![]() Icarus becomes an exemplar of winged spirit rather than a cautionary tale. ![]() The myth of Orpheus underscores human mortality, while that of Persephone offers comfort through its promise of seasonal renewal. As she processes her past and present through her writing, Mina invokes three mythological figures repeatedly: Orpheus, Persephone, and Icarus. In her private book Mina relates memories, catalogs wonders, writes poems, records observations, and more. My Name is Mina is that journal the print edition of the book even uses handwriting fonts to make readers feel like they are holding something personal and private. After Mina has some run-ins with the school administration, Mina’s mother decides to homeschool her, and Mina begins writing in a journal. ![]() She is also smart and unusual, which makes it hard for her to forge friendships at school and fall in line with the expectations of a traditional educational environment. The very process of growing up presents difficulties, compounded by her grief for her father. ![]() She lives with her mother her father has died. ![]()
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![]() He was interested in the treat, too, but not interested enough to get up and do anything about it. Then we go Home, where I play with Maggie Rose and he sleeps. He and I often go to a place called Work, where I visit animals and he sleeps. Brewster is a lot older than I am, and a lot lazier. Probably the best treat of all is whichever one I’m about to eat, so I nibbled and licked at Maggie Rose’s fingers, trying to get to that chicken-smelling thing she was clutching so tightly.īrewster lay next to us in the grass. No, bacon … or peanut butter.… These are the sorts of things I think about a lot, but I never can make up my mind. I knew it was in there! Her whole hand smelled like chicken, and chicken is the best treat. ![]() She had that treat clutched tight in her fist. We were playing my favorite game in the entire world, which is Give-Lily-a-Treat. ![]() Maggie Rose is my girl, and I am her dog. Watching is something Brewster does a lot. ![]() I was playing in the backyard with my girl, Maggie Rose, and my good friend Brewster. ![]() ![]() ![]() Content Notes Recommended for Ages 8 to 12. All in all, this is a fantastic book about resilience, friendship, and summertime fun. The Hart family is experiencing a lot of changes, and Ryan needs to grow her patience in many ways, find ways to share the love, meet new challenges, and grow into the leader her mom and dad named her to be. Ways To Grow Love Ryan Hart and her family are back in another installment of stories about a Black girl finding her way and her voice as she grows through. Ryan’s growth in her relationships with her family and friends and her reflections at the end about the summer she had and how it was different than the one she expected wrapped up the story in a powerful, positive way. She's also waiting for her new sister to be born - and hoping the baby doesn't ruin everything. 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Set in Burke’s popular world of The Untouchables, indulge in the saga of a trio of siblings who excel at being something they’re not. ![]() ![]() What starts out as a simple remedy spins quickly out of control when the young medium they hire unwittingly summons the spirit of a brutal killer and his still ravenous appetite for murder. Convinced their house is haunted, the sisters decide to hold a séance in an attempt to rid the home of their unwanted guests. Dreams of her dead daughter and unexplainable occurrences in the house threaten to drive Tara over the edge. At first, the newly renovated farmhouse on the outskirts of Wichita, Kansas offered the solitude and normalcy Tara so desperately needed however, after a restless first night, her nerves became unraveled. At the urging of her family, she left the comfortable but confining home of her parents to move in with her sister. 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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux stated this holy paradox in a musical four-line poem that will be instantly understood by every worshipping soul:Ĭome near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. ![]() ![]() ![]() To have found God and still to pursue Him is a paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too-easily satisfied religious person, but justified in happy experience by the children of the burning heart. ![]() ![]() Max Lord's assault on Paradise Island with his destructive A.R.E.S. ![]() How will Wonder Woman carry out her mission of peace and love in a world that can't get out of its own way? That is, unless there are more insidious forces at play.Īnd once Diana, becomes queen of the Amazons, she'll be faced with challenges like never before! Diana must assemble the disparate Amazonian tribes for the first time in a millennium. And she is ready for anything that it may throw at her.īut is the world ready for Wonder Woman? An American government, fraught with dissension and conflicts foreign to Diana, has deemed her a danger to society. Now, after a fateful meeting with Air Force pilot Steve Trevor, the Amazon Warrior finds herself in Man's World. ![]() ![]() Description The epic collection of the New York Times bestselling original graphic novel series from superstar and critically acclaimed duo Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette is here!įor years, Diana of Paradise Island yearned to leave the only home she knew behind for adventures that laid beyond its shores. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The story of a bruised and threatened culture. Thom is able to get into the thoughts and emotions of his characters.” -Dee Brown, Los Angeles Times The dialogue has the ring of reality about it. “ Thom shows how, in honest, capable hands, fictionalized biography can add verisimilitude to the life and times of this extraordinary America. Hard Striker saw the unsoma, the birth sign, and named his son Tecumseh, meaning Panther in the Sky. In 1768, when Turtle Mother gave birth to a strong baby boy in the heart of the Shawnee nation, a green-yellow shooting star streaked across the heavens. ![]() “Oh, what a man this will be, with such a sign as that!” Rich, colorful and bursting with excitement, this remarkable story turns James Alexander Thom's power and passion for American history to the epic story of Tecumseh's life and give us a heart-thumping novel of one man's magnificent destiny-to unite his people in the struggle to save their land and their way of life from the relentless press of the white settlers. ![]() ![]()
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