Author : Peg Kehret
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0142418498
Thirteen-year-old Sunny runs away from her current foster parent in search of her twin sister, from whom she was separated ten years earlier. On the way, she'll face a tornado, bullies, and a stray dog- and the fact that her sister may not be who Sunny hoped she would be.
Author : Ann Bennett
Publisher : Bookouture
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,37 MB
Release : 2020-09-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781838882341
I'll never forget the night when everything changed. I saw the first glimmers of daylight over the roofs from the window before I heard it. We were used to air raids by then and I recognised German engines, but something felt different this time. They were closer than I'd ever heard them before... Devon, 1940: When fifteen-year-old Daisy is evacuated from her home in London, she knows she must look after her younger sister Peggy. She is the only one who can reassure Peggy that life will go back to normal, reading to her from their one battered children's book, ensuring she takes the cough medicine their mother tucked in the pocket of her gas mask bag. But when the sisters' new home is suddenly bombed, they are taken into the countryside, and Daisy quickly realises that not everyone at home is on the right side of the war. Forced to work in fields alongside orphan children, she finds herself drawn to a young boy called John, who has tried and failed to escape many times before. Then Peggy gets sick and Daisy knows that, to save her life, they must run away. But now Peggy is not the only one Daisy is desperate to protect. As war rages all around, Daisy learns that sometimes you have to sacrifice everything if you want to save the people you love. And that the choices you make in your darkest days will affect your family for generations to come... Perfect for fans of Lisa Wingate, Diney Costeloe and Shirley Dickson, The Runaway Sisters is a tale of heartwrenching loss and uplifting courage. It's a story about family, and the light that can be found in the dark clouds of war. What readers are saying about Ann Bennett: 'Oh my goodness. What an amazing story of life, love, loss and finding yourself... Awe inspiring. I honestly am left reeling. This is my first book from this author, although it definitely will not be my last. Thank you for a journey that I will not soon forget.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'An amazing and spellbinding read. Exceptionally well done. I hated when it ended.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'Wonderful storytelling! I have just finished reading this book and I'm bereft! I was able, for a few days, to lose myself completely in the story... I highly recommend this book to anyone.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'What an amazing read!!! I didn't expect this to be a rollercoaster of emotions, suspense, and mystery but it was everything!!... I recommend this book so much!!!' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'This book gave me all the feelings at once... Keeps you hooked through the whole book.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'If there were ever to be a perfect bookclub book, it would be The Orphan House... Beautifully portrayed characters, who were so vivid... Almost felt like watching it on the big screen, every place, person, and circumstance came to live and felt almost tangible... Will surely touch your soul.' Goodreads reviewer 'True to life and totally believable. The plot was intriguing, and the delivery was perfect.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
Author : MéLisa Lomelino
Publisher : MéLisa and Ryun Productions
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 20,3 MB
Release : 2020-05-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1947775057
Social media stars, GEM Sisters, are invited to model in a huge fashion contest. But someone is up to no good. Are the models safe? Will the runway show be cancelled? Soon, everyone is blaming Mercedes! Giselle and Evangeline don’t know what to think. Mercedes wants to win, but she would never cheat . . . or would she? Can the Sister Detectives prove that Mercedes is innocent? Or, are the rumors true and she’s guilty? Read the fun mystery to find out!
Author : Sandy Taylor
Publisher : Bookouture
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,74 MB
Release : 2017-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786812889
It is a gripping and heartbreaking historical fiction about love, friendship and fight for survival during the war.
Author : Martha Hall Kelly
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1524796417
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Martha Hall Kelly’s million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of Ferriday’s ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse during the Civil War whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists. “An exquisite tapestry of women determined to defy the molds the world has for them.”—Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Georgeanna “Georgey” Woolsey isn’t meant for the world of lavish parties and the demure attitudes of women of her stature. So when war ignites the nation, Georgey follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women on the battlefront a bother. In proving them wrong, she and her sister Eliza venture from New York to Washington, D.C., to Gettysburg and witness the unparalleled horrors of slavery as they become involved in the war effort. In the South, Jemma is enslaved on the Peeler Plantation in Maryland, where she lives with her mother and father. Her sister, Patience, is enslaved on the plantation next door, and both live in fear of LeBaron, an abusive overseer who tracks their every move. When Jemma is sold by the cruel plantation mistress Anne-May at the same time the Union army comes through, she sees a chance to finally escape—but only by abandoning the family she loves. Anne-May is left behind to run Peeler Plantation when her husband joins the Union army and her cherished brother enlists with the Confederates. In charge of the household, she uses the opportunity to follow her own ambitions and is drawn into a secret Southern network of spies, finally exposing herself to the fate she deserves. Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid, detailed look at the Civil War experience, from the barbaric and inhumane plantations, to a war-torn New York City, to the horrors of the battlefield. It’s a sweeping story of women caught in a country on the brink of collapse, in a society grappling with nationalism and unthinkable racial cruelty, a story still so relevant today.
