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I only remember from the synopsis that it was this girl that when she saw people, she could see this numbers; the date they would die.And I'm not sure, but I think it was some kind of terrorist thing, that she (the narrator/girl who sees these death numbers) saw that there were a lot of people that had the same date to die on.Does this sound familiar to anyone? | 2013-02-16T00:00:00 | 6609758 | [
"Ever since she was child, Jem has kept a secret: Whenever she meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks into their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. The two plan a trip to the city. But whil Ever since she was child, Jem has kept a secret: Whenever she meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks into their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. The two plan a trip to the city. But while waiting to ride the Eye ferris wheel, Jem is terrified to see that all the other tourists in line flash the same number. Today's number. Today's date. Terrorists are going to attack London. Jem's world is about to explode! ...more"
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I was just remembering this book...I read it in the 80's, so either written then or in the 70's. I think that a teenage girl was running away, perhaps with a friend or with her brother. They go to a store to hide out for the night, and the mannequins come alive. the mannequins are actually really mean, and get mad when the kids take the clothes....and a whole bunch of other stuff happens that I can't remember | 2008-10-02T00:00:00 | 39978 | [
"Trying to escape the vicious King Kobra gang and a troubled life at home, eighth graders Barnie and Teresa flee the city. With only four dollars between them, they hop a bus, hoping to find a new life at the end of the line. Destination: Paradise Park. But Paradise Park turns out to be a cement-covered suburban shopping mall--not quite the paradise they had hoped for.With Trying to escape the vicious King Kobra gang and a troubled life at home, eighth graders Barnie and Teresa flee the city. With only four dollars between them, they hop a bus, hoping to find a new life at the end of the line. Destination: Paradise Park. But Paradise Park turns out to be a cement-covered suburban shopping mall--not quite the paradise they had hoped for.With no money and no home to retum to, they are forced to stay. And paradise park takes them in--in more ways than one. Barnie and Teresa spend their days and nights in the climate-controlled consumer paradise of a large department store. And just when they think they can live there unnoticed forever, Teresa and Barnie find that even Paradise Park has its secrets. Even in the dead of night, they are far from alone....From the Paperback edition. ...more"
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I am trying to remember the title.of a book. It had a yellow cover and a one word title. The main character's name was jazz and I think she and a male love interest were trying to save her family' s property. | 2014-08-12T00:00:00 | 915396 | [
"Inside the fun-filled photographers' studio in California known as Dazzle, Jazz Kilkullen reigns supreme. At twenty-nine, this playful, gifted, and thoroughly sexy woman has become one of the most successful celebrity portrait photographers in the world.But her charmed career and her dashing private life, which includes three fascinating --- and fascinated --- men, are roc Inside the fun-filled photographers' studio in California known as Dazzle, Jazz Kilkullen reigns supreme. At twenty-nine, this playful, gifted, and thoroughly sexy woman has become one of the most successful celebrity portrait photographers in the world.But her charmed career and her dashing private life, which includes three fascinating --- and fascinated --- men, are rocked when an unexpected tragedy leaves Jazz to battle her father's vengeful ex-wife and the machinations of her own half-sisters. At stake is the Kilkullen family ranch, a three-billion-dollar paradise of unspoiled California land that developers all over the world would do anything to possess ... and Jazz will do anything to protect. Absolutely anything. ...more"
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A friend is looking for a book she read to her children about 20 years ago. A quote from the book is "slowly among the stars he felt himself lifted, and carried, and laid at last in his own bed. Something rough, like burlap brushed his cheek and he smelled the spicy odor of witch hazel blossoms." The illustration is of a woman lying a young child on a bed covered with a quilt that has stars. Thank you! | 2018-12-15T00:00:00 | 7131066 | [
"Given some pumpkin seeds by his older brothers, a young boy plants them and makes a scarecrow from a witch hazel branch, a gingham dress, and an old bonnet. On the night of the harvest moon, with the wind howling down the chimney, the boy learns the magical secret of the scarecrow, Witch Hazel, the pumpkin, and the harvest moon. Full-color illustrations."
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I read this book when I was in eighth grade (~2017-2018) and from what I remember it was illegal to be Muslim in America and the main character helps a Muslim woman escape to a safe area. That is all I can remember, sorry if it is too vague. ): | 2020-07-01T00:00:00 | 35068798 | [
"Imagine a United States in which registries and detainment camps for Muslim-Americans are a reality.Fifteen-year-old Sarah-Mary Williams of Hannibal, Missouri, lives in this world, and though she has strong opinions on almost everything, she isn’t concerned with the internments because she doesn’t know any Muslims. She assumes that everything she reads and sees in the news Imagine a United States in which registries and detainment camps for Muslim-Americans are a reality.Fifteen-year-old Sarah-Mary Williams of Hannibal, Missouri, lives in this world, and though she has strong opinions on almost everything, she isn’t concerned with the internments because she doesn’t know any Muslims. She assumes that everything she reads and sees in the news is true, and that these plans are better for everyone’s safety.But when she happens upon Sadaf, a Muslim fugitive determined to reach freedom in Canada, Sarah-Mary at first believes she must turn her in. But Sadaf challenges Sarah-Mary’s perceptions of right and wrong, and instead Sarah-Mary decides, with growing conviction, to do all she can to help Sadaf escape.The two set off on a desperate journey, hitchhiking through the heart of an America that is at times courageous and kind, but always full of tension and danger for anyone deemed suspicious. ...more"
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There are kids who go up to a house in the mountain that is supposed to be haunted or something on halloween and there is a bowl of candy outside the door. So they go to the store to try and figure out who bought that kind of candy... they end up befriending the old man who lives in the house who became a hermit after his wife died in a car accident. I read this probably 10-12 years ago. | 2015-03-30T00:00:00 | 640101 | [
"Hadley's friend Josh is new in town and curious to know what is behind the terrible songs the kids sing. According to the creepy stories, an old hunchback lives on the hill with hundreds of black cats, and if you go up there, she'll turn you into a cat! Hadley can see the light on the hill from her bedroom window and the stories often give her nightmares.But one dark Hallo Hadley's friend Josh is new in town and curious to know what is behind the terrible songs the kids sing. According to the creepy stories, an old hunchback lives on the hill with hundreds of black cats, and if you go up there, she'll turn you into a cat! Hadley can see the light on the hill from her bedroom window and the stories often give her nightmares.But one dark Halloween night Josh talks Hadley into making one terrifying trip up Hogback Hill to solve the mystery. And what they discover is a very old secret that someone wants to make sure is kept. ...more"
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Circa 1980 YA Set in England during the Medieval times, a girl who wants to be a wool merchant is sent to foster at a castle. After rescuing a bear from a Bear Baiting,she escapes the castle to return home to her father, a wool merchant who has broken his hip. The book follows her travels and her efforts to restore the family business to achieve her dream of being a wool merchant. | 2013-03-25T00:00:00 | 964803 | [
"A most unladylike heroine struggles to outwit the system that would have her become a lady. \"I do not want to be a lady. I want to be a wool merchant.\" In those two sentences young Maude Reed expresses her most burning desire. But in fifteenth-century England, girls of good family do not go into business. Instead, they are often sent to live in one of A most unladylike heroine struggles to outwit the system that would have her become a lady. \"I do not want to be a lady. I want to be a wool merchant.\" In those two sentences young Maude Reed expresses her most burning desire. But in fifteenth-century England, girls of good family do not go into business. Instead, they are often sent to live in one of the great castles, where they do needlework, play the lute, and are taught the complicated customs and manners of that age of knighthood. At Beauclaire Castle, Maude meets two people who are to have a lasting influence on her - the beautiful Melusine, who serves Lady Astallon, and Henry Rancon, destined one day for knighthood. Nevertheless, the moment comes when she can face life there no longer, and on Christmas day she mounts her pony, steals over the drawbridge and starts on the long perilous journey home.Then her real adventures begin ... ...more"
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Loss of identity and coming to terms with being half sibling to brothers and sister. He is oldest of adult kids. Hard to adjust to his dad not being birth father. His parents separated during courtship and mom had one time with guy. Son has difficult time to talk with mom. Parents didn’t know how to tell him. Think he was writer. Just met girl he likes. She out walking dog and it got away from her. She may have a twisted ankle. | 2020-06-22T00:00:00 | 41750611 | [
