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Author: India Hill Brown
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338317261
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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"This ghost story gave me chill after chill. It will haunt you." -- R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps "Do you know what it feels like to be forgotten?"On a cold winter night, Iris and her best friend, Daniel, sneak into a clearing in the woods to play in the freshly fallen snow. There, Iris carefully makes a perfect snow angel -- only to find the crumbling gravestone of a young girl, Avery Moore, right beneath her.Immediately, strange things start to happen to Iris: She begins having vivid nightmares. She wakes up to find her bedroom window wide open, letting in the snow. She thinks she sees the shadow of a girl lurking in the woods. And she feels the pull of the abandoned grave, calling her back to the clearing...Obsessed with figuring out what's going on, Iris and Daniel start to research the area for a school project. They discover that Avery's grave is actually part of a neglected and forgotten Black cemetery, dating back to a time when White and Black people were kept separate in life -- and in death. As Iris and Daniel learn more about their town's past, they become determined to restore Avery's grave and finally have proper respect paid to Avery and the others buried there.But they have awakened a jealous and demanding ghost, one that's not satisfied with their plans for getting recognition. One that is searching for a best friend forever -- no matter what the cost.The Forgotten Girl is both a spooky original ghost story and a timely and important storyline about reclaiming an abandoned segregated cemetery."A harrowing yet empowering tale reminding us that the past is connected to the present, that every place and every person has a story, and that those stories deserve to be told." -- Renee Watson, New York Times bestselling author of Piecing Me Together

Author: Laura Howard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615809052
Category : Fathers and daughters
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Allison's plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and care for her schizophrenic mother. When her long-lost father returns, he claims he can bring Alison's mother back from the dark place her mind has gone. She doesn't want to believe his stories about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha de Danaan, but she must work with her father if there is a chance that it could restore her mother's sanity.

Author: Milton Rogovin
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368112
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Born in New York in 1909, Milton Rogovin has been photographing coal miners since 1962. Men and women portrayed at a mine entrance, covered in coal dust, are barely recognizable in the accompanying photographs, where they stand in their own homes. This text presents more than 100 of these powerful images.

Author: Stanley L Garland, Jr
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9781735839424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150

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Faith. Hope. Fear. A young man struggles with life after a zombie virus rips through the thriving metropolis of Aegis City. Daren's life was headed in the right direction. He had just graduated from college in ministry. The plan was set. Serve God, move out of his crummy apartment, and find the love of his life. All of that changed when he heard a scream from the street. The world as he knew it was recast as a post apocalyptic nightmare in a moment. The instant he ran down the stairs his eyes met Eline. Through a frantic chain of events, he was faced with the decision of death... or to fight and live. Finding his faith and courage he pressed forward into an unknown future. With danger lurking in every corner can his faith stand the test? This is a tale of survival and budding romance amongst the undead. Will there be safety in numbers? Or will they end up Zombified?

Author: Laura Howard
Publisher: Laura Howard
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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**USA Today Bestseller** Allison O'Malley's plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she's been in love with for as long as she can remember. What is definitely not part of the plan is the return of her long-lost father, who claims he can bring Allison's mother back from the dark place her mind has gone. Allison doesn't trust her father, so why would she believe his fairy tale about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha de Danaan? But truths have a way of revealing themselves. Secrets will eventually surface. And Allison must learn to set aside her plan and work with her father if there is even a small chance it could restore her mother's sanity.

Author: Jillian Webster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780986188855
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Arriving in the drowned streets of LA, a strange and dangerous world awaits Maia and Lucas, and they have no time to spare. Thousands of miles sprawl between them and the city of Leucothea in the Old Arctic Circle, filled with deadlands, vicious mobs, and erratic weather. From the relentless heat of the Californian desert to a merciless Arctic sun that never sets, the journey will test them in ways they could never have imagined. But nothing could prepare Maia for the shocking chain of events that awaits. Walking an unraveling tightrope between worlds, she will be thrust upon a crossroad of the most gut-wrenching kind-one that no matter which direction she chooses, she may lose everything she holds dear, including Leucothea, forever.

