Marny

Marny
Author: Anthea Sharp
Publisher: Fiddlehead Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2015-10-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1680130315
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~ The USA Today bestselling Feyland series continues - where high-tech gaming meets the treacherous Realm of Faerie ~ THE REAL WORLD... Headed to the big city for a summer internship, Marny Fanalua is glad to leave her hometown and its creepy connection with the Realm of Faerie behind. Drastic heroics in Feyland are what her friends do - she's just trying to figure out where she fits in the real world. IS NO ESCAPE... Livestream gaming star and entrepreneur Nyx Spenser isn't sure why he's able to create incredibly realistic simulations straight out of the game of Feyland, but he plans to share his crazy new talent by opening an all-ages hangout called Club Mysteria. FROM THE GAME... As the boundaries between the human world and the dangerous Realm of Faerie weaken, Marny and Nyx must forge an alliance to repair the damage he's done - before it's too late. KEYWORDS: Bestselling Young Adult Fantasy Series, Coming-of-age, Fairies, Fairy Tales and Retellings, Celtic Folklore, Science Fantasy, MMO Gaming, Action Adventure, Magic Realms, Cyberpunk, litRPG, GameLit, Ready Player One, Warcross, Caravel, Jumanji, Graceling, Julie Kagawa, Sarah J. Maas, Court of Thorns and Roses, Cinder, Marissa Mayer, Melissa Marr, Portal Fantasy, Virtual Reality, Urban Fantasy, POC, Samoan heroine, mixed-race couple, IR romance, BBW teen, body positivity, BBW, Tao Wong, Isekai, Streaming, Shirtaloon, He Who Fights With Monsters

Feyland: Books 1-3

Feyland: Books 1-3
Author: Anthea Sharp
Publisher: Fiddlehead Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2013-01-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1301662623
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~ USA Today bestselling YA Fantasy - The first three books in one epic digital bundle ~ "Ready Player One with Fairies!" Faeries. Immersive games. A boy from the wrong side of the tracks, and the girl he's afraid to love... What if a high-tech VR game was a gateway to the treacherous Realm of Faerie? "Ms. Sharp is a master storyteller... The Feyland books have found a prized place on my all-time favorite books list."—Rebecca McKinnon, The Crooked Word "This is a great series that deserves more attention. The books are quick and exciting reads, and if you like stories based on fairy tales, or if you enjoyed both the portrayal of the fae in Mercy Thompson and October Daye and the virtual world of Ready Player One, you will love this series."—Kate, Epic Chocolate Fantasy "The series has come full circle with the great cast of characters and events that take place. Would recommend for everyone!"—Jen, What's on the Bookshelf KEYWORDS: Bestselling Young Adult Fantasy Series, Coming-of-age, Fairies, Fairy Tales and Retellings, Celtic Folklore, Science Fantasy, MMO Gaming, Action Adventure, Magic Realms, Cyberpunk, litRPG, GameLit, Ready Player One, Warcross, Caravel, Graceling, Julie Kagawa, Sarah J. Maas, Court of Thorns and Roses, Cinder, Marissa Mayer, Melissa Marr, Portal Fantasy, Virtual Reality, Tam Lin, Tamlin, complete series, Felicia Day, World of Warcraft, Fantasy Adventure, Wicked Lovely, Iron Fey, Ready Player One, Gamelit, Online, James Hunter, Shirtaloon, He Who Fights With Monsters, Andrew Seiple

For Lamb

For Lamb
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2023-01-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0823450155
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An interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful historical novel set in the Jim Crow South. For Lamb follows a family striving to better their lives in the late 1930s Jackson, Mississippi. Lamb’s mother is a hard-working, creative seamstress who cannot reveal she is a lesbian. Lamb’s brother has a brilliant mind and has even earned a college scholarship for a black college up north-- if only he could curb his impulsiveness and rebellious nature. Lamb herself is a quiet and studious girl. She is also naive. As she tentatively accepts the friendly overtures of a white girl who loans her a book she loves, she sets a off a calamitous series of events that pulls in her mother, charming hustler uncle, estranged father, and brother, and ends in a lynching. Told with nuance and subtlety, avoiding sensationalism and unnecessary brutality, this young adult novel from celebrated author Lesa Cline-Ransome pays homage to the female victims of white supremacy. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Edouard Glissant and Postcolonial Theory