"The Montgomery Ink saga continues with a new series set in Boulder, where a family secret might just change everything.One mistake at a friend’s wedding rocks Liam Montgomery’s entire world, and everything he thought was true turns out to be a lie. But when an accident lands him in the ER, Liam meets someone that might just be the distraction he needs.Arden Brady has spent The Montgomery Ink saga continues with a new series set in Boulder, where a family secret might just change everything.One mistake at a friend’s wedding rocks Liam Montgomery’s entire world, and everything he thought was true turns out to be a lie. But when an accident lands him in the ER, Liam meets someone that might just be the distraction he needs.Arden Brady has spent her life in and out of hospitals. But according to the world, she doesn’t look sick. She’s lost jobs and friends because they don’t see beneath the surface, but she’s learned to rely on her family and herself to keep going. And then she meets Liam.With two sets of overprotective siblings and a puppy that can't help but get into everything, Liam and Arden might just fall harder than either one ever expected. ...more"
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Ok so this book starts off by a boy and his uncle finding a girl. They go to a hotel and she eats for the first time in a while. She throws up the food outside the hotel. The go to the tow they live in I think they call it haven. The teens have powers and they’re a only a few left. She works as a maid until they figure out she has powers. She befriends a woman who can make emotions into potions. She figures out she can hear one horses thoughts. They do a game in the town and they use paint. Assassins are trying to kill her. Her father comes at the end. | 2020-04-17T00:00:00 | 13510491 | [
"Alternate cover edition of ASIN B007BKQPJ2Imprisoned, starved and left with no memories, Thalia awakens to find herself at the mercy of an evil cult known as the Septori. Their leader has chosen Thalia as the test subject for a torture device of untold power, designed to change and twist her into something that is neither human nor Denai.Escaping, Thalia finds an unwilling Alternate cover edition of ASIN B007BKQPJ2Imprisoned, starved and left with no memories, Thalia awakens to find herself at the mercy of an evil cult known as the Septori. Their leader has chosen Thalia as the test subject for a torture device of untold power, designed to change and twist her into something that is neither human nor Denai.Escaping, Thalia finds an unwilling warrior to protect her and an unlikely Denai to befriend her. After finding a home at the Citadel as a servant, Thalia’s worst nightmare comes to life and she begins to show signs of power. Scared and unable to control her gifts, she tries to hide her past to fit in among the Denai. But the Septori want their latest test subject back and will stop at nothing to retrieve her, dead or alive. ...more"
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I read this book in 2006. I found the book in the adult fiction side of the library, but it could be classified as YA. The title was something like "Girl, a novel", but I can't find any results using that title on several different book sites. There may be different covers, but the one I had, had pink on it and a black & white photo of feet. There are several random parts of the book I vividly remember, yet still can't find it. The character lived near a Native American reservation, but she was white. I remember there was a young Native American guy with scars on his face from lighting a spray paint on fire. His girlfriend was mad because he was seeing another girl. That same girl moved away after getting pregnant. The last detail I remember was a line I really liked. It was about the main character's mom crying and the book described her mascara stained tears on the pillow resembling butterflies.Maybe you can help me prove this book actually exists. | 2020-03-10T00:00:00 | 616821 | [
"A first novel of adolescence that introduces a voice so fresh, so original, so pitch-perfect it seems destined to become a classic in the literature of coming of age. In the early 1980s in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Dorothy lives with her bartending mother, her bar-attending stepfather, and her sweetly precocious little brother. Dottie is nine, plagued by insomnia, asthma A first novel of adolescence that introduces a voice so fresh, so original, so pitch-perfect it seems destined to become a classic in the literature of coming of age. In the early 1980s in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Dorothy lives with her bartending mother, her bar-attending stepfather, and her sweetly precocious little brother. Dottie is nine, plagued by insomnia, asthma, earaches, and bad teeth. She is lonely and insecure, but her intelligence and keen perception enable her to see every vivid detail of her impoverished rural surroundings and the strange characters around her. When her family moves to eastern Washington State, Dottie--confused, petulant, feeling more alone than ever, and furious at her changing body--battles her way through junior high, where she finds some success and recognition in sports and academics. Her hard-won victories are tempered by her troubled family and friends and she finds solace and distraction in alcohol, cigarettes, and acting out. Dottie--nicknamed Utah by her teammates from the Colville Indian Reservation--becomes a star basketball player, falls in and out of love, and confronts a new, devastating emotional setback. But Dottie is indomitable: ...more"
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Hello. So i read this book sometime last year but i dont know when it was published.All i know is that the heroine had a young baby that was fathered by her ex. She was with the hero and was developing a close relationship with him and his daughter when she decided to leave town and go back to her ex. However it didnt work out and moths later she moved back to town.The father and daughter really hated her after that. And i think the town kind of turned on her too. At one point in the book everyone was invited to a birthday party but she wasnt. The guy whose party it was was very disappointed with them. But she had sent a picture for him which she drew.Theres another scene where the hero goes back to his office and sees her cleaning. Shes sick and he kind of lays into her. The ex wants custody but the town gave great reports on her part so she was able to retain custody. | 2018-06-08T00:00:00 | 2315157 | [
"Be My Babies by Kathryn Shay released on Mar 11, 2008 is available now for purchase."
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I read this book series as a teen in the late 90's early 2000s but not sure what year is came out, the title or the author, or any character names. I can only remember vague details & it's driving me nuts. It was a young adult female protaganist, she has two female best friends, I think the dad was single (mom passed?), not a period book or fantasy, took place in the time period it was written in. i know she had an egyptian cat that could unhinge it's jaw & i think saves her from a cobra at one point. They lived in a coastal town, i don't remember the plot exactly but in the first book she gets threatened with a note harpooned to her door with a sculpin fish & there was a scene where she gets stuck on a boat at night & comes across i think it was a sea helicopter that seems to have no one there but then a masked diver shows up with a harpoon gun & attacks her. I think the water may have been glowing too? I don't remember much else but i do remember one of the other books in the series took place on a skiing trip in Aspen with the same characters. I wish I could remember more, I can almost vividly see the book cover of her looking terrified finding the fish pinned to her door... if anyone can help me find this I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks! | 2020-06-25T00:00:00 | 2701528 | [
"Sixteen-year-old Kimberly O'Keefe, assisted by Sister Rose, investigates the murder of her grandfather, killed by a stalker with a cobra. Sixteen-year-old Kimberly O'Keefe, assisted by Sister Rose, investigates the murder of her grandfather, killed by a stalker with a cobra. ...more"
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More details.She (female protagonist) is one of the few people who have temporarily passed away but revived due to a disease which brings people back from the dead with a few caveats, such as lower emotional responses, stronger physical attributes, and less physical needs (i.e. food); level of the aforementioned traits is dependent on length of time passed away. A boy who recently went through the process has come to the facility that she is based in and interacted with her as if she was considered normal; however, she is a part of an elite group who has passed longer than most and thus is much more distant in every way than others. After a while, she becomes enamored by the boy.Read in 2019-2020I can remember a lot about the book except the title. ;-; | 2021-08-10T00:00:00 | 13517455 | [
"Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, and less emotional. The longer Reboots are dead, the less human they are when they return. Wren 178 is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas. Now seventeen years old, she serves as a soldier for HARC (Human Advancement and Re Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, and less emotional. The longer Reboots are dead, the less human they are when they return. Wren 178 is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas. Now seventeen years old, she serves as a soldier for HARC (Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation).Wren’s favorite part of the job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen. As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically human. His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking her out. Yet there’s something about him she can’t ignore. When Callum refuses to follow an order, Wren is given one last chance to get him in line—or she’ll have to eliminate him. Wren has never disobeyed before and knows if she does, she’ll be eliminated, too. But she has also never felt as alive as she does around Callum.The perfect soldier is done taking orders. ...more"
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Young adult (teen) novel in which 2 girls who were friends become mad at each other for some reason I can't remember and aren't friends anymore for a while. I probably read it in the 80's or maybe early 90's and it was probably written around that time. Probably a woman author. The girls are probably around age 12-14. SPOILER:I think it resolves at the end when they are both at a sleepover, and when one of them wakes up in the morning she discovers her former-friend has wet the bed (peed in her sleeping bag), and so she spills her drink (it was a coke I think) on her friend's sleeping bag to cover up the fact that her friend wet the bed. The friend wakes up and is grateful when she realizes why her friend spilled the coke, and they become friends again. | 2018-06-10T00:00:00 | 489514 | [
"Eight-year-old Collette Murphy loves her younger brothers and sisters, but sometimes there are just too many Murphys. When her parents set aside one day for Collette to have all to herself, Collette realizes how much she appreciates her brothers and sisters."
