The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen
Author : Katherine Howe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-11-05
ISBN 10 : 9781780748863
Pages : 400 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (78 users)
Download or read book The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen PDF or another Format written by Katherine Howe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s July in New York City, and aspiring filmmaker Wes Auckerman has just arrived to start his summer term at NYU. While shooting a séance at a psychic’s in the East Village, he meets a mysterious, intoxicatingly beautiful girl named Annie. As they start spending time together, Wes finds himself falling for her, drawn to her rose-petal lips and her entrancing glow. There’s just something about her that he can’t put his finger on, something faraway and otherworldly that compels him to fall even deeper. Annie’s from the city, and yet she seems just as out of place as Wes feels. Lost in the chaos of the busy city streets, she’s been searching for something—a missing ring. And now Annie is running out of time and needs Wes’s help. As they search together, Annie and Wes uncover secrets lurking around every corner, secrets that will reveal the truth of Annie’s dark past.
Adaptation in Young Adult Novels
Author : Dana E. Lawrence
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-09-03
ISBN 10 : 9781501361784
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (51 users)
Download or read book Adaptation in Young Adult Novels PDF or another Format written by Dana E. Lawrence and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptation in Young Adult Novels argues that adapting classic and canonical literature and historical places engages young adult readers with their cultural past and encourages them to see how that past can be rewritten. The textual afterlives of classic texts raise questions for new readers: What can be changed? What benefits from change? How can you, too, be agents of change? The contributors to this volume draw on a wide range of contemporary novels – from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series and Megan Shepherd's Madman's Daughter trilogy to Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones – adapted from mythology, fairy tales, historical places, and the literary classics of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others. Unpacking the new perspectives and critiques of gender, sexuality, and the cultural values of adolescents inherent to each adaptation, the essays in this volume make the case that literary adaptations are just as valuable as original works and demonstrate how the texts studied empower young readers to become more culturally, historically, and socially aware through the lens of literary diversity.
The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs
Author : Katherine Howe
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2019-06-25
ISBN 10 : 9781250304872
Pages : 352 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (25 users)
Download or read book The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs PDF or another Format written by Katherine Howe and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical bloodline. A family curse. Can Connie break the spell before it shatters her future? A bewitching novel of a New England history professor who must race against time to free her family from a curse, by Katherine Howe, New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. Connie Goodwin is an expert on America’s fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she’s earned career success by studying the history of magic in colonial America—especially women’s home recipes and medicines—and by exposing society's threats against women fluent in those skills. But beyond her studies, Connie harbors a secret: She is the direct descendant of a woman tried as a witch in Salem, an ancestor whose abilities were far more magical than the historical record shows. When a hint from her mother and clues from her research lead Connie to the shocking realization that her partner’s life is in danger, she must race to solve the mystery behind a hundreds’-years-long deadly curse. Flashing back through American history to the lives of certain supernaturally gifted women, The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs affectingly reveals not only the special bond that unites one particular matriarchal line, but also explores the many challenges to women’s survival across the decades—and the risks some women are forced to take to protect what they love most.
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
Author : Stephanie Oakes
Publisher : Penguin
Release Date : 2015-06-09
ISBN 10 : 9781101633700
Pages : 400 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (11 users)
Download or read book The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly PDF or another Format written by Stephanie Oakes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED SACRED LIES, NOW STREAMING ON FACEBOOK WATCH** A Morris Award finalist and Golden Kite Honor Book! A hard-hitting and hopeful story about the dangers of blind faith—and the power of having faith in yourself. The Kevinian cult has taken everything from seventeen-year-old Minnow: twelve years of her life, her family, her ability to trust. And when she rebelled, they took away her hands, too. Now their Prophet has been murdered and their camp set aflame, and it's clear that Minnow knows something—but she's not talking. As she languishes in juvenile detention, she struggles to un-learn everything she has been taught to believe, adjusting to a life behind bars and recounting the events that led up to her incarceration. But when an FBI detective approaches her about making a deal, Minnow sees she can have the freedom she always dreamed of—if she’s willing to part with the terrible secrets of her past. Gorgeously written, breathlessly page-turning and sprinkled with moments of unexpected humor, this harrowing debut is perfect for readers of Emily Murdoch's If You Find Me and Nova Ren Suma's The Walls Around Us, as well as for fans of Orange is the New Black.
Brooklyn Life
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Publisher :
Release Date : 1915
ISBN 10 : NYPL:33433104827120
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (33 users)
Download or read book Brooklyn Life PDF or another Format written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
The Southern Workman
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Publisher :
Release Date : 1928
ISBN 10 : UOM:39015018061112
Pages : 600 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (39 users)
Download or read book The Southern Workman PDF or another Format written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The May or June issue of 1900-1939 includes the report of the institute's president for 1900-1939.
Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide
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Publisher :
Release Date : 1918
ISBN 10 : UIUC:30112061684038
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (3 users)
Download or read book Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide PDF or another Format written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
A True Account
Author : Katherine Howe
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2023-11-21
ISBN 10 : 1250304881
Pages : 0 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (34 users)
Download or read book A True Account PDF or another Format written by Katherine Howe and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author, Katherine Howe, comes a daring first-hand account of Hannah Masury’s rousing adventure as one of the sea’s most feared and admired travelers. It’s the end of the Age of Sail in New England, and Hannah Masury, bound to service at a waterfront tavern since childhood, is ready to change the tide. After getting tangled up her unwavering intrigue surrounding a recent hanging in the town square, Hannah must flee Boston to save her life. When she disguises herself as a cabin boy and ships out on what she believes is a fruit packet headed for the Azores, by chance, she becomes the leader of a rag-tag group of female pirates. Told by Hannah, herself, A True Account, looks over the shoulder of Marian Beresford, a Radcliffe professor in 1930 who has been feeling as locked in her own life as Hannah was locked into hers. Marian must determine if Hannah’s story is true, because if it is, it might lead her to pirate treasure, while also leading her into a greater understanding of herself.
The Daily Washington Law Reporter
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Publisher :
Release Date : 1914
ISBN 10 : CORNELL:31924087670240
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.:/5 ( users)
Download or read book The Daily Washington Law Reporter PDF or another Format written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1902- include decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and various other courts of the District of Columbia.
The Washington Law Reporter
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Publisher :
Release Date : 1914
ISBN 10 : HARVARD:HL4FSH
Pages : 848 pages
Rating : 4.:/5 ( users)
Download or read book The Washington Law Reporter PDF or another Format written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1902-1934, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1934-1959, and various other courts of the District of Columbia.
