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![]() ![]() ![]() Arms races, all of them, going nowhere." Ages 12 up. Roaring Brook, 17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-59643-892-7 In this smart and fresh supernatural take on the spy novel, it’s 1963, and the Soviet Union and United. As one character puts it: "Space, weapons, psychics. 439 followers Author of 45 books including Sekret Follow author Lindsay is the author of multiple novels for young adults, including Sekret and A Darkly Beating Heart, as well as the comic series Black Swan. Debut novelist Smith's background in foreign affairs and Russian culture shines through in the historical context of her story and the political savvy of her characters and plot. Though Yulia yearns for escape and reunite with her family, she also learns valuable skills from the KGB's psychic guardians, including how to shield her mind from other psychics through music. She is quickly swept into a world of Soviet spies, imprisoned in a house with other similarly gifted young men and women, all conscripted to unearth top-secret information from the Americans. ![]() Yulia Andreevna Chernina, 17, has the unfortunate luck of getting scooped up by the psychic branch of the KGB for her ability to "read" the past when she touches an object. ![]() In this smart and fresh supernatural take on the spy novel, it's 1963, and the Soviet Union and United States are deep into the Cold War, with spycraft a necessary trade on both sides. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Read moreĪlthough set in the future, this is a fantasy novel and a 2018 Lone Star book!The Faeregines have ruled Impyrium for centuries, but their magic has abated, leaving them open to be overthrown. But when Hazel and Hob form an improbable friendship, their bond may save the realm as they know it…or end it for good. Hob, a commoner from the remote provinces, has been sent to the city to serve the Faeregines-and to spy on them. But the empress has other plans for her granddaughter, dark and dangerous plans to exploit Hazel’s talents and rekindle the Faeregine mystique. Hazel, the youngest member of the royal family, is happy to leave ruling to her sisters so that she can study her magic. Whether it’s treachery from a rival house, the demon Lirlanders, or rebel forces, many believe the Faeregines are ripe to fall. But the family’s magic has been fading, and with it their power over the empire. Neff’s new high-stakes middle grade fantasy follows two unlikely allies as they confront a conspiracy that will shake the world of Impyrium to its core.įor over three thousand years, the Faeregine dynasty has ruled Impyrium. A new classic in the fantasy genre." -Eoin Colfer, author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series A 2018 TEXAS LONE STAR READING LIST PICK! ![]() ![]() Okay I need to get my thoughts in order here because this has been such a wild ride. Skye thought she was finally safe … but maybe there’s no such thing. Missing shifters, a dying population, and pack wars are causing their sanctuary to crumble around them. When the Blackwater pack decides to help the Markhams, Skye becomes one of his own … In more ways than one, if his wolf has anything to say about it.Īs Skye and Remy’s lives collide, the shifter world starts to implode. Remy Holt has spent years guarding his pack - his family - from threats as the next alpha in line. ![]() A life she thought only existed in dreams is now within reach. Against all odds, Skye tries to create a new life for herself. ![]() ![]() Goodreads Description - A survivor on the runīarely escaping with her life, Skye Markham and her mother flee their sadistic pack and seek sanctuary within Blackwater. ![]() ![]() ![]() It emphasizes the points of view of each character as the story unravels. Literary elements at work in the story: This fictional story has a plot of forgiveness and understanding that move through the characters in the story. The ending does indicate that these circumstances will happen again. ![]() He helps fix her stuffed animal, and she is thankful to the bear. The bear seeks her out to confront her that he did nothing wrong, but is met at her door by the girl who apologizes right away. She realizes sometimes things happen by accident, and no one is to blame. When home, she finds that even she can make mistakes, and damages her own loved stuffed animal in her anger over the kite. The girl proceeds to stomp all the way home, blaming the broken kite on the sleeping bear, calling it a ‘Horrible Bear’. The bear unknowingly rolls over, and the kite is damaged. Summary: A young girl finds herself feeling very angry when her kite lands in the cave of a bear. Audience: Early primary (Would be appropriate for 4-5 year olds also.) ![]() ![]() ![]() With the giant cube in particular, you can rush it and use heavy melee attacks to stagger it and make it collapse, as this one’s an especially easy, slow target.In all of these, seek out