Noah is a would-be filmmaker who has trouble making friends and understanding people. In Noah Green Saves the World, by Laura Toffler-Corrie, Noah thinks that this summer, the best place for him is the David Lynch Film Camp, to work on his film "opus," and not his parents' choice, Camp Challah, to work on his bar mitzvah project. But before camp starts, Noah's grandfather, "Pops" takes him aside, along with Simon, a new arrival but not quite friend, and tells them both "It's up to you to save the world!" Is Pops just confused, or is he onto something? When a pigeon flies into camp carrying mysterious messages, Noah and Simon wonder if maybe they do really have to save the world. With help from his new friends, Josh, Tyler, environmentalist and upcoming singer-songwriter Mia, and even his popular sister Lily, Noah finds that he can make films, make friends, do his bar mitzvah project, and maybe even save the world after all. Views: 272
A Recommended Book FromThe Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * Vulture * LitHub * Crime Reads From the award-winning author of Wonder Valley and Visitation Street comes a serial killer story like you've never seen before—a literary thriller of female empowerment and social changeIn West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as "these women." These women on the corner ... These women in the club ... These women who won't stop asking questions ... These women who got what they deserved ... In her masterful new novel, Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They're connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though not all of them know that yet. There's Dorian, still adrift after her daughter's murder remains unsolved; Julianna, a young dancer nicknamed Jujubee, who lives... Views: 272
'You're only going to get burned.''By what?''Monsters,' she calls into the night. 'And girls who go looking for them.'In a lonely Swiss mountain village, Kira's holiday erupts. It's winter, it's eerie, and out in the woods, something imbeds its claws into her sister. When Romy returns, she's different. She's violent, inhuman, and by rights, should be dead. But all their parents care about is that she's still alive. That is... until their parents disappear. In the otherworldly forest, Kira starts to pry, but secrets like to be kept. Alongside sarcastic Scotsman Callum, Kira stumbles upon the folkloric world of Whiteland, eating all she knows.Something has changed. It's all but imperceptible, but present nonetheless; a change in the air, or a shift in her perceptions. She stills, listening, sensing.If Kira runs away, she'll be safe. If she doesn't, her family might not survive. In the end, there's no mercy in revenge. Views: 272
And Then There Were None meets The Last Time I Lied in this gripping thriller. In 1995, six university students moved into the house at 215 Caldwell Street. Months later, one of them was found dead on the sofa the morning after their end-of-year party. His death was ruled an accident by the police. The remaining five all knew it wasn't, and though they went on with their lives, the truth of what happened to their sixth housemate couldn't stay buried forever. Twenty years later, all five of them arrive—lured separately under various pretenses—at Wolfheather House, a crumbling, secluded mansion on the Scottish isle of Doon. Trapped inside with no way out and no signal to the outside world, the now forty-somethings fight each other—and the unknown mastermind behind their gathering—as they confront the role they played in their housemate's death. They are given one choice: confess to their crimes or die. They Did... Views: 272
Just because she has fiery red hair, doesn't mean that Aubrey has the temperament to match it. Actually, it was quite the opposite, Aubrey was the shy one out of the group of friends. Maybe it was the horrors she'd had to endure growing up or maybe it was because until she'd met her four best friends that summer long ago, she'd never felt a connection before. Now, as her best friends find love, she starts to dream about the day she could open her own life to something bigger, and she'd been dreaming for a while now about who she wanted to share it with. Aiden was the first employee the five friends had hired on at River Camps. He'd been there since the first nail was struck on the remodel and was excited when they had decided to keep him on around the camps to build more cabins. Seeing what his hard work had done for the place, he couldn't help feeling pride as he walked around the place. The only thing that made his steps falter was bumping into the very sexy... Views: 272
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our timeWritten during the early months of lockdown, Intimations explores ideas and questions prompted by an unprecedented situation. What does it mean to submit to a new reality—or to resist it? How do we compare relative sufferings? What is the relationship between time and work? In our isolation, what do other people mean to us? How do we think about them? What is the ratio of contempt to compassion in a crisis? When an unfamiliar world arrives, what does it reveal about the world that came before it?Suffused with a profound intimacy and tenderness in response to these extraordinary times, Intimations is a slim, suggestive volume with a wide scope, in which Zadie Smith clears a generous space for thought, open enough for each reader to reflect on what has happened—and what should come... Views: 272
'Surely destined to conquer the world . . . Astonishingly good' RUTH JONES'So beautifully written . . . will remain with you for a long time' LYNDA LA PLANTE'Contender for thriller of the year' JON COATES, SUNDAY EXPRESSWith the staggering intensity of James Lee Burke and the absorbing narrative of Jane Harper's The Dry, We Begin at the End is a powerful novel about absolute love and the lengths we will go to keep our family safe. This is a story about good and evil and how life is lived somewhere in between.'YOU CAN'T SAVE SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T WANT TO BE SAVED . . .'Thirty years ago, Vincent King became a killer. Now, he's been released from prison and is back in his hometown of Cape Haven, California. Not everyone is pleased to see him. Like Star Radley, his ex-girlfriend, and sister of the girl he killed.Duchess Radley, Star's thirteen-year-old daughter, is part-carer,... Views: 272
