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America is not the heart elaine castillo5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Caring for Roni becomes Hero’s entry into the Filipinx-American borderlands-an expansive yet often overlooked facet of American culture. She moves in with her uncle, Pol De Vera, a blue-blooded surgeon turned security guard, his wife, Paz, an immigrant nurse responsible for her family’s survival and their American-born daughter, Roni, a dark-skinned, eczema-ridden nine-year-old. The protagonist, Hero De Vera, is a former communist rebel faced with yet another new life-this time, in Milpitas, California. Elaine Castillo’s debut novel, America Is Not the Heart, tells the captivating story of a Filipinx family living abroad in the shadow of the Philippines’ dictatorial Marcos regime. ![]()
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Cards of Love by Jenika Snow5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What I felt for her was that crazy kind of love. Lese ehrliche und unvoreingenommene Rezensionen von unseren Nutzern. I probably shouldn’t have embraced my feelings for Harlow. Finde hilfreiche Kundenrezensionen und Rezensionsbewertungen für Cards of Love: Judgment (English Edition) auf. I knew keeping her as mine probably wasn’t smart, because she was far too good for the likes of me. ![]() She was the one person, aside from my own mother, who cared about what I thought and how I felt. She was the prettiest girl I’d ever seen, with her shy glances at me, her questions that delved deep. I would have been classified as the bad boy, the guy your mother warned you about.Īnd when I transferred to Silver Creek High to finish my senior year, I had one goal-keep my head down, don’t let anyone piss me off enough to get into a fight, and graduate. I got into too much trouble, too many fights. My family didn’t have any wealth, so I was “that guy from the wrong side of the tracks.” Cards of Love: Judgment eBook : Snow, Jenika:. I wasn’t a jock, wasn’t the pretty boy next door. ![]()
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Call me irresistible5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Not likely at all.Ĭall Me Irresistible is the book Susan Elizabeth Phillips's readers and listeners have long awaited. What's the worst that can happen? Lose her heart to the one and only Mr. Faster than Lucy can say "I don't", Meg becomes the most hated woman in town - a town she's stuck in with a dead car, an empty wallet, and a very angry bridegroom.īroke, stranded, and without her famous parents at her back, Meg is sure she can survive on her own wits. ![]() The other is not happy about it and is determined to save her friend from a mess of heartache.īut even though Meg knows that breaking up her best friend's wedding is the right thing to do, no one else seems to agree. Irresistible - Ted Beaudine - the favorite son of Wynette, Texas. Lucy Jorik is the daughter of a former president of the United States. ![]()
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A little bit country brian kennedy5/24/2023 ![]() Neither boy is looking for romance, but sparks fly when they meet-and soon they’re inseparable. But when his mom’s medical bills start piling up, he takes a job at the last place he wants: a restaurant at Wanda World. As the grandson of Verna Rose, the disgraced singer who had a famous falling out with Wanda Jean, Luke knows how much pain country music has brought his family. But for now, he’s happy to do the next best thing: Stay with his aunt in Jackson Hollow, Tennessee, for the summer and perform at the amusement park owned by his idol, country legend Wanda Jean Stubbs. Perfect for fans of Erin Hahn, Phil Stamper, and David Levithan.Įmmett Maguire wants to be country music’s biggest gay superstar-a far reach when you’re seventeen and living in Illinois. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this heartfelt and funny contemporary romance inspired by Dollywood, about two boys who fall in love against the backdrop of a country music-themed amusement park, from debut author Brian D. ![]()
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The scarlet letter novel5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Despite this humiliation, Hester refused to reveal the name of the babys father. ![]() Hester was also forced to stand on the scaffold for three hours to publically shame her for the sin. Hawthorne used the judgment and sentence of the Puritans as the name of this novel. Eventually Hester and Arthur committed adultery, and she became pregnant. ![]() She turned to a local pastor, Arthur Dimmesdale, for comfort. Hester was alone and worked as a seamstress. He planned to join her later, but instead was captured by Indians and assumed to be dead. Hester was sent to the New World by her husband. It tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman condemned by the Puritan religious community. Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter is a historical fiction novel. “Dark Romanticism in Historical Fiction Novel “The Scarlet Letter”” ![]()
