Author: Jeffrey Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781626413085
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Joe Meno
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1936070294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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The debut novel from Akashic’s new imprint, Punk Planet Books. Also check out the smash hits How the Hula Girl Sings, Tender as Hellfire, and The Boy Detective Fails. “A funny, hard-rocking first-person tale of teenage angst and discovery.” —Booklist “Captures the loose, fun, recklessness of midwestern punk.” —MTV.com Hairstyles of the Damned is an honest, true-life depiction of growing up punk on Chicago’s south side: a study in the demons of racial intolerance, Catholic school conformism, and class repression. It is the story of the riotous exploits of Brian, a high school burnout, and his best friend, Gretchen, a punk rock girl fond of brawling. Based on the actual events surrounding a Chicago high school’s segregated prom, this work of fiction unflinchingly pursues the truth in discovering what it means to be your own person.

Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1510105808
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Gothic, intoxicating, feminist, darkly provoking and deeply romantic - this is the breathtakingly imagined untold story of the brides of Dracula, by bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave in her much-anticipated YA debut. They say the thirst of blood is like a madness - they must sate it. Even with their own kin. On the eve of her divining, the day she'll discover her fate, seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and enslaved by the cruel Boyar Valcar, taken far away from their beloved traveller community. Forced to work in the harsh and unwelcoming castle kitchens, Lil is comforted when she meets Mira, a fellow slave who she feels drawn to in a way she doesn't understand. But she also learns about the Dragon, a mysterious and terrifying figure of myth and legend who takes girls as gifts. They may not have had their divining day, but the girls will still discover their fate...

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Languages : en
Pages : 1176

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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1078

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Author: Nan Britton
Publisher: New York, Elizabeth Ann guild, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Children of presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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"If love is the only right warrant for bringing children into the world then many children born in wedlock are illegitimate and many born out of wedlock are legitimate." So contends Nan Britton in this account of Elizabeth Ann, her daughter by Warren G. Harding.

Author: Song Ge
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648847420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 753

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The first time he saved Sun Chun, Chenopodium was bewitched."He looks so handsome!"Unknowingly, her saliva was also dripping onto the ground.Sun Chun looked at her coldly, too lazy to bother with her.The man was like a beautiful leather bag with pustules inside it. He did not have too many tricks up his sleeve, and he often bullied the man for not being able to get away.Who would have thought that the transformed devil beast was the most terrifying. It killed off its evil younger brother and took back everything that belonged to it. It even loved to hold a grudge and wanted to find her to settle the score.

Author: Jerome Klapka Jerome
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Author: Brenda Hodge
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491765348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 688

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Escaping the wrath of General Shermans troops, Joe Edge and his family are forced to seek protection and livelihood in the wilderness of Florida. The Civil War is winding down when the Edges arrive in Sara Sota. Numerous dangerous creatures roam the swamps: panthers, alligators, rattlesnakes, wild boar hogs. Men are the most wicked of all. Florida has become a haven for deserters from both the Union and the Confederate armies. The state is sparsely populatedlawmen few and far between. Murderers, thieves, child abusers, and other assorted human debris take refuge in the palmetto scrubs and pine forests. They are no match for Joe. This legendary novel documents his many courageous acts. He stalks a tiger that attacked his family. He saves the cattle herd of the areas richest plantation owner. He takes revenge against the man who killed a loved one. To a cold-blooded murderer, he dispenses frontier justice. Love blooms for Joe. He must make a choice between faraway medical student, precocious and stubborn Sparky Topp; or the temptress schoolteacher, Grisette Able. In the most exciting action scene ever, Joe takes on a gang of evil outlawsincluding the devil himself. At conclusion, the reader must decide who saves Anne Southern from being skinned alive: Joe Edge, Albert the alligator, or a tiny gold cross and a whispered two-word prayer.

Author: K. Jerome Jerome
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732693775
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Reproduction of the original: They and I by K. Jerome Jerome