Bravely and fearlessly, Ramona Quimby approaches first grade, but in short order she's upset by her mother's return to work, a teacher who doesn't understand her, and what appear to be monsters under the bed. What else could possibly go wrong?Well, plenty. Whether she's proudly defending older sister Beezus from the taunts of sixth-grade boys or enduring a copycat classmate, Ramona has never felt so misunderstood. Will she give in to her frights--or will she exhibit the spunk her family warmly believes she possesses?Beverly Cleary draws a loving portrait of a little girl learning to face down her fears. With lively new illustrations by Jacqueline Rogers, this vibrant edition of Ramona the Brave is a delight. Views: 55
Revisit this fan-favorite Christmas romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Merline Lovelace! Vampire Delilah Wentworth's hunt for a dentist on Christmas Eve lands her in the arms of police sergeant Brett Cooper, a mortal who gave up on the Christmas spirit, and on love, years ago. Incapable of returning home by herself, Delilah needs Brett's protection for the night—a night that leaves her aching for a forbidden mortal romance, and leaves Brett questioning whether he has truly given up on love after all. Originally published in 2008 Views: 55
It's the year 2105. Dr. Jordan Lewis, paralyzed from the waist down in a childhood accident, is part of a research team working to create a device that will restore her mobility. While recovering from surgery, Jordan finds the diaries of Maggie Downs, a woman who died in an accident strangely similar to Jordan's own, but more than one hundred years ago. Maggie begins to haunt Jordan's dreams, and Jordan becomes convinced that she is trying to contact her. Can love bridge the barriers of death and time? Jordan is determined to find out. Views: 54
Amazon.com ReviewThis fictionalized autobiography of Daisy Goodwill Flett, captured in Daisy's vivacious yet reflective voice, has been winning over readers since its publication in 1995, when it won the From Publishers WeeklyAny performer has her work cut out for her when a novel takes place in several settings with inhabitants possessing distinctive regional accents. Shield's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel takes the listener from the plains of central Canada to Bloomington, Ind., and the Orkney Islands. Botsford is an excellent performer with a smooth and easy-to-listen-to reading voice, but she doesn't have a gift for imitating linguistic variations. The women of Daisy's Bloomington circle have Southern lilts worthy of Gone with the Wind. Readers would expect the voices of this coterie to age as Daisy does, but no accommodation is made for this possibility. Within each locale the voices are quite distinct, though the voice of Daisy, the center of the novel, stands out least of all, appropriately enough, for in this work we see her life through the eyes of others. This is an important and deft novel and it's about time that it was recorded, even in this overly abridged version. Shields's writing still makes this worth a listen. Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Views: 54
Everyone calls him TD. His name, Thomas David. He’s a spoiled, self centered bastard. A real prick! 'TD stands for Touch Down, Baby. I always score.' And he does. I dubbed him “Tool Driver” because, well yes, he has an incredible tool and knows how to drive it. He scored with me, then said words that rocked my world forever. I'm your stepbrother. Now five years later: DAMN HIM! I hate him so bad! Views: 54
"A harrowing story. A worthy supplement to the reports of Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel." - Kirkus Reviews"This is a fascinating story of survival against the worst of odds." - JT NewsA searing, brutal account of a French teenager's survival in Auschwitz... and a major addition to Holocaust literature.In 1943, 18-year-old Pierre Berg picked the wrong time to visit a friend's house--at the same time as the Gestapo. He was thrown into the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. But through a mixture of savvy and chance, he managed to survive...and ultimately got out alive. "As far as I'm concerned," says Berg, "it was all shithouse luck, which is to say--inelegantly--that I kept landing on the right side of the randomness of life."Such begins the first memoir of a French gentile Holocaust survivor published in the U.S. Originally penned shortly after the war when memories were still fresh, Scheisshaus Luck recounts Berg's constant struggle in the camps, escaping death countless times while enduring inhumane conditions, exhaustive labor, and near starvation. The book takes readers through Berg's time in Auschwitz, his hair's breadth avoidance of Allied bombing raids, his harrowing "death march" out of Auschwitz to Dora, a slave labor camp (only to be placed in another forced labor camp manufacturing the Nazis' V1 & V2 rockets), and his eventual daring escape in the middle of a pitched battle between Nazi and Red Army forces.Utterly frank and tinged with irony, irreverence and gallows humour, Scheisshaus Luck ranks in importance among the work of fellow survivors Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi. As we quickly approach the day when there will be no living eyewitnesses to the Nazi's "Final Solution," Berg's memoir stands as a searing reminder of how the Holocaust affected us all. Views: 54