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I flicked through this book earlier this year in a collection of classic YA. The book was by an American author (I think it was an with three names - I thought it was Norma Fox Mazer but I couldn't later find it in her bibliography). I think it was published between 1960s-1980s.The story was about some mystery that happened at the local high school. A group of 3 or 4 boys had been teasing/bullying a female classmate and finally did something that went too far. The book was about the repercussions of what they did - the girl trying to get justice, how uncomfortable it made the teachers, whether the boys would get any sort of punishment, the idea that she was overreacting, etc. I don't think readers ever get to find out exactly what happened.I think it was mostly told from the point of view of one of the boys who felt guilty about what they'd done.Does this sound familiar to anyone? | 2016-12-17T00:00:00 | 259960 | [
"It starts as an ordinary school day. Just the same as any other. Until Valerie Michon gets up and leaves the auditorium. And three boys decide to follow her.She heads for the stairs and the boys run after her. They are fast, they are quiet. They don't talk about it. They just do it. It's a game. Fun. On the third floor they catch up with her.It happens fast, so fast. It's It starts as an ordinary school day. Just the same as any other. Until Valerie Michon gets up and leaves the auditorium. And three boys decide to follow her.She heads for the stairs and the boys run after her. They are fast, they are quiet. They don't talk about it. They just do it. It's a game. Fun. On the third floor they catch up with her.It happens fast, so fast. It's like a dream. She yells, and twists and turns trying to get free, but they have her... ...more"
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I am looking for the title of a book series, I am pretty sure it is a trilogy. in the beginning, a girl is on a boat with her dad who is gambling and he gets killed and the boat explodes (I think). The girl escapes but is upset and ends up meeting a guy who helps her... Later in the story we find out she has magical powers and she becomes friends with fairy's and such. Later on we discover she is some sort of chosen one and can save the world...There is a character named Sage in it. Please help! | 2018-08-31T00:00:00 | 8452340 | [
"Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured and brought before him. Eager to hide her own canny skill--a uniquely powerful ability to communicate with the fairy-like Good Folk--Neryn sets out for the legendary Shadowfell, a home and training ground for a secret rebel group determined to Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured and brought before him. Eager to hide her own canny skill--a uniquely powerful ability to communicate with the fairy-like Good Folk--Neryn sets out for the legendary Shadowfell, a home and training ground for a secret rebel group determined to overthrow the evil King Keldec. During her dangerous journey, she receives aid from the Good Folk, who tell her she must pass a series of tests in order to recognize her full potential. She also finds help from a handsome young man, Flint, who rescues her from certain death--but whose motives in doing so remain unclear. Neryn struggles to trust her only allies. They both hint that she alone may be the key to Alban's release from Keldec's rule. Homeless, unsure of who to trust, and trapped in an empire determined to crush her, Neryn must make it to Shadowfell not only to save herself, but to save Alban. ...more"
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There's a really good book (most likely series) that I read a really long time ago, when I was in fourth grade, I think. It was really long, perhaps 300-500 pages and the main characters were twins, a boy and a girl. I'm pretty sure the girl was older. The two of them had superpowers (I forgot the boy's power but the girl's was the power of controlling the air) and I think they lived in their grandmother's house. There was a talking cat and/or tornado involved somewhere, too, probably in the later books in the series. If anyone knows anything about the title or author of this book, please let me know! | 2020-04-17T00:00:00 | 9464732 | [
"Are you a troubletwister?Jaide and Jack Shield's lives are changing in a very, very strange way. The weather is turning against them. Magical disasters occur when they're around. And a mysterious explosion has just destroyed their house...from the inside.Without knowing why, the twins are stolen away to live with Grandma X -- a relative they've never, ever met. At Grandma Are you a troubletwister?Jaide and Jack Shield's lives are changing in a very, very strange way. The weather is turning against them. Magical disasters occur when they're around. And a mysterious explosion has just destroyed their house...from the inside.Without knowing why, the twins are stolen away to live with Grandma X -- a relative they've never, ever met. At Grandma X's house, things are even stranger. Weather vanes point in the opposite direction of the wind. Doors appear and disappear. Cats talk.Jaide and Jack don't know the reason behind all this strangeness. They don't know that they're troubletwisters, and that they must defend the world against a dark, evil force. The time has come for them to discover the truth--and the powers that come with the truth.Are they ready? ...more"
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I can't remember anything specific about this book, such as any of the characters names. However, I believe the main character's name began with "T". I think this was a book series that I read in 2011/12. I vaguely remember mountains being on one of the covers.-SPOILERS-I remember the plot of this series in great detail. The main character is a prince who was rejected by his family at birth due to having been born with deformed limbs. I think one arm was like a claw. He has a twin brother who was born able bodied. Family kept the able bodied child because they believed the disabled main character was evil. After he was born his mother instructed her midwifery team to get rid of him, but they secretly smuggled him out of the palace and took him somewhere where he could grow up safely.There may have been a prophecy involved stating that one of the princes was going to bring ruin to the land. I remember there being a plot twist where it turns out that the main character's family got it wrong, because their evil child was the able bodied one that they kept.I apologise if any of the terms I have used in the post are seen as offensive. I didn't know how else to describe the plot/characters.Thank you for your help in advance. | 2019-03-15T00:00:00 | 1692427 | [
"Rich and exciting, powerful and engrossing, DARK MOON marks the arrival of a thrilling new series in fantasy adventure.The birth of the Emperor's son had been prophesied many years before. The child would be the Guardian, savour of his people. What had not been foreseen was the fact that there would be two imperial children born that night. Jax, the firstborn, is raised in Rich and exciting, powerful and engrossing, DARK MOON marks the arrival of a thrilling new series in fantasy adventure.The birth of the Emperor's son had been prophesied many years before. The child would be the Guardian, savour of his people. What had not been foreseen was the fact that there would be two imperial children born that night. Jax, the firstborn, is raised in the Imperial Palace and groomed for his role as the future leader of The Floating Islands. Terrell, second born and hideously disfigured, is banished to Havenmoon, where he will spend his life unaware of his birthright. Both have hidden talents, but is either the true Guardian? When the Islands begin to spin out of control, in danger of colliding with the mainland, the prophecy begins to unfold ... ...more"
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Read this a long time ago so I don't remember a whole lot. It was about a teen in the 50s or 60s who gets pregnant and she Is sent away to live with her aunt. I think she ends up giving the baby to her aunt in the end because her aunt can not have children of her own.At one point in the book her and her sister are sunbathing and they use baby oil and iodine to get tan.I think the cover of the book had a picture of a girl in a train or car looking out the window. | 2019-06-07T00:00:00 | 1322465 | [
"Welcome Marie O'Neal is finally starting to enjoy her 15th year and can't wait to turn 16. She meets Nicholas Canton and, though her parents don't approve, the two start dating. Soon Welcome is head over heels in love and she can't believe it won't last forever. But the romance ends with the summer and when things fall apart, Welcome finds herself confused, heartbroken, an Welcome Marie O'Neal is finally starting to enjoy her 15th year and can't wait to turn 16. She meets Nicholas Canton and, though her parents don't approve, the two start dating. Soon Welcome is head over heels in love and she can't believe it won't last forever. But the romance ends with the summer and when things fall apart, Welcome finds herself confused, heartbroken, and...in trouble. There aren't many people Welcome can turn to for help or advice in her small Southern town in 1955, especially not in her \"perfect\" family. The decisions Welcome has to make will change her life forever. ...more"
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Trigger warning: possible sexual assault, possible incest, stillbornI read this between 2005-2012. The book opens with the narrator thinking her older sister is carsick. The family is on some kind of road trip. It turns out her sister is pregnant, and goes into labor in a parking lot. The father of the baby was a family friend or possibly related by blood to the girls. I think he was a preacher. The family was super Christian. The narrator freaks out when she realizes the details of her sister's pregnancy. Her sister tells her the father of the baby told her they were making Jesus each time the abuse occurred. The teen compares herself to the mother of Jesus and prophets. The narrator responds negatively. She wants to help her sister get out of the situation. Her sister asks quietly, "But what if I liked making Jesus?" and hints it's been going on for years, but this is the first time the abuse resulted in pregnancy. The baby is stillborn.The teen sister wears long, dark skirts and long sleeves. The narrator wears t-shirts and jeans, and her mother and her sister's abuser frown on this. The mother doesn't know, and later doesn't believe the girls. A lot of other stuff happens in the narrator's life during the book, but I can't really remember. She's quiet and shy. This was a physical book I checked out from the library. I think it was a paperback with a colorful cover.I'll comment if I remember anything else. | 2021-09-09T00:00:00 | 15790893 | [
