Download or read book The Raven s Children written by Yulia Yakovleva and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia in 1938 is a place of great terror. Joseph Stalin is in charge. His Secret Police are everywhere, searching for anyone who might be his enemy. People have no idea who they can trust. Seven-year-old Shura doesn't know about any of this. He's happy in his little home in Leningrad going to school in the mornings, playing with his best friend in the afternoon, fighting with his big sister, spending time with his Mama, Papa and baby brother Bobka. Until one day everything changes. Mama and Papa and Bobka disappear without a trace. The whispers of their neighbours are that Mama and Papa were spies, enemies of Stalin and so they have now been taken by something mysterious called The Raven. Desperate to reunite his family, Shura decides to hunt down The Raven, finding help in the most unexpected places but facing more danger than he has ever known . . .

Download or read book Raven written by Gerald McDermott and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raven, the trickster, wants to give people the gift of light. But can he find out where Sky Chief keeps it? And if he does, will he be able to escape without being discovered? His dream seems impossible, but if anyone can find a way to bring light to the world, wise and clever Raven can!

Download or read book Children of the Raven and the Whale written by Caroline Chamberlin Hellman and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking its cue from Perry Miller’s 1956 classic of American literary criticism, The Raven and the Whale: The War of Words and Wits in the Era of Poe and Melville, Caroline Chamberlin Hellman’s new book examines ways in which contemporary multi-ethnic writers of the United States have responded to nineteenth- and early twentieth century texts historically central to the American literary canon. Each chapter of Children of the Raven and the Whale looks down the roads American literature ultimately traveled, examining pairs and constellations of texts in conversation. In their rewritings and layerings of new stories over older ones, contemporary writers forge ahead in their interrogations of a spectrum of American experience, whether they or their characters are native to the United States, first- or second-generation immigrants, or transnational. Revealing the traces of texts by writers such as Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Richard Wright, and James Baldwin lying beneath contemporary American literature by Chang-rae Lee, Jonathan Lethem, Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Díaz, Joseph O’Neill, Colum McCann, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hellman posits the existence of a twenty-first-century American renaissance.

Download or read book Raven s Children written by Richard Adams Carey and published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1992 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book of reportage on the contemporary life and culture of the Yupik Eskimo residents of Kongiganak, southwest Alaska, and of the conflicts between traditional knowledge and lifestyles, and the 'modern' world.

Download or read book Odin s Child written by Siri Pettersen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic fantasy trilogy from Norway about thousand-year-old secrets, forbidden romance, and what happens to those who make a deal with the devil comes at last to the United States! "Blood magic, blackmail, and battle rock a rich world of fading magic to its core in this internationally bestselling Norwegian epic fantasy." - Publishers Weekly reviews Odin's Child I loved (Odin's Child) deeply from the first to the last word, and was instantly and thoroughly immersed. -- Laini Taylor, bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone. ...The story examines and upends everything its characters believe in, including their world, their history, their faith, and themselves, while intertwining elements of politics and Norse mythology with a side of forbidden romance. Kirkus Reviews The intrigue, scope, and depth of His Dark Materials, set in an immersive Nordic world as fierce and unforgettable as its characters. Rosaria Munda, author Fireborne/Flamefall - Aurelian Cycle The world building is stupendous. MidWest Book Review Imagine lacking something that everyone else has. Something that proves you belong to this world. Something so vital, that without it, you are nothing. A plague. A myth. A human.” Fifteen winters old, Hirka learns that she is an Odin's child – a tailless rot from another world. Despised. Dreaded. And hunted. She no longer knows who she is, and someone wants to kill her to keep it a secret. But there are worse things than humans, and Hirka is not the only creature to have broken through the gates… Odin’s Child is unique fantasy with Norse roots. An epic clash of xenophobia, blind faith and the right or will to lead. The first in a trilogy, Odin's Child is a thrilling modern fantasy epic.

Download or read book The Raven s Child written by Thomas E. Sniegoski and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas E. Sniegoski has entranced audiences with his exploration of the Batman universe, thrilled fans with his Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics, and uncovered the paranormal with his Hellboy spin-off series, B.R.P.D. Now, he introduces readers to a mesmerizing dark world filled with monsters, where humanity’s only hope lies in the bravery of one woman… When the Throng came, the human race never stood a chance. The monsters were simply too strong, too numerous. It only took a few months for them to take over and leave the few poor souls who survived cowering in terror for years to come. But even the monsters fear something: the dark goddess known as the Raven’s Child. Legend says that she alone is destined to destroy the Throng and free those under their cruel power. And whoever wields her name and image could become the bane of the Throng and an inspiration to humankind—even if she were only a young woman, like Carissa Devin, who has vowed to reclaim the world for the human race, no matter what the cost…

Download or read book Lovebirds written by Sondra Simone Segundo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about an eagle who met a raven. Together, they take a magical journey through the animal, human and spirit worlds. A fun story about the author's grandparents, told in the storytelling style of the Haida.

