![]() ![]() When the bone dislodges, I give the guard the middle finger and continue my reading.” I gesture to the guard, point to my own back, but the man is a hologram or a statue. “A fish bone gets stuck in my throat and I cough, drink some water, and cough some more. ![]() When Kaaro is being forced to take on his first spying mission, this little scene happens: This book is really well written and funny. I don’t want to spoil the good stuff, though, so you’ll have to read it yourself… Some feel totally fresh and some feel a little familiar, like the reanimates who are basically zombies. He is currently working as a spy for the Nigerian government and as psychic security for the bank (blocking psychic hackers). The main character, Kaaro, is one of a few people who acquired psychic powers when the aliens landed. It’s a scifi set in about 2050 in Nigeria after aliens have started to invade Earth. I didn’t finish it in time to make it to the discussion, but I really enjoyed the book. This was assigned for my local scifi group. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Learn more and get your copy of Melissa by Alex Gino at scholastic. ![]() I appreciate all the kind words people have shared about Melissa (and Melissa), and look forward to her living on with this new, right title. ![]() New copies of Melissa will be printed soon and available in stores in April 2022. If you already own a copy of the book, you can make the change yourself, or you will be able to find new covers to print out on my website or on Scholastic’s website we will share the link once the art is up. The text inside won’t change, so the name George will still appear to reflect the character’s growth within the novel, but Melissa will be the first name readers will know her by. Calling the book Melissa is a way to respect her, as well as all transgender people. What we call people matters and we all deserve to be referred to in ways that feel good to us. Kids say ( 35 ): Alex Ginos simply and tenderly written story will help kids - and parents - understand what it feels like to be transgender. No matter how many people have come to know it as George, we felt it was important to fix the title. It was published as George in 2015, but that’s a name the main character does not like or want to use for herself. I’m delighted to share that Scholastic and I are officially changing the title of my first book to Melissa, with a new cover available in spring 2022. ![]() Learn more about the meaning behind this monumental change from the author themselves below! We're so excited to share that George by Alex Gino will now be titled Melissa. ![]() ![]() ![]() When people want to quit, they have to choose. Lay your head down on the steering wheel and quit sneezing, quit breathing, quit trying.The problem is, you can't. ![]() What you really want to do is give up trying. It is also the story of Charlie's first real, heart-breaking friendship. The story of a 16-year-old loner named Charlie Calmont, his older brother Trent, and how they get by after both of their parents are gone. Awards for Jenkins's writing Yearĭelacorte Press Prize for a First YA NovelĬybils Award for Young Adult Speculative Fiction In 2005, Jenkins received the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship, a stipend intended to grant a measure of financial freedom to a writer of children's or YA literature. Before writing full-time, she was a high school math teacher. She now lives in Benbrook with two of her three sons and assorted pets. Jenkins was born in 1961 and has lived all her life in Texas. Her novels have received considerable recognition, including the Delacorte Prize for Breaking Boxes, and a Printz Honor for Repossessed. Amanda McRaney Jenkins (born 1961) is an American writer of young adult fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ClarkeĢ061: Odyssey Three is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. He was awarded the CBE in 1989.Ģ061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey #3), Arthur C. Clarke also won the Nebula Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1972, 19, the Hugo Award of the World Science Fiction Convention in 19, and in 1986 became Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America. Campbell Award for his novel Rendezvous With Rama. ![]() He is past Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society, a member of the Academy of Astronautics, the Royal Astronomical Society, and many other scientific organizations.Īuthor of over fifty books, his numerous awards include the 1961 Kalinga Prize, the AAAS-Westinghouse science writing prize, the Bradford Washburn Award, and the John W. ![]() He is best known for the novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he co-created with the assistance of Stanley Kubrick.Ĭlarke was a graduate of King's College, London where he obtained First Class Honours in Physics and Mathematics. ![]() He spent the first half of his life in England, where he served in World War Two as a radar operator, before emigrating to Ceylon in 1956. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the most important and influential figures in 20th century science fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() This was a pretext call, to gather information to use in the next step. ![]() By the way, what’s my account number again?” She wasn’t the least bit suspicious, and just read off the account number for me. Government”, hoping that she would be helpful enough to give the name on the account. “What’s your name sir?” the lady on the other end asked. He then calls them, giving the phone number and asking for more information about “his” account: He wants to learn more, so he finds the name of the store that sold the phone and subscription. All he knows about him so far is his name, Eric (which may be an alias), and his cell phone number. Getting Phone BillsĪt one point, Kevin is suspecting that another hacker is working for the FBI. Here are three examples of what he did, and what we can learn from them. One of the things that struck me when reading it was how often he used social engineering to gain access to systems. It’s a fascinating book that at times reads like a thriller. It is the story of Mitnick’s hacking career, from the start in his teens, through becoming the FBI’s most wanted hacker, to spending years in jail before finally being released. I recently finished reading Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick. ![]() ![]() ![]() I find that the princesses are portrayed as bitter and every other line is about how badly women are treated. I am not sure if it is the author's writing style, but I just find it hard to connect with her books. I have read Princess and For The Love of a Son, both by Jean Sasson and I am truly confused. She was completely vindicated of Friederike Monika Adsani's outrageous lies in a court of law. The stories are vastly, vastly different.įor anyone reading this, please know that the author Jean Sasson has been the victim of a ruthless and vicious slanderer and stalker for the last 20 years. "Princess" is a true story set in the Middle East.įriederike Monika Adsani's book is about her own middle class life set in Kuwait. ![]() There are absolutely zero similarities between Jean Sasson's "Princess" and Friederike Monika Adsani's manuscript. ![]() ![]() The entire novel takes place over only three days, allowing the reader to be consumed by the life of a nurse in a pandemic and the women she meets. Donoghue cements her tale with details and descriptions that bring the reality of today into the fictional past she summons. This novel is exhausting, gripping, and shines a bright light on the power of humanity. ![]() The strongest technique that Donoghue uses in her novel is the massive constraint of time. The reader follows Julie Power, a nurse in a hospital where everyone is sick, and everyone has to fight to survive another day. ![]() Published in July of 2020, The Pull of the Stars managed to become one of the timeliest books of last year. The thin veil that exists between the reader and the characters (a mere 100 years of history and fictional status) provides insight and empathy, as well as a strange sense of hope. Set in 1918 war-torn Dublin during the Influenza pandemic, this novel shows the relentless stress and horror of living through turbulent times that are not dissimilar to those of today’s reader. ![]() You need to be prepared to read this book. My short green cape kept off the worst, but my coat. I cycled through reeking Dublin streets that were slick with rain. Feature Image found on Evening Standard Still hours of dark to go when I left the house that morning. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here, the entire trilogy of novels - the perfect gift for both longtime fans and new devotees - is available in a beautifully designed set. And finally, the much-hoped-for third novel, Beverly, Right Here, awaits its rapt audience. ![]() Then followed the tender Louisiana's Way Home, featuring "one of DiCamillo's most singular and arresting creations" (The New York Times Book Review) and marking the first time the two-time Newbery Medalist had revisited the world of one of her novels. First came Raymie Nightingale, the "triumphant and necessary book"* that would become a National Book Award Finalist. ![]() Kate DiCamillo's sequence of novels about the Three Rancheros is now complete - and with this beautiful hardcover boxed set, readers can savor all three. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Silvera crafts a web of intricately interconnected character perspectives and conflicts around Orion and Valentino. This heart-pounding story follows the final day of the first Decker, or person who is going to die, and the national chaos of Death-Cast’s premiere. By coincidence or fate, their lives collide at a party in Times Square, and a single, historic phone call alters the courses of their futures. ![]() Unlike Orion, Valentino Prince, a model on the verge of his national debut, has no reason to anticipate Death-Cast’s call and isn’t sure if he believes the company’s claims. Orion Pagan, an aspiring author with a heart condition, hopes his phone won’t ring at midnight, but he knows Death-Cast’s call is coming soon. Crowds gather across the United States for the launch of Death-Cast, a company that promises to change the world by predicting the deaths of everyone who subscribes in this prequel to They Both Die at the End (2017). ![]() ![]() It is a book about life intensely lived, about family love and loyalty, about grief and courage, about "blessed" mornings on horseback beneath the wide blue skies of the Badlands. All are brought to life to make "a beautifully told story, filled with fresh detail, " wrote "The New York Times Book Review"Ī book to be read on many levels, it is at once an enthralling story, a brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship which does away with several old myths and breaks entirely new ground. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, TR's first love. The mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and a celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy. The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. Listen Free to Mornings on Horseback audiobook by David McCullough with a 30. Written by David McCullough, the author of "Truman," this is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and almost fatal asthma attacks, and his struggle to manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household in which he was raised. ![]() Gable, "Newsday" ), it is the winner of the "Los Angeles Times" 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. ![]() "Mornings on Horseback" is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. ![]() |