"Amity & Sorrow is a story about God, sex, and farming. It's an unforgettable journey into the horrors a true believer can inflict upon his family, and what it is like to live when the end of the world doesn't come.A mother and her daughters drive for days without sleep until they crash their car in rural Oklahoma. The mother, Amaranth, is desperate to get away from someone Amity & Sorrow is a story about God, sex, and farming. It's an unforgettable journey into the horrors a true believer can inflict upon his family, and what it is like to live when the end of the world doesn't come.A mother and her daughters drive for days without sleep until they crash their car in rural Oklahoma. The mother, Amaranth, is desperate to get away from someone she's convinced will follow them wherever they go - her husband. The girls, Amity and Sorrow, can't imagine what the world holds outside their father's polygamous compound. Rescue comes in the unlikely form of Bradley, a farmer grieving the loss of his wife. At first unwelcoming to these strange, prayerful women, Bradley's abiding tolerance gets the best of him, and they become a new kind of family. An unforgettable story of belief and redemption, Amity & Sorrow is about the influence of community and learning to stand on your own. ...more"
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A book from my childhood, read in the 1960s. | 2020-01-31T00:00:00 | 29369139 | [
"Speedy LaRue liked to dig. It took him a whole year to do it, but he dug all the way through the world from Pennsylvania to Tasmania. Down under, Speedy found people and places to be more wondrous than he had expected. Tasmanians found that Speedy had brought them some important news about gravity. When Speedy returned to Pennsylvania, he shared the fun of his great dig wi Speedy LaRue liked to dig. It took him a whole year to do it, but he dug all the way through the world from Pennsylvania to Tasmania. Down under, Speedy found people and places to be more wondrous than he had expected. Tasmanians found that Speedy had brought them some important news about gravity. When Speedy returned to Pennsylvania, he shared the fun of his great dig with his family and neighbors. ...more"
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I read this book around 2019. I can’t remember any names, but the (then high school aged) mc (I think it was a basic name) had started a relationship with her best friend’s (Diana?) brother (Lucas?) and they were neighbours, and they would go out in this field at night to look at the stars. When their relationship was still quite new, mc’s stepbrother (Conrad/Will?) raped her and I think that the love interest thought she cheated on him or something and he left and became a professional sports person (?). Mc continued to be raped and abused by her stepbrother, who at some point got a girlfriend, and the parents never knew. She withdrew from social things and avoided her best friend. Eventually (quite a few years after), the love interest returned. The details get a little hazy but the best friend still tries to approach the mc and eventually the mc starts to go out again. She’s still being raped and abused by her stepbrother and she learned early on to just stop fighting and she looks up at the ceiling and she sees the stars like she had in the field with the love interest. Near the end, the stepbrother gets caught by his girlfriend/fiancée? raping her but he manipulates it so that t looks like the mc was coming on to him. At some point, she leaves the house and stays at the love interest’s house but returns to retrieve some things from her room. She’s attacked and nearly killed by the stepbrother but the love interest manages to save her and it’s all a happily ever after I guess? I think the book was written in the present with flashbacks but I could be wrong. | 2020-06-24T00:00:00 | 44752392 | [
"An all new emotionally charged second chance romance. What happens when you fall for the boy next door? Bea Norwood had the market on normal. Drama free life? Check. A single-mother who doubled as her confidant and partner in crime? Check. A neighbor and best friend she trusted more than anyone? Check. But that was until the day her mother remarried. The day that changed An all new emotionally charged second chance romance. What happens when you fall for the boy next door? Bea Norwood had the market on normal. Drama free life? Check. A single-mother who doubled as her confidant and partner in crime? Check. A neighbor and best friend she trusted more than anyone? Check. But that was until the day her mother remarried. The day that changed everything.When her best friend's cousin, Liam Falcon, is sent to live with his aunt and uncle to clean up his act, Bea finds herself falling for the boy next door. With their hearts so infinitely entwined, Bea turns to Liam as her only escape from her new step-brother's daily torment at home. Bea thought their love could conquer anything. But she was wrong. Love was for fools, and she was the biggest fool of them all. When Liam left Lakeport, he took her heart with him, shattering the organ to pieces. Six years later, Liam takes a trip back to Lakeport to visit his family, and to see HER. His first love.The girl who holds his heart.The same girl who shattered it six years ago without looking back. Liam is hell-bent on seeing Bea again after six years, but what he finds tears his heart in half. Bea Norwood is a shell of the girl he fell in love with. Underneath the baggy clothes, and pale skin, he knows she's still in there somewhere, he just needs to find her. Liam will stop at nothing to win his girl back, but sometimes, ignorance is bliss, and Liam isn't prepared for Bea's truth. *Some aspects of this story may be sensitive for readers.* ...more"
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After starting out hating each other she and the ranch manager fall in love. I thought the title might have been Silken Threads but it seems I was wrong. I think the cover was mostly orange with the two protagonists embracing in a desert field. | 2021-07-14T00:00:00 | 210774 | [
"As the daughter of a corporate monarch, Cassandra Leeds was expected to marry into high society -- with or without love. But society wasn't enough for Cassie, and when the chance to manage the Twin River Ranch was offered as her last chance for independence, she headed west. Cassie never expected Kirk North, the ranch foreman, to stand in her way. But first she had to prov As the daughter of a corporate monarch, Cassandra Leeds was expected to marry into high society -- with or without love. But society wasn't enough for Cassie, and when the chance to manage the Twin River Ranch was offered as her last chance for independence, she headed west. Cassie never expected Kirk North, the ranch foreman, to stand in her way. But first she had to prove herself to him before he would teach the city girl all about horses, ranches and love on the lone prairie. ...more"
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Plot goes back and forth between modern times and middle ages. Somebody in the modern world stumbles upon a long forgotten disease (plague?). A wiccan or herbalist from middle ages was piecing together the cure. The modern day protagonists, through researching the medieval protagonists, try to discover the cure before it’s too late. | 2009-10-28T00:00:00 | 198686 | [
"It is history's most feared disease. It turned neighbor against neighbor, the civilized into the savage, and the living into the dead. Now, in a spellbinding novel of adventure and science, romance and terror, two eras are joined by a single trace of microscopic bacterium—the invisible seeds of a new bubonic plague.In the year 1348, a disgraced Spanish physician crosses a It is history's most feared disease. It turned neighbor against neighbor, the civilized into the savage, and the living into the dead. Now, in a spellbinding novel of adventure and science, romance and terror, two eras are joined by a single trace of microscopic bacterium—the invisible seeds of a new bubonic plague.In the year 1348, a disgraced Spanish physician crosses a landscape of horrors to Avignon, France. There, he will be sent on an impossible mission to England, to save the royal family from the Black Death....Nearly seven hundred years later, a woman scientist digs up a clod of earth in London. In a world where medicine is tightly controlled, she will unearth a terror lying dormant for centuries.From the primitive cures of the Middle Ages to the biological police state of our near future, The Plague Tales is a thrilling race against time and mass destruction. For in 2005, humankind's last hope for survival can come only from one place: out of a dark and tortured past. ...more"
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I think the cover I saw was a sandy/sandstone color, with a red feather. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be a dystopian future, or a distant past.The plot revolves around a sacred cave that two opposing cultures claim as the site of their God/gods. A girl from a city that doesn't believe in any deity sends her as an emissary on the trip to see who is right. The atheist girl has a romance with the polytheistic boy. The monotheistic girl pretends to be too pure for that, but watches them out the window.When they finally reach the cave, the three kids (late adolescents?) each have a spiritual experience, and the two that already believed in God/gods take it as confirmation that their belief is correct, and their people use it as an excuse to slaughter each other. I think the polytheistic boy and monotheistic girl die, and the atheist girl hides in the sacred cave until the fighting is over. She goes back to her city, and finds that no one is willing to believe her experience. I do not know the author, or if there were sequels, but I read it in the adult section of the library in 2005(ish).The atheist girl lives in a city like a monastery, the polytheist boy is described as being 'savage' and his people are tribal, and the monotheist girl lives in an almost industrial city, with more advanced weaponry and armor (I think everything is built of stone?). | 2020-05-29T00:00:00 | 79730 | [
"In order to stop a religious war, Kyra and her companions, Lillen Statual and Ignis Orlendawen Eli, embark on a quest to a forbidden cave to seek the ultimate truth about religion."
