Once She Dreamed
Title | Once She Dreamed PDF eBook |
Author | Abbi Glines |
Publisher | |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2017-02-28 |
Genre | Bakers |
ISBN | 9781544985619 |
Everyone in the small country town, Sammy Jo Knox had been born and raised,never left. They made their life there. Got married, had kids, lived in the samehouses that were always there along the streets that never changed. The wholewhite picket fence and tree swing might look good on greeting cards but in real lifeit was boring, at least to Sammy Jo.The day Hale Christopher Jude III walked into the bakery she worked at, she knewhe was it. That part of life she was missing. He smelled of foreign places and excitingthings. He represented all the bright lights she dreamed of and simply put she hopedhe was her way out of this place.What Sammy Jo didn't realize was things that appear perfect... aren't. And chasingher dreams could lead to something AND someone very different.
The Dream Weaver
Title | The Dream Weaver PDF eBook |
Author | Reina Luz Alegre |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2020-06-23 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1534462317 |
Twelve-year-old Zoey navigates the tricky waters of friendship while looking for a way to save her grandfather’s struggling business in this heartwarming, coming-of-age debut novel perfect for fans of Kristi Wientge, Donna Gephart, and Meg Medina. Zoey comes from a family of dreamers. From start-up companies to selling motorcycles, her dad is constantly chasing jobs that never seem to work out. As for Zoey, she’s willing to go along with whatever grand plans her dad dreams up—even if it means never staying in one place long enough to make real friends. Her family being together is all that matters to her. So Zoey’s world is turned upside down when Dad announces that he’s heading to a new job in New York City without her. Instead, Zoey and her older brother, José, will stay with their Poppy at the Jersey Shore. At first, Zoey feels as lost and alone as she did after her mami died. But soon she’s distracted by an even bigger problem: the bowling alley that Poppy has owned for decades is in danger of closing! After befriending a group of kids practicing for a summer bowling tournament, Zoey hatches a grand plan of her own to save the bowling alley. It seems like she’s found the perfect way to weave everyone’s dreams together...until unexpected events turn Zoey’s plan into one giant nightmare. Now, with her new friends counting on her and her family’s happiness hanging in the balance, Zoey will have to decide what her dream is—and how hard she’s willing to fight for it.
Olga Dies Dreaming
Title | Olga Dies Dreaming PDF eBook |
Author | Xochitl Gonzalez |
Publisher | Flatiron Books |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 2022-01-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1250786193 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE • INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots—all in the wake of Hurricane Maria NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus, Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, and more! "Don’t underestimate this new novelist. She’s jump-starting the year with a smart romantic comedy that lures us in with laughter and keeps us hooked with a fantastically engaging story." —The Washington Post It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro “Prieto” Acevedo, are boldfaced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn, while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan’s power brokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1 percent but she can’t seem to find her own. . . until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets. Olga and Prieto’s mother, Blanca, a Young Lord turned radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives. Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico’s history, Xochitl Gonzalez’s Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dream—all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.
A Life Once Dreamed
Title | A Life Once Dreamed PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Fordham |
Publisher | Revell |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2020-08-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1493423169 |
Six years ago, a shocking secret sent Agnes Pratt running in search of a new start. She found it in Penance, a rugged town of miners and lumberjacks in the Dakota Territory, where she became Miss Aggie, respected schoolteacher and confirmed old maid. But the past has a way of catching up with people. When childhood friend and former sweetheart James Harris accepts a position as the town doctor, Aggie's pleasantly predictable days suddenly become anything but. James wants to know why Agnes left behind the life they had dreamed of creating for themselves--but he is the one person who can never know. In the shadows of the Black Hills, can a healing light be shed on the past? Or will the secret Agnes can't seem to outrun destroy her chance at happiness? Fan-favorite Rachel Fordham brings to life the dusty streets of an 1880s frontier town in this story that affirms where you come from matters far less than where you're going.
Fever Dream
Title | Fever Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Samanta Schweblin |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2017-01-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0399184619 |
“A wonderful nightmare of a book: tender and frightening, disturbing but compassionate. Fever Dream is a triumph of Schweblin’s outlandish imagination.” –Juan Gabriel Vasquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling and Reputations A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the Spanish language and translated into English for the first time, Samanta Schweblin creates an aura of strange psychological menace and otherworldly reality in this absorbing, unsettling, taut novel.
Muse of Nightmares
Title | Muse of Nightmares PDF eBook |
Author | Laini Taylor |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 463 |
Release | 2018-10-02 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0316341703 |
The highly anticipated, thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer, from National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy. Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old. She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise. She was wrong. In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep. Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice--save the woman he loves, or everyone else?--while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the muse of nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of. As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with thousands of children born in the citadel nursery? And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: Must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead? Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer./DIV
When I Was a Boy... I Dreamed
Title | When I Was a Boy... I Dreamed PDF eBook |
Author | Justin Matott, Jr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 2004-11-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780615932798 |
Open to the reflections of an old man sharing the wonderful dreams he dreamt when he was young. Building a time machine, digging to China, building the ultimate treehouse and so many more that will truly ignite one's imagination. And when he's done we learn the exciting reality that he is still dreaming. The illustrations alone will capture and enthrall all ages as they are whimsical and full of humor and detail (especially when one learns about the little mouse, Squeakers, hidden on each page!). This book is for all ages. For anyone you long to encourage to dream big and be all they were intended to be. Be sure to check out the companion, "When I Was A Girl... I Dreamed" (even MORE impossible to find that little grey mouse!)