5/28/2023 0 Comments Graphic novel displacement![]() Kiku Hughes weaves a riveting, bittersweet tale that highlights the intergenerational impact and power of memory. She witnesses the lives of Japanese-Americans who were denied their civil liberties and suffered greatly, but managed to cultivate community and commit acts of resistance in order to survive. Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself “stuck” back in time. ![]() Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II. Summary: A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother’s experiences in World War II-era Japanese internment camps in Displacement, a historical graphic novel from Kiku Hughes. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This exceptionally well-written novel is all about suspense, thrill and drama, including the relationships between generations and what happens between long-standing friends. It is an extraordinary piece of work, a perfect balancing act with terror on one side and love on the other. They made reader love them, they made reader sad, they made reader angry, they made reader laugh, they made reader cry, and they made reader believe in the promise of love and home. The characters in this novel bring life and heart to this story, each with a distinct voice and personality. ![]() Marriage on Madison Avenue is a heartfelt novel written with compassion and hope, reconciling the past to pave a road to happiness and second chances. Marriage on Madison Avenue Volume 3 of The Central Park Pact Author Lauren Layne Publisher Simon and Schuster, 2020 ISBN 1501191640, 9781501191640 Length 288 pages Subjects Fiction. It’s an epic tale of family, secrets, loss, marriage, betrayal, friendships, laughter, and regrets. This is the third and final book in a series, I absolutely loved the first two, Passion on Park Avenue and Love on Lexington Avenue and can highly recommend this trilogy. She is a true storyteller, and Marriage on Madison Avenue is her best book. ![]() “Marriage on Madison Avenue” is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Katherine rainbow magic fairy![]() ![]() Sue Mongredien was born in 1970 and grew up in Nottingham, England. She lives in Leicestershire with her husband and daughters. ![]() Linda Chapman has written over 50 children's fiction books, including the following series: My Secret Unicorn, Stardust, Not Quite a Mermaid, and Unicorn School. ![]() Bentley is the author of the Magic Kitten, Magic Puppy, and S Club series and lives in Northamptonshire. She worked in a library after completing her education and began writing for children once her own began school. Sue Bentley was born in Northampton, England. She lives in Cambridge, England with her husband and cats. Dhami has published many retellings of popular Disney stories and wrote the Animal Stars and Babes series, the latter about young British girls of Asian origin. After having taught in primary and secondary schools for several years she began to write full-time. She received a degree in English from Birmingham University in 1980. Narinder Dhami was born in Wolverhampton, England on November 15, 1958. Rainbow Magic features differing groups of fairies as main characters, including the Jewel fairies, Weather fairies, Pet fairies, Petal fairies, and Sporty fairies. Daisy Meadows is the pseudonym used for the four writers of the Rainbow Magic children's series: Narinder Dhami, Sue Bentley, Linda Chapman, and Sue Mongredien. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Deep Sleep by Steven Konkoly![]() ![]() ![]() Devin has his work cut out for him to neutralize the threat. When countersurveillance expert Devin Gray’s estranged mother-a “psychotically paranoid former CIA officer”-kills herself after attempting to kidnap an old man from an assisted living facility, Devin begins receiving automated messages from her that reveal what she had been working on for years: a grand-scale conspiracy begun during the Cold War that involves hundreds of Russian sleeper agents and their children, who have infiltrated nearly every level of American military, government, and industry. This pedal-to-the-metal, paranoia-inducing covert ops thriller from Konkoly (the Ryan Decker series) involves a multigenerational Russian sleeper network in the States (“Something insidious had taken root in America nearly fifty years ago and had somehow gone unnoticed”). ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The runaway bunny board book![]() ![]() The trade issue of the book was issued in a jacket. Whether it ever had one for this library issue is questionable. This copy did not have a dust jacket when examined. The original blue and white pictorial end pages were bound into the book inside of the library binding end pages. It has a small binders stamp "PICTURE COVER BINDINGS". Publication date 2001 Topics Rabbits, Mother and child Publisher. It appears that the copy was originally bound in this binding. The runaway bunny board book and doll by Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952 Hurd, Clement, 1908- ill. The copy examined was bound in a library binding, but was not an ex library copy. The reverse of the last page of text has two lines that state "Hand-set in Weiss Bold by Edna Rushmore at- the Golden Hind Press in Madison, New Jersey.". The words "First Edition" and the letters "M-Q" are in a slightly larger type font. The copyright page has ten lines of text, followed by a blank line, followed by "3-2", followed by a blank line, followed by "FIRST EDITION", followed by the letters "M-Q" (M-Q is the Harper code for December-1941). The First Edition of "The Runaway Bunny" has Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London on the title page. