![]() Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave? ( 1995) (with Stephen Roos)ĩ. The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge ( 1998)Ģ. Checkout Time at the Dead-End Hotel ( 1998)ģ1. Return to the Carnival of Horrors ( 1997)Ģ7. The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island ( 1997)Ģ2. Toy Terror: Batteries Included ( 1997)Ģ1. Escape from Camp Run-For-Your-Life ( 1997)Ģ0. Attack of the Beastly Babysitter ( 1997)ġ9. Please Don't Feed the Vampire! ( 1997)ġ8. The Creepy Creations of Professor Shock ( 1997)ġ5. Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum ( 1996)ġ4. The Knight in Screaming Armour ( 1996)ġ2. The Curse of the Creeping Coffin ( 1996)ĩ. Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter ( 1996)Ĩ. Escape from the Carnival of Horrors ( 1993)Ħ. Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps ( 1996)ġ. More Tales to Give You Goosebumps ( 1995)Įven More Tales to Give You Goosebumps ( 1996) Calling All Creeps! ( 1996) (with Carla Jablonski) Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns ( 1996) (with Carol Ellis)ĥ0. ![]() ![]() Bad Hare Day ( 1996) (with Carol Ellis)Ĥ8. ![]() The Headless Ghost ( 1995) (with Carol Ellis)Ĥ0. Abominable Snowman of Pasadena ( 1995)ģ8. Night of the Living Dummy II ( 1995) (with Carol Ellis)ģ7. It Came from Beneath the Sink! ( 1995)ģ1. Ghost Beach ( 1995) (with Carol Ellis)ģ0. The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight ( 1995)Ģ2. Monster Blood ( 1992) (with Elizabeth Winfrey)Ģ0. Who Killed the Homecoming Queen? ( 1997)ģ. ![]()
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![]() As much as she doesn't want to be chopped down, Red still persists to help Samar. ![]() Amidst all this, the woman who owns the property threatens to cut down Red, having forgotten the story of her ancestors and the beginning of all the wishes. When a teenager carves a hateful message into Red’s trunk, she worries about its effect on Samar and her family. Samar, a recent Muslim refugee, is lonely and in need of a friend. The pacing starts out slowly, with early chapters focused almost entirely on the natural world, but eventually we get to meet the human at the novel’s center. “Two hundred and sixteen rings, and I still haven’t figured them out.” ![]() She knows well the habits of creatures in her world and treats readers to an insightful analysis - though the habits of humans could be a bit trickier for her. It’s easy to suspend disbelief with her wise voice, active mind and caring soul. Red is a caring oak who describes her life as a leafy shelter for generations of animals, and as a wishtree for humans. ![]() With Red, Katherine Applegate introduces another quiet, resilient protagonist who - like the caged gorilla in “The One and Only Ivan,” - speaks movingly to a noisy, belligerent world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They got drunk and passed out and when they awoke, some older guys were trying to rape them. One night when they were 11 or 12, they went to a party. He ran around with his two friends who were in the same boat. He thought he was going crazy at times.Preston Dalton was ignored and mistreated by his parents for being gay. He knew it was his mate, but his family tried to convince him it wasn't. ![]() When he was 7 and there was trouble from another pack, a white wolf covered his scent and protected him. There are a bunch of them and they flow seamlessly in the background while an amazing love story unfolds in front of you.Wyatt Quinton is a born werewolf. ![]() I also love that it is not just one story line. It keeps growing and evolving like the greatest soap opera or your favorite TV series. I loved that we have been following Wyatt's growth from an adorable pup to a sexy young man. Review 2: This 9th book in the series is a heart tugging sexy read. I liked the guys in the firehouse, even if the community service hours were a stretch. Wyatt picks a new love over his mate and has no problem after years of saying he has a mate. Are they going to dance around this mate thing forever? Can you believe a shifter who discovers his mate in the arms of another and just walks away? Never going to happen. Wyatt FINALLY grown to a man and ready for his mate. ![]() ![]() In 1926, her mother died and she returned home to Inverness to care for her invalid father. Upon graduation, she became a physical training instructor for eight years. ![]() The name Gordon does not appear in either her family or her history.Įlizabeth Mackintosh came of age during World War I, attending Anstey Physical Training College in Birmingham, England during the years 1915 - 1918. The district of Daviot, near her home of Inverness in Scotland, was a location her family had vacationed. Mackintosh also wrote plays (both one act and full length), some of which were produced during her lifetime, under the pseudonym Gordon Daviot. She also used the Daviot by-line for a biography of the 17th century cavalry leader John Graham, which was entitled Claverhouse (1937). ![]() The first of these, The Man in the Queue (1929) was published under the pseudonym of Gordon Daviot, whose name also appears on the title page of another of her 1929 novels, Kif An Unvarnished History. As Josephine Tey, she wrote six mystery novels featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Alan Grant. Josephine was her mother's first name and Tey the surname of an English Grandmother. Josephine Tey was a pseudonym of Elizabeth Mackintosh. ![]() ![]() All cases were uneventful without intraoperative complications, although one postoperative wound infection occurred in a Lap-PEG case. We compared Lap-PEG ( n = 23) with F-PEG ( n = 6) where the mean ages and weights at surgery and sex ratios were similar. Once repeated, the stomach can be pexied at two points, approximately 2 cm apart. By introducing a loop through the lumen of one needle which allows placement of a suture introduced through the lumen of the other needle. We started using the “Funada-kit II” (CREATE MEDIC CO., Kanagawa, Japan) device with two parallel needles to puncture the stomach and assist suturing the anterior gastric wall to the anterior abdominal wall during Lap-PEG in 2011 (F-PEG). ![]() We aimed at assessing the effect of using a “Funada-kit II” device during laparoscopy-assisted percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (Lap-PEG), by reviewing 29 cases of Lap-PEG we performed from 2001 to 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The innovative setting, fast-moving plot, vivid descriptions, and thrilling action scenes make this a refreshing addition to the steampunk canon. Stormdancer: The Lotus War Book One Kindle Edition by Jay Kristoff (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1,158 ratings Book 1 of 3: The Lotus War See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. The two band together to survive, facing demons from the underworld and, in an exhilarating climax, the might of the empire itself. ![]() During an impossible quest ordered by Yoritomo, 16-year-old Kitsune Yukiko is stranded in the country’s last wilderness with Buruu, a furious griffin maimed by Yukiko’s father. The Lotus Wars Series by Jay Kristoff The Lotus Wars Series 3 primary works 6 total works Book 0.5 Praying For Rain by Jay Kristoff 3.85 379 Ratings 65 Reviews published 2013 1 edition Praying For Rain is a free-to-read pdf short story Want to Read Rate it: Book 0. Power lies in the hands of the corrupt, fanatical Lotus Guild and Yoritomo-no-miya, the mad, one-dimensionally evil shogun. Blood lotus seeds produce the fuel that powers sky ships, but the plant’s roots render the soil barren, and the fuel’s noxious exhaust fumes slowly poison those too poor to afford mechanized breathing masks. Kristoff’s imaginative debut, the first in a series, presents the feudal, dystopian Shima Empire, a menacing Japanese-inspired setting in which “the lotus must bloom” even though it turns all it touches into a toxic wasteland. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Valjean and police Inspector Javert, who repeatedly encounters Valjean and attempts to return him to prison, have become archetypes in literary culture. ![]() Valjean is also known in the novel as Monsieur Madeleine, Ultime Fauchelevent (sometimes called Tranchelevent), Monsieur Leblanc, and Urbain Fabre. The story depicts the character's struggle to lead a normal life and redeem himself after serving a 19-year-long prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's starving children and attempting to escape from prison. Jean Valjean ( French: ) is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. Illustration by Gustave Brion.Ĭosette (surrogate daughter no legal or blood relation) Jean Valjean disguised as Monsieur Madeleine. ![]() ![]() ![]() All stories of children caught up in the madness of war are poignant, and this was no exception. Which isn't to say that I didn't appreciate it, because I did. ![]() Given the subject matter, and the fact that I have enjoyed Shulevitz's work before, I really expected to take How I Learned Geography more to heart, than I ended up doing. Resentful at first, Uri eventually comes to treasure the map, which allows him to escape from the harsh reality of his current existence, and to dream of other places and experiences. One evening his father returns from the market, not with the expected bit of bread for the family dinner, but with a colorful wall map. Still very young when bombs begin falling on his home in Warsaw, Uri and his family flee east, eventually settling in Kazakhstan, where they endure great hardship and poverty. Show More about his childhood experiences in war-torn Europe. ![]() ![]() ![]() He's expecting a few quiet days of boredom, but he learns shortly after he arrives that these three orcs have plans for him of their own.Will David be able to handle all the challenges they throw at him, or will Khazak return to find that he just couldn't cut it? A fun and steamy side-story in the Steel & Thunder universe! Set in the same time period as Storms & Sacrifice, follow David as he tries to navigate life among the orcs without Khazak by his side, and learns all about some of the city's unspoken traditions firsthand. He’s expecting a few quiet days of boredom, but he learns shortly after. But when his owner, Khazak, is called away on official business, he gets stuck with the man’s fathers as babysitters. After spending his youth in search of books with characters who were more like himself - queer ones, specifically - he decided to start creating some of his own. It was just supposed to be a few quiet days with Khazak’s parents David has been living in the orc city of V’rok’sh Tah’lj for a couple of months now, and things have been going pretty well. ![]() But when his owner, Khazak, is called away on official business, he gets stuck with the man's fathers as babysitters. Ashen is an author and avid reader, with a heavy focus on gay, kink-themed erotica. It was just supposed to be a few quiet days with Khazak's parents.David has been living in the orc city of V'rok'sh Tah'lj for a couple of months now, and things have been going pretty well. ![]() ![]() ![]() The family arrives at the aunt and uncle's house and are given a tour. Yunior promises not to throw up, but once they begin the drive he soon throws up out of the car window. As the family begins to leave for the party, Yunior's father becomes upset when he hears that Yunior ate dinner because Yunior always gets car sick and throws up. "Fiesta 1980" begins with Yunior explaining that his aunt and uncle have moved to the United States and the family is throwing a party to celebrate their arrival. Yunior cries out for Rafa to stop, but Rafa inspects Ysrael’s scarred face and then the boys leave. Ysrael falls to the ground and Rafa kicks him and removes his mask. ![]() They soon find him flying a kite and they talk to him for a little while before Rafa breaks a glass bottle over his head. Rafa and Yunior decide one day to track down Ysrael. When Ysrael was a baby, a pig entered his house and ate the skin off of his face. Throughout the story, Yunior, and the rest of the town, is fascinated with Ysrael. ![]() Yunior, the narrator, and his brother Rafa are spending the summer in the campo (the countryside) with their uncle while their mother works in the city. "Ysrael" is set in the Dominican Republic. ![]() |