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682) Lost
Author
Series
Publisher
Mulholland Books / Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz has no recollection of the firefight that landed him in the Thames, covered in his own blood and that of at least two other people. A photo of missing child Mickey Carlyle is found in his pocket-- but Carlyle's killer is already in jail. And Ruiz is the detective who put him there. Accused of faking amnesia, Ruiz turns to psychologist Joe O'Loughlin to help him unearth his memory and clear his name. As Ruiz's memories...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1948]
Language
English
Description
In this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel, thirteen-year-old Joel Knox, after losing his mother, is sent from New Orleans to live with the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at Skully's Landing, the decaying mansion in rural Alabama, his father is nowhere to be found. Instead, Joel meets his morose stepmother, Amy, eccentric cousin Randolph, and a defiant little girl named Idabel, who soon offers Joel the love and approval...
Series
Publisher
Walter Foster, Jr., an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Not even the sky is the limit with this fun approach to learning the alphabet. In this new title from Walter Foster Jr., "ABC What Can He Be?" encourages young boys by presenting a colorful variety of choices for their future careers. Talented illustrator Jessie Ford artfully pairs the letters of the alphabet with vibrant, eye-catching illustrations that paint an inspiring picture for budding trailblazers everywhere. ABC What Can He Be? explores 26...
685) Sparrow
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a brothel on the Spanish coast during the waning years of the Roman Empire, a young enslaved boy of unknown parentage is growing up. His world is a kitchen, then an herb-scented garden, followed by a loud and dangerous tavern, and finally, the mysterious upstairs where the "wolves" do their business. The wolves, named after the muses and coming from across the vast empire, are Sparrow's surrogate family. They are his mothers and his sisters, his...
686) The Catholic school
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A semiautobiographical coming-of-age story, framed by the harrowing 1975 Circeo massacre"--
Three well-off young men-former students at Rome's prestigious all-boys Catholic high school San Leone Magno-brutally tortured, raped, and murdered two young women in 1975. The event, which came to be known as the Circeo massacre, shocked and captivated the country, exposing the violence and dark underbelly of the upper middle class at a moment when the traditional...
Author
Series
Publisher
Karadi Tales Company Pvt. Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sadiq loves stitching colorful patterns on rugs. However, his Ammi reminds him that boys in his community don't stitch, they tend to the livestock. But Sadiq is determined to pursue his passion. This winsome tale that defies gender norms and talks about a fading shepherd craft of Kashmir, is written by Mamta Nainy, and illustrated through watercolor vistas by renowned artist Niloufer Wadia.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From Matthew Dicks, the beloved author of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, comes The Other Mother, a novel about a teenage boy coping with the rupture of his family by viewing his mother in an unusual light. The one he loves most, is the one he knows least. Thirteen-year-old Michael Parsons is dealing with a lot. His father's sudden death; his mother's new husband, Glen, who he loathes; his two younger siblings, who he looks after more and more now...
690) Bone talk
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
It is 1899. Ten year old Samkad thinks he knows everything about the world. He knows that home is in the mountains. He knows who his friends and his enemies are. And he knows that he will grow up to become a warrior like his dad, with his own shield, spear and axe. His best friend is Little Luki and she too wants to become a warrior - though there's little chance of that because she is just a girl. Then strangers arrive: a boy with many languages...
Author
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Four years ago, Chang Geng and Gu Yun parted in anger. When fate draws them together again, Chang Geng, a once-awkward teen, is now an elegant and adroit young man.But storms lie ahead. As Great Liang faces foreign pressure from without, Gu Yun finds himself embroiled in turmoil within the imperial court. Meanwhile, as the curse in Chang Geng’s blood grows, his feelings for his godfather become more painful to subdue by the day. How much longer...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
"A beguiling memoir of a childhood in 1950s Fontainebleau from the much-admired New York Times bestselling author of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank. For a young American boy in the 1950s, Fontainebleau was a sight both strange and majestic, home to a continual series of adventures: a different language to learn, weekend visits to nearby Paris, family road trips to Spain and Italy. Then there was the chateau itself: a sprawling palace once the residence...
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