" A fresh riff on the Grimm Brothers' Rumpelstiltskin, told with wit from the impish point of view of the troublemaker himself." - People And don't miss Liesl Shurtliff's other fairy tale retellings: Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk and Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood. The odds are against him, but with courage and friendship-and a cheeky sense of humor-he just might triumph in the end.Ī Texas Bluebonnet finalist and winner of the ILA award for middle grade fiction, Rump is perfect for fans of Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted or Adam Gidwitz's A Tale Dark and Grimm. To break the spell, Rump must go on a perilous quest, fighting off pixies, trolls, poison apples, and a wickedly foolish queen. With each thread he spins, he weaves himself deeper into a curse. His best friend, Red Riding Hood, warns him that magic is dangerous, and she’s right. Rump discovers he has a gift for spinning straw into gold. In a magic kingdom where your name is your destiny, 12-year-old Rump is the butt of everyone's joke. But when he finds an old spinning wheel, his luck seems to change. New York Times Bestselling author Liesl Shurtliff "spins words into gold. This funny fractured fairy tale goes behind the scenes of Rumpelstiltskin.
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Because no matter how many years have passed, the incident known only as "Gabriel" in the MacAskill family is something that still haunts him.īut when his mother, one of the only people in the world who Alex felt comfortable as himself around, dies after a long illness, he suddenly has no choice but to face the very thing that he's been avoiding since that night in high school. Most of the world sees a painfully and chronically shy software engineer in his mid-20s, soft-spoken, a bit of a loner, and someone easy to escape notice wherever possible-and that's just the way Alex wants it. From the two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour: a story about a man tormented by an event from his youth, and the journey he finds himself on to heal and to learn who he is.įew people know the real Alex MacAskill. Spooner continues her series of standalone retellings of classic tales with Sherwood. But with so many people counting on her–on Robin Hood–she isn’t sure how she can in Sherwood (2019) by Meagan Spooner. With Guy getting closer to her secret, with the sheriff enraged, Marian knows she has to stop. Marian never meant to hide behind a hood, she never meant to become Robin. What began as one impulsive act quickly gains a life of its own as news of Robin’s return spreads and brings hope to people with in desperate need of it. With her options dwindling and time running short, Marian is driven to a desperate decision to don Robin’s green cloak and act as a protector when he no longer can. He hopes to cement his place as a gentleman first by laying claim to Locksley land and then by claiming Marian herself. Guy of Gisborne serves as the sheriff’s right hand. Now Marian is painfully aware of her uncertain future. They would make a life together, the way they had always planned, and they would protect Locksley town and its residents from the Sheriff of Nottingham. For years, Marian knew she would marry Robin and stand beside him when he became Lord of Locksley. When Robin of Locksley dies fighting in the Crusades for his king, it leaves Marian’s entire future uncertain. “Who are you to say that being a lady, in itself, is not its own kind of war?” Never dismiss Sarah MacLean as “merely” a writer of humorous romances. This book contains mature content and may not be suitable for younger readers. I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. The duke has a single summer to woo his wife and convince her that, despite their broken past, he can give her forever, making every day The Day of the Duchess. Haven offers her a deal Sera can have her freedom, just as soon as she finds her replacement…which requires her to spend the summer in close quarters with the husband she does not want, but somehow cannot resist. There is only one problem-he already has one.Īfter years in exile, Seraphina, Duchess of Haven, returns to London with a single goal-to reclaim the life she left and find happiness, unencumbered by the man who broke her heart. The dukedom does not wait, however, and Haven requires an heir, which means he must find himself a wife by summer’s end. Malcolm Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven, has lived the last three years in self-imposed solitude, paying the price for a mistake he can never reverse and a love he lost forever. ★★★★★ The Day of the Duchess Series: Scandal & Scoundrel #3 The Mars aspect, he felt, was irrelevant. In an interview towards the end of his life, conversation turned to a recent spate of novels set on Mars and a possible setting for a John Christopher story: strand a group of people in a remote Martian enclave and see what happens. ‘I read somewhere,’ Sam once said, ‘that I have been cited as the greatest serial killer in fictional history, having destroyed civilisation in so many different ways – through famine, freezing, earthquakes, feral youth combined with religious fanaticism, and progeria.’ He is perhaps best known as John Christopher, author of the seminal work of speculative fiction, The Death of Grass (today available as a Penguin Classic), and a stream of novels in the genre he pioneered, young adult dystopian fiction, beginning with The Tripods Trilogy. Over the following decades, his imagination flowed from science-fiction into general novels, cricket novels, medical novels, gothic romances, detective thrillers, light comedies … In all he published fifty-six novels and a myriad of short stories, under his own name as well as eight different pen-names. Samuel Youd was born in Huyton, Lancashire in April 1922, during an unseasonable snowstorm.