City of Swords
Title | City of Swords PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Archer |
Publisher | Gold Eagle |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2012-10-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0373621590 |
Drawn to France to explore the myth of Saint Christopher and the "cynocephalus" or the dog-headed, Annja Creed finds herself repeatedly and inexplicably targeted by vicious mercenaries. Her best defense is to trace this brutal violence back to its source, which she soon discovers to be a millionaire and self-professed descendant of King Charlemagne. Original.
Stravaganza
Title | Stravaganza PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Hoffman |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2005-04-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1582349827 |
When she purchases a tiny figurine of a winged horse, Georgia's life is greatly altered as this talisman has the power to take her back to different periods in time and away from the chaos in which she lives, such as the land of Remora where the excitement of the Stellata, the annual horse race, has brought the city to life. Reprint.
Stravaganza: City of Swords
Title | Stravaganza: City of Swords PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Hoffman |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2012-07-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1408800500 |
The sixth title in the ever popular Stravaganza series
Stravaganza: City of Swords
Title | Stravaganza: City of Swords PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Hoffman |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2012-08-21 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1599909243 |
When a talisman transports her to the Talian city of Fortezza, Laura finds herself falling in love with a young Talian man named Ludo. But soon a rivalry erupts between two factions in Fortezza, and Laura and Ludo find themselves on opposite sides! Secret meetings and divided loyalties drive the sixth book in the Stravaganza series to its satisfying conclusion.
Stravaganza: City of Swords
Title | Stravaganza: City of Swords PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Hoffman |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2012-07-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1408829592 |
Desperately unhappy, Laura has resorted to secretly self-harming. But Laura is a Stravagante, somebody who can travel in time and space. When she finds her talisman, a small silver dagger, she stravagates with it to sixteenth-century Fortezza, a town similar to Lucca in Italy, where she meets her Stravagante, who is a swordsmith. But Laura also meets the charming and attractive Ludo, and falls for him. Their love for each other is tested when Ludo lays claim to the crown of Fortezza, and Laura finds herself fighting on the side of the Stravaganti opposing him . . . A thrilling tale filled with battles on the field and battles of the heart.
Moon Bear
Title | Moon Bear PDF eBook |
Author | Gill Lewis |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2015-03-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1481400967 |
Both torn from their homes in Laos, a boy and a moon bear cub form a deep bond in this “moving and memorable” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) tale of impossible odds and resilient hope, based on true and tragic conditions in Eastern Asia. Twelve-year-old Tam, on a dare, ventures into a moon bear den in the mountains of Northern Laos. His goal is to steal the cub and sell it, making a fortune for his family. But the mother bear’s unexpected return upends Tam’s plan, and he barely escapes with his life. Then his life implodes anyway: his entire mountain village is forced to relocate to make room for a new highway. Lured by the promise of electricity, running water, and a television, Tam’s people move to an overcrowded village, where Tam’s father is killed by a stray landmine. Now the family breadwinner, Tam is forced to work hundreds of miles away in the city of Laos, at a moon bear farm where bile from bear gall bladders is used for medicine. It is a cruel, miserable place, and when a familiar face—the very cub he’d seen in the den in Vietnam—is sold to the bear farm, Tam knows he must save this moon bear, no matter what it takes. Deeply and powerfully moving, Moon Bear is an unforgettable story of compassion, hope, and bravery against overwhelming odds, and brings to light the real-life, heartwrenching plight of Asia’s endangered moon bears.
Stravaganza
Title | Stravaganza PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Hoffman |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 2010-07-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1599904918 |
Feeling inferior to her talented twin brother, teenaged Isabel is transported to a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Ravenna, where she tries to save the city from attack by the fierce Gate people.