![]() ![]() Raschka also worked with handicapped children in St. This experience was overwhelmingly positive for Raschka and fueled his desire to work with children, in some capacity. After graduating, Raschka obtained a one-year internship at a children’s orthopedic clinic in Germany until 1982. Raschka graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts in biology and a hope of becoming a zoologist. Science was another prominent passion of Raschka’s, which led him to major in biology at St. ![]() ![]() Much of Raschka’s childhood was spent pursing his creative, artistic passions, namely music and painting. Raschka was raised in suburban Chicago, the middle child of three. Storytelling and language were greatly valued in Raschka’s family, as his father was a historian and his mother a translator. Chris Raschka was born on Mato parents Don Durnbaugh and Hedda Raschka Durnbaugh. The small town, located by the Juniata River, is also home to Chris Raschka, one of the most celebrated children’s authors and illustrators living today. Having recently been deemed one of the “coolest small towns in the United States,” Huntingdon, Pennsylvania has one other claim to fame. ![]()
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![]() DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND AN LGBT BOOK TO RELATE TO I DO. ![]() New Adult novel: recommended for 17+ due to mature themes and sexual content. Will Avery's insistence on punishing herself for a mistake in her past make Britton's last year of high school, and finding a place to call home, impossible? Can two such different people ever find common ground, friendship, or maybe even something more?Īn unforgettable new adult lesbian romance for fans of Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters, Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen, or Nancy Garden's classic young adult coming out novel, Annie on My Mind. Something that is eating away at her and stopping her letting anyone in, least of all Britton. She's all Britton could ever ask for in a sister, or even a friend-but having survived without either for so long, Britton knows the way her heart races whenever Avery enters the room can only mean one thing.īut Avery has a secret. The hitch? Their daughter, Avery.īeautiful, popular and cool, Avery is everything Britton is not. But beginning her senior year with new foster parents in a new city, means starting over yet again. ![]() After a lifetime in the care system, she doesn't expect she'll ever find one. Then the bedroom door flies open, and someone screams her name.īritton Walsh has never had a home. I've been waiting so long for it to happen, and finally, it's going to. ![]() She pushes me up against the wall and we kiss harder than we ever have before. The room is dark, except for the streetlights coming through the blinds. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her career as a travel writer and her experiences as a real-life vagabond backpacking Central America are deeply seeded in this inspiring story. ![]() ![]() Kirsten Hubbard lends her artistry into this ultimate backpacker novel, weaving her drawings into the text. If she ever wants the courage to fall for someone worthwhile, she has to start looking back. And the secret to escaping the past, Rowan’s found, is to keep moving forward.īut Bria comes to realize she can't run forever, no matter what Rowan says. As they travel across a panorama of Mayan villages, remote Belizean islands, and hostels plagued with jungle beasties, they discover what they've got in common: both seek to leave behind the old versions of themselves. When Bria meets Rowan, devoted backpacker and dive instructor, and his outspokenly humanitarian sister Starling, she seizes the chance to ditch her group and join them off the beaten path.īria's a good girl trying to go bad. Middle-aged tourists with fanny packs are hardly the key to self-rediscovery. In a quest for independence, her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs up for a guided tour of Central America-the wrong one. No, but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. ![]() Summary from Goodreads: It all begins with a stupid question: ![]() ![]() Generals raged against the artist's irreverent daily Stars & Stripes strip, "Up Front. "He's lookin' fer a fight."īorn poor and part-Apache in New Mexico, Mauldin joined the 45th Infantry in 1940 and won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1945, at age 23. ![]() "That can't be no combat man," one of his characters says, watching a cocky GI pass by. This image of the slouched, tired "dogface" comes in part from the pen of cartoonist Bill Mauldin. We honor them because they slogged through mud and took care of their buddies in a conflict that - despite their fierce dedication - they didn't relish. We don't picture World War II soldiers as ramrod-straight, clean and bright-eyed. ![]() The image of the slouched, tired "dogface" comes in part from the pen of cartoonist Bill Mauldin. