![]() ![]() Once Donita learns the truth about her father, she is stunned by her mother’s resilience in the face of crushing adversity. ![]() When her mother refuses to divulge the whereabouts of Donita’s father, Donita begins to believe the malicious gossip circulating about her mother. ![]() Yet her mother’s association with a succession of unscrupulous men is a weight Donita can’t quite shake. Donita’s mother has always told her the secret to overcoming obstacles is to release everything that weighs her down. Told from the perspective of an adolescent girl named Donita Tosh, THE SECRET TO FLYING explores the intricacies of the mother-daughter bond.įor Donita, growing up poor in a small Arkansas town during the 1980s is bad enough, but having a mother with a scandalous reputation makes her life practically unbearable. My novel, THE SECRET TO FLYING, has been published by TigerEye Publications. ![]()
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![]() Highly recommended viewing to help you read this book aloud: at you can see the author read this book to a roomful of children!īefore reading, have the students fold a blank piece of paper into four parts. Įven if the words are a preposterous song about eating ants for breakfast, or just a list of astonishingly goofy sounds like BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and GLIBBITY GLOBBITY.Ĭleverly irreverent and irresistibly silly, The Book with No Pictures is one that kids will beg to hear again and again. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Novak will turn any reader into a comedian. ![]() ![]() Grade Level: 2nd (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)Ī #1 New York Times bestseller, this innovative and wildly funny read-aloud by award-winning humorist/actor B.J. Volunteers needed in May! Click here to sign up. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Yeerks know who they are, forcing them to hide to protect their families. Marco and the other Animorphs couldn’t be less prepared for this news. And one of the first steps in their new plan is to take over the National Guard, to prepare for all-out war against humanity. They’re no longer hiding behind a silent invasion. The Yeerks aren’t playing around anymore. Originally I intended to take little breaks in between Animorphs books for other works, but with the story ramping up quite quickly I’m just gonna finish it in one go, guns a blazing. ![]() This time I read Animorphs #51, The Absolute by KA Applegate. Speaking of which, I finished another read just now. ![]() I’ve mainly been editing my Reaper sequel and reading. I hope you’re having a fun, productive start to the weekend. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jace Morgenstern - a very skilled Shadowhunter who, upon realizing that his father is alive and is the evil Valentine Morgenstern, is having problems figuring out who he wants to be.Clary Fray - the main protagonist of the series, Clary's gift is crucial to their victory against her father, Valentine.Love is a mortal sin and the secrets of the past prove deadly as Clary and Jace face down Valentine in the third installment of the New York Times bestselling The Mortal Instruments. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City - whatever the cost? With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and her best friend, Simon, has been thrown in prison by the Clave, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.Īs Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. ![]() To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters-never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As she helps him wade through the traumatic minefield of discovering his own lost family and consoling another, they find a connection greater than either of them ever expected. The young soldier with the devastating burns makes her yearn for a relationship, but his suicidal tendencies brings up her own emotional pain. Can they detour his death plan and give him something to live for? Marigold Lee hired on at the Lost and Found Investigative Service to honor her father's memory while she attains her psychology degree. ![]() ![]() He seems to be checking off a list of tasks before he checks out himself. Now she wants to add another? Fudge no But that conversation has to go on hold, because she's brought home a young soldier who is struggling to reconnect with civilian life. He just survived the weekend from hell, caring for his two rambunctious boys. Reconnect with the Lost and Found group as they settle into the intricacies of marriage and growing families.When Shannon proposes having another baby, John is caught flat-footed. ![]() ![]() ![]() If something is repressed, man becomes aggressive, he loses all soft qualities. And because it was repressive, it was bound to become aggressive. Only a tree that has lived wholly will flower. Celebration is the fragrance of being whole. He is half, and because he is half he is always in anguish and tension he cannot celebrate. He has not been allowed to bloom in his totality. A humanoid is one who looks like a human being but is utterly crippled, paralyzed. In the past we were not able to create real human beings, but humanoids. That’s what has been the case in the past. You will become a battle-ground, a civil war. It will go on finding ways and means to overcome the part that you have imposed upon yourself. He can never be healthy and can never be whole, the other half that has been denied will go on taking revenge. Once you divide man in two, you create