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Bully by Penelope Douglas? | 2018-02-24T00:00:00 | 20803953 | [
"My name is Tate. He doesn't call me that, though. He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. No, he'll barely even speak to me.But he still won't leave me alone.We were best friends once. Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. His pranks and rumors My name is Tate. He doesn't call me that, though. He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. No, he'll barely even speak to me.But he still won't leave me alone.We were best friends once. Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. His pranks and rumors got more sadistic as time wore on, and I made myself sick trying to stay out of his way. I even went to France for a year, just to avoid him.But I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way in hell I'll allow him to ruin my senior year. He might not have changed, but I have. It's time to fight back. I'm not going to let him bully me anymore.***This novel contains adult/mature young adult situations. It is only suitable for ages 18+ due to language, violence, and sexual situations. ...more"
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Urban Fiction book the female character is a rapper, I think her name was Goody, not sure. The male character was a chef with his own restaurant, his name I think was Jericho "the man hoe" is what his brothers called him. I want to say that the lead female character had a sister named Ever or Forever who also had a fling with Jericho's brother. I read this last year or this year. | 2019-11-14T00:00:00 | 46204282 | [
"Love is always a beautiful thing when it’s shared, respected, and cherished. The moment it becomes any less than those three, your relationship and sanity are damned to hell. Don’t believe it? Just ask Paradise “Goody” Maverick. Once upon a time, she’d been the hopeless romantic type who thought she’d fall in love and stay that way forever, only to be painfully reminded th Love is always a beautiful thing when it’s shared, respected, and cherished. The moment it becomes any less than those three, your relationship and sanity are damned to hell. Don’t believe it? Just ask Paradise “Goody” Maverick. Once upon a time, she’d been the hopeless romantic type who thought she’d fall in love and stay that way forever, only to be painfully reminded that forever doesn’t always last. High school sweethearts and the only loves they’ve ever known, Goody and Kayson Miller have lived happily, chased dreams, and established a life together. The house, the cars, the success, and anything else Goody could name, they’d grinded and gotten it together. She had just gotten to the peak of her happiness when life decided to come around and knock her down. What happens when love is no longer enough? What do you do when you’re betrayed and left by your best friend? Who’s to blame when you have nothing left to give, not even to yourself? The idea of second chances seems utterly detestable, so when Jerrico shows up looking, smelling, and acting like a knight in shining armor, what’s a girl to do? Do you suck it up and move on, or do you harbor rage and bitterness? Ask Goody, she knows. The heart of the heartless, hollowed and emptied by that thing called love. Fed up and against anything that involves a man and her emotions, she’s prepared to kiss Jerrico goodbye, or so she thinks… welcome to the life of a SAVAGE. Men, remember, anything you can do… women can do better. Heads up, Queens, this one is for us! ...more"
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This is a children`s chapter book, probably written between 1995-2005 (guess).The girl in the book is beginning to become clumsier and clumsier. At night, she gets lost coming home or can't see things. Things at home are also not that good. At one point, she calls a kid's help phone.Later, she is diagnosed with Retinal Degeneration. That means, gradually she will go blind. She meets with the woman who helped her on Kid's help phone in person and finds out the woman is totally blind.While this is all happening, she still wants to show her dog in a dog show. | 2013-07-23T00:00:00 | 6192403 | [
"Her life will never be the same.People at school say Tracy is acing weird. And they're right. Because she has a secret. She thinks she is going blind.Withdrawing from everyone, Tracy spends more and more time training her dog, Sasha, for the dog show. But she can't keep her secret forever. Finally she must face the truth: She has retinitis pigmentosa. She really is going b Her life will never be the same.People at school say Tracy is acing weird. And they're right. Because she has a secret. She thinks she is going blind.Withdrawing from everyone, Tracy spends more and more time training her dog, Sasha, for the dog show. But she can't keep her secret forever. Finally she must face the truth: She has retinitis pigmentosa. She really is going blind.Now the kids at school are saying all kinds of things. Some of her friends drop her.Be brave? How can she be brave when suddenly she feels so all alone? ...more"
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a young man on an unknown planet is overweight, maybe ugly, loner, unpopular. he undergoes hardship and somehow he gets trained up and end up almost like a super hero. | 2019-09-08T00:00:00 | 552285 | [
"A young man's odyssey of self discovery in a world eerily alien, yet hauntingly familiar. Set thirteen centuries in the future, A. A. Attanasio meticulously creates a brilliantly realized Earth, rich in detail and filled with beings brought to life with intense energy. In this strange and beautiful world, Sumner Kagan will change from an adolescent outcast to a warrior wit A young man's odyssey of self discovery in a world eerily alien, yet hauntingly familiar. Set thirteen centuries in the future, A. A. Attanasio meticulously creates a brilliantly realized Earth, rich in detail and filled with beings brought to life with intense energy. In this strange and beautiful world, Sumner Kagan will change from an adolescent outcast to a warrior with god-like powers and in the process take us on an epic and transcendent journey. Nebula Award Nominee ...more"
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I read this a long time ago, about three or four years ago, I was skimming through it at the library. It was a great book! But I can't remember it's title! So it's about this girl, and I forgot her name, but I think it was a very common name, and I think she had a single dad. I don't know what happened to her mom. So it's about her growing up, I remember she had two friends, one had long blond hair, and I remember a scene where some boys put gum in her friends hair. I'm pretty sure it's a YA book, or maybe a children, though there was a scene where the MC talks to her older cousin about sex, but nothing about it was described, she just said she didn't know much about it. I think the characters were in middle school, though they might have been in HS or like fifth grade or something. I think it's an older book, because nothing about phones were described, and there was this one part where she's putting on makeup, and she calls blush rouge, or something like that.I don't think it's very long, because I read most of it in a few hours. I really hope to find it soon, thanks for helping!!! | 2017-04-03T00:00:00 | 66901 | [
"Finally, Alice is thirteen. But being a teenager isn't always as fantastic as Alice dreamed it would be. A sophisticated night on the town with her brother, Lester, and an overnight train trip to Chicago with Elizabeth and Pamela are exciting, but they also give her a first-hand look at some of the perils of grown-up life.The problem is, Alice doesn't really feel like a gr Finally, Alice is thirteen. But being a teenager isn't always as fantastic as Alice dreamed it would be. A sophisticated night on the town with her brother, Lester, and an overnight train trip to Chicago with Elizabeth and Pamela are exciting, but they also give her a first-hand look at some of the perils of grown-up life.The problem is, Alice doesn't really feel like a grown-up. But she doesn't feel like a kid anymore, either. She feels in-between -- and that's a pretty confusing place to be! ...more"
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Hi everyone!This book I'm looking for may either be not published/self-published/published. Year read: About 2008-2011Main characters: Two teenagers, a girl and a boy, who are at first strangers. Short summary: A girl with temporary paralysis in her legs, who can speak telepathically into other people's minds, and develops a connection with a stranger(a boy). It was set in the olden times, I'd say when guns were already around. It was focused on their relationship, the girl's ordeal living with temporary paralysis and trying to cure it, and the boy's experience fighting in a war. ——SPOILER WARNING——>>>The girl can speak into anyone's mind if she focuses, I think. One day, she randomly ends up in a boy's mind and he reacts with confusion, unsure if they were his own thoughts. The girl lives in some kind of cottage with her family, and they both end up meeting later on. Their relationship grows and he goes to war sometime later. Before he leaves, he makes her promise to take one step for everyday he's gone(or something like that). War is physically and mentally hard on the boy. They keep in contact during this period using telepathy(I think she can insert her thoughts into another's mind and hear/read their thoughts in return while it's inside the other person's mind). He doesn't let her know how hard it is, initially. Later on he's escaping from danger/the enemy and she helps him by distracting an enemy guard by making buzzing sounds in their head. She loses contact with the boy towards the end(or maybe she loses her telepathic ability?) and worries about his fate. It ends with her getting a surprise; he's waiting for her under a tree near the cottage and when they see each other he doesn't go to her but waits and she understabds that he wants her to make her way to him, as a way to encourage and challenge her to improve her paralysed condition(during his absence she makes good progress). It ends with her successfully walking into his arms. Idk if they kiss, lol.>>>>>——END OF SPOILERS——It might have been a free e-book on smashwords.com Would be wonderful and grateful if someone recognizes this story! I remember loving the leads' sweet and beautiful romance and want to re-read it ^.^ | 2020-02-24T00:00:00 | 19539641 | [
"A girl with a telepathic gift finds a boy clinging to his last hope during the war-torn climate of Europe, 1940.At fifteen, Kit Cavendish is one the oldest evacuees to escape London at the start of the Second World War due to a long term illness that sees her stuck in a wheelchair most of the time. But Kit has an extraordinary psychic power: she can put herself into the mi A girl with a telepathic gift finds a boy clinging to his last hope during the war-torn climate of Europe, 1940.At fifteen, Kit Cavendish is one the oldest evacuees to escape London at the start of the Second World War due to a long term illness that sees her stuck in a wheelchair most of the time. But Kit has an extraordinary psychic power: she can put herself into the minds of others, see through their eyes, feel their emotions, even talk to them – though she dares not speak out for fear of her secret ability being exposed.As Kit settles into her new life in the North Wales village of Bryn Eira Bach, solitude and curiosity encourage her to gain better control of her gift. Until one day her search for information on the developing war leads her to the mind of Henri, a seventeen-year-old Norwegian boy witnessing the German occupation of his beloved city, Oslo. As Henri discovers more about the English girl occupying his mind, the psychic and emotional bonds between them strengthen and Kit guides him through an oppressive and dangerous time. There are secrets to be uncovered, both at home and abroad, and it’s up to Kit and Henri to come together and fight their own battles in the depths of the world’s greatest war. ...more"
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Hoping someone can help me--I'm going crazy trying to remember the name of this book. Here is everything I remember: Plot: The narrator is a guy. He's a teacher. He refers to his time teaching, meaning he no longer teaches at the time of the story. There is a colleague named Deb. She's gay, though he doesn't know that until later in the book. I believe his girlfriend's name is Annie. He has another colleague, an older man, who always asks him for a cigarette. The colleague becomes a mentor to him. Later in the book, the colleague gets ill so the narrator goes to his house once a week to tend to his foot. The headmaster at the school is a woman. Quite formal I believe. I have no recollection of how it ends or really anything substantial plot-wise. Just that this guy was teaching at what I believe was a private academy, we get to know his colleagues a bit, and...that's it. It's making me batty not remembering this book. Someone PLEASE help out if you know it. Many thanks in advance. Happy reading!! | 2018-02-24T00:00:00 | 11680093 | [
"A brilliantly observed prep school novel about fraught teacher-student relationships—and about coming into adulthood.Ben Jameson begins his teaching career in a small private school in Northern Virginia. He is idealistic, happy to have his first job after graduate school, and hoping some day to figure out what he really wants out of life. And in his two years teaching Engl A brilliantly observed prep school novel about fraught teacher-student relationships—and about coming into adulthood.Ben Jameson begins his teaching career in a small private school in Northern Virginia. He is idealistic, happy to have his first job after graduate school, and hoping some day to figure out what he really wants out of life. And in his two years teaching English at Glenn Acres Preparatory School, he comes to believe this really is his life's work, his calling. He wants to change lives.But his desire to \"save\" his students leads him into complicated territory, as he becomes more and more deeply involved with three students in particular: an abused boy, a mute and damaged girl, and a dangerous eighteen-year-old who has come back to school for one more chance to graduate. In the Fall They Come Back is a book about human relationships, as played out in that most fraught of settings, a school. But it is not only a book about teaching. It is about the limits and complexities of even our most benevolent urges—what we can give to others and how we lose ourselves. ...more"
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HelloI am looking for a book from a particular series from my time in primary school, from around the time frame of about 1996-early 2000's. It was entirely pictured based which each page being a full page spread, similar to the A Street Through Time books, it would focus on a specific scene, in this case a cruise ship, and each page time would move forward a little. The scene would start normal and then as time went on multiple disasters would unfold, such as strange creatures attacking crew and the ship running a ground. It would tell multiple stories in this was and was very detailed. Each time you read it you would notice something new. It was all light hearted and fun, not intended to be truly scary. But had elements such as were beasts ect. There where a few books in this series, the one i am looking for was the cruise ship however.Let me know if anymore detail is needed. Thanks for any help in advance. | 2020-03-19T00:00:00 | 569328 | [
"A crazy sequel to Full Moon Soup which was a wordless creation overflowing with colour and invention. Absurd characters and peculiar happenings abound on every page in this book."