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Sempre by jm darhower![]() ![]() The next morning, Carmine woke up earlier than usual and grabbed a bowl of cereal, his footsteps faltering in the family room. Turning on her heel, Haven ran back into the room and closed the door, pressing her back against it as the music started up once more. He frowned, staring at her with questions in his eyes, but she had no answers to give. Haven’s eyes snapped back open, and she could see his face then, still partially encased in the shadows. She closed her eyes, reveling in the foreign sensation, until the music stopped. Her stomach fluttered and limbs tingled, warmth spreading throughout her body. It swirled all around her, goose bumps springing up as the melody seeped into her skin. ![]() She took a few steps forward, entranced as the music smoothed out and grew louder. Darkness obstructed Haven’s view of his face, but the glow from the moonlight illuminated his hands as he plucked the strings. ![]() Carmine sat in the library, holding a tan acoustic guitar. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The ghost files book series![]() ![]() So who am I? Well, I'm the crazy girl with an imagination that never shuts up. The real question is will she come out the other side the same person she was, or will Silas finally get what he wants-her soul…? ![]() ![]() Throw in a fallen angel serial killer who specializes in little kids, and Mattie may have to seek help from the one person she swore she never would. As old secrets are brought to light, she must confront her destiny-and a curse that may cost her everything. Mattie has endured a lot over the last year, but now she’s faced with something even her nine lives can't survive. You can’t hide from the Devourer of Souls. The city is in a panic, parents terrified to let their children out of their sights, but it’s simply not enough. Safe in your dreams, tucked away in your heads.īecause, little children, you’ll soon be dead.Ĭhildren all over the city of Charlotte, North Carolina are vanishing and turning up dead exactly one week after their disappearance. Hush little children, all snug in your beds, ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wolves of Andover by Kathleen Kent is the prequel to the very popular The Heretic's Daughter. Before they can think about the future, however, Thomas must settle some long-standing issues that go all the way back to Cromwell's rebellion. Thomas and Martha each have secrets to hide, but as they work alongside each other trust builds, and their relationship deepens. Patience's husband, Daniel, has hired two indentured servants: the tall, strong, and mysterious Thomas Carrier and his younger companion, John, an amiable and hardworking Scotsman. Even if Martha can't get a husband, she can certainly help out by cooking and cleaning and helping out her extended family. At nineteen, she is too old to be a dependent, so her parents send her to live with her cousin Patience, who is pregnant with her third child. Martha Allen is stubborn and strong willed-not the best traits for a woman on the verge of spinsterhood in colonial Massachusetts. ![]() ![]() He has lectured at the Kremlin, the Knesset, the French National Assembly, the House of Lords, and at many great universities. In addition to his unparalleled legal career, Mr Dershowitz has written, taught, and lectured about history, philosophy, psychology, literature, mathematics, theology, music, sports, and even delicatessens. His recent books include The Case for Liberalism, Defending the Constitution, and Cancel Culture. He is likewise the author of more than forty non-fiction works and three novels, some of which have been translated into multiple languages and become #1 New York Times Best Sellers. Mr Dershowitz is also an accomplished scholar and writer, having published more than one thousand articles in many of the world’s most prominent journals and newspapers. He continues to consult actively-in many cases bro bono-on both transnational and domestic criminal and civil liberty cases. ![]() These cases have involved the Pentagon Papers, the impeachments of Presidents Clinton and Trump, Bush vs Gore, and Julian Assange, among many others. As a lawyer he has been at the front lines of several of the most significant legal and constitutional cases of the past half century. Mr Dershowitz was educated at Brooklyn College and Yale Law School, and at the age of 28 became the youngest full professor in Harvard Law School’s history. ![]() He is a Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School (Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus). Dershowitz is a world-renowned lawyer, legal scholar, and author. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Wolfblade jennifer fallon![]() ![]() The Demon Child Trilogy follows R'shiel Tenragan as she accepts her fate as the demon child and tries to hold the fabric of her world together while defeating the Karien god, Xaphista, and bringing about some much-needed changes to the four main countries of Medalon, Hythria, Fardohnya and Karien with help from multiple characters she befriends. It also follows stories of various characters intertwined with that of Marla Wolfblade and explains much of the history in the following Demon Child history (which was published first) as it follows Damin Wolfblade and Marla's other children growing up and how the state of affairs presented in The Demon Child Trilogy came to be. ![]() The Wolfblade Trilogy follows the life of Marla Wolfblade from the age of 15 until she is in her 40s. There are also 2 connected companion books, Elezaar's Rules of Faining and Weilding Power and the very tongue in cheek, The Magic Word. The Hythrun Chronicles is an epic, worldwide bestselling fantasy told in 4 trilogies: The Wolfblade Trilogy, The Demon Child Trilogy, The War of the Gods Trilogy, Slave Queen Trilogy, and a novella ( First Kill). ![]() |