Bonnie finds out some shocking news about her husband to be, the engagement is off. They’d been together almost their entire lives and had been engaged for what seemed like forever. Source: Netgalley ARC ebook via the publisherīonnie Blythe was engaged to her childhood love. This One Wild and Precious Life opens our eyes to how we got here and offers a radically hopeful path forward. Sarah Wilson argues that this sense of despair and disconnection is ironically what unites us-that deep down, we are all feeling that same itch for a new way of living. We have retreated, morally and psychologically we are experiencing a crisis of disconnection-from one another, from our true values, from joy, and from life as we feel we are meant to be living it. Many of us are living with the sense that things are not right with the world, as global problems like the pandemic, the climate crisis, political polarization, and social injustice mount, leaving us in a state of spiritual PTSD. Will you sleep through the revolution? Or do you want to wake up and reclaim your one, wild and precious life? From New York Times bestselling author Sarah Wilson comes a spiritual guidebook for surviving and thriving during challenging times. She has taken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized it into action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love." - ELIZABETH GILBERT "Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Logotype by michael evamyLogos also identify individual products and services.” They are used by every kind of organisation in every part of the world, from internation corporations to charities and from political parties to community groups and school. “Logos are signs, marks of identity designed for easy recognition. There is work by masters of symbol and logotype design, such as Paul Rand, Saul Bass and Anton Stankowski, alongside marks by today’s big names and emerging talents, including Sagmeister Inc, North, Studio Apeloig and Segura Inc. Whether it is the product of a flash of inspiration or a flood of research the logo remains one of the most powerful resources available to organisations for winning the attention of a global, time-poor audience. ‘Logo showcases the greatest logos in use today. Everett-Green, Evelyn, 1856-1932: In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince (Gutenberg text).Everett-Green, Evelyn, 1856-1932: A Heroine of France: The Story of Joan of Arc (Gutenberg text).Everett-Green, Evelyn, 1856-1932: French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America (Gutenberg text). Everett-Green, Evelyn, 1856-1932: For the Faith: A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in Oxford (Gutenberg text).
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