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I read this book a long time ago, I think around 2010-2012. It was about this young girl and her father who moved in with his girlfriend. The young girl later finds out that her dad's girlfriend is evil. I can't remember if she's a witch or not. I know that on the book cover there is a fairy/fae sitting in a clear ball. | 2020-10-21T00:00:00 | 541513 | [
"When her widower father inherits a castlelike estate in the mountains of West Virginia, 12-year-old Jen is thrilled. It seems like a wish come true. But she quickly realizes that not all change is positive. Her dad has a mysterious new girlfriend, Moura, who slowly drives a wedge between Jen and her father. Furthermore, Moura has an unusually strong—almost obsessive—intere When her widower father inherits a castlelike estate in the mountains of West Virginia, 12-year-old Jen is thrilled. It seems like a wish come true. But she quickly realizes that not all change is positive. Her dad has a mysterious new girlfriend, Moura, who slowly drives a wedge between Jen and her father. Furthermore, Moura has an unusually strong—almost obsessive—interest in the antiques that fill the mansion, especially a beautiful glass globe that Jen finds hanging in a window. When Jen’s cat accidentally breaks the globe, which Moura calls a “witch catcher,” strange things begin to happen. . . . An odd-looking girl wearing a torn dress appears, seemingly out of nowhere, and Moura’s behavior becomes more sinister, leading Jen to believe that her father is a pawn in an evil scheme. Soon Jen finds herself caught in the midst of a supernatural war, with the fate of an enchanted race—and her family—at stake. Inspired by the age-old legend of witch catchers, Mary Downing Hahn brings a magical cast of characters to life in this compelling fantasy adventure. Author’s note. ...more"
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Forgotten basically the title and author. Everything else I remember, characters, plot etc. | 2014-12-29T00:00:00 | 7916555 | [
"Nell, an out-of-work professional submissive, is desperate to find a job when she meets handsome film star Jeremy Gray at the restaurant where she works. He says he needs a personal assistant, but the work contract he shows her details not organizational duties, but sexual ones. Jobless and homeless, Nell agrees to work for him anyway, on the promise that he will pay for h Nell, an out-of-work professional submissive, is desperate to find a job when she meets handsome film star Jeremy Gray at the restaurant where she works. He says he needs a personal assistant, but the work contract he shows her details not organizational duties, but sexual ones. Jobless and homeless, Nell agrees to work for him anyway, on the promise that he will pay for her to finish her college degree when her stint as his \"assistant\" is complete.The start of their formal Dom/sub relationship is rocky, but they soon fall into a mutually satisfying, highly sexual routine. They play vanilla boyfriend and girlfriend in public, while Jeremy uses Nell as his kinky comfort object behind the scenes. Then a stalker threatens their secret lifestyle, and their contract may not be strong enough to hold them together._____This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, strong BDSM theme and content including spanking, dubious consent, exhibitionism, menage (m/f/m), group sex. ...more"
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Gosh, I haven't been able to find this book for years I read it sometime 2012-2019, and it annoys me so much. The only thing I remember clearly is the cover, which is a girl in a white dress with dark hair, looking down towards her feet which have no shoes on them. It's snowing, and she's on the rooftop. I cannot for the life of me remember the title, but I know it's to the right side of the cover. What I remember of the plot details are that there's this girl attending this school. She climbs onto the roof and almost jumps off when a boy finds her. He has green or gold specks in his eyes, and turns out he's hundreds of years old. There's a glass window with a picture of a boy flying in the school. There's some old, years old experiment in which this mad scientist or something makes some potion to make children fly, and somehow this boy is still alive from that time? He also dies in the end by falling off the roof attached to a gargoyle or something. This girl also has a friend who died too. And that's all I remember for now, please help me out! | 2021-11-04T00:00:00 | 22317526 | [
"When Livy's accepted at Temple College, a school for the very brightest, no one is more surprised than her, though she has always felt different. Recently, Livy's been drawn to the roof, where, among its towering stone angels, she has the strangest desire to fly. But her behaviour is noticed by others, for whom the ability to defy gravity is a possible reality ...one that When Livy's accepted at Temple College, a school for the very brightest, no one is more surprised than her, though she has always felt different. Recently, Livy's been drawn to the roof, where, among its towering stone angels, she has the strangest desire to fly. But her behaviour is noticed by others, for whom the ability to defy gravity is a possible reality ...one that they'll stop at nothing to use for their own ends. ...more"
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I read this book in either 2018 or 2019, it could have been released earlier but not before 2007 I don't think. I don't know any names but I know that the main character's family is poor. they are assigned this underground bunker (because the people who can't afford spaceships need some way to survive the meteor crash) and then they are left to fend for themselves. the main character is separated from her mother and elder sister and is found by some people and is taken to a spacecraft JUST for the duration of the crash but she becomes the assistant for someone who's important on the spaceship [she might have other abilities not entirely sure]. also, there's a subplot about something about missing blue barrels.She's offered a place on the ship but when she finds her mom and sister they aren't allowed on the ship. I think in the end she leaves them behind and goes on the ship or she might have stayed with them instead of leaving but I'm not sure. another really random thing- just before the crash (like a couple of weeks or something) they had a party and she just enjoyed it instead of being her usual self. Few notes:sister is eldermom might be a drug addictno one knows about the spacecraft that takes people in based on talents because everyone will want to come and there's a big waiting list of family members and staff.AHHHH IT'S BEEN BUGGING ME! I HOPE IT RINGS A BELL IN SOMEONE'S BRAIN.... | 2022-01-17T00:00:00 | 22020598 | [
"January 29, 2035.That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit—the big one. Denise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter near their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time.Then a last-minute encounter lead January 29, 2035.That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit—the big one. Denise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter near their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time.Then a last-minute encounter leads them to something better than a temporary shelter: a generation ship that’s scheduled to leave Earth behind and colonize new worlds after the comet hits. But each passenger must have a practical skill to contribute. Denise is autistic and fears that she’ll never be allowed to stay. Can she obtain a spot before the ship takes flight? What about her mother and sister?When the future of the human race is at stake, whose lives matter most? ...more"
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I read this around 2008. I remember a stunning number of details, just not the title. The cover had two kids' shoes facing each other, one was a pair of Burgundy converse. The boy lives with his mom, who does their house in all red and dances burlesque. He has a best friend who's a girl, so he's hoping she won't get D-Listed (Red D on her picture all over school) because that means no one will want to date her. He does a stakeout in his car to figure it out, but to no avail. Spoilers below:.....It turns out to be a misunderstanding started by this loner kid who goes by a nickname, but was born named Dee. He was trying to seem cool last year by writing "Dee did her" on a popular girl's picture after she dumped him, but then he got interrupted after writing the D, and it became a weird part of school culture to "D List" girls and ruin their reputation. Obviously, POV character and his gal pal admit they like-like each other. | 2020-09-03T00:00:00 | 3370274 | [
"Sunglasses. Check.Binoculars. Check.Notepad. Check.Mom's pink bike. Check. Check? Meet Sherman Mack. Short. Nerdy. Amateur P.I. and prepared to do anything for Dini Trioli.Nobody knows who began it or when it became a tradition, but every girl at Harewood Tech fears being D-listed, a ritual that wipes her off the social map forever. When Sherman believes Dini is in danger Sunglasses. Check.Binoculars. Check.Notepad. Check.Mom's pink bike. Check. Check? Meet Sherman Mack. Short. Nerdy. Amateur P.I. and prepared to do anything for Dini Trioli.Nobody knows who began it or when it became a tradition, but every girl at Harewood Tech fears being D-listed, a ritual that wipes her off the social map forever. When Sherman believes Dini is in danger of being D-listed, he snatches up his surveillance gear and launches a full-scale investigation to uncover who is responsible.Could it be the captain of the lacrosse team?The hottest girls in school, the Trophy Wives?Or maybe their boyfriends?One thing is for sure: Sherman Mack is on the case. And he's not giving up.Part comedy, part mystery, and with all of Juby's trademark tongue-in-cheek humor, Getting the Girl takes on one of the cruelest aspects of high school: how easy it is for an entire school to turn on someone, and how hard it can be to be the only one willing to fight back. ...more"
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Hi. This is a Harlequin romance where the Hero is a tycoon who gets spooked when he realizes that he has been with his 'mistress' for a few months. So he decides to tell her its over and hand over the diamond bracelet. The heroine is excited as its their anniversary dinner and she wants to tell him she is pregnant. When he tells her its over instead, she quietly gets up to go to the washroom and just walks out of the restaurant. Few years later he comes for a business dinner to a bar where she is waitressing. | 2020-08-04T00:00:00 | 18521532 | [
"For Greek tycoon Xander Anaketos only money talks and when he breezes back into Claire’s life, he wants her back in his bed. But what will he do when he discovers his impoverished ex-mistress is also the loving mother of his child?"
