![]() ![]() Charlotte finds herself the only passenger and the only female on the ship, the Seahawk. Her upper-class upbringing and her education give her a very sheltered and narrow view of life. ![]() The story starts in the early summer of 1832, as thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle prepares to take a voyage from Liverpool, England, to her family's home in Providence, Rhode Island. The novel was well received and won several awards, including being named as a Newbery Honor book in 1991. The book chronicles the evolution of the title character as she is pushed outside her naive existence and learns about life aboard a ship crossing from England to America in 1832. The book is marketed towards children at a reading level of grades 5–8. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is a historical novel by the American author Avi published in 1990. ![]()
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Specifically for the English translation (2011) of this particular book, done by Kim Chi-young, she won the 2011 ‘The Man Asian Literary Prize,’ the very first bagged by a woman. ![]() She has won several notable awards and accolades throughout her career. ![]() ![]() ![]() But escaping her demise has had dire consequences for the rest of the world. ![]() Along the way he meets a mysterious girl-distinguished by a pair of graveyard eyes-as badass as Slim: she happens to be the only person who ever outwitted Death. Stark follows a sordid trail deep into LA’s subterranean world, from vampire-infested nightclubs to talent agencies specializing in mad ghosts, from Weimar Republic mystical societies to sleazy supernatural underground fight and sex clubs. 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The God Only Knows VIP Experience has been a great success! ![]() ![]() ![]() The last bastion of hope lies at the top of the Needle, the royal prison where Peter plans a daring escape. But Thomas has a secret that has turned his days into nightmares and his nights into prayed-for oblivion. Flagg saw it all and smiled, for now Prince Thomas, a young boy easily swayed to Flagg's own purposes, would rule the kingdom. ![]() Yet a tiny mouse is enough to bring him down, a mouse that chances upon a grain of Dragon Sand behind Peter's shelves and dies crying tears of fire and belching gray smoke. Roland's time is nearly over, though, and young Prince Peter, tall and handsome, the measure of a king in all ways, stands to inherit the realm. Through the spyhole it conceals, the court magician observes King Roland-old, weak, yet still a king. In four hundred years, he has walked it many times, in many guises, but now the passage serves its true purpose. The passage through the castle is dim, sensed by few and walked by only one. ![]() A tale of archetypal heroes and sweeping adventures, of dragons and princes and evil wizards-as only Stephen King can tell it! ![]() ![]() ![]() I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and the lighthearted tone makes it a good read for those simply looking for a fun summertime book. Leah on the Offbeat follows the best friend of Simon Spier as she tries to stick to the beat of what she already knows. Maybe, just maybe, being on the offbeat might be exactly what she needs. She is navigating a breakup within their friend group, clashing views on colleges, and turbulent friendships – all while battling newfound feelings she had thought she had left behind years ago.Īs one of her friends tries to come to terms with their discovered sexuality, it's up to Leah to decide whether her actions make or break the fragile bonds of friendship that are threatening to fall apart just when everyone is scared of letting go. ![]() Now close to senior prom and graduation, Leah's friend group begins to fracture in a way she couldn't have imagined, and everything feels offbeat. She's also the daughter of a young, single mother and they live in a neighborhood that perhaps isn't as posh as the rest of her peers. While Leah knows who she is, she finds it harder to broadcast that fact to the rest of the world, whether it be her body-image, her artistic talent, or even her sexuality. She has always been the outsider of the group of friends she hangs out with (now all high school seniors). Leah Burke is great at keeping on beat - at least when it comes to drumming. Diverse Easy Reader | Illustrated Chapter. ![]() ![]() ![]() Part family story and part urban history, a landmark investigation of segregation and urban decay in Chicago - and cities across the nation The promised land for thousands of Southern blacks, postwar Chicago quickly became the most segregated city in the North, the site of the nation's worst ghettos and the target of Martin Luther King Jr.'s first campaign beyond the South. ![]() That's because it hones in on the relationship between one specific black community and one specific Jewish community and thus revels in the particular humanity of all its actors." -Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic It is, by far, the best book I've ever read on the relationship between blacks and Jews. 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