Author: A. J. Hackwith
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984806394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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In the second installment of this richly imagined fantasy adventure series, a new threat from within the Library could destroy those who depend upon it the most. The Library of the Unwritten in Hell was saved from total devastation, but hundreds of potential books were destroyed. Former librarian Claire and Brevity the muse feel the loss of those stories, and are trying to adjust to their new roles within the Arcane Wing and Library, respectively. But when the remains of those books begin to leak a strange ink, Claire realizes that the Library has kept secrets from Hell--and from its own librarians. Claire and Brevity are immediately at odds in their approach to the ink, and the potential power that it represents has not gone unnoticed. When a representative from the Muses Corps arrives at the Library to advise Brevity, the angel Rami and the erstwhile Hero hunt for answers in other realms. The true nature of the ink could fundamentally alter the afterlife for good or ill, but it entirely depends on who is left to hold the pen.

Author: Lisa McMann
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593325419
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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X-Men meets Spy Kids in this instant New York Times bestseller! Here’s the first book in a new middle-grade fantasy/adventure series from the author of The Unwanteds. Fifteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled Estero City to make a new life in an isolated tropical hideout. Over time, seven of them disappeared without a trace, presumed captured or killed. And now, the remaining one has died. Left behind to fend for themselves are the criminals’ five children, each with superpowers of their own: Birdie can communicate with animals. Brix has athletic abilities and can heal quickly. Tenner can swim like a fish and can see in the dark and hear from a distance. Seven’s skin camouflages to match whatever is around him. Cabot hasn’t shown signs of any unusual power—yet. Then one day Birdie finds a map among her father’s things that leads to a secret stash. There is also a note: Go to Estero, find your mother, and give her the map. The five have lived their entire lives in isolation. What would it mean to follow the map to a strange world full of things they’ve only heard about, like cell phones, cars, and electricity? A world where, thanks to their parents, being supernatural is a crime?

Author: Nalo Hopkinson
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
ISBN: 1551523167
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy is an anthology of original new stories by leading African, Asian, South Asian and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British writers of color. Stories of imagined futures abound in Western writing. Writer and editor Nalo Hopkinson notes that the science fiction/fantasy genre “speaks so much about the experience of being alienated but contains so little writing by alienated people themselves.” It’s an oversight that Hopkinson and Mehan aim to correct with this anthology. The book depicts imagined futures from the perspectives of writers associated with what might loosely be termed the “third world.” It includes stories that are bold, imaginative, edgy; stories that are centered in the worlds of the “developing” nations; stories that dare to dream what we might develop into. The wealth of postcolonial literature has included many who have written insightfully about their pasts and presents. With So Long Been Dreaming they creatively address their futures. Contributors include: Opal Palmer Adisa, Tobias Buckell, Wayde Compton, Hiromi Goto, Andrea Hairston, Tamai Kobayashi, Karin Lowachee, devorah major, Carole McDonnell, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Eden Robinson, Nisi Shawl, Vandana Singh, Sheree Renee Thomas and Greg Van Eekhout. Nalo Hopkinson is the internationally-acclaimed author of Brown Girl in the Ring, Skin Folk, and Salt Roads. Her books have been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Tiptree, and Philip K. Dick Awards; Skin Folk won a World Fantasy Award and the Sunburst Award. Born in Jamaica, Nalo moved to Canada when she was sixteen. She lives in Toronto. Uppinder Mehan is a scholar of science fiction and postcolonial literature. A South Asian Canadian, he currently lives in Boston and teaches at Emerson College.

Author: L M Lacee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106

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This is a story, a long time in the telling. Stanvis has finally decided the time is right to find out about his past. In typical Stanvis fashion how he goes about seeking the information lands him in trouble, and not only with his brothers. In this novella we will learn why Stanvis was abandoned and a little about Jacks, his true love. After tricking his father into giving him his memories back, which sadly leaves him frustrated and seldom sober he finally annoys Reighn enough that he takes action to save his brothers sanity and his own. What was it that caused Stanvis to want to remember the worst time of his life? Her name is Jaqueline Numond, or Jacks for short. A near-sighted Leopard who has recently arrived at Dragon's Gap, and like Stanvis she has her own set of problems. The very second Stanvis saw her, he knew she was his Shadow. The one destined to be his one true love, but he will not claim her until he has discovered what led his birth parents to abandon him. His greatest fear is the possibility he may be the one dragon not good enough to accept a Shadow into his life. Will Jacks overcome her cat's impulsive nature, will Stanvis and his dragon be able to move into a future with a certain Leopard?