Download or read book The Lost Child written by Lemuel Pineiro-Malick and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a tale of three souls, and of their origins that exist within the shadows. Of the madness that exists within the fabric of the backdrop of our world, and of the love that can spawn from within the darkest places... Since the very beginning of time, he has existed, lurked, stalked, and killed from within the dark shadows of time. Never has Raven felt anything except for the madness that tore at his mind, and the never-ending pain of knowing he would forever exist alone. Until fate led to a chance encounter, with two others like himself, and sent him onto an entirely new path towards the unknown. Together, the children of the night, the forever young, begin their journey of fate designed to love, unbreakable bonds, as the old prophecies begin to come to light as if every blood lust step they have taken, has already been written by the fates of old. Will Raven and Luna set their own paths, or is their fate already determined by a force they cannot stand against? Are Lilith's fears come to be a reality in which the madness of the abyss comes to be too much and consumes the very essence of these three dark souls? But now what of all the new unknown forces that are now making their pressence known, as they are lurking within the shadows of time, and within the very madness that lies within Raven's fragmented sanity. Could these be the very same forces that seem to be laying forth the path on which Raven, Luna, and Lilith begin to embark on? Will this journey lead them to the origins of the lost child, and bring forth the light in which the whispering shadows must reveal their faces to the children of the night. Stepping out of the darkness in which they hide, and elighten all with their true intent?

Download or read book Raven Child and the Snow Witch written by Linda Sunderland and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anya lives with her mother and father in the shadow of the icy glacier where the Snow Witch reigns. Every spring, Anya's mother journeys to the glacier to pick the blue gentian flowers that grow there. But this time, she does not return. She has been captured by the Snow Witch and imprisoned in the ice.Anya and her father set off with the ravens to rescue her. It's a treacherous journey, and there is no knowing what they will find; but the strength of Anya's love conquers all; the Snow Witch is defeated and Anya's mother is saved.

Download or read book The Little Moon Raven written by Marcus Pfister and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young bird finds the strength to overcome bullying Little Raven was last to hatch in the nest and the last to learn to fly, but he was the first to be teased and ridiculed. His only wish was to fly and play with the others, so one day he took a dare and, to show his courage, Little Raven decides to fly to the moon. Beautifully produced and with artwork from an acclaimed illustrator, this picture book gently handles the issue of wanting to find acceptance.

Download or read book Baby Eagle written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Southeast Alaska, the Tlingit and Haida are divided into Raven and Eagle groups. Learn about the beings and creatures that belong to the Tlingit Eagle clans! This book is part of Baby Raven Reads, an award-winning Sealaska Heritage program for Alaska Native families with children up to age 5 that promotes language development and school readiness. Baby Raven Reads was awarded the Library of Congress's 2017 Literacy Awards Program Best Practice Honoree award.

Download or read book Raven and the Hidden Halibut written by Hannah Lindoff and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Halibut wants to play. He spots Raven and invites him to a game of hide and seek. Raven is surprised how well Halibut, a bright white fish, can hide! Raven recruits many friends to join the search. Where could Halibut be?"--Dust jacket flap

Download or read book Raven Wild written by Caitlin Spice and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A courageous young woman who was raised as a boy learns of an evil poacher's plan to steal a powerful gem. On a dangerous jungle quest to save the animal kingdom from harm, a childhood friendship transforms into love"--Back cover.

Download or read book The Raven Heir written by Stephanie Burgis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Robert Beatty and Shannon Hale comes a magical new middle grade fantasy series about a young shapeshifter trying to save her family. Deep within an enchanted forest lies a castle where a set of triplets and their sorceress mother have lived for years--safe from the decades-long war for the Raven Throne that rages in the kingdom. Cordelia, one of the triplets, has the power to become any animal with just a thought, and she yearns to discover more about the world outside her castle. But one day, the world comes to her, when the eldest of the triplets becomes the newest heir to the throne. Knowing that being named heir means certain death, Cordelia's mother hid the truth about which child is the eldest when she hid them in the forest. When her family is captured, it's up to Cordelia to use her powers to keep her siblings hidden and discover the truth about the Raven Heir--before it's too late. From the author of The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart comes a thrilling new fantasy full of magic, adventure, and the power of family. Acclaim for The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart A Kids' Indie Next List Pick An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year A VOYA Top Shelf Pick

Download or read book Shanyaak utlaax written by Johnny Marks and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shanyaak'utlaax: Salmon Boy comes from an ancient Tlingit story that teaches about respect for nature, animals and culture. The title character, a Tlingit boy, violates these core cultural values when he flings away a dried piece of salmon with mold on the end given to him by his mother. His disrespect offends the Salmon People, who sweep him into the water and into their world. This book is part of Baby Raven Reads, an award-winning Sealaska Heritage program for Alaska Native families with children up to age 5 that promotes language development and school readiness. Baby Raven Reads was awarded the Library of Congress's 2017 Literacy Awards Program Best Practice Honoree award.

Download or read book Clem written by and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes her family's experiences raising and caring for a raven from babyhood to adulthood when he returns to the wild.

Download or read book The Ravenous Raven written by Midji Stephenson and published by . This book was released on 2015-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hungry raven eats everything in sight until he can barely fly. Includes facts about this uncommonly smart bird.