When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d fina...
The Book Snail, by JIN Bo, illus. WANG Zumin, tr. unnamed (Jan 2024) [金波, 王祖民 : 蜗人] — Meet the book snail, here to show a child longing for excitement that anything is possible through the power of imagination. A world of adventures awaits—you just need to know where to ...
This book was a really powerful read for me as he explores his own trauma but also the trauma that his wife must have gone through. It was interesting in and of itself but it also really resonated with me. He put into words the longing to want to go back to the day before your ...
Michael. There’s only one problem—she’s not married. She’s never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they’ve been together for years.
“There were antimacassars on the parlor chairs and the radio had Jacobean legs and an inlaid front and the gas stove would cook without watching and there was an automatic electric toaster and an electric percolator in the breakfast nook.” When he visits Daisy, the wife, however, he ...
love for family, friends, country, and–most importantly–oneself.” As an interesting aside, Meg Ryan narrates the audio book and has exuberantly sung the praises of the tale. Sally Franson herself competed in a similar show and was inspired by her experience to set her novel in the same...
THE LAST FRAGMENTS OF THE HUMAN RACE ARE FORCED TO ADAPT TO A DANGEROUS NEW WORLD OR FACE EXTINCTION. When starship mechanic, Denton Castus, is caught in the destructive path of a devastating war, he abandons his home and seeks refuge on a distant planet. However, this new safe haven has...
We would arrive and be taken upstairs to divest ourselves of our coats. I had long since grown out of my lovely blue coat with velvet collar, and was down to a navy gaberdine school mac. Each little girl would surreptitiously size up each newcomer as she stripped off and revealed her ...
She rushes upstairs to find Noel has attempted suicide. There is a great hubbub and Mabel is briefly suspected of murder. Like everything else he puts his hand to, suicide is yet another failure for Noel. He recovers and Mabel takes him back in. Mabel is carrying his child, but that ...
“upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids throw tantrums, fight, or sulk in silence. By ...