the green cube. This can result in humanoid forms, a giant cube, and several rows of cubes that will attempt to crush you. ![]() Enough attacks and it will collapse and restructure.Think of it like a boss in a Souls game, as your attacks will drop their poise. Approach the construct and keep firing arrows at the green cube, even when the eye isn’t facing you, to chip away at it.Select the Bomb Flower if you have one, and shoot the eye as it spins around, and you’ll take off about a quarter of its HP instantly, as I found out for myself in a second attempt.Hold ‘ZR’ to draw your bow, then hit ‘Up’ on the D-Pad to select an item to attach to your arrows.Spot the Flux Construct 1 from afar it’ll be assembled as a tower with its eye spinning around the platform. ![]() ![]() At the same time, Devlin takes over Trader's body. ![]() One morning, a quiet, responsible luthier (guitar-maker), Leonard Trader, wakes up in the body of charming ne'er-do-well Johnny Devlin. De Lint fans will enjoy time spent with a host of beloved Newford characters, including Jilly, Geordie and Joseph Crazy Dog (aka Bones), among others.įeaturing a new afterword unique to this edition.Ī master of urban fantasy returns with one of his finest works. Penniless, friendless and homeless, Max is forced into a new existence as a homeless person, leading him eventually to a strange otherworld where he must confront his past, future, and what makes up the very essence of his identity. When they inexplicably wake up in each other's bodies, Johnny happily moves into Max's stable life, leaving Max to contend with the shambles of Devlin’s. What is truly important, and what is truly you, when everything is stripped away? In this evocative novel, we meet Max Trader, a renowned guitar-maker living a solitary, quiet life and Johnny Devlin, a small-time con man out to scam anyone, including his girlfriend. ![]() ![]() Morelli can't afford a lot on a cop's salary, and Mooner will work for potatoes. Morelli hires Walter "Mooner" Dunphy, stoner and "inventor" turned crime fighter, to protect his house. He's getting threatening messages, Loretta is kidnapped, and Dom is missing. ![]() Less than a week after Dom's release from prison, Joe Morelli has shadowy figures breaking into his house and dying in his basement. The Complications: Murder, kidnapping, destruction of personal property, and acid reflux Morelli is a cop, Rizzi robs banks, and Loretta is a single mother waiting tables at the firehouse. Joe Morelli, Dom Rizzi, and Dom's sister, Loretta, are cousins. The Crime: Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollarsĭom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money, and did the time. ![]() ![]() Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first session is a ‘hook’ for learning.Essential resources included for the activities.Focus vocabulary and links to common exception words and NC word lists.Examples of grammar skills pupils are expected to use.This builds towards a final extended writing task in which pupils can apply the skills with confidence and independence. Throughout the unit of work, pupils are given the opportunity to repeatedly practise these skills through meaningful short pieces of writing linked to the text. Each plan comprises 15 sessions to teach a small number of key writing skills from the National Curriculum. ![]() What are Stepping Stones? Stepping Stones by The Literacy Company are our short term literacy plans for teachers which introduce our text-based mastery approach to writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() deftly evokes seventeenth-century Amsterdam’s vibrant atmosphere.” - Los Angeles Times “An artful novel in every sense of the word. reads like a thriller.” - The New York Times Book Review Seldom has a novel so vividly evoked a time, a place, and a passion. In this richly imagined international bestseller, Deborah Moggach has created the rarest of novels-a lush, lyrical work of fiction that is also compulsively readable. Ambitions, desires, and dreams breed a grand deception-and as the lies multiply, events move toward a thrilling and tragic climax. But as Van Loos begins to capture Sophia's likeness on canvas, a slow passion begins to burn between the beautiful young wife and the talented artist.Īs the portrait unfolds, so a slow dance is begun among the household’s inhabitants. In a bid for immortality, he commissions a portrait of them both by the talented young painter Jan van Loos. She is the prize he desires, the woman he hopes will bring him the joy that not even his considerable fortune can buy.Ĭornelis yearns for an heir, but so far he and Sophia have failed to produce one. But for wealthy merchant Cornelis Sandvoort, it is his young and beautiful wife, Sophia, who stirs his soul. Everywhere men are seduced by the fantastic exotic flower. ![]() In 1630s Amsterdam, tulipomania has seized the populace. ![]() A sensual tale of art, lust, and deception-now a major motion picture ![]() |