The final installment in Carla Jablonski's Sydney Taylor Honor-winning Resistance trilogy. World War II thunders to a conclusion in this third and final installment of Jablonski and Purvis' critically-acclaimed historical trilogy. As the Allied Forces move to retake France from its Nazi invaders, siblings Sophie, Paul, and Marie Tessier must risk their lives once more and journey into the belly of the beast: Paris. They are on a mission to deliver top-secret intel for the Resistance movement ....
The Body, Desire and Storytelling in Novels by J. M. Coetzee (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures)
by Olfa Belgacem
Asserting that Coetzee’s representation of the body as subject to dismemberment counters the colonial representation of the other’s body as exotic and erotically-charged, this study inspects the ambivalence pertaining to Coetzee’s embodied representation of the other and reveals the risks that come with such contrapuntal reiteration. Through the study of the narrative identity of the colonial other and her/his body’s representation, the book also unveils the author’s own authorial identity expos...
Myth of the Lantern Link (山海封神榜)
by Reed 蘆葦草 and 蘆葦草
From American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang: an innovative look at China's Boxer Rebellion told from two points of view, in two companion volumes. China, 1898. An unwanted fourth daughter, Four-Girl isn't even given a proper name by her family. She finds friendship - and a name, Vibiana - in the most unlikely of places: Christianity. But China is a dangerous place for Christians. The Boxer Rebellion is murdering Westerners and Chinese Christians alike. Torn between her nation and her Christ...
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal.Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home.Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they've been abandoned - cold, starving and clinging to life, in the grip of a murderous ocean. How will they survive?'Brilliant, beautiful...as unpredictable as the sea itself' Philip Reeve, author of The Mortal Engines'This is the best book I've read this year. Extraordi...
True to his word, Mayor Harper has brought in a Marshall to get rid of 'Lonesome', thrown in jail by a repentant sheriff. But it takes more than that to stop the lone rider in his quest for revenge, and he is soon back on the trail of Markham, the mad preacher. When a band of Ruffians - pro-slavery vigilantes and sworn enemies of Markham - intercept our hero, an unexpected encounter will provide him with an opportunity to learn more about the mysterious figures pulling all the strings... Ages 12...
During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, a match was set up between Dynamo Kiev's players, playing as FC Start, and a German side. Kiev won. And when the Germans fielded a better side, Kiev beat them too. And again, and again. Until the half-starved FC Start players faced an international-calibre German side, under the threat of execution if they didn't let the occupiers win... An astonishing true story. Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, Wired encourages and s...
Flame starts the idea of a kid named E.J. He is known as the main character, an extraordinary kid that has the ability to use melanin as a power. He encounters obstacles beyond measure by his enemies that want to destroy him. But later on he learns to master his melanted powers to not only combat his enemies but to save the entire universe.
Muntu Warriors, Return of the Eshu, volume 2
by Junior MacDonald Beckley
Prepare for an adrenaline-fueled ride as Asanda and Atem goes through their arduous journeys. From the moment their paths intertwine. They are confronted with relentless adversaries and formidable challenges that test their skills. With each trial, their courage strengthens. But will their willpower be enough to triumph over the forces that seek to plunge their adventure into oblivion? Volume 02 is a thrilling continuation of the Muntu Warriors saga. Filled with jaw-dropping battles, unexpected...
Truly tired with the way of his normal life, Andika is determined to seek and search for a greater call to adventure. Andika, Neosantara Saga is a story that brings us to the mystical alternate realm of neosantara. This is a new and bold interpretation of the Malay Archipelago that has never been told.
Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II. These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself 'stuck' back in time. Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. She witnesses the lives of Japanese-Americans wh...
Harvey Award winner for Best Children or Young Adult Book! The year is 1946. Teenagers Roberta and Tommy Lee just moved with their parents from Chinatown to the center of Metropolis, home to the famous hero, Superman. Tommy makes friends quickly, while Roberta pines for home. Then one night, the family awakens to find their house surrounded by the Klan of the Fiery Kross! Superman leaps into action, but his exposure to a mysterious green rock has left him weak. Can Roberta and Tommy help him sm...
Fighting on a secret front of World War II Paul and Marie's bucolic French country town is almost untouched by the ravages of WWII, but the siblings still live in the shadow of war. Their father is a Prisoner of War, kept hostage by the Germans. When their friend Henri's parents disappear and Henri goes into hiding because of his Jewish ancestry, Paul and Marie realize they must take a stand. But how can they convince the French Resistance that even children can help in their fight against injus...
The Stone Man Mysteries 2: Sanctuary
by Yolen Jane, Stemple Adam, and Zangara Orion
"When a mysterious young woman takes refuge within Silex's Edinburgh church, it brings supernatural trouble for the gargoyle and his assistant, Craig"--
Creator Lora Innes writes and illustrates the tale of 17-year-old Beatrice "Bea" Whaley, a student who begins having vivid dreams about a brave and handsome soldier named Alan Warren… a member of an elite group known as Knowlton’s Rangers that fought during the Revolutionary War. Prone to keeping her head in the clouds, Bea welcomes her nightly adventures in 1776; filled with danger and romance they give her much to muse about the next day. But it is not long before Beatrice questions whether he...
Holly's family move to the old house so her dad can do his job: bulldozing the ancient trees to make way for a housing estate. But there's something haunting the old house. Something old, and angry, that doesn't want the trees cut down. Something alive... Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, Wired encourages and supports reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers or those with English as an additional la...
It’s 1964 and Alice has moved to Mississippi from Chicago with her family. Nicknamed ‘Yankee Girl’ and taunted by the in-crowd at school, Alice soon discovers the other new girl Valerie – one of the school’s first black students – has it much worse.Alice can’t stand the way Valerie is treated, and yet she knows she will remain an outsider if she speaks up. It takes a horrible tragedy to finally give Alice the courage to stand up for what she believes.Set in the Deep South in the 1960s, Yankee Gi...
Flame is about a kid named E.J. But he's no ordinary kid. He has extraordinary abilities, and uses melanin as a power. E.J. encounters obstacles beyond measure from enemies that want to destroy him. Eventually, E.J. learns to how master his melanated powers--not only to combat those who hinder him, but also to save the entire universe.
It's the sticky-hot summer of 1968, and in the American Deep South it's a time of home-made lemonade and The Beatles on the radio, but also civil rights rioting and Vietnam war protests. Even for Alice the storm clouds are gathering.Her mother's new boyfriend crashed into Alice's life and upsets the delicate balance of the household with his prejudiced attitudes towards Edna, the maid, and Doc, the family gardener. Alice desperately wants to do what's right, and she knows she has some had choice...
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (Delilah Dirk)
by Tony Cliff
Join troublemaker Delilah Dirk for a headlong plunge into adventure! Lovable ne'er-do-well Delilah Dirk is an Indiana Jones for the 19th century. She has travelled to Japan, Indonesia, France, and even the New World. Using the skills she's picked up on the way, Delilah's adventures continue as she plots to rob a rich and corrupt Sultan in Constantinople. With the aid of her flying boat and her newfound friend, Selim, she evades the Sultan's guards, leaves angry pirates in the dust, and fights he...