![]() ![]() You're going to have to go well past the midpoint to reach any sort of plot. I'm frankly quite surprised at all of the positive reviews. The narrator is not bad, though I don't necessarily agree wi I could sing praises forever about the book but I suggest people just read it if they're curious enough. ![]() The characters make such an incredible journey and they are such wonderful compliments of one another that keep you gripped and, especially in the first book, you wonder how things could possibly be different or change. It certainly isn't a piece for everyone but it is so incredibly satisfying when you read them through and through. Basically, if you managed to watch Game of Thrones, you should be fine here. It does have a lot of content in it that can be difficult to stomach (really only in the first book with slight smatterings in the second and third), but it never glorifies it and it's always presented to be interpreted as negative and as a plot point for future development. ![]() It has incredible reread value and where the summaries make it out to be far more scandalous than it actually is, it's an extremely immersive political thriller romance. This is one of my favorite trilogies I've ever come across. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Chalk that down to a one-star due to not-for-me. Well, actually, I found the content kind of boring, too. The prose is just boring, which might be partly the translator's fault (my edition is ancient and does not name the translator). It's a good chunk of I-don't-get-it - I mean, I understand Hermann Hesse's intentions and all that, but maybe he's right that I'm too young for it. And then I got onto my MA and discovered I was wrong, of course, that I could still find any given book stultifyingly boring regardless of any merit I tried to find within its pages. ![]() ![]() I have in my hands the key to any text, anywhere, and damn it I will appreciate every text for something about it, whether it be the brilliance of the writing or the social context or just having fun ripping it apart. I don't know if anyone else has this, but when I graduated with my English lit degree I thought, right. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She also explained that “Once Upon A Winter” is a quieter book in which the main character gets talked over a lot until finally finding his own voice.Ītwood has been revered by other faculty at Rowan. “It’s about a kid who feels kind of out of place,” Atwood said. “When I’m writing these I’m thinking of community a lot and it turns out that I really like a group of people coming together and helping each other,” she said.Ītwood also elaborated on the plots, explaining that because they are books written for young adults and intermediate aged students, they discuss a theme of someone not necessarily fitting in. The series addresses the theme of an old orchard and community. Megan Atwood, a recent addition to the Rowan faculty, published a book in a continuing series this past December.Ītwood, who started as a writing arts assistant professor in the fall, published “Once Upon A Winter,” another novel in her “Orchard Novel” series. ![]() ![]() While she's a hotshot in classics, history, science, and languages, the closest she's come to sports is a backyard pool and a skateboard. Gwen Lark is known as a klutz and a nerd. And if you are in the Top Ten, then all your wildest wishes are granted… Such as curing your mother's cancer. If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis Citizenship. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you must Qualify. They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth's population back to the colony planet Atlantis. ![]() An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help. ![]() ![]() "Joey has scrappy determination, and readers can't help but be charmed by her and her lovable and well-developed cast of family and friends. ![]() "This emotional read shows the power of friendship and family without omitting the work that goes into loving someone." - Booklist, Starred Review The Science of Being Angry is a heartwarming story about what makes a family and what makes us who we are from an author whose works are highly praised for their presentation of and insights into the emotional lives of tweens.Ī School Library Journal Best Book of the year Does she lose control because of something she inherited from the donor her mothers chose? A new unit in science class makes her wonder if the reason is genetics. Or when jealousy made her push her (former) best friend (and crush), Layla, a little bit too roughly.Īfter a meltdown at Joey's apartment building leads to her family's eviction, Joey is desperate to figure out why she's so mad. But sometimes she loses her temper and lashes out, like the time she threw a soccer ball-hard-at a boy in gym class and bruised his collarbone. She has two loving moms, a supportive older half brother, and, as a triplet, she's never without company. ![]() From the acclaimed author of Hurricane Season, an unforgettable story about what makes a family, for fans of Hazel's Theory of Evolution and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World.Įleven-year-old Joey is angry. ![]() |