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![]() ![]() ![]() forgoing the overdramatic or zany, it shows the substance, warmth and adaptability of beautifully common family love." When Billy Miller has a mishap at the statue of the Jolly Green Giant at the end of summer vacation, he ends up with a big lump on his head. ![]() The New York Times declared: "Henkes's delightful story is restrained and vivid. The Year of Billy Miller includes black-and-white art by Kevin Henkes and is perfect for fans of the Ramona books Frindle, by Andrew Clements and the Clementine series. By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5thĪ 2014 Newbery Honor Book A New York Times BestsellerĪward-winning, nationally bestselling author Kevin Henkes introduces second-grader Billy Miller in this fast-paced and funny story about friendship, sibling rivalry, and elementary school. ![]() ![]() ![]() A TV miniseries adaptation, written and directed by Barry Jenkins, was released in May 2021. Clarke Award, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. The book was a critical and commercial success, hitting the bestseller lists and winning several literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award for Fiction, the Arthur C. ![]() The alternate history novel tells the story of Cora, a slave in the Antebellum South during the 19th century, who makes a bid for freedom from her Georgia plantation by following the Underground Railroad, which the novel depicts as a rail transport system with safe houses and secret routes. The Underground Railroad is a historical fiction novel by American author Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday in 2016. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() will enchant readers from the first page." - Kirkus Reviews "Hilarious. The swift pace of the tale and non-stop action. with unexpected plot twists and plenty of girl power." - Booklist "Giddy, fizzy, hilarious fun!" - Lauren Myracle, author of Luv Ya Bunches "Tons of fractured fairy tale fun!" - Meg Cabot, author of Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls and The Princess Diaries "The feminist in me adored it, and the mother in me loved how my daughter would long to cuddle in close as we read together." - Danielle Herzog, blogging for The Washington Post, Praise for Whatever After: "An uproariously funny read. Praise for Whatever After: "An uproariously funny read. ![]() ![]() Of course, this is a sad book to read, but also so beautifully and eloquently written. He criticises himself for being self-pitying, angrily questions his idea of God and rails against the seemingly glib advice and words given by others trying to offer their awkward yet well-meaning words to a bereaved friend. At the beginning of the book, Lewis is working through his immediate emotional response, frightened that he might forget “H”, or worse still that he will create a false memory of her – a sort of idol or lifeless doll. The reader comes to feel as if they are a true confident, trusted with Lewis’s most personal moments as he goes through the process of grief after the death of his wife, who is referred only as “H”.Īt times his writing feels like a eulogy and at others a simple therapeutic act. It reads like a diary and at the same time, a conversation. It suggests abstraction as if the author is conducting analysis of another person’s state of mind. ![]() I hope that the person who borrowed it previously read it like me, out of curiosity rather than personal grief. Having only read Lewis’s children’s books I felt it might be interesting to read outside of my typical reading scope, but with a familiar voice.Ī Grief Observed, is an almost scientific title. I like the element of chance involved in picking up a book recently selected by someone else for reasons known only to them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Faber paperbacks, 1966 edition (first published 1961), 64 pages - library loan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() and what she'll discover is that it may take a villain to save them from the monsters. But the Luck Uglies have long since been exiled, and there's nobody left who can protect the village.Īs Rye dives into Drowning's maze of secrets, rules, and lies, she begins to question everything she's been told about the village's legend of outlaws and beasts. Before the monsters disappeared, there was only one way to defeat them-the Luck Uglies. Now a terrifying encounter has eleven-year-old Rye convinced that the monstrous, supposedly extinct Bog Noblins have returned. ![]() Girls aren't allowed to read anymore, and certain books-books that hold secrets about Drowning's past-have been outlawed altogether. Families are fined for breaking laws that don't even exist. ![]() Rye O'Chanter has seen a lot of strange things happen in Village Drowning: children are chased through the streets. The first in a series with the makings of a modern classic, The Luck Uglies is an irresistible cross between Joseph Delaney's The Last Apprentice and Chris Colfer's Land of Stories series, overflowing with adventure, secrets, friendship, and magic. ![]() ![]() ![]() We do have books, important books that would actually bring us close to important people, but now these hem-of-the-garment books have come upon hard times they are discredited, almost exploded: John Aubrey’s Brief Lives, so mysteriously stuffed with the speech of men long dead, Boswell’s Life of Johnson (which lives by its “Sir” and dies by its “Sir”), Coleridge’s Table Talk, Gustav Janouch’s spurious Conversations with Kafka, Hitler’s (God save us) Tischgespräche. ![]() Nothing is real and- pace John Lennon-everything to get hung about. Maria Callas? Elvis Presley? Freddie Mercury? Vera Lynn? Vera Imago? Straight up? With a twist? Genetically enhanced? Coming right up. What can we not do? Tell Sophocles (“What a wonder is man”) the news. Why, it’s almost as if we were alive to see them do it. We can change a face, change a gender, change a race, change a voice produce the true illusion of someone speaking words they never spoke sell tickets for events at which dead people will sing and dance for our delectation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By building this atmosphere through careful descriptions, Poe was able to make readers feel as if they were tracing Montresor and Fortunato’s footsteps, further deepening the tension of the story. All of these elements together create an eerie and ominous setting for a tale of revenge, adding to the suspense and horror that makes “The Cask of Amontillado” so memorable. The darkness of the passageways also serves to unnerve Fortunato, who begins to feel his mortality in the face of Montresor’s vengeful plan. The setting is an old palazzo, with its winding vaulted corridors and catacombs that provide a sinister atmosphere, as well as the oppressive humidity and foul smell of nitre that pervade the underground chamber. The story takes place during the carnival season in an unnamed Italian town – though it is likely Venice – providing a backdrop for Montresor’s revenge plot against Fortunato. Setting plays an important role in “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe, as it helps build suspense and create a sense of foreboding. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2018 Piecing Me Together won the Coretta Scott King Book Award and was also named a Newbery Honor Book. ![]() The book examines Jade’s relationships with the people at her school and in her community. Jade wins a scholarship to a private school where the students are mostly white. ![]() Piecing Me Together (2017) is a young adult novel about an African American high-school student named Jade. Mills was popular during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. It is a picture book about the entertainer Florence Mills. Watson released her next book, Harlem’s Little Blackbird, in 2012. The book is based on poetry workshops she ran with children in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The picture book A Place Where Hurricanes Happen follows the lives of four young friends in New Orleans, Louisiana, before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Piecing Me Together Hardcover Februby Rene Watson (Author) 2,942 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 5.54 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 11.19 96 Used from 1.30 32 New from 9.95 2 Collectible from 25. ![]() What Momma Left Me is a middle grade novel about a teenager who must rebuild her life after her father leaves and her mother dies. Watson’s first two books were published in 2010. ![]() ![]() He is the author of many titles of interest to teachers, including State University and at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is alsoĪdjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is co-author of the 2 latest successful corpus-informed publications by Cambridge University Press: Touchstone and Ca MIchael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Well known as an expert on the teaching and learning of vocabulary, he is a co-author of the basic and upper-intermediate levels of Vocabulary in Use, and is also Academic Consultant to the Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. He is the author of many titles of interest to teachers, including Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics. He is also Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University and at the University of Limerick, Ireland. ![]() MIchael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. ![]() |