![]() ![]() Review Quotes A thrilling and long-to-be-remembered tale. But her gentle, loyal colt Misty is another story altogether. Phantom would forever be a creature of the wild. The frenzied roundup that follows on the next Pony Penning Day does indeed bring Phantom into their lives, in a way they never would have suspected. Among them is the most mysterious of all, Phantom, a rarely-seen mare that eludes all efforts to capture her-that is, until a young boy and girl lay eyes on her and determine that they cant live without her. Book Synopsis Marguerite Henrys beloved story of a wild horses gentle colt-winner of a Newbery Honor! On the island of Chincoteague, off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland, lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. ![]() Called Phantom, she is captured in frenzied roundup however, she would forever be a creature of the wild. A rarely seen mare that eludes all efforts to capture her lives among the ponies. ![]() About the Book This Newbery Honor Book is set on an island off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland where a band of wild ponies has lived for centuries. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ALSO INCLUDED: a sneak preview of the third novel in the Ivy Years series, THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR. Yet.īLONDE DATE is a 23,000 word novella covering a four hour span of Katie & Andy's night. ![]() Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a lot of practice with either girls or parties. So when her roommate sets Andy up to be Katie’s date, he’d be crazy to say no. He’s had his eye on Katie since the moment her long legs waltzed into his art history class. ![]() She could only hope to get through the evening without her blind date noticing that he was spending the evening with a crazy person.Īndrew Baschnagel is living proof that nice guys don’t finish first. Yet staying home would mean letting him win.Įnjoying herself tonight was out of the question. Genres RomanceNew AdultNovellaContemporar圜ollege SportsContemporary Romance. She’d rather hide under the bed than attend a party where he'll be. BLONDE DATE is a 23,000 word novella covering a four hour span of Katie & Andy's night. It will be a shining beacon of inspiration for romance novelists everywhere. Sprightly.The New York Times 'I loved this book, I want to hold it up on a cliff, like in The Lion King. Even worse, her last encounter with him resulted in utter humiliation. This page-turner will have readers eagerly awaiting Bowens next book. Unfortunately, Katie just broke up with her jerkface football player boyfriend. Two: the guy shall be an athlete, preferably an upperclassman. ![]() One: thou shalt not show up for the party without a date. What could possibly go wrong?Īs a sorority pledge, there are commandments that Katie Vickery must live by. ![]() ![]() ![]() He talks to his family and realizes they all have fears too. ![]() It’s a book about a boy who’s afraid of starting school in the fall. Our first translated title to get strong critical recognition was Garmann’s Summer (written and illustrated by Stian Hole, translated by Don Bartlett), which we published in 2008. And with our children’s books, we look for titles that can open up a wider world for young readers by presenting new perspectives and ideas, cultures and history that readers might not be aware of. ![]() Eerdmans Publishing, as a whole, is known for broad-minded books that foster thoughtful conversation on a wide range of topics. We’re huge fans of the World Kid Lit community and the work all of you do to promote awareness of translated books!Īs you noted, EBYR has had a global outlook from the beginning. Kathleen: Thanks so much for this opportunity to speak with you and share a bit more about our publishing program. Could you tell us a little about EBYR’s trajectory since the imprint started in 1995 and how books in translation feature in your publishing program? EBYR has had a global outlook from the outset. WKL: We’re very happy to have you on the blog. WKL contributor Mia Spangenberg speaks with Kathleen Merz, Editorial Director. Today we learn more about Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (EBYR), the children’s book imprint of Wm. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However rather than form a new band the two put together an expedition plan to travel to Northern Canada and Alaska to prospect for gold. Oliver along with a good friend, that was a guitarist got together to form a new band in early spring of 1997. During this time Oliver also began writing short stories and articles.Īfter playing for thousands in the fall and winter of 1996 Oliver’s band abruptly disbanded. He enjoyed traveling, playing percussion and writing lyrics for popular bands. In the late 1980s through mid 90s Oliver perused his love of music. Oliver served as a Paratrooper in the United States Army and studied at MSC. Were the experiences he endured in a coma real? If they were, it means there is a much larger war raging unseen all around us. But that’s about to change.Īfter suffering a near death experience during combat, followed by months in a coma, Aaron will need to make some difficult decisions. ![]() It’s not an overly complicated existence. After serving one tour of duty in Vietnam as a cavalryman, Aaron returns for a second tour as a combat medic.Īaron’s life revolves around the love of his Vietnamese girlfriend, the danger of combat and his passion for music. It’s the summer of 1969 and Aaron Prescott is a seasoned soldier. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wild Blue Wonder is the gorgeous, achingly beautiful novel from Carlie Sorosiak, author of If Birds Fly Back. Ask anyone in Winship, Maine, and theyll tell you the summer. 9781509836055 Wild Blue Wonder 27.3000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/teen-young-adult/fiction/general /shop/books/teen-young-adult /shop/books/teen-young-adult/fiction In the summer we all fell in love ![]() ![]() Wild Blue Wonder is the gorgeous, achingly beautiful novel from Carlie Sorosiak, author of If Birds Fly Back. Something happened that summer that tore them apart, and their memories won't let them forgive. The summer camp is empty and covered in snow, and Quinn, Fern and Reed aren't speaking to each other anymore. Six months later and everything has changed. