With The Golden Compass Philip Pullman garnered every accolade under the sun. Critics lobbed around such superlatives as “elegant,” “awe-inspiring,” “grand,” and “glittering,” and used “magnificent” with gay abandon. Each reader had a favorite chapter–or, more likely, several–from the opening tour de force to Lyras close call at Bolvangar to the great armored-bear battle. And […]
From the very start of its very first scene, The Amber Spyglass will set hearts fluttering and minds racing. All well say here is that we immediately discover who captured Lyra at the end of The Subtle Knife, though weve yet to discern whether this individuals intent is good, evil, or somewhere in between. We […]
1. THE BLACK PANTHER OF SIVANIPALLI The author, more famous for hunting man-eating tigers, finds in a wily panther a real challenger to his hunting acumen. 2. THE TIGER ROARS Hailed as the best of all of Andersons books, the celebrated author reminisces about the man-eating tigers he had tracked down, a ferocious panther fond […]
Two trees, Gloomy Water, Saucy Jane, and Maggie knows is the strange which turns a holiday hike into a treasure hunt on water for the Five.
Theres a trickster among the third-grade class at Camp Buffalo. Janna is determined to find out who it is before another frog shows up in her sleeping bag.
The court is now in session, and you are the jury. You examine the evidence. You spot the clues. You decide: Guilty or Not Guilty. Ten courtroom mysteries with illustrated clues. Answers are given-but dont peek. The final verdict is up to you.
On Solanges sixteenth birthday, she is going to wake up dead. As if thats not bad enough, she also has to outwit her seven overprotective older brothers, avoid the politics involved with being the only daughter born to an ancient vampire dynasty, and elude Kieran Black–agent of an anti-vampire league who is searching for his […]
“This is the story of the different ways we looked for treasure…” When their mother dies and their fathers business partner runs off with most of their money, the six intrepid Bastable children are determined to restore their familys fallen fortunes. Theseresourceful children squabble, make up, and have many memorable adventures, from publishing their own […]
No better introduction to William Shakespeares dramatic masterpieces exists than the delightful prose adaptations of Charles and Mary Lamb, first published in 1807. The two selected 20 of Shakespeares best-known plays and set out both to make them accessible to children and to pay enthusiastic homage to the original works. Together the Lambs distilled the […]
“An incredible and highly original premise in the hands of a gifted storyteller has resulted in this jewel of a story. It is, to paraphrase the books title, an amazing thing.” –Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting For Stone “Divakaruni is a brilliant storyteller; she illuminates the world with her artistry; and shakes the reader with […]
As Brava, Valentine begins, snow falls like glitter over Tuscany at the wedding of her grandmother, Teodora, and longtime love, Dominic. Valentines dreams are dashed when Gram announces that Alfred, “the prince,” Valentines only brother and nemesis, has been named her partner at Angelini Shoes. Devastated, Valentine falls into the arms of Gianluca, a sexy […]
Can true love triumph in the face of fierce family opposition? Mr Alis marriage bureau is flourishing but trouble isnt far away once son Rehman begins secretly to woo TV journalist Usha in the small cafes and on the beautiful beaches of South Indian Vizag in an ill-advised romance. Meanwhile the lovely Aruna has a […]
Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig never should have met. One evening, Danny, an East End cockney who works as a garage mechanic, takes his fiance?? up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. He crosses the path of Spencer Craig, a West End barrister posed to be the youngest Queen??s Counsel of his generation. […]
Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she??s struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps, and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who […]
Lucy Baker walks away from her high-flying legal career when she successfully defends yet another heinous criminal. Almost a year after her life-changing decision, Lucy has never been happier. Leaving New York City for the suburbs, tending her garden and her dog, Lucy is making future plans with her fianc??, Jonathan St. Clair — and […]
Born with a port-wine stain birthmark covering her entire right cheek, Terra Rose Cooper is ready to leave her stifling, small Washington town where everyone knows her for her face. With her critical, reproachful father and an obese mother who turns to food to deflect her fathers verbal attacks, home life for Terra isnt so […]