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I read this book around 2 years ago but it is considerably older. The H is held up by the h pretending to be a boy, along with her surrogate father. After robbing H, h had him strip and leave him to walk naked in the heat to get to help. When they meet again be takes revenge and find out she's a girl. He decides to take her to his sister to be taken care of, but ends up having sec with her before they arrive. They later find out that the land she had claimed to own bordered bid family's, and that there was quite a bit of animosity between them. Her outlaw days come back to haunt her when someone uses her alias to rob banks and through suspicion, including the hero's, her way. | 2017-10-07T00:00:00 | 2613048 | [
"2Untamed spirits...When the half-Cheyenne Beau Falkner discovered the young \"outlaw\" who'd made a fool of him was a girl, he decided to teach her some manners. Until the fiery Danny turned out to be a lot older than he'd thought ... and a lot more dangerous. He vowed he'd get her land -- and make the willful beauty his own. Danielle Jamison wasn't about to let the reward o 2Untamed spirits...When the half-Cheyenne Beau Falkner discovered the young \"outlaw\" who'd made a fool of him was a girl, he decided to teach her some manners. Until the fiery Danny turned out to be a lot older than he'd thought ... and a lot more dangerous. He vowed he'd get her land -- and make the willful beauty his own. Danielle Jamison wasn't about to let the reward on her head or her passion for the notorious Beau Falkner cost her the Silver J ranch. But the handsome rancher had his own plans for her, and he was slowly closing off every possible means of escape. ...more"
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The book I am wondering about involves two sisters, one newly widowed the other a single mother. They have been estranged for many years and share a trama involving a another sibling that took place in their childhood. The newly widowed sister is well off whereas the single mother lives a modest life. After the death of her husband, Sister Widow discovers a secret file on his computer (something sordid) and I think, a hidden wire or camera?? in the garage of their shared home. | 2019-10-31T00:00:00 | 25574782 | [
"Twenty years ago Claire Scott's eldest sister, Julia, went missing. No one knew where she went - no note, no body. It was a mystery that was never solved and it tore her family apart.Now another girl has disappeared, with chilling echoes of the past. And it seems that she might not be the only one.Claire is convinced Julia's disappearance is linked.But when she begins to l Twenty years ago Claire Scott's eldest sister, Julia, went missing. No one knew where she went - no note, no body. It was a mystery that was never solved and it tore her family apart.Now another girl has disappeared, with chilling echoes of the past. And it seems that she might not be the only one.Claire is convinced Julia's disappearance is linked.But when she begins to learn the truth about her sister, she is confronted with a shocking discovery, and nothing will ever be the same... ...more"
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I was in a bookshop a few weeks ago and saw this book that had a blue, winter themed cover. According to the blurb, the story is about a brother and sister who get separated and one of them has to take care of the tribe (I think their father was the chief). Anyways, I wanted to buy the book but when I came back it wasn't there anymore, so now I'm trying to find one on the internet. The title probably had the words "quest" or "fire" but my memory is kind of hazy, so i don't remember so much. If you could help with any suggestions that would be great! | 2012-01-23T00:00:00 | 1438096 | [
"The Manth people are at last free to seek their promised land, led by Bowman and Kestrel's mother, a prophetess. But the journey is long and hard, filled with many dangers, enemies, distractions, and temptations. And each of the travelers is preoccupied with his or her own worries. Bowman is torn between his attraction to Sisi, a former princess, and what he believes is hi The Manth people are at last free to seek their promised land, led by Bowman and Kestrel's mother, a prophetess. But the journey is long and hard, filled with many dangers, enemies, distractions, and temptations. And each of the travelers is preoccupied with his or her own worries. Bowman is torn between his attraction to Sisi, a former princess, and what he believes is his destiny-to sacrifice himself for the good of the people. Kestrel also feels a pull toward a mission, toward something-but for some reason, she cannot envision her life beyond the journey. ...more"
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Hi everyone, I've been looking for this book on and off for almost 5 years now and I remember reading it probably well over a decade ago. I believe it can be classified as a YA+ book since I remember there being some scenes not suited for a thirteen year old. Non-FictionI remember the title or the blurb being related to the number of hours, on average, it takes a person to complete a video game. I thought this concept was really interesting when I first picked it up and this facet of the book stuck with me ever since. This was also a big plot point of the novel since the story's main protagonist was forced into a survival game of epic proportions and given the same amount of hours it takes to complete a video game, to complete the survival game's objective or die. I'm not entirely sure on this part but I believe that he at first did not care for the game or the consequences and decided to ignore it (the survival game starts out with the forced contestants being located wherever they were when the timer started counting down, thus some were at their homes, offices, etc.) until he got into a gun fight or something similar. Finding out that his ex-girlfriend/wife/lover was also part of the game, he resolved himself to actively participate and rescue her from the game master.I remember a scene where a large group of participants eventually converge onto what I remember was a mountain range during which the perspective switches to that of the ex's. A man attempts to either sexually assault her or another woman that she befriended only to fail due to circumstances I don't recall. At this point a heavy downpour starts and the game master releases rabid hounds or something of a similar nature and the participants attempt to escape and find protection/shelter. The female protagonist and her friend find a shack only to be once again encountered by the would-be assaulter. They are able to prevent him from entering the shack (I think he was stuck in the doorway) and is left to be mauled by the hounds. Eventually, the two protagonists meet up and decide to complete the game and get to the bottom of why they were selected and to find the overall purpose of this game. They enter a cave filled with antiques and treasure along with hundreds of lifelike statues (which turn out to be taxidermied humans) and encounter the game master. I don't remember much of the details at this point but that the place they were at used to be a town that committed mass suicide (or someone poisoned all of them like in a cult) due to the belief that the end of days was coming and that by doing so, they would be granted passage to heaven. This end of days was supposed to happen in the 1800s (I think) and was something that was prophesied several times in the past already (I think). The game master had a room full of monitors overlooking all of the contestants and I believe that the two protagonists later on escaped in a helicopter after the entire cave collapsed. If anyone could figure out which book this was, I would be forever grateful! I don't believe it was a long book, probably only three hundred or so pages. Thank you!Everything is completely involuntary.I do remember that the first conversation the main protagonist had with the main antagonist was about the time limit and how it refers to the number of hours it takes to completely finish a game though.I'm pretty sure that the book I'm referring to is a stand-alone novel since the story wraps up in its entirety. I'm sorry I don't have any more details that could help. Thank you for your help! | 2019-01-25T00:00:00 | 21836 | [
"David Morrell’s Creepers was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre. A New York Times best-seller, it won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award and earned numerous critical raves. Scavenger, Morrell’s latest novel, takes us in a harrowing new direction: a desperate high-tech scavenger hunt for a 100-year-old time capsule. Frank Bal David Morrell’s Creepers was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre. A New York Times best-seller, it won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award and earned numerous critical raves. Scavenger, Morrell’s latest novel, takes us in a harrowing new direction: a desperate high-tech scavenger hunt for a 100-year-old time capsule. Frank Balenger, the resolute but damaged hero of Creepers, now finds himself trapped in a nightmarish game of fear and death. To save himself and the woman he loves, he must play by the rules of a god-like Game Master with an obsession for unearthing the past. But sometimes the past is buried for a reason. Scavenger is a brilliant, frightening hunter-hunted tale that layers modern technology over the dusty artifacts of earlier times. The result is a surreal palimpsest, one that contains the secret of survival for Balenger and a handful of unwilling players who race against the game’s clock to solve the puzzle of the time capsule, only to discover that time is the true scavenger. Morrell’s trademark action sequences are embedded with fascinating historical clues that make Scavenger a thrill-a-minute page-turner as well as a mesmerizing literary experience. ...more"
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The hero is very wealthy, married the heroine but she later left him after a misunderstanding & not knowing the hero was chasing after her but he crashed & his hearing got affected. The heroine on the other hand pregnant had the baby & leaving in poverty until she walked into the hero’s brother who hated her for what he believed she did to his brother | 2021-10-19T00:00:00 | 18663248 | [
