![]() ![]() This book is meltingly good.” - Laini Taylor, National Book Award Finalist for LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES “Don’t you love it when a brilliant idea meets with brilliant execution? Thank you, Diana Peterfreund for giving us a post-apocalyptic Persuasion. “A beautiful, epic love story you won’t be able to put down!” - Simone Elkeles, New York Times bestselling author of the Perfect Chemistry series will appeal to science fiction and romance fans alike. ![]() “Succeeds in recasting Austen’s characters to bring her themes to a futurist society and provide wry comment on life in the twenty-first century …. “Diana Peterfreund’s For Darkness Shows the Stars is an impassioned ode to Jane Austen, love, and the hope found in stars.” - Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE and A MILLION SUNS a richly envisioned portrait of a society in flux, a steely yet vulnerable heroine, and a young man who does some growing up.” - Publishers Weekly “Dystopian, ideological, rebellious-Peterfreund’s fantasy homage to Austen’s Persuasion departs from the original in many respects, and with great success …. “Will be a hit with fans of sci-fi romances… Readers will keep turning the pages right up to the end.” - School Library Journal (starred review) ![]()
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![]() “The best new urban fantasy series I've read in years.”-#1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong “Patricia Briggs is an incredible writer.I love hanging out with the amazing characters in this series!”-Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author “Patricia Briggs never fails to deliver an exciting, magic- and fable-filled suspense story.”-Erin Watt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Royals series “I love these books.”-Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author It can make you do anything-even kill the person you love the most. It can look like anyone, any creature it chooses. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures who remained behind roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. They abandoned their prisoners and their pets. They left behind their great castles and troves of magical artifacts. It looks like I'm going to need them.Ĭenturies ago, the fae dwelt in Underhill-until she locked her doors against them. ![]() But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. ![]() My only “superpowers” are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Describing the circumstances of his fatwa, Rushdie appeals to the second audience which an overarching framework of how speech promotes a richer private and public life. One way in which Rushdie hooks his second, presumably older, audience is by explaining the importance of speech and storytelling in a profound philosophical context. Rushdie’s references to King Lear, Plato, and The Beatles demonstrate this dichotomy, resulting in a work which aims to please a child’s sense of wild creativity, yet also attracting more experienced readers familiar to complicated topics. Although the tale resonates with younger audiences and portrays a sense of magical realism, the allegory also makes several allusions to works only familiar to older audiences. In an effort to reconnect and entertain his son, Rushdie wrote an entertaining story for children: Haroun and the Sea of Stories. ![]() As a result, the English government put Rushdie in hiding and he was forced to be separated from his young son, Zafar. After he published The Satanic Verses, a novel about Pagan Meccan goddesses which insulted many Muslims, former Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering the death of Rushdie. ![]() ![]() This narrative was a consequence of Rushdie’s many years in hiding. Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories tells a fictional tale of a young protagonist named Haroun who travels to the Sea of Stories to help his father gain back his skill of storytelling. Haroun and the Sea of Stories: An Allegory for all Readers ![]() ![]() He cut his teeth on television broadcasts of classic Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi films. View Gallery: Cover art from books by horror writer Ray Garton of ReddingĬlassic horror movies were more fun than fright for him, Garton said. “It scared the hell out of me, but it was a good scare.” “I was watching 'Dark Shadows' - until my mother put a stop to it,” he said, laughing. He started drawing fantasy picture books at age 4, inspired by television shows. “If you wrote fiction you were lying.”īut he was born to make up stories, he said. ![]() "Seventh-day Adventists didn’t approve of fiction” at the time. “I wanted for nothing, and there were plenty of good times,” he said, but he felt like his love for stories made him a misfit. was adopted into a religious family by Ray and Pat Garton. Garton’s name, and his pen names Arthur Darknell and Joseph Locke, grace the covers of a 68-book canon that includes Live Girls, In a Dark Place, The Loveliest Dead, Shackled, Ravenous, and novelizations of films and television series including Good Burger and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.īorn in 1962 in Redding, Ray Garton Jr. ![]() ![]() By 22 he was a published novelist. At 43, he won an award reserved for the horror genre’s most elite writers: The World Horror Convention Grand Master Award. ![]() He started composing horror stories before he learned to spell. The Anderson resident says he was born to write. Ray Garton's childhood was filled with werewolves and vampires. ![]() ![]() Take a live tour of the current Wisconsin night sky in this 22-minute guided Planetarium program. Wisconsin Stargazing - Planetarium Program Join us for this fun Planetarium program for all ages. ![]() ![]() Showtimes at 11:00 a.m., 12:45 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.Įver dream of rocketing into space or being an astronaut in Earth's orbit? Explore these fascinating journeys and beyond with NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and her robot helper, SLOTH! That’s short for Space Life Operations Trainer for Humans. Take a close look at three amazing bird families: huge sandhill cranes, tiny yellow warblers, and charismatic mallard ducks, who all have unique behaviors and migration routes in this largely unknown area of North America. Now Showing Wings Over Water - Giant FilmĮmbark on a magnificent giant-screen journey to discover the amazing prairie wetlands-a place we need to protect. ![]() Members $5, non-members $6. Sustainer+ members can reserve for free, but must call 41 or visit MPM. Giant-screen films are sold separately from Museum admission and can be reserved online, by phone, or in-person. At this time, programs cannot be reserved in advance and are first-come, first-served. One Planetarium program is included with your Museum admission. Soref Planetarium & Dome Theater is now open! View Announcement Search toggle Mobile Menu Toggle ![]() Wisconsin Statewide Community Science Project. