The Boatman's Daughter

The Boatman's Daughter
Author: Andy Davidson
Publisher: MCD x FSG Originals
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0374720940

"Go read Andy Davidson’s lush nightmare, The Boatman’s Daughter. It put an arrow through my head and heart.” —Paul Tremblay, author of Growing Things "Ample bloodshed is offset by beautiful prose . . . A stunning supernatural Southern Gothic." —Kirkus (starred) Ever since her father was killed when she was just a child, Miranda Crabtree has kept her head down and her eyes up, ferrying contraband for a mad preacher and his declining band of followers to make ends meet and to protect an old witch and a secret child from harm. But dark forces are at work in the bayou, both human and supernatural, conspiring to disrupt the rhythms of Miranda’s peculiar and precarious life. And when the preacher makes an unthinkable demand, it sets Miranda on a desperate, dangerous path, forcing her to consider what she is willing to sacrifice to keep her loved ones safe. With the heady mythmaking of Neil Gaiman and the heartrending pacing of Joe Hill, Andy Davidson spins a thrilling tale of love and duty, of loss and discovery. The Boatman's Daughter is a gorgeous, horrifying novel, a journey into the dark corners of human nature, drawing our worst fears and temptations out into the light.

The Illustrated Boatman's Daughter

The Illustrated Boatman's Daughter
Author: Tom Durwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9781952520020

Heroes coming of age... and changing history. "A series of historical novels like this is refreshing, and much-needed ..." Lauren E. Snyder / Bookseller, Malaprop Books A dose of history for lovers of mystery and thrillers. "The Boatman's Daughter" is an old-fashioned epic adventure story complete with swashbuckling fights, treachery and assassins. Readers will find revenge and heartbreak, anguish and love, secret identities, brave deeds in the face of overwhelming odds -- and a new perspective on one of history's great tales. A wealth of original illustrations by rising artists Serena Malyon, Niklas Frostgard, and Oliver Ryan. The story's dramatic visuals range from painterly portraits to storybook landscapes and moody cinematic action sequences. Innovative design by Dennis Umaly of Javelin Design.

Hurricane Season

Hurricane Season
Author: Fernanda Melchor
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0811228045

The English-language debut of one of the most thrilling and accomplished young Mexican writers Winner of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute's Tanslation Prize Longlisted for the National Book Award Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the Internationaler Literaturpreis New York Public Library Best Books of 2020 Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2020 The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse has the whole village investigating the murder. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Melchor extracts some tiny shred of humanity from these characters—inners whom most people would write off as irredeemable—forming a lasting portrait of a damned Mexican village. Like Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 or Faulkner’s novels, Hurricane Season takes place in a world saturated with mythology and violence—real violence, the kind that seeps into the soil, poisoning everything around: it’s a world that becomes more and more terrifying the deeper you explore it.

The Wednesday Daughters

The Wednesday Daughters
Author: Meg Waite Clayton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2013-07-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345530284

A follow-up to the best-selling The Wednesday Sisters traces the story of the sisters' grown daughters Hope, Anna Page and Julie, who discover astonishing secrets about Hope's identity while perusing coded journals, puzzle boxes and other artifacts in a Lake District cabin Hope's mother used as a literary retreat.

Song of the Water Boatman

Song of the Water Boatman
Author: Joyce Sidman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0618135472

A collection of poems that provide a look at some of the animals, insects, and plants that are found in ponds, with accompanying information about each.

Daughter of York

Daughter of York
Author: Anne Easter Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2011-08-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439144613

History tells us that the intelligent, wealthy, and powerful Margaret of York had everything any woman could want, except for love. The acclaimed author of A Rose for the Crown takes us between the lines of history and into her heart. It is 1461: Edward, son of Richard of York, ascends to the throne, and his willful sister, Margaret, immediately becomes a pawn in European politics as Edward negotiates her marriage. The young Margaret falls deeply in love with Anthony Woodville, the married brother of Edward's queen, Elizabeth. But Edward has arranged for his sister to wed Charles, son of the Duke of Burgundy, and soon Margaret is setting sail for her new life. Her official escort: Anthony Woodville. Margaret of York eventually commanded the respect and admiration of much of Europe, but it appears to history that she had no emotional intimate. Anne Easter Smith's rare gift for storytelling and her extensive research reveal the love that burned at the center of Margaret's life, adding a new dimension to the story of one of the fifteenth century's most powerful women.

The Hollow Kind

The Hollow Kind
Author: Andy Davidson
Publisher: MCD
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0374720959

“The Hollow Kind seeps into your subconscious and waits for you in your nightmares.” —S. A. Cosby, bestselling author of Razorblade Tears Andy Davidson’s epic horror novel about the spectacular decline of the Redfern family, haunted by an ancient evil. When Nellie Gardner learns that she has inherited a turpentine estate from her long-lost grandfather, she throws everything she can think of in her pickup and flees to Georgia with her eleven-year-old son, Max, in tow. August Redfern’s “estate” is a decrepit farmhouse on a thousand acres of old pine forest, but Nellie sees it as the perfect refuge—a safe place to hide from her violent husband and the chance for a fresh start. But Max sees what his mother can’t: Redfern Hill is no haven. Something lurks beneath the soil, ancient and hungry, with the power to corrupt hearts and destroy souls. And Nellie’s return is about to wake it up. From the author of The Boatman’s Daughter comes a jaw-dropping, terrifying novel about legacy and the nightmares hidden in family histories. Andy Davidson’s The Hollow Kind is a twisted tale of cosmic horror mixed with a stunning Southern Gothic fable that will haunt you long after you turn the final page.

Kid Lit: An Introduction to Literary Criticism

Kid Lit: An Introduction to Literary Criticism
Author: Tom Durwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781952520044

We are surrounded by narratives, in fiction and in our everyday lives. In this colorful collection of ideas, the author argues that understanding the components of our favorite children's stories can lead to a lifetime of critical thinking. Beginning with the elements of the universal coming-of-age narrative, "Kid Lit" shows young readers and general readers alike how to recognize story structure, class, gender, symbolism, trauma and Orientalism in children's narratives. Of value to all teachers, students, librarians, readers, literature lovers, and moviegoers. Tom Durwood is the best English instructor I have seen in my thirty-two years of teaching. -- Professor Patrick Murray, Valley Forge Military College