Download or read book A Flicker of Courage written by Deb Caletti and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printz Award Honoree and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti debuts in middle grade with a tongue-in-cheek hero's journey set in a town full of magic, mayhem, lighthouses... and evil. The story takes place in a world much like ours, but at the same time not at all like ours, in which Vlad Luxor--a capricious, vain, infantile tyrant--rules over a town with an iron fist. He's an emperor with no clothes, but woe is the person who points that out--they could wind up turned into a squirrel or lizard or who knows what! For in this world, the evil leader also has magic, which he uses to punish anyone who speaks out against him. But in every classic tale with a despicable villain, there must also be a truly noble hero--in this case, four of them! Henry, Apollo, Pirate Girl, and JoJo must be their most brave and clever to break the spell Vlad Luxor has cast on Apollo's brother, Rocco. For we can't have Rocco remain a naked lizard for the rest of his life, now can we?

Download or read book A Flicker of Courage written by Deb Caletti and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printz Award Honoree and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti debuts in middle grade with a tongue-in-cheek hero's journey set in a town full of magic, mayhem, lighthouses... and evil. The story takes place in a world much like ours, but at the same time not at all like ours, in which Vlad Luxor--a capricious, vain, infantile tyrant--rules over a town with an iron fist. He's an emperor with no clothes, but woe is the person who points that out--they could wind up turned into a squirrel or lizard or who knows what! For in this world, the evil leader also has magic, which he uses to punish anyone who speaks out against him. But in every classic tale with a despicable villain, there must also be a truly noble hero--in this case, four of them! Henry, Apollo, Pirate Girl, and JoJo must be their most brave and clever to break the spell Vlad Luxor has cast on Apollo's brother, Rocco. For we can't have Rocco remain a naked lizard for the rest of his life, now can we?

Download or read book A Flicker in the Dark written by Stacy Willingham and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller “A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you’ll never see coming. Stacy Willingham’s debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime.” —Karin Slaughter When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer? From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.

Download or read book The Forest written by Jonathan Miller and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-17 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of the cursed woodland surrounding a small village, lies a legend whispered among the townsfolk - the tale of a sinister entity that preys on the souls that dare to venture into the forest. Sarah, fueled by curiosity and bravery, embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind the legend, accompanied by her closest companions. As they delve deeper into the mystery, the boundaries between reality and terror blur, and the group is plagued by nightmares and hallucinations. Each member faces their deepest fears, testing the bonds of friendship that once united them. Determined to find a way to banish the malevolent force, Sarah and her friends unearth texts promising salvation. With urgency in the air and determination burning within them to bring the entity's reign to an end, they embark on a perilous journey, unaware of the darkness awaiting them. As they plunge deeper into the forest, paranoia festers, alliances falter, and trust dwindles as they confront their inner demons. Their quest turns into a battle of survival as they realize they had become the hunted. The Forest is a chilling tale of courage, loyalty, and the enduring power of hope against unimaginable horrors.

Download or read book One Great Lie written by Deb Caletti and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte's dream of a summer writing workshop in Venice with her favorite author brings the chance to investigate the mysterious poet in her family's past, meet fascinating new people, and learn truths about her idol.

Download or read book Brave Hearts Extraordinary Stories of Pride Pain and Courage written by and published by Cynthia Brown. This book was released on with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What s Become of Her written by Deb Caletti and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti comes an emotionally riveting story of a woman falling for a man who may be hiding a dangerous secret—perfect for readers of Jodi Picoult and Kristin Hannah. “Guilty people keep secrets.” Isabelle Austen returns to her hometown on a small, isolated Pacific Northwest island to take over the family tourism business after the death of her mother, a disapproving parent and a hard woman to love. Feeling lost, Isabelle is also struggling with a recent divorce and wondering if she’ll ever come into her own. Then her life takes a surprising turn: The mysterious Henry North arrives on Parrish Island, steps off a seaplane, and changes Isabelle’s world forever. From the beginning, their relationship is heady and intense—then Isabelle learns of Henry’s disturbing past, involving the death of a fiancée and the disappearance of a wife. Suddenly Isabelle is caught between love and suspicion, paranoia and passion, as she searches for the truth she may not want to find—and is swept into a dangerous game she may not survive. Praise for What’s Become of Her “A darkly enchanting romance sinks into a thrilling cat-and-mouse game.”—Kirkus Reviews “Caletti elevates reader discomfort to the maximum in this nuanced suspense novel. . . . The plot builds to a surprising and well-developed conclusion.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “As Caletti combines literary fiction with suspense, she keeps readers guessing until the last page.”—Booklist “This is a lush, suspenseful read set in a sleepy seaside town, with both main characters using the locale (and each other) as a means to escape. Caletti’s strengths are all on display: the novel is carefully paced, the prose excellent, and the characters (and their ghosts and demons) are realistic and strikingly drawn. Each person’s motivations and reliability as a narrator are weighed and considered over the course of the novel, with expectations upended and reevaluated constantly. The build to the climax is relentless, tense and satisfying.”—RT Book Reviews “This is a fast-paced read, with exceptional moments of suspense.”—The Book Review

Download or read book When Comes The Joy written by Charlene Carr and published by Coastal Lines. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jennifer Carpenter dreams of being a different person – A person with confidence, a person with beauty, a person who weighs a heck of a lot less. At twenty-seven, her world falls apart. She’s out of work, her mother has died, her estranged brother is in a coma and, despite good qualifications, each and every job interview ends in another rejection. Marked by the teasing, taunts, and fat jokes that defined her childhood, Jennifer blames her current lack of success on her ever-growing waist band. In need of a change, Jennifer puts her dream of ‘skinny’ above all else. Obsessed with this mission, she devotes her life to becoming the ideal version of herself even if it means becoming alienated from the only people who love her. Determined to lose the weight she believes is ruining her life, Jennifer finds herself in danger of losing so much more.