Īs a boy, he was devoted to the newly emergent genre of science-fiction: ‘In the early thirties,’ he later wrote, ‘we knew just enough about the solar system for its possibilities to be a magnet to the imagination.’ This means that if you choose to purchase, I’ll make a small commission.) What Are the Best Colleen Hoover Books: The Top 10 Rated 4.51 Our intent is to help you figure out where to start with Hoover and then where to go next. And lastly, we’ve got a list of all Colleen Hoover books ranked, with a short synopsis for each. Then, we list out all of her books, (by publication date) and the series (in order). First, we’ve got a list of 10 top-rated Colleen Hoover books. This guide is divided into three sections. If you are new to the party or you’ve read one book and don’t know where to go next, we are here to help you with this list of the best Colleen Hoover books. Usually it’s just new(ish) books that hit the list and then they eventually fade away, only to be replaced by another new book.īut CoHo (as her rabid fans call her), keeps finding new audiences who are gobbling up her books, and keeping her at the top of the charts. For those of you who aren’t in the biz, this is positively unheard of. This year, she has regularly sustained 3-5 books on the New York Times bestseller list. Along the way, she’s written 25 books, built a loyal audience and sold over 20 million books. It managed to hit the New York Times bestseller list in seven months. Colleen Hoover self-published her first novel Slammed, in 2012. Bell believed that the momentum of Arab nationalism was unstoppable, and that the British government should ally with nationalists rather than stand against them. She participated in both the 1919 Paris Peace Conference (briefly) and the 1921 Cairo Conference, which helped decide the territorial boundaries and governments of the post-War Middle East as part of the partition of the Ottoman Empire. During her lifetime, she was highly esteemed and trusted by British officials such as High Commissioner for Mesopotamia Percy Cox, giving her great influence. She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making as an Arabist due to her knowledge and contacts built up through extensive travels. Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist. Publisher's Note: This book was previously released under the same title. But in this opposites-attract erotic drama, maybe it’s the differences between them that make staying together worth the fight. One a jock and the other a geek, both men know the differences between them are vast and could cause problems. He most certainly never expects to fall in love. So his fascination with the soft-spoken Englishman surprises him, and their mutual attraction is completely unexpected. He doesn’t expect to be intrigued by the science fiction-loving, geeky guy with dark-rimmed glasses and a TARDIS-blue shirt. In need of a new accountant to sort out his nightmarish shoebox of tax receipts, he’s referred to Logan Willis. But if opposites attract, maybe it’s the differences between them that make it worth the fight.īrent Kelly is a laid-back tradesman whose only concerns are drinks with friends and which man to bed next. Brent is a jock, Logan a geek, these men are a world apart. Following an attempt by antagonist Hinkum Stepfitchler (the son of Birch's mentor) to discredit Birch's thesis, Hermux and pilot Linka Perflinger accompany Birch to the Western desert, where they confirm that the feline civilization existed, and that the rodent population were its slaves. In each one Hermux Tantamoq, mouse, watchmaker, and occasional detective, is the main character.Īt the beginning of the story, protagonist Hermux Tantamoq is approached by his father's friend, Birch Tentintrotter, to investigate whether the present-day rodent civilization was preceded, and its technology informed, by a feline civilization now obscured. The Sands of Time is the second in the Hermux Tantamoq series beginning with Time Stops for No Mouse, followed by No Time Like Show Time, and Time to Smell the Roses. The Sands of Time is a children's fantasy novel by Michael Hoeye. Ventura County Sheriff’s Office updated the public Thursday afternoon that over 100 personnel, including specialized divers from nearby counties, are now involved in the recovery mission for Naya in Lake Piru. The next day, Josey was found floating in a rented boat alone with his life vest on and saying his mother went for a swim and never came back up, according to media reports. The tweet led to thousands of likes and hundreds of responses, mainly asking her for a picture of her life with 4-year-old son Josey. On Tuesday, the 33-year-old actress-singer quote tweeted a fan requesting a second book and asked fans what they wanted to read. Title: Sorry Not Sorry Author: Naya Rivera Publisher: Penguin Group USA ISBN: 9780399184987 Length: 0.59 inch Width: 5. There’s still a thirteen-year-old girl inside of me making detailed lists of how I can improve, who’s never sure of my own self-worth. In her own words, she describes telling her story as always striving to be her best self: In the book, she discusses her “successes and missteps, urging young women to pursue their dreams and to refuse to let past mistakes define them,” per publisher Penguin Random House. Naya, who started her acting career as an adorable girl fixture in 1990s Black sitcoms including Family Matters and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, wrote a memoir called Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up in 2016. Glee actress Naya Rivera is currently missing in Lake Piru in Southern California as of Wednesday, but the active tweeter with 1.5 million followers had just asked her fans the day before what they would like to see in her second book. |