Author : Cynthia Rylant
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152053123
Now an old man, John is haunted by memories of enlisting to fight in World War II, a decision which forced him to face the horrors of war and changed his life forever.
Author : A.C.E. Bauer
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 34,82 MB
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375890793
AUGIE BORETSKI KNOWS how to get by. If you're a scrawny loser in the destitute city of Camden, New Jersey, you keep your head down, avoid the drug dealers and thugs, and try your best to be invisible. Augie used to be good at that, but suddenly his life is changing. . . . First, Augie accidentally steals a strange book of fairy tales. Then his mom makes him join the Big Brothers program and the chorus. And two bullies try to beat him up every day because of it. Just when it seems like things can't get any worse, an ice storm wrecks Augie's school. The city plans to close the school, abandoning one more building to the drug addicts. But Augie has a plan. For the first time in his life, Augie Boretski is not going down without a fight.
Author : Shirley Jackson
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 21,47 MB
Release : 1967-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780822212263
THE STORY: The home of the Blackwoods near a Vermont village is a lonely, ominous abode, and Constance, the young mistress of the place, can't go out of the house without being insulted and stoned by the villagers. They have also composed a nasty s
Author : Shirley Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Castles
ISBN :
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.
Author : Jamie Carie
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 10,31 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 143367324X
The third and final novel in award-winning author Jamie Carie's ambitious Forgotten Castles series, an epic love story marked by adventure, betrayal, and resilient faith.
Author : Elizabeth Winthrop
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 082342684X
An epic quest, a dragon, a knight in shining armor—this classic children’s story is the perfect read for 3rd and 4th graders who love medieval fantasy. A magical toy castle plunges 10-year-old William into a wild fantasy adventure—where he discovers the true meaning of courage. When his beloved caretaker Mrs. Phillips tells him she's leaving, William is devastated. Not even her farewell gift of a model medieval castle helps him feel better—though he has to admit it’s fascinating. From the working drawbridge and portcullis to the fully-furnished rooms, it's perfect in every detail. It almost seems magical. And when William looks at the silver knight, the tiny figure comes to life in his hand—and tells him a tale of a wicked sorcerer, a vicious dragon, and a kingdom in need of a hero. Hoping the castle's magic will help him find a way to make his friend stay, William embarks on a daring quest with Sir Simon, the Silver Knight—but he will have to face his own doubts and regrets if he's going to succeed. William’s story continues in The Battle for the Castle, available as a redesigned companion edition.
Author : Judy Corbett
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,2 MB
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1448176336
Castles in the Air is a beautifully written, autobiographical story of rescuing an ancient mansion. Gwydir Castle was inhabited by ravers and rats until Judy Corbett and her husband Peter Welford found and acquired this 500-year-old house mouldering in the foothills of Snowdonia. Despite the toads, strange smells and squatters, they decided to mortgage themselves to the hilt to bring the castle back to life. This is an evocatively written and genuinely moving book and is infused with an extraordinary sense of place. The couple's adventures in a gothic wonderland lead them through plots both supernatural and historical. In a museum storeroom in a Bronx warehouse they find a missing room, in the castle's Solar Tower the ghost of a young woman appears and from the far edges of the woods a silent man called Sven emerges to befriend the couple and their beloved castle. For everyone who has ever wanted to live in a glorious house or escape from the mundanity of life - Castles in the Air is pure magic.
Author : Bruce Coville
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,41 MB
Release : 1992-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0671727117
When William's new friend, Igor, accidentally releases a horde of goblins, the two must journey to Goblin Land to undo the damage.
Author : Rachel Coombs
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 31,98 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1580137962
Illustrates one year of daily life at a medieval castle.
Author : Dodie Smith
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466842121
One of the 20th century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts, Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle! “This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met.” -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series Adapted to a feature film in 2003, I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"-- and the heart of the reader-- in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments.