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Transcription by kate atkinson summary5/24/2023 ![]() Atkinson loves her research, but she doesn't need much help concocting original stories that resemble no one else's and take the breath away. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of the best writers of our time. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit, and empathy. ![]() A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. ![]() But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. ![]() A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life ![]()
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Variant lost kaydence snow5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Together, they could be unimaginably powerful, but being bonded by the Light itself isn’t always a blessing, and Eve’s dangerous past could curse them all. ![]() It’s all about Evelyn, a teenager who believes she’s a human until she ends up at the Bradford Hill Institute for training supernaturally-gifted people. But something has always been missing and she may have just arrived with a scholarship and a glint in her enchanting, curious eyes. EVELYN MAYNARD TRILOGY BY KAYDENCE SNOW 1. Eve is one of the only humans at her new school, brimming with those born with Variant DNA - and coveted superhuman abilities.īound by shared tragedy, Ethan, Josh, Tyler and Alec - and their unique powers - are revered amongst Variants. But a scholarship to the exclusive Bradford Hills Institute offers her a safe haven and a fresh start. A power that could ruin them all.ĭriven by a promise to keep her identity secret, tenacious Evelyn Maynard is all alone in the world. A captivating story about finding your soulmates in a world fought with unseen dangers, Variant Lost is an Amazon Top 100 bestseller! ![]()
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Feed matthew tobin anderson pdf5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This novel has also attained its prestigious reputation based on the effort Anderson dedicated to researching the historical aspects of the book. Teenagers are able to understand and relate to the story without having to know all the historical details in the novel. The novel is praised for its creativity and chaotic storyline. The Pox Party, part one, is told in Octavian’s voice while The Kingdom on the Waves is told in a sequence of letters. ![]() Octavian’s mother dies from a college-mandated smallpox inoculation, and Octavian is forced to see the world for what it is. Octavian becomes part of a college study, attempting to gauge the intelligence and overall potential of African Americans. Taking readers back to the birth of the United States, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation features the son of an African princess, raised in unique circumstances, having been brought to the American colonies. ![]()
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Ever by gail carson levine5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Her deepest wish is to save the kingdom of Bamarre. The Two Princesses of Bamarre couldn’t be more different. High Cat., 01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist YA Cat., and 00 Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award Grades 6 8 Cat.Ģ000 List of Popular Paperbacks for YA and 00 Judy Lopez Memorial Award Honor BookĪ story of danger and desperation. Ella soon realizes that this gift is little better than a curse, for how can she truly be herself if at anytime anyone can order her to hop on one foot, or cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom’and she’ll have to obey? Against a bold tapestry of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella’s quest to break the curse once and for all and discover who she really is is as sharply funny as Catherine, Called Birdy and as richly poignant as Beauty, and has all the marks of a classic in the making.Ġ0 Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Book Award, 99 00 Black Eyed Susan Award Gr 6 9 Cat, 00 CA Young Reader Medal Mid. In this incredible debut novel comes the richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who at birth was given the gift of obedience by a fairy. Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella goes on a quest to break the curse once and for all. Ella must obey any order given to her, whether it’s hopping on one foot for a day and a half, or chopping off her own head! But strong willed Ella does not tamely accept her fate. At her birth, Ella of Frell was the unfortunate recipient of a foolish fairy’s gift the ‘gift’ of obedience. ![]()
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The addendum by melanie moreland5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But falling for each other means exposing their painful pasts. As their witty office banter turns into late night chats, Liya starts to think he might be the one man who truly accepts her. Especially if you like that whole gorgeous, charming lawyer-in-a-good-suit thing. What's not surprising: he's not too thrilled to see her either after that humiliating fiasco. Imagine her surprise when the same guy shows up at her office a week later - the new lawyer hired to rescue her struggling company. The moment she realizes her parents' latest dinner party is a setup with the man they want her to marry, she's out the back door in a flash. Liya Thakkar is a successful biochemical engineer, takeout enthusiast, and happily single woman. Strong-willed and proudly single, an engineer walks out when her parents set her up with a lawyer - but when work brings them together again, she just might give love a second chance. ![]() |