![]() What if you could see yourself as others see you? Astra is a beguiling debut novel that reveals the different faces of one woman, as seen through the eyes of ten people over a lifetime. But over the course of one night, each of their lives will be changed forever.Ī "delectable" romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement to the boy next door to enter a couples cooking contest.Ī poetic exploration of Black identity, history, and lived experience influenced by the constant search for liberation. Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. Looking to dive into a new read this summer? We've rounded up a list of our favourite picks. ![]()
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![]() ![]() STEVE You think we’re going to win? O’BRIEN (seriously) It probably depends on what you mean by “win.” “The production is recorded as a full-cast dramatization, and it's difficult to imagine how it might have been accomplished more effectively. You let the jury know that you think the case is as serious as they do…. Felony murder is as serious as it gets….When you’re in court, you sit there and pay attention. Both you and this King character are on trial for felony murder. O’BRIEN Let me make sure you understand what’s going on. KATHY O’BRIEN, STEVE’s lawyer, is all business as she talks to STEVE. I'll call it what the lady prosecutor called me. ![]() Steve (Voice-Over): Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. FADE IN: INTERIOR: Early morning in CELL BLOCK D, MANHATTAN DETENTION CENTER. Was he involved or was he simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? An amateur filmmaker, Steve transcribes his trial into a movie script, showing scene by scene how his life was turned around in an instant. BONUS FEATURE: Afterword read by the author A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that 16-year-old Steve Harmon served as the lookout. ![]() ![]() SALMAN RUSHDIE La opinion del editor: Tras la celebrada Todo esta iluminado, Jonathan Safran Foer lleva a cabo en su segunda novela la primera recreacion literaria del atentado de las torres gemelas y supera incluso la hondura y la originalidad de su opera prima. La segunda novela de Jonathan Safran Foer es todo lo que uno esperaba que fuera: ambiciosa, pirotecnica, intrigante y extraordinariamente conmovedora. En Tan fuerte, tan cerca Jonathan Safran Foer consigue convertir la tragedia en misterio, y al contar los secretos de un hombre cuenta la historia del siglo XX. ![]() Al tiempo que el fantasma de su padre se dibuja en la telaraña de Manhattan, se iluminan tambien los origenes de Oskar y la historia de sus abuelos, huidos de Dresde durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Empieza asi la peculiar e insolita odisea de Oskar por la herida ciudad de Nueva York en busca de todas las personas, lugares u objetos relacionados con el misterioso sobre. Inmediatamente el pequeño decide que esa llave resolvera el misterio del ultimo dia de su padre, explicara por que estaba en las torres, cual fue el motivo de su muerte. With a different die-cut on every page,Tree of Codes explores previously unchartered literary territory. Oskar Schell es un niño de nueve años muy especial, dotado de una aguda sensibilidad y de un talento versátil, que, tras perder a su padre aquel 11 de septiembre de 2001, encuentra entre los enseres del difunto un sobre con la palabra Black escrita en el dorso y una llave en su interior. Tree of Codes is a haunting new story by best-selling American writer, Jonathan Safran Foer. ![]() ![]() ![]() “As in Haddix’s Running Out of Time (S & S, 1995), the loss of free will is the fundamental theme of an exciting and compelling story of one young person defying authority and the odds to make a difference. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows–does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to? Finally, he’s met a shadow child like himself. Then, one day Luke sees a girl’s face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. ![]() He’s lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family’s farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He’s never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend’s house for an overnight. Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award.Sunshine State Young Readers’ Award (Florida).Nutmeg Children’s Book Award (Connecticut).State readers choice awards (voted on by kids):.Bank Street College’s Children’s Book Committee’s “Best Children’s Books of the Year” list.Nominee for the Askews Children’s Book Award in Great Britain.YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults.An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.Among the Hidden The Shadow Children, Book #1 ![]() |