From Dark Beginnings (The Rise of the New Bloods)
by K. A. Hambly
The Giant Forest (Growing Up Aimi Book 1)
by Bill Belew and Mia Belew
Cousins Nathan and Junie Kwan, and their friend, Sachin Sundara, are students in the prestigious and fiercely competitive Noble Hall School - dismissed as bookish nerds by the popular students who rule at school and subjected to micro-aggressions. Their friendship kept them afloat... until the bright new girl at school, Aida Anargul, befriended them.Fashionista Aida brought a touch of glamour into their lives, and seemed to make the impossible seem possible. But their new found popularity is sho...
Anna Karenina (Enriched Classics (Simon & Schuster)) (Oprah, #5)
by Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1828-1910
Anna Karenina is the wife of a prominant Russian government official. She leads a correct but confining upper-middle-class existence. She seems content with her life as a proper companion to her dignified, unaffectionate husband and an adoring mother to her young son, until she meets Count Vronsky, a young officer of the guards. He pursues her and she falls madly in love with him. Her husband refuses to divorce her, so she gives up everything, including her beloved son, to be with Vronsky. After...
To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night with CSEC Study Guide and Modern English Translation
by Sherice Blair
Develop knowledge of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night through detailed notes and glossaries which reinforce the text and fully prepare students for the CSEC English B examination.- Build a contextual understanding of the play and era through a range of carefully selected modern English translations- Check comprehension with end of chapter guided reading questions and 'Think About It' activities that also demonstrate plot development - Strengthen analysis skills with detailed study notes on characte...
Deeply attached to the charming and carefree Francis Bernardone, Cecilia, a young noblewoman of Assisi, watches as he turns from his life of wealth and privilege, takes vows of poverty, and devotes himself to serving God by helping all those around him.
"Eleanor and Esmerelda are identical twins with a secret language all their own, inseparable until a terrible accident claims Esme's life. Eleanor's family is left in tatters: her mother retreats inward, seeking comfort in bottles; her father reluctantly abandons ship. Eleanor is forced to grow up more quickly than a child should, and becomes the target of her mother's growing rage. Years pass, and Eleanor's painful reality begins to unravel in strange ways. The first time it happens, she walks...