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When she finds a mysterious artifact that gives her the ability to fly, she thinks it's the solution to all her problems. On top of all that, Peggy has a hard time at school, and gets taunted by her classmates. Action, history, and a tiny bit of fantasy collide in eye-popping panels, loaded with heart." - Max Brallier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth seriesPeggy is scared: She's struggling to recover from polio and needs crutches to walk, and she and her neighbors are worried about the rumors of Communist spies doing bad things. a virtuosic performance.""Red Scare is a brilliant, fast-paced adventure. A page-turning sci-fi adventure set in 1953, featuring a clever girl who, against all odds, must outsmart bullies, the FBI, and alien invaders during the height of the communist Red Scare.The New York Times Book Review calls Red Scare a "masterly graphic novel debut. ![]() ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() She alone can see the house spirits that guard her home, and sense the growing forces of dark magic in the woods.Atmospheric and enchanting, with an engrossing adventure at its core, The Bear and the Nightingale is perfect for readers of Naomi Novik's Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials._Now with over 100 5* reviews, readers are spellbound by this magical story-'This book stayed with me, I didn't want it to end''A beautifully written story''An entrancing story, which swept me up from the very first chapter''Full of magic'_Make sure you've read all the books in the acclaimed Winternight Trilogy1. ![]() _Beware the evil in the woods.In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories of sorcery, folklore and the Winter King to the children of the family, tales of old magic frowned upon by the church.But for the young, wild Vasya these are far more than just stories. A beautiful fairytale full of magic for fans of Naomi Novik, Erin Morgenstern and Philip Pullman ![]() ![]() ![]() My main gripe with this book, and with series as a whole, is that Bruen plays the “damned” card pretty heavily when it comes to the life and times of Jack Taylor. The Prince of Darkness happens to be working on a pet project in Galway, killing off various innocents from various walks of life, all for the sake of that esteemed goal of making the world a bit more of a worse place to live. ![]() Taylor finds himself in some deep shit this time around when he happens to slouch his way into the Lord of Lies line of sight. The Devil is a pretty concise and focused novel compared to the normal Bruen fair which tend to hinge on the barest semblances of plot and often re-write backstory to make way for any idea that pops into the author’s Irish brain, usually at the cost of any continuity or sense of character progression for the reader. No, the title is anything but metaphorical.Īctually, this book turned out to be a pleasant puff of fresh Gaelic air after the last three ho-hum entries in the never-ending struggle between Jack Taylor and his own damned nature. A fairly straight-faced PI series suddenly introduces 8 books-in a supernatural element? And by “supernatural element” I mean our barely-functioning PI Jack Taylor goes head-to-head in the streets of Galway with the Infernal One himself. For all intents and purposes, this book probably should have sucked pretty hard. ![]() ![]() I personally didn’t enjoy that Katsa was normally likewise independent in addition to persistent with Po, however I believe Cashore was trying to make a point about various sort of love in addition to collaborations. Po softens Katsa, and likewise yet he acknowledges in addition to values her. ![]() Her battling, her relationships and her sheer will definitely to make it through and stand firm through some challenging situations.Īnd likewise Po, I enjoyed Po! The love was definitely adorable. She was such a strong, independent heroine and I delight in that I have in fact been seeing much more of that in YA books. ![]() Katsa has the capability to eliminate anybody with her bare hands and is a skilled fighter. ![]() She is a graceling, showing that she is enhanced with special capabilities like great deals of numerous other characters in this dream world. OhGraceling I had a look at this publication a number of times prior to in reality reading it and likewise I am SO appreciative I finally did! Katsa is an impressive primary character. ![]() ![]() ![]() And, of course, Conlan Lennart is in the middle of it. There are portals popping up all over North America, but only Atlanta has terrifying creatures coming out of them. That's right I'm just doing a big fat next gen because I can.Princess_Contradiction Fandoms: Kate Daniels - Ilona Andrews ![]() ![]() Spoilers galore.ġ - Kate’s first Conclave 2 - Aunt B and Martha Delany have brunch 3 - The Lennarts go visit the d’Amrays 4 - Derek has the worst timing (NSFW) 5 - Martha and Mahon Delany have a chat 6 - Lorelei Wilson talks with her mother 7 - Roland is calling 8 - Curran and Jim go back to the Keep 9 - Jim and Dali become the new Beast Lord and Consort 10- Curran contemplates his rooms 11- Curran and Kate go to a Clan Rat wedding 12- The morning after Curran wakes from coma (NSFW) 13- Curran and Jim in a Car 14- Jim and Dali meet the People 15- Kate goes to visit Anna Feldman Language: English Words: 33,940 Chapters: 15/? Comments: 63 Kudos: 104 Bookmarks: 21 Hits: 2007 ![]() CatSamwise Fandoms: Kate Daniels - Ilona AndrewsĪ collection of missing scenes throughout the Kate Daniels series, some bigger and some small. ![]() ![]() This is a book born straight from life lived in Britain below the poverty line - a brutal landscape savaged by universal credit, zero-hours contracts, rising rents and public service funding cuts. ![]() In Skint Estate, Cash has found her voice - loud, raw and cutting. Without a stable home, without a steady income, without family support - how do you survive? What had changed? The vulnerable were still at the bottom of the heap, unheard. ![]() Years later, she watched Grenfell burn from a women's refuge around the corner. Skint Estate is the hard-hitting, blunt, dignified and brutally revealing debut memoir about impoverishment, loneliness and violence in austerity Britain - set against a grim landscape of sink estates, police cells, refuges and peepshows - skilfully woven into a manifesto for change.Īlone, pregnant and living in a women's refuge, Cash Carraway couldn't vote in the 2010 general election that ushered austerity into Britain. ![]() It's a luxury to afford morals and if you're Cash Carraway, you do what you can to survive. ![]() |