The Wonder
Title | The Wonder PDF eBook |
Author | Emma Donoghue |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2016-09-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0316393886 |
Now a Netflix film starring Florence Pugh: In this “old-school page turner” (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review) by the bestselling author of Room, an English nurse is brought to a small Irish village to observe what appears to be a miracle—a girl said to have survived without food for months—and soon finds herself fighting to save the child's life. Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, who believes herself to be living off manna from heaven, and a journalist is sent to cover the sensation. Lib Wright, a veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign, is hired to keep watch over the girl. Written with all the propulsive tension that made Room a huge bestseller, The Wonder works beautifully on many levels -- a tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a powerful psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil. Acclaim for The Wonder: "Deliciously gothic.... Dark and vivid, with complicated characters, this is a novel that lodges itself deep" (USA Today, 3/4 stars) "Heartbreaking and transcendent"(New York Times) "A fable as lean and discomfiting as Anna's dwindling body.... Donoghue keeps us riveted" (Chicago Tribune) "Donoghue poses powerful questions about faith and belief" (Newsday)
The Code for Love and Heartbreak
Title | The Code for Love and Heartbreak PDF eBook |
Author | Jillian Cantor |
Publisher | Harlequin |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2020-10-06 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1488069417 |
In this contemporary romcom retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma by USA TODAY bestselling author Jillian Cantor, there’s nothing more complex—or unpredictable—than love. When math genius Emma and her coding club co-president, George, are tasked with brainstorming a new project, The Code for Love is born. George disapproves of Emma’s idea of creating a matchmaking app, accusing her of meddling in people’s lives. But all the happy new couples at school are proof that the app works. At least at first. Emma’s code is flawless. So why is it that perfectly matched couples start breaking up, the wrong people keep falling for each other, and Emma’s own feelings defy any algorithm?
When Charley Met Emma
Title | When Charley Met Emma PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Webb |
Publisher | Beaming Books |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2019-03-12 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1506480233 |
Winner of the 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Bronze Medal, When Charley Met Emma teaches kids about disability, empathy, and the beauty of friendships with people who are different from you. When Charley goes to the playground and sees Emma, a girl with limb differences who gets around in a wheelchair, he doesn't know how to react at first. But after he and Emma start talking, he learns that different isn't bad, sad, or strange--different is just different, and different is great! This delightful book will help kids think about disability, kindness, and how to behave when they meet someone who is different from them.
What to Do with a Box
Title | What to Do with a Box PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Yolen |
Publisher | The Creative Company |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 2016-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1566607027 |
Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses. Reviews -Booklist, November 2021 “A Box! A box is a wonder indeed. The only such magic that you’ll ever need.” This book offers gentle suggestions for what to do with a cardboard box, from the practical to the fantastical and from solitary to social.”
The Secret of Dinswood
Title | The Secret of Dinswood PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Alexander |
Publisher | BHC Press |
Pages | 387 |
Release | 2019-02-26 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1948540363 |
Desperate to get away from a home where she no longer feels wanted, twelve-year-old Emma Higsby is elated when she wins a scholarship to the prestigious Dinswood Academy boarding school. Emma quickly falls in love with the renovated castle nestled in the heart of the mountains. But when rumors surface that her new school is having financial problems and may have to close, she begins to search for a way to save her new home. When she discovers a riddle of buried treasure left by the eccentric school’s founder, Lord Dinswood, she and her friends must use their courage and intelligence to solve each clue. But someone else is searching for the treasure as well. Emma and her friends will have to race against time and discover the secret of Dinswood first!
A Promise Is a Promise
Title | A Promise Is a Promise PDF eBook |
Author | Fay Risner |
Publisher | booksbyfay |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2009-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0982459505 |
Home Health Nurse Hal Lindstrom is assigned Amish widower John Tapp. She offers to stay with his children while he is in the hospital. Hal discovers that the troubled children are hiding a tragic secret at their farm in southern Iowa.
Ask Emma (Ask Emma Book 1)
Title | Ask Emma (Ask Emma Book 1) PDF eBook |
Author | Sheryl Berk |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 117 |
Release | 2018-05-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1499808178 |
Emma Woods knows just how to fix all her peers' problems-or so she thinks-in this first book in the brand-new middle grade series Ask Emma, from the bestselling creators behind the Cupcake Club series! When 13-year-old Emma Woods gets that tingling feeling in her fingertips, she knows she's on to a great idea-and starting an advice blog for her classmates at Austen Middle may be one of her most brilliant ones yet! Who better to give advice on friendship, style, school, and even crushes than someone who's going through it too? But when Ask Emma goes live, she quickly realizes not everyone sees it that way. Suddenly, Emma is bombarded with peers asking her to help them postpone quizzes, get out of detention, and cut gym class short. This wasn't exactly what she had in mind. . . .What's worse, someone is posting hurtful comments, telling her to mind her own business. Despite her good intentions, Emma's blog seems to only be getting her-and her friends--deeper and deeper into trouble. Will Ask Emma come to an end before it's really begun? Or can Emma find her voice, write what's in her heart, and truly stand up for what she believes in? This book includes an appendix on cyberbullying resources.