![]() “Caroline Huntoon’s Skating on Mars is a rallying cry that trans and nonbinary kids belong in sports it is also a moving story about life’s transitions, big and small. ![]() writes beautifully with authority and insight, creating in Mars a fully realized, memorable character this first novel is an important contribution to the slender body of nonbinary literature, which belongs in every library." - Booklist, starred review " -Laurie Morrison, author of Up for Air and Coming Up Short "This timely, triumphant novel about figure skating, identity, loss, and love will move and entertain readers-and it might just inspire them to find their own ways to change the world. Skating on Mars is a tender examination of grief and a hopeful middle grade tale of self-discovery. But as competition draws near, the struggles of life off the rink start to complicate their performance in the rink, and Mars begins to second guess if there’s a place for them on the ice at all. Unable to back down from a challenge, Mars accepts. When Mars’ triple toe loop draws the attention of a high school hot shot, he dares them to skate as a boy so the two can compete head-to-head. But with their skates laced up and the ice under their feet, all of those struggles melt away. ![]() ![]() As if seventh grade isn’t hard enough, Mars is also grappling with the recent death of their father and a realization they never got to share with him: they’re nonbinary. ![]() A heartwarming debut from author Caroline Huntoon about a young figure skater discovering who they are on and off the ice. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Until recent years, Zofloya, and Dacre’s work more generally, has been relatively unknown both in scholarship, and also by the reading public. Dacre’s writing career began with the publication of several poems in the Morning Post, before she moved on to write four novels, of which the other three were: Confessions of the Nun of St. ![]() ![]() 1753-1824), who famously engaged in an adulterous affair with the actress Mary Robinson in 1773. Born Charlotte King, Dacre was the daughter of the moneylender John ‘Jew’ King ( c. 1772-1825), and her second novel Zofloya, or The Moor (1806). The third meeting of our book group focused on one of the lesser-known Gothic writers of the early nineteenth century, Charlotte Dacre ( c. Dr Sally Holloway and Jane Mackelworth report on the third meeting of their community book group, exploring love and its history through literature… ![]() ![]() ![]() "The uncovering of those hidden things - that's a bit of a challenge." "I think it's curiosity about other things that drives me," Ms Jupp says. The original concept comes from the library of unpublished books in Richard Brautigan's novel The Abortion - and it was the desire to bring unpublished ideas into the open that brought the library into reality. ![]() Whether they are personal memories, wild fantasy or family history, these are stories that have never been told outside the author's circle of family and friends. The library collection is currently at Portsmouth's Aspex GalleryĪt just a few pages each, these are pamphlets with the barest bones of an idea - and are distributed to libraries, pubs, community centres and doctor's waiting rooms. ![]() ![]() One thing I did appreciate was that although this was definitely Christian fiction, it wasn't preachy. One minute she's strong enough to defeat a hell-hound (something that apparently no other human had ever done) and the next minute she's fainting.again. Also, though I liked Nikki (the main character), she was inconsistently drawn. I was willing to overlook it because I was drawn to the plight of the flawed and sympathetic characters, but I hope the next book explains things better. Apparently, it was also difficult for the writer to explain because it made no sense. For example, when Nikki asked Mace how old he was, he said it was difficult to explain in human terms. The attempts at explanation were often awkward, confusing, and unconvincing. ![]() The halflings (half angel, half human) were never explained to my satisfaction. It was that intensity more so than the plot that kept me reading. Halflings took me by surprise by how intensely romantic it was and how hooked I became on the characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() He later attended college at Virginia Commonwealth University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He would write stories as a child but later went into law, graduating from Henrico High School. David Baldacci was born and grew up in Richmond, Virginia in 1960. He is also a contributing editor for Parade Magazine. ![]() In addition to being a bestseller, Baldacci entered into the International Crime Writing Hall of Fame in 2011. Baldacci’s novels deal with scandals and compromising situations, cover ups and pursuits, romance and the search for the truth. His books have been translated into over forty-five languages and his books are sold worldwide in eighty-eight countries. He has sold over a 100 million copies worldwide in print of his novels and