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Last summer they all fell in love with the same boy - Dylan, their best friend since forever, suddenly seen through new eyes. Wild Blue Wonder - Kindle edition by Sorosiak, Carlie. ![]() For Quinn and her sister, Fern, and brother, Reed, summer means working as counselors at their family's summer camp: months of bonfires, bunks, and friendships made and broken. ![]() ![]() As the second ship takes off, rioters overrun the third ship, and it is unable to depart. With rioters outside threatening the ship, Petra's parents convince her to relent. During that time, useful skills will be downloaded to their brains through a "cog." Petra tries to delay when she discovers that her elective, mythology, has been mysteriously omitted from her courses. The family will be placed in stasis for the 380-year voyage. They board the second of three colonization ships bound for the planet Sagan. ![]() In 2061, 12-year old Petra Peña, her 7-year old brother Javier, and her mother and father prepare to leave a doomed Earth. The cover was illustrated by Raxenne Maniquiz. ![]() In 2022, the book won the Newbery Medal and Pura Belpré Award. It was published in British English under the title The Last Storyteller in 2022. After awaking on a new planet, Petra is the only one who remembers Earth and must use storytelling to keep her people's history alive. The story follows Petra Peña who, along with her family and a few hundred others, leave Earth to continue the human race after a comet strikes the planet. The Last Cuentista is a middle-grade dystopian novel by Donna Barba Higuera, published Octoby Levine Querido. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 9, 2001, contrasted recycled images of office employees expressiing cynicism about daily life continuing in the aftermath of 9/11 with similarly appropriated shots reflecting their workaday lives. Meanwhile, David Rees' Get Your War On, debuting on Oct. was recalled for military duty and lost a leg in Iraq, and the everyman titular character attended a memorial service for a former employee. In Garry Trudeau's daily satirical epic Dooneshury around for decades, the hippie Zonker delivered fruitcakes to rescue workers at Ground Zero, the reservist B. ![]() Tom Tomorrow's long-running weekly political cartoon This Modern World lampooned the federal government post-9/11 in a story line subsequently collected in March 2006 as Hell in a Handbaskef. Putting 9/11 to ink served as a creative conduit to document and process what had happened.Ĭartoon strips and comic books began exploring the terrorist attacks almost immediately through newspapers and the Internet because of the quick dissemination. Because 9/11 could barely seem to be part of anything but a fantastic realm, those working in cartoon strips, comic books and other sequential art took to the subject as a way to make sense of something that strained comprehension. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only one person can win, though, and any alliance has an expiration date. What starts off as a pact of sharing strategic information with Wit grows into something more as the flirting and feelings develop. ![]() Nor did she expect a wedding-week game of Assassin, a water-gun–fueled family tradition. She didn’t plan on a meet-cute/embarrassing encounter with the groom’s stepbrother, Wit. Meredith, though, resolves to take this time to celebrate family and bridge the rifts resulting from ghosting friends. It’s been a year and a half since the sudden loss of Meredith’s sister, Claire, and the grief remains strong. Her cousin’s wedding means a return to Martha’s Vineyard, a well-loved destination but one filled with bittersweet memories. ![]() A summer trip helps break 18-year-old Meredith Fox out of a haze of mourning. ![]() ![]() ![]() Relatable, poignant, and uproarious, once again, Irby is the tonic we all need to get by. Quietly Hostile makes light as Irby takes us on another outrageously funny tour of all the gory details that make up the true portrait of a life behind the screenshotted depression memes. Quietly Hostile : Essays by Samantha Irby (Paperback) (May 2023). She is turned away from restaurants for being inappropriately dressed and looks for the best ways to cope, i.e., reveling in the offerings of QVC and adopting a deranged pandemic dog. Irby got a lot of weird emails about Carrie Bradshaw, and not only is there diarrhea to avoid, but now-anaphylactic shock. But nothing is ever as it seems online, where she can crop out all the ugly parts. She dodges calls from Hollywood and flop sweats on the red carpet at premieres (well, one premiere). ![]() Samantha Irby’s career has taken her to new heights. will have you crying and laughing.” - TODAY “Irby is back with a new and hilariously relatable essay collection. A hilarious new essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling unabashed fan-favorite Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind the glitter and glam. ![]() ![]() He was on his couch one Sunday, watching worship songs on YouTube (he had a DJ gig the night before and slept through church). ![]() Kirby is a 31-year-old sneakerhead and Christian. So he went public with his identity in The Washington Post last month, no longer just a guy talking trash anonymously online. ![]() "I just didn't see myself effectively able to continue to be in the conversation without being fully out in public," he said in an interview. But as the project expanded – to a podcast and now to a new book called PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities – Kirby found the anonymity stifling. There's also the small detail that his wife works at a megachurch in Dallas. The megachurch culture he's critiquing is a small but loud and passionate faction of American Christianity at large. ![]() ![]() Kirby was anonymous at first for a few reasons. ![]() |