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“A poignant and powerful reminder that homelessness is not
hopelessness.” —Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book
Hattie Big Sky Two sisters struggle to keep their father’s
disappearance a secret in this tender middle grade novel that’s
perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.
Twelve-year-old Lulu and her younger sister, Serena, have a secret.
As Daddy always says, “it’s best if we keep it to ourselves,”
and so they have. But hiding your past is one thing. Hiding where
you live—and that your Daddy has gone missing—is harder. At
first Lulu isn’t worried. Daddy has gone away once before and he
came back. But as the days add up, with no sign of Daddy, Lulu
struggles to take care of the responsibilities they used to manage
as a family. Lulu knows that all it takes is one slip-up for their
secret to come spilling out, for Lulu and Serena to be separated,
and for the good things that have been happening in school to be
lost. But family is all around us, and Lulu must learn to trust her
new friends and community to save those she loves and to finally
find her true home.
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Wintergarden
Janet Fox; Illustrated by Jasu Hu
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R373
Discovery Miles 3 730
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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At the height of World War II, Isaac Wolf's parents send him from
his home in Prague to Scotland alone. They give him a pendant in
the shape of an eternity knot, and assure him that he will be safe
if he can find this symbol in Scotland. The clue leads him to
Rookskill Castle and the gifted children of the Special Alternative
Intelligence Unit of MI6 who are learning to harness their magical
powers to support the Allies' cause. With the help of his new
friends, Isaac has to unlock his powers and unravel the reason his
parents sent him Rookskill Castle. To solve the meaning of the
eternity knot, he must hunt down a series of magical artifacts
scattered through eras of the past. But he's not the only artifact
hunter, and soon he finds himself in a race against Nazi spies and
an even more sinister magical enemy. Can Isaac solve the puzzle,
save his parents, and defeat the evil in our world and beyond, all
before the clock runs out?
Do you feel ready to explode? Are you between a rock and a hard
place? Are you floundering around in the dark? Do you feel like a
puppet on a string? Are you bored out of your skull? Elevate that
metaphor! The stories and similes you use to describe the obstacles
in your life can lead you to overcome those obstacles. Analogies
and allegories can be the best way to increase emotional resilience
and personal effectiveness. The Playful Power of Metaphor is a
lively, thought-provoking and practical guide to accomplishing more
of what you want by learning to shift perspectives.
A selection of Janet Fox's finest fantasy and horror stories. Janet
Fox is a long-time writer of fantasy and horror short stories. She
has had stories published in such magazines and anthologies as
Year's Best Horror, Year's Best Fantasy, The Twilight Zone
Magazine, 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares and Sword and Sorceress,
as well as many small press publications. Under the pen name Alex
McDonough, she wrote five novels in the Scorpio series published by
Ace Books.
Poetry in all that she does is her hallmark, and few are able to
equal it ... -- Charles L. Grant (noted author and critic Jessica
Amanda Salmonson) described Janet Fox by saying: A regular in
Year's Best Horror Stories, she has published in Amazons ,
Fantastic, Moonbroth, Space & Time, Year's Best Fantasy, and
many other magazines and anthologies. She might have added:
Whispers, Shadows, Fears, and The Twilight Zone Magazine, among
others. single-author short story collection nowadays, one of the
best books of the year would be the The Best of Janet Fox. The lead
story might well be 'Witches'. including the lead tale in this book
... Witches. Here are the contents of this marvelous and
long-overdue collection: the Kingdom of the Thorn, from Whispers; A
Witch in Time and Demon & Demoiselle from Fantastic Stories;
Morrien's Bitch, from Amazons ; Screaming to Get Out, from
Weirdbook; Valentine, from Shadows; Taking Care of Bertie, from
Eldritch Tales; The Skins You Love to Touch, from Shadows; Garage
Sale, from The Twilight Zone Magazine; Surrogate, from Fears; and
Alliances (a sequel to Morrien's Bitch), which is new in this
volume.
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