![]() ![]() ![]() New York Times "A delightfully amusing story." Parents Magazine "It's a highly diverting fantasy, told exactly as though it all could happen." Chicago Tribune "We do like good fantasy, and it is hard to find. Amustfor all libraries." Library Journal "The children are lively, the grown-ups (including the witch) colorful and the mingling of magic and reality is most effective. How she does this will enthrall children. But Carbonel was magic, and at his behest she set out to acquire a witch's hat, pot and spell to disenchant him. When Rosemary acquired a black cat and an old broom, she thought she had a pet and a means of earning money for widowed mother. "A delightful fantasy of real literary merit. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Mahlke explores the shipwreck by diving through a hatch, and with his ever-present screwdriver salvages various items (information plaques, objects left behind by the crew, and even a gramophone) to sell or collect for himself. Much of the action of the story is on a half-submerged sunken minesweeper of the Polish Navy, on which the narrator, Mahlke and their friends meet each summer. The narrator describes the character "The Great Mahlke" from their youth together through to Mahlke's disappearance near the end of the Second World War. The story is set in Danzig (Gdańsk) around the time of the Second World War and Nazi rule. ![]() The narrator Pilenz "alone could be termed his friend, if it were possible to be friends with Mahlke" (p. 78) much of Pilenz's narration addresses Mahlke directly by means of second-person narration. It is about Joachim Mahlke, an alienated only child without a father. Cat and Mouse ( German: Katz und Maus) is a 1961 novella by Günter Grass, the second book of the Danzig Trilogy, and the sequel to The Tin Drum. ![]() ![]() The Problem with Forever is a YA contemporary about self discovery with romance. ![]() And as she watches Rider's life spiral out of control, Mallory must make a choice between staying silent and speaking out - for the people she loves, the life she wants, and the truths that need to be heard. Yet the deeper their bond grows, the more it becomes apparent that she's not the only one grappling with lingering scars from the past. It doesn't take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. But of all the terrifying and exhilarating scenarios she's imagined, there's one she never dreamed of - that she'd run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn't seen since childhood, on her very first day. Now, after years of homeschooling with loving adoptive parents, Mallory must face a new milestone - spending her senior year at a public high school. And even though it's been four years since her nightmare ended, she's beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime. Growing up, she learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. For Mallory "Mouse" Dodge, it's a shield. ![]() Armentrout comes a riveting new story about friendship, survival, and finding your voice.įor some people, silence is a weapon. ![]() From number-one New York Times best-selling author Jennifer L. ![]() ![]() In the vastly popular Honor Harrington series, the spirit of C.S. With more than eight million copies of his books in print and 33 titles on the New York Times bestseller list, David Weber is a science fiction powerhouse. Meanwhile, powerful forces in the Solarian League are maneuvering against each other to gain the upper hand in what they all expect to be an explosive crisis that threatens the very existence of the League itself. In response, a security officer from Beowulf arrives in Torch to take charge of Queen Berry's security-a task made doubly difficult by the young monarch's resentment of bodyguards and the security officer's own growing attachment to her. The former head of the Ballroom slave liberation organization, Jeremy X-now one of Torch's top officials, but still considered by many the most dangerous terrorist in the galaxy-calls in some past favors owed to him. Queen Berry of Torch was one of the targets of the unknown assassins. ![]() Most people are sure that the Republic of Haven is behind the assassinations, but Zilwicki and Cachat suspect others of being the guilty party. A New Novel in David Weber’s Best-Selling Honor Harrington UniverseįIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK! NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLER!Īs the slavemasters of Mesa plot against the Star Empire of Manticore and the newly liberated slave planet of Torch, Anton Zilwicki and the notorious Havenite secret agent Victor Cachat set off on a dangerous mission to uncover the truth concerning a wave of mysterious assassinations that have been launched against Manticore and Torch. ![]() |