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Where the Rock Splits the Sky

Author : Philip Webb

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 229 pages

File Size : 31,38 MB

Release : 2014-03-25

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 054555702X

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The moon has been split, and the Visitors have Earth in their alien grip. But the captive planet? That's not her problem. Megan just wants to track down her missing dad... The world stopped turning long before Megan was born. Ever since the Visitors split the moon and stilled the Earth, permanent sunset is all anyone has known. But now, riding her trusty steed Cisco, joined by her posse, Kelly and Luis, Megan is on the run from her Texas hometown, journeying across the vast, dystopic American West to hunt down her father. To find him, she must face the Zone, a notorious landscape where the laws of nature do not apply. The desert can play deadly tricks on the mind, and the quest will push Megan past her limits. But to solve the mystery of not just her missing father but of the paralyzed planet itself, she must survive it--and an alien showdown.



Six Days

Author : Philip Webb

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 47,71 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0545317673

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Cass and her brother Wilbur scavenge in the ruins of a future London seeking an artifact for their Russian masters, but the search takes on a new urgency after the arrival of Erin and Peyto, strangers from afar who claim to hold the key to locating the mysterious object.



When the Rock Splits

Author : Lisa Pineo

Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Page : 83 pages

File Size : 35,17 MB

Release : 2022-05-13

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 1685172431

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How did I get here, and how do I make it stop? If addiction is a coin, then the addict is heads, and the codependent is tails. Three marriages, three kids, four homes, and two dogs later, life is far from where it should be--the housewife of a successful, stable, godly man and the mother of four boys. Growing up in a conservative minister's home, living by faith, and trying very hard shouldn't drive you into the hands of a drug addict. Or should it? Maybe there truly is hope when your life keeps splitting apart.



Stone Field

Author : Christy Lenzi

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 13,33 MB

Release : 2016-03-29

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 162672069X

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In this loose retelling of "Wuthering Heights" set in Missouri during the Civil War, when free-spirited seventeen-year-old Catrina discovers a mysterious young man with amnesia on her family's sorghum farm, they fall passionately in love, scandalizing intolerant family members and neighbors.



Jet Black Heart

Author : Teresa Flavin

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 20,12 MB

Release : 2014-07-23

Category : Time travel

ISBN : 9781781124048

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Dory is on holiday on the moors with her family when she stumbles across a Victorian walkers' 'letterbox' and a faded message for a boy called Eli. The message opens a slip in time and soon Dory is battling alongside Eli to help save his sister from her cruel father. But is there more to Eli - and his gift of a Victorian heart pendant - than meets the eye?



Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)

Author : Grace Lin

Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Page : 221 pages

File Size : 48,67 MB

Release : 2009-07-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0316052604

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A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!​ A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time​! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.



Shadows on the Rock

Author : Willa Cather

Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand

Page : 148 pages

File Size : 41,40 MB

Release : 2023-11-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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"Shadows on the Rock" is a historical novel written by the American author Willa Cather. The book was published in 1931 and is set in the 17th century in colonial New France, specifically in Quebec City. The novel focuses on the lives of the early French settlers and the challenges they faced while establishing a life in the rugged wilderness of North America. The central character is Cécile Auclair, a young girl who, with her father, makes the difficult journey from France to Quebec to join her mother. The novel provides a vivid portrayal of daily life, relationships, and the interactions between the French settlers and the indigenous people of the region. "Shadows on the Rock" is known for its rich historical detail and evocative descriptions of the landscape and characters. Willa Cather's storytelling captures the enduring spirit and resilience of the early settlers in North America. The novel is celebrated for its historical accuracy and its exploration of the human experience in a challenging and often harsh environment.



The Fifth Season

Author : N. K. Jemisin

Publisher : Orbit

Page : 483 pages

File Size : 40,43 MB

Release : 2015-08-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 031622930X

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At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times) This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy. Read the first book in the critically acclaimed, three-time Hugo award-winning trilogy by NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.



A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Author : David Foster Wallace

Publisher : Back Bay Books

Page : 549 pages

File Size : 49,7 MB

Release : 2009-11-23

Category : Humor

ISBN : 0316090522

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These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.



Stone Sky Gold Mountain

Author : Mirandi Riwoe

Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press

Page : 264 pages

File Size : 10,21 MB

Release : 2020-03-31

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0702263907

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Family circumstances force siblings Ying and Lai Yue to flee their home in China to seek their fortunes in Australia. Life on the gold fields is hard, and they soon abandon the diggings and head to nearby Maytown. Once there, Lai Yue gets a job as a carrier on an overland expedition, while Ying finds work in a local store and strikes up a friendship with Meriem, a young white woman with her own troubled past. When a serious crime is committed, suspicion falls on all those who are considered outsiders. Evoking the rich, unfolding tapestry of Australian life in the late nineteenth century, Stone Sky Gold Mountain is a heartbreaking and universal story about the exiled and displaced, about those who encounter discrimination yet yearn for acceptance.