Author : Maya Snow
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 27,20 MB
Release : 2009-01-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0061985635
I see you blink with surprise. A girl? you are thinking. Surely a girl cannot be asamurai. But you are wrong. Kimi dreams of being a great samurai warrior, but she and her sister, Hana, are young ladies of ancient Japan, daughters of the Jito of the province. Her future seems clear: Girls do not become samurai. Then, a murderous betrayal shatters the sisters' world. Suddenly, Kimi and Hana are thrown headlong into a life of warrior codes, deadly swords, and dangerous enemies. Life has swept them into an adventure more heart-pounding than the sisters ever could have imagined . . . and once it has been set in motion, nothing will ever be the same.
Author : Josephine Cox
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 18,12 MB
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 000812843X
Don’t miss this gripping story from Sunday Times bestselling author, Josephine Cox!
Author : Elizabeth Birkelund
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062431773
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette? meets Eat, Pray, Love.” —The Skimm Three beautiful French sisters entrust an American hiker with the mission of rescuing their mother high in the Alps. But what if she doesn’t want to be found? Recently fired from his high-power finance job and dumped by his fiancée, Jim Olsen has come to the Swiss Alps to clear his head. At the charming Cabane des Audannes, he meets Clio, Thalia and Helene Castellane, who are on a quest of their own: their mother, Calliope, has fled to these mountains to escape her philandering politician husband’s most recent scandal. As snow threatens to descend upon the Alps, the women have come to bring their mother home. But the sisters are at the point of surrender; it is time for them to return to Paris. Buoyed by wine and inspired by their beauty, Jim impetuously volunteers to assume their search, but soon realizes that he is in over his head. The Alps are filled with beauty and danger, not the least of which is Calliope’s desire to stay hidden. And all the while Jim finds himself haunted by the memory of her daughters and conflicted in his desire for them. The Runaway Wife is a story of adventure, survival, and romance—and of a man’s discovery of a world outside his conventional life and a new vision of himself within it.
Author : MeLisa Lomelino
Publisher : MéLisa and Ryun Productions
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 50,35 MB
Release : 2018-09-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1947775014
Comedy YouTube stars, the GEM Sisters, need your help to solve their very first mystery. Real life sisters Giselle, Evangeline and Mercedes never set out to be detectives, but when an adorable dog named Bingo goes missing they try to help. Soon the GEM Sisters discover that the dog isn¿t missing at all. He¿s been Pup-napped! Will the new Sister Detectives have what it takes to stop a criminal and save the dog before he¿s lost forever? Read the fun adventure to find out!
Author : Harold Brodkey
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 1290 pages
File Size : 47,27 MB
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1480427993
DIVDIVHarold Brodkey’s acclaimed novel is a mesmerizing work of literary genius, exploring the momentous events in the life of a family in twentieth-century St. Louis, and a writer still haunted by a childhood tragedy /divDIV First published in 1991, The Runaway Soul took Harold Brodkey more than three decades to complete. This sprawling novel has since been eagerly embraced by readers and critics alike, earning Brodkey the epithet of an “American Proust.” Told by Wiley Silenowicz, Brodkey’s fictional alter ego, the story snakes back and forth across the unforgettable events of a life. Following the traumatic death of his mother, Wiley recalls his troubling childhood in the care of his cousins: smooth-talking S. L. Silenowicz, his beautiful, emotionally deficient wife, Lila, and their abusive daughter, Nonie, who torments Wiley to no end./divDIV /divDIVIn language that soars and hypnotizes, The Runaway Soul fearlessly explores youth and adulthood, love and loss, sex and death, marriage and family, tracing upon one man’s odyssey through a troubling world. More than two decades after it first appeared in print, Harold Brodkey’s magnum opus remains one of the finest literary works produced by an American novelist in the twentieth century./div/div