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He works as a researcher in the Department of Factual Verification at a major magazine (resembling The New Yorker), although the term "works" should be used loosely in this context as the protagonist rarely makes it to work on time sans hangover, and attends party after party, usually accompanied by his co-conspirator Tad Allagash and sometimes with a beautiful woman on his arm, which is just fine as his model wife has mysteriously left him. The book reveals the exploits of a young man, an unnamed protagonist, buzzing through life on one long alcohol and cocaine fueled bender. One of the main focuses of the article was how McInerney's life mirrored that of his characters, a persona first created in his first novel, the infamous Bright Lights, Big City. It was a human interest story that chronicled the writer's personal life rather than a book review (his latest novel, The Good Life, was released on January 31, 2006). This past Sunday The New York Times ran a piece in the Fashion & Style section on author Jay McInerney. ![]() ![]() What people are saying about KID DOCS: " Soooo good! 11 year old could NOT put this down! She wants to be surgeon and said this was the best book ever." - AC, Amazon "This was one of the only books I found that was age appropriate for my middle school children to cultivate their interests in the field of medicine. **CYBILS AWARD NOMINEE!** KID DOCS has been selected by educators as recommended reading for middle school students across the United States and the UK. At the same time, Connor learns to save lives and discovers that some lives cannot be saved. Connor experiences his first pangs of love (toward fifteen-year-old obstetrician, Cassie), deals with his explosive older brother (a sixteen-year-old heart surgeon), and tries to figure out why his friendship with fourteen-year-old fellow ER doctor Hannah has suddenly changed. KID DOCS tells the story of Connor's first days as an emergency room doctor. ![]() They are child prodigies who were selected at just three years old to undergo intensive medical training as part of an experiment called Kid Docs. Fourteen-year-old Connor Hansen became a doctor two days ago-along with all of his friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hugo's novel had been on my lengthy “must read” list for years, but what finally moved it to the top was my growing fascination with cities in literature. It is also about the “genius loci” of Paris, the maternal spirit that offers sanctuary and support to its most unfortunate children, many of them literally orphans (Gringoire, Quasimodo, Esmeralda, the Frollos), be they ugly or beautiful, virtuous or evil, bringing a measure of comfort to their difficult and and often tragic lives. First of all, it is about the great cathedral that dominates and defines the city, the setting for much of the novel's action and most of its crucial events. It is a shame that this book is so seldom referred to in English by its given name, for it is about more than the history of one hunchback, however moving that history may be. Best of all, it gives us one of literature's most loving and detailed depictions of a city, rivaled only by Joyce's Dublin in Ulysses. Although it lacks the depth and humanity of Les Miserables, it possesses a grandeur of architectonic structure and an Olympian compassion all its own. I recently read Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris for the first time, and was delighted and moved by the experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beginning with his own story of how his parents encouraged him to ‘let me be me,' Desmond segues into LGBTQ history, starting with the Stonewall Riots in 1969 in New York City. “An effortlessly informative introduction to drag culture for young readers, Desmond Is Amazing’s first book, wrapped in a riot of incredible watercolor and ink illustrations, is a winner for everyone, regardless of how they identify. Below are children’s and YA books available on OverDrive/Libby, Hoopla, and the Westchester Libraries for you to read and celebrate Pride.īe Amazing: A History of Pride by Desmond Is Amazing & Dylan Glynn Two book lists I recommend for kids and teens to celebrate Pride are No Time for Flashcards' 59 Children's Books That Celebrate Pride – LGBTQ Book List for Kids and Denise Schipani’s 16 Great LGBTQIA+ Books for Kids and Teens article for Brightly. Pride celebrates the achievements of LGBTQIA+ Americans, and it highlights the work that continues in order to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for those in the LGBTQIA+ community. The Stonewall riots marked the beginning of a movement to abolish discriminatory laws and practices against LGBTQIA+ persons in the United States, which continues to our present day. LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and all of the other sexualities, sexes, and genders that aren't included in these few letters) Pride Month is celebrated annually in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots, which took place in New York City. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here, Pike replaces the show's revelation of Sandra speaking through the intercom as 'Tristan' with Kevin removing Anya's belongings from her room. In both tellings, an explanation is given that essentially negates the afterlife for readers. Like the show's version, the group promises that the first to die would send the others a message from beyond with the related events, starting with Anya's death, playing out about the same. The story's intended message of the acceptance of death is upheld in both formats, but the book is slightly more outright in addressing it, especially through Ilonka. They cope with this by coming together as 'The Midnight Club' to tell each other stories in the study of Rotterham Hospice. There are some "spooky" elements such as the occasional cold spot throughout the manor's halls and some mystical elements to the sub-stories Ilonka and her friends tell, but there isn't anything present to qualify the book's genre as "Horror." Instead, we're treated to an interesting, yet solemn, short story about a group of young adults who come to grips with their inevitable mortality while also coming of age. While both stories follow a group of close-knit, terminally ill teenagers who reside at a hospice manor through the perspective of Ilonka Pawnuk, the novel isn't a scary story by any means. ![]() |