Moon Tiger
Title | Moon Tiger PDF eBook |
Author | Penelope Lively |
Publisher | Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2007-12-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 080219737X |
“A powerful, moving and beautifully wrought novel about the ways in which lives are molded by personal memory and the collective past.” —The Boston Globe Winner of the Man Booker Prize Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she’s carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia’s personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia’s impact on their world. “Emotionally, Moon Tiger is kaleidoscopic, deeply satisfying. The all too brief encounter between Claudia and Tom will surely rate as one of the most memorable of contemporary fictional affairs. This is one of the best novels I have read for years.” —The London Sunday Telegraph “It pulls us in; it engages us and saddens us. It is also unexpectedly funny . . . It leaves its traces in the air long after you’ve put it away.” —The New York Times Book Review “One of the very best Booker winners . . . it asks hard questions about memory and history and personal legacy; it’s stylistically demanding and inventive . . . a wonderful book.” —The Guardian
Tiger Moon
Title | Tiger Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Antonia Michaelis |
Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-10-01 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 9780810944992 |
Safia tries to escape her fate as the wife of a cruel merchant by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their efforts to save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.
Mr. Tiger, Betsy, and the Blue Moon
Title | Mr. Tiger, Betsy, and the Blue Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Sally Gardner |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2020-04-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0593095367 |
Award-winning author Sally Gardner delivers a whimsical tale about the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker, a mysterious talking tiger, and a challenge as big as the moon. From a magical world of well-dressed animals, talking toads, and bossy princesses comes a timeless story about Mr. Tiger and his troupe of acrobats, and Betsy K. Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker. Together they must figure out how to turn the moon blue, appease a grumpy giant, and make the best-tasting and rarest ice cream in the world--Gongalong Berry Ice Cream. Told with beautiful one-color illustrations throughout, this modern fairy tale teaches us that happiness is sometimes big enough to solve even the toughest problems.
Tiger Moon
Title | Tiger Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Fiona Sunquist |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2002-06 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780226779973 |
Tiger Moon is the powerful, poetic story of the Sunquists' two years studying tigers in Nepal—traveling by elephant, avoiding a rhino attack, and learning to recognize individual tigers by roar. A new afterword tells the story of promising efforts to reconnect fractured Nepalese tiger habitats.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)
Title | Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book) PDF eBook |
Author | Grace Lin |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2009-07-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0316052604 |
A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection! A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.
The Quartet of the Tiger Moon
Title | The Quartet of the Tiger Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Joaquin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Philippines |
ISBN |
Crouching Tiger
Title | Crouching Tiger PDF eBook |
Author | Ying Chang Compestine |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2011-12-13 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0763646423 |
When Ming Da's Chinese grandpa comes to visit, he overcomes his initial embarrassment at his grandfather's traditions and begins to appreciate him.