"Tall and thin, twenty-eight-year-old Bronwyn Palmer has become positively gaunt, a ghost of her former self. That self was?and still is?the wife of a rich, handsome executive with an ocean-view house and his own security staff.It was in that house, two years ago, that Bryce Palmer learned Bronwyn was pregnant with their first child. But Bryce's rage over his impending fath Tall and thin, twenty-eight-year-old Bronwyn Palmer has become positively gaunt, a ghost of her former self. That self was?and still is?the wife of a rich, handsome executive with an ocean-view house and his own security staff.It was in that house, two years ago, that Bryce Palmer learned Bronwyn was pregnant with their first child. But Bryce's rage over his impending fatherhood touched off a chain reaction of emotional and physical traumas that wounded them both. For Bronwyn, it meant fleeing the perfect marriage to start over with nothing but a precocious daughter named Kayla to care for. For Bryce, it meant a tortuous two years spent blaming his wife for deserting him, and living with the pain of not knowing his child. Now a chance encounter has brought Bronwyn back into Bryce's life, both bearing scars?and neither knowing the whole truth of that fateful night that drove them apart. ...more"
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I'm looking for a book I've read last year (2017) in which the main hero is at the ex high school students reunion (right in the first or second chapter). The heroine is there too as a waitress. At the reunion his dead ex girlfriend is being remembered. The main characters meet and ended having a "date". I don't remember how but at some point they agree to have a baby but not being together. During the curse of the story, they fall in love with each other. If I remember correctly, the hero has a own company and he's an architect or an engineer. He has a best friend who is married and have family and he is like an uncle to the children. | 2018-05-24T00:00:00 | 35922782 | [
"We're making this baby the old-fashioned way. With my billions, I’ll pay whatever it takes for her to have my child. And I’m going to have fun putting it in her. After the baby’s born, she can go back to her regular life. But the way she screams my name in bed makes me want more. For the first time in years I want an actual relationship. Until I realize there’s something We're making this baby the old-fashioned way. With my billions, I’ll pay whatever it takes for her to have my child. And I’m going to have fun putting it in her. After the baby’s born, she can go back to her regular life. But the way she screams my name in bed makes me want more. For the first time in years I want an actual relationship. Until I realize there’s something she’s not telling me. A secret from the past. And her plan to ruin everything. *** A steamy STANDALONE contemporary romance with no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.*** ...more"
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browsed 1st chapter of this book on Libby last week, May 2020. It was one of the books suggested by Libby, possibly adult contemporary fiction. | 2020-05-18T00:00:00 | 33385229 | [
"Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today.Mateo and Rufus are total str Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today.Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day. ...more"
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Additional details: he gets the daughter (Margaret?) pregnant and refuses to marry her. Eventually he decides he wants his son so marries Margaret. They have a second child - a daughter. jamie dies when she is young and she ends up running his companies. Books turns into a bit of a dynasty novel. I think the daughter ends up married to someone called Michael | 2022-01-21T00:00:00 | 43330 | [
"One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaaner merchant. Her conception was itself an act of hate-filled vengeance. At the extravagent celebrations of her ninetieth birthday, there are toasts from a Supreme Court Judge and a telegram from the White House. And for Kate there are ghosts, ghosts of absent friends and of enemies. Ghosts from a life of blackmail and murder. Ghosts from an empire spawned by naked ambition! Sidney Sheldon is one of the most popular storytellers in the world. This is one of his best-loved novels, a compulsively readable thriller, packed with suspense, intrigue and passion. It will recruit a new generation of fans to his writing. ...more"
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I read this book AT LEAST 5 years ago. It's about this girl in high school and I think there is a new kid in school? And she is very intrigued by him and gets to know him better but then realizes he is crazy and obsessed with her. SPOILER ALERT: Then he convinces her to get a tattoo it's a Chinese symbol and she thinks it means something else but really it's his name. And he got her name tattooed too. Then they are in a play and she has to get stabbed in the play with a retractable knife but he switches it for a real knife. The title has something to do with drama I want to say it's called Playing Dead or something but that isn't right. All I remember is the cover is black. | 2011-06-13T00:00:00 | 634956 | [
"Meet Ethan Lederer. He's got a great girlfriend, and he's in all honor classes. Life is almost normal until Lydia Krane shows up in chemistry class. She's not really Ethan's type-she's some variety of goth with peculiar markings up and down her arms. But he feels an attraction to her he can't explain. As they get to know each other, Ethan finds himself opening up in ways h Meet Ethan Lederer. He's got a great girlfriend, and he's in all honor classes. Life is almost normal until Lydia Krane shows up in chemistry class. She's not really Ethan's type-she's some variety of goth with peculiar markings up and down her arms. But he feels an attraction to her he can't explain. As they get to know each other, Ethan finds himself opening up in ways he never could with his girlfriend or his family. Lydia is so different. She loves theater just like Ethan. They're even going to star together in the school play, a Hollywood version of Macbeth. But suddenly Lydia changes. Why does she seem so attached and desperate? It doesn't take long for Ethan to realize that Lydia will do anything to keep him, the boy of her dreams. ...more"
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"An apocalyptic horror novelThe Gates is the 1st book in the epic Hell on Earth series, a terrifying thrill ride of epic proportions. You cannot escape death when death is everywhere.FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS A TERRIBLE ENEMY HAS BEEN WAITING...NOW THE GATES ARE OPEN...AND HUMANITY'S EXTINCTION IS ABOUT TO BEGIN...All across the globe strange gates have appeared at random. Any An apocalyptic horror novelThe Gates is the 1st book in the epic Hell on Earth series, a terrifying thrill ride of epic proportions. You cannot escape death when death is everywhere.FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS A TERRIBLE ENEMY HAS BEEN WAITING...NOW THE GATES ARE OPEN...AND HUMANITY'S EXTINCTION IS ABOUT TO BEGIN...All across the globe strange gates have appeared at random. Anyone who touches one dies. Anyone who tries to interfere with one dies. The world's best scientists have no idea what they are, but one thing is certain... these strange gates are about to open.Humanity holds its breath.On the United States' chaotic East Coast, Coast Guard captain Guy Granger sets off on a desperate journey across the Atlantic to find his kids. Mina Magar is a photojournalist forced to take pictures of horrors she could never have imagined as something terrible emerges onto London's busy Oxford Street. Rick Bastion is a fading pop star with his head in a bottle and no hope for the future--even before the apocalypse began on his doorstep.For all of them, staying alive is almost impossible, but they must try. Hell is coming and no one can escape it. Mankind must fight back or become extinct.The gates are open. And all Hell is about to break loose. ...more"
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I think I read this one about the early 2000s. The tech development is extensive biological to the point the main character's physical age development is stalled for years while he stars in a children's program. He's allowed to 'grow up' after the show is cancelled.His father is domineering 'stage dad' who had himself secretly cloned and is raising it as his 'son' so he can shape him into the success he wanted to be. However, cloning in this way is horribly illegal (death sentence territory).Other than that the clone moves from place to place in the solar system and at one point puts on a 'Punch & Judy' puppet show (and describes in detail how to make a swazzle for Punch's voice).Thanks | 2020-11-11T00:00:00 | 49844 | [
"Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, John Varley is truly one of the \"greats\" of science fiction, comparable only to Heinlein, Herbert, Asimov, and Clark. Now the all-time master returns -- with his long-awaited epic novel of life beyond the great beyond...All the universe is a stage, and Sparky Valentine is its itinerant thespian. He makes his way from planet to planet a Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, John Varley is truly one of the \"greats\" of science fiction, comparable only to Heinlein, Herbert, Asimov, and Clark. Now the all-time master returns -- with his long-awaited epic novel of life beyond the great beyond...All the universe is a stage, and Sparky Valentine is its itinerant thespian. He makes his way from planet to planet as part of a motley theater troupe, bringing Shakespeare -- a version of it anyway -- to the outer reaches of earth's solar system. He journeys through the outlands, where thousands of artificial satellites drift, conglomerates of junk and rock welded together to support meager communities of human life. Here Sparky plies his trade, transforming himself from young to old, fat to thin, man to woman, by altering magnetic implants beneath his skin. Indispensable hardware for a career actor and an interstellar con man wanted for murder -- for while Sparky Valentine may have a song in his heart, he also has a price on his head. But his galactic roamings are bringing him closer to home, closer to justice -- and closer to the truth of his strange and prolonged existence... ...more"
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