misery and hell for him. This is just utterly mad it is unbelievable. In three thousand years, five thousand wars have been fought. The whole past of humanity has been sick, unhealthy, insane. The old concept of man was of either/or materialist or spiritualist, moral or immoral, sinner or saint. On 1st January 1979, someone asked Osho what his message to humanity was and here are some excerpts from Osho’s answer to that question : ![]() ![]() ![]() In the end, both girls have a lot to learn and teach each other about friendship, and readers may end up wishing their grands were as cool as Grandpa Howe and Grandma Tess. Lana’s efforts to jolly Cassie out of her sulks are admirable, but Cassie’s complaint that Lana hasn’t been open with her about her worries is justified. The alternating narration of Cassie and Lana shows their divergent priorities and highlights their realistic mood swings, and while Lana is definitely more likable than Cassie, Cassie may in fact be more relatable to readers who know how precarious junior high friendships can be. When the newlyweds invite the girls along on their honeymoon, the pair are reluctant to go: Cassie knows that a week away from her friends may well mean they ditch her altogether, while Lana worries that she is being sent away because her mother’s headaches are more serious than anyone is letting on. The two twelve-year-olds couldn’t be more different, as Cassie is struggling to fit in with the popular crowd at school while Lana enjoys hanging out with her parents and her one good, offbeat friend. Buckle up Lana and Cassie have met only once before, at the wedding of Lana’s Grandpa Howe and Cassie’s Grandma Tess two months ago. When Lana’s Grandpa Howe married Cassie’s Grandma Tess, Lana was more excited than Cassie about gaining a new step-cousin. the girls find themselves stuck together on a crazy summer road trip that will change the course of their friendship. Terra Elan McVoy Drive Me Crazy Drive Me Crazy Buy the Book Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books ISBN-13: 978-0062322443 ISBN-10: 0062322443 Pages: 288 Reading Level: Middle Grade Friendship can be a bumpy road. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While we learn a lot about the Library, and the case with the Grimm book was completed we are left with questions leaving me eager to return.The Library and portals, with a touch of magic had me eager for more and excited about the possibilities for this series.Cogman gave us villains, betrayal, book bugs, automatons and more that will feed your inner nerd. We even travel in a blimp and run for our lives to avoid shifters. The case to recover the Grimm brother’s fairy tale led us on an exciting quest across London.Did I mention a dark nemesis spoken of only in legends who emerges testing all the players? She is aided by A London detective, a member of the FAE, and another librarian who wants all the glory. ![]() (Think Sherlock and Watson) These two work well together and more often than not I found myself laughing aloud. Irene is a professional spy for the library who is quick to piece together clues and Kai is her assistant who hides a secret. The characters are well-developed and unique.Cogman’s writing has a delightful flow that slowly pulled me in and held me captive. The stunning world building from the secret library to Irene’s quest to recover a copy of the Grimm Fairy Tales from an alternate London will have readers devouring this tale.Fans of Fringe, Harry Potter and Doctor Who will slip into this world filled with spies, Fae, steampunk technology and mystery.įive Caffeinated reasons to grab The Invisible Library In the Invisible Library, a mysterious Library exists between multiple versions of the same world that collects books. ![]() ![]() ![]() And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic. Soon, their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan - from foreplay to more-than-missionary position.īefore long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but to crave all the other things he's making her feel. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice - with a professional. It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. ![]() She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases - a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old. Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. Title: The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient #1) Publishing Info: Jbyįind it on the web: Buy from Amazon // Goodreads ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a story that will shape the destiny of Britain.ĭisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon, and I may earn a small commission, at no cost to you, if you purchase through my links. Riva, Keyne and Sinne must take fate into their own hands, or risk being tangled in a story they could never have imagined one of treachery, love and ultimately, murder. But change comes on the day ash falls from the sky, bringing Myrddhin, meddler and magician, and Tristan, a warrior whose secrets will tear the siblings apart. Keyne battles to be seen as the king’s son, when born a daughter.Īnd Sinne, the spoiled youngest girl, yearns for romance.Īll three fear a life of confinement within the walls of the hold – a last bastion of strength against the invading Saxons. Riva, scarred in a terrible fire, fears she will never heal. In the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, King Cador’s children inherit a fragmented land abandoned by the Romans. ![]() |