Edouard Glissant and Postcolonial Theory
Author: Celia Britton
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780813918495
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Glissant has written extensively in French about the colonial experience in the Caribbean. Britton (French, Aberdeen U., Scotland) situates Glissant within ongoing debates in postcolonial theory, making connections between his novels and theoretical work and the work of Frantz Fanon, Gayatri Spivak, Homi Bhanha, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Focusing on language and subjectivity, discussion moves between analysis of Glissant's theoretical work and detailed readings of his novels. Major themes central to his writing, such as the reappropriation of history, standard and vernacular language, and the colonial construction of the Other, are addressed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Harlequin Love Inspired April 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2

Harlequin Love Inspired April 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2
Author: Rebecca Kertz
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460395182
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Love Inspired brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW Lancaster County Weddings by Rebecca Kertz Hiring the Lapp family men to make repairs around her farmhouse, Martha King soon develops feelings for the younger Elijah Lapp. Now it's up to the handsome entrepreneur to show the lovely widow that age is no barrier for true love. COMING HOME TO TEXAS Blue Thorn Ranch by Allie Pleiter Returning to her childhood ranch, Ellie Buckton teams up with deputy sheriff Nash Larson to teach after-school classes to the town's troubled teens. Can she put her failed engagement in the past and find a future with the charming lawman? FALLING FOR THE MILLIONAIRE Village of Hope by Merrillee Whren When Hudson Conrick's construction company works on the women's shelter expansion at the Village of Hope, he'll prove to ministry director Melody Hammond that he's more than just an adventure-loving millionaire—he's her perfect match. Join HarlequinMyRewards…com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.

Coming Home to Texas

Coming Home to Texas
Author: Allie Pleiter
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488007160
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A city girl comes back to her Texas hometown to leave the past behind—and steal a lawman’s heart—in this wholesome Western romance. Leaving behind her big city life, Ellie Buckton can’t wait to return to Blue Thorn Ranch—the place she’s always considered home, and the perfect place to mend her wounded heart. But she’s unprepared for the instant sparks she feels with the town’s new lawman, Nash Larson. Strong and steady Nash doesn’t want any attachments in his temporary posting. Not with the troubled teens he and Ellie are drafted to work with. And especially not with Ellie or the undeniable feelings she inspires within him. Nash likes to play by the book. But law and order can’t always rule when love is concerned . . .

Gone Away Into the Land

Gone Away Into the Land
Author: Jeffrey B Allen
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2010-07-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1609763637
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KILL THE BEAST, JOHN! KILL IT! - Meet twelve-year-old John Greber, who describes the dark clouds of daily life he, his mother, Ellie, and six- year-old sister, Marny, live under. The fear and loathing that exist within a home ruled by the iron fist of an abusive father is established on the very first page. It is impossible not to feel, in the pit of your stomach, the inevitable onslaught of catastrophe. Johns beast of a father is unpredictable and dangerous. He takes the storybook villain to a whole new level of greed and ignorance. The beast finally goes too far when he disappears, taking Marny with him. The search for her leads John and Ellie into the Land, a place they couldnt have imagined in their wildest dreams. (Think of Candyland crossed with Gregory Maguires vision of Oz and youll have something of an idea.) Allen skillfully combines the everyday world with the fantastic, a seemingly seamless combination which reminds the reader of the very best of fantasy novels. Yet, after all of the tragedies and triumphs are said and done, Goneaway, Into the Land, will leave you with a feeling of hope and a yearning for more.

Frantic

Frantic
Author: Mike Dellosso
Publisher: Charisma Media
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616384808
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Gas station attendant Marny Toogood is drawn into a daring rescue after receiving an urgent message from a young girl in the backseat of a car. Now he's on the run with Esther and William Rose from their insane "uncle" who thinks it is his mission from God to protect William, a boy with incredible faith that gives him supernatural powers.