over 3 million ebooks. ![]() David Baldacci is a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author and popular writer of twenty-six novels as well as three children’s books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hirsch and Khan's landmark study reveals the social ecosystem that makes sexual assault so predictable, explaining how physical spaces, alcohol, peer groups and cultural norms influence young people's experiences and interpretations of both sex and sexual assault. ![]() Sexual Citizens is based on years of research interviewing and observing college life-with students of different races, genders, sexual orientations and socioeconomic backgrounds. Hirsch and Shamus Khan present an entirely new framework that emphasises sexual assault's social roots-transcending current debates about consent, predators in a "hunting ground" and the dangers of hooking up. But why is sexual assault such a common feature of college life? And what can be done to prevent it? Drawing on the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) at Columbia University, the most comprehensive study of sexual assault on a campus to date, Jennifer S. Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three women and almost one in six men will have been sexually assaulted. The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends-and possibly, one day, even sisters.īut things soon go off the rails for the girls (and for their dads too), and they find themselves on a summer adventure that neither of them could have predicted. When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and are both being raised by single, gay dads. Bett Devlin, who's fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean, lives in California. From two extraordinary authors comes a moving, exuberant, laugh-out-loud novel about friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters.Īvery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vast pumping systems keep the water out of most of Holland, but the residents of Bangladesh and the Nile Delta enjoy no such protection. Displaced victims of North Africa's drought establish a new colony on Greenland's southern tip, one of the few inhabitable areas not already crowded with environmental refugees. On the edge of Greenland, rivers ten times the size of the Amazon are gushing off the ice sheet into the north Atlantic. ![]() Picture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are now. ![]() An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of 'High Tide'. ![]() ![]() ![]() What begins as a means to an end becomes a deeply personal commitment, and Arilyn is willing to sacrifice the sword that is her identity and purpose to win freedom for the forest elves. Arilyn’s moonblade recognizes this elf woman as a former wielder, and the elves of the Wealdath recognize her as an ancient hero returning in a time of need. This quest for her elven roots takes on a new dimension when she finds in a treasure hoard a moon elf warrior in deep magical sleep, displayed in a glass case. But she takes on the job, determined to demand as payment answers about the sword she carries. The Harper chosen to carry this message–half-elf Arilyn Moonblade–is barred from Evermeet by her mixed blood, despite the fact that she is Amlaruil’s granddaughter. When someone starts staging atrocities that are blamed on the forest elves, Queen Amlaruil of Evermeet sends an offer of a home on the elven island. ![]() The elves of the Wealdath forest have a long, troubled history with Tethyr’s humans. ![]() These stories run in the same time slot, different channel. Danilo heads north to pursue the mysteries of Elfsong, while Arilyn returns to the southern land of Tethyr. After their meeting in Elfshadow, Arilyn and Danilo part ways to pursue separate adventures. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her novels are similar to her mothers in that they are suspense novels, however the books do contain a light-heartedness that her mothers books don’t have. She was assisting her mother with various writing duties such as re-typing all of her transcripts for her, as well as assisting in changes to her books such as naming locations different and naming characters different.Ĭarol Higgins Clark learned a lot by helping her mother, and this is what would lead her to be a writer. However the writing bug hit Clark – as it tends to do. She had the goal of acting, and studied it as well as starring in the likes of “Who Killed Amy Lang” as well as “A Cry in the Night”. Initially however, Carol Higgins Clark wasn’t planning to be writer. Every single book Mary Higgins Clark puts out will be on a bestseller list SOMEWHERE, yet Carol Higgins Clark has been able to break out of the shadow of her mother. Her name is Carol Higgins Clark, daughter of author Mary Higgins Clark, and ex sister in law of author Mary Jane Clark.īorn in the 50s, Carol Higgins Clark clearly inherited her mothers gift for mystery and suspense writing. She’s part of the “Baldwins” of the book world – writing is clearly a common trait in the Clark family. ![]() |