Download or read book A Path Through the Sea written by Lillian V. Grissen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From breakdown to breakthrough, from deep depression to victorious joy, Grissen tells of her personal recovery in an honest, instuctive, and heartening memoir that will engage and encourage many who suffer from depression as well as those who care about them.

Download or read book A Flicker of Hope written by Rohit Bhatia and published by The Little Booktique Hub. This book was released on with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To have hope is to wish for a positive outcome that will improve your life in some way. It can not only make a difficult present situation more tolerable, but it can also enhance our lives in the long run since imagining a better future drives you to take the measures necessary to make it a reality. Hope is a part of everyone's life, whether we realize it or not. Everyone has a wish list. It’s part of what it is to be human. Hope is an element of the self-narrative about our lives that we all have going through our heads, and it helps us determine what we desire for our futures. "A Flicker of Hope" is a book that talks about hope, positivity, optimism, affection, music and everything that makes a life hopeful.

Download or read book Essential Maps for the Lost written by Deb Caletti and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti comes a fresh and luminous novel “about love and loss, mental illness, and taking charge of one’s own fate” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). There are many ways to be lost. Sometimes people want to be lost. Madison—Mads to everyone who knows her—is trying her best to escape herself during one last summer away from a mother who needs more from her than she can give, and from a future that has been decided by everyone but her. Sometimes the lost do the unimaginable, like the woman—the body—Mads collides with in the middle of the water on a traumatic morning that changes everything. And sometimes the lost are the ones left behind, like the son of the woman in the water, Billy Youngwolf Floyd. Billy is struggling to find his way through each day in the shadow of grief. His one comfort is the map he carries in his pocket, out of his favorite book The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. When three lives (and one special, shared book) collide, strange things happen. Things like questions and coincidences and secrets, lots of secrets. Things like falling in love. But can two lost people telling so many lies find their way through tragedy to each other…and to solid ground?

Download or read book The Queen of Everything written by Deb Caletti and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jordan MacKenzie had a typical teenage life until her father’s affair with a married woman threatens to implode her entire world in this searing and poignant novel from Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti. People ask me all the time what having Vince MacKenzie for a father was like. What they mean is, was he always crazy? High school junior Jordan MacKenzie’s life was pretty typical: fractured family, new boyfriend, dead-end job. She’d been living with her father, the predictable optometrist, since her mother, the hippie holdover, had become too embarrassing to be around. Jordan felt that she finally had as normal a life as she could. Then came Gayle D’Angelo. Jordan knew her father was dating Gayle and that Gayle was married. Jordan knew it was wrong and that her father was becoming someone she didn’t recognize anymore, but what could she do about it? And how could she—how could anyone—have possibly guessed that this illicit love affair would implode in such a violent and disturbing way?

Download or read book Arctic Homestead written by Norma Cobb and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-02-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles a family's efforts to build a home near the Arctic Circle in Alaska, depicting their moving discovery of love and courage in a land of modern-day outlaws, feuds, grizzly bears, and unbelievably harsh winters.

Download or read book The Virtue of Courage Volume I written by Parth Sawhney and published by Lionheart Press. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a transformative journey into the heart of Stoic philosophy with "The Virtue of Courage: Volume I," the latest installment in the esteemed "Handbooks for Stoics" series by Parth Sawhney. Within these pages, Sawhney delves deep into the essence of one of Stoicism's most revered virtues: Courage. Inspired by the timeless wisdom of ancient Stoic philosophers like Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, "The Virtue of Courage" serves as a beacon of guidance for navigating life's trials with resilience and grace. Through a collection of illuminating essays, Sawhney invites readers to embrace courage as a foundational pillar of Stoic virtue, empowering them to confront challenges with a steadfast mind and unwavering spirit. From conquering fears and uncertainties to navigating moral quandaries and embracing discomfort, this volume offers a comprehensive roadmap for cultivating courage in every facet of life. Sawhney's insightful reflections and practical strategies inspire readers to live authentically, with integrity and purpose. Whether you seek personal growth, professional success, or a deeper understanding of Stoic philosophy, "The Virtue of Courage: Volume I" is an indispensable companion on the journey toward wisdom and virtue. Discover the transformative power of courage and embark on a path to a life of meaning, resilience, and fulfillment with this essential handbook for modern Stoics.

Download or read book A Flicker of Hope written by Julia Cook and published by National Center for Youth Issues. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOPE is our children's window for a better tomorrow. In terms of resilience and well-being, hope is a critically important predictor of success. This creative story from the best-selling author of My Mouth is a Volcano!, and Bubble Gum Brain, reminds children that dark clouds can be temporary and asking for help is always okay. We all have times when we need to borrow a little hope from someone else.

When your clouds get too dark, and too heavy to push away, Reach out and ask, "Can I borrow some light?" "I'm having a really bad day." It's always okay to admit to yourself, "I just can't do it today. Everyone needs somebody sometimes, to help them find their way." Sometimes the dark clouds overhead seem too heavy and you feel like giving up. Little candle knows all about this. Bad grades, blasted on social media, worried about making the team, and wondering who her real friends are so many hard things to deal with! All she can see is darkness. But her story begins to change when someone notices she needs a boost of hope. As little candle is reminded she has purpose and her own unique gifts, and that she isn't the only one with dark clouds, her dim light begins to shine brighter. This hopeful story emphasizes for children (and adults) the many different ways to ask for help, and their ability to be a hope builder for others, too.