| Author | : Anna Goodall |
| Publisher | : Michael O'Mara Books |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2023-03-02 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1913101835 |
The thrilling second book about Maggie Blue and Hoagy, as they try and live a normal life in the real world - but the Dark World won't let them go, and when a white crow appears they become drawn back into the mystery and terror of a world where Maggie is more important than she knows...
| Author | : Anna Goodall |
| Publisher | : Michael O'Mara Books |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2021-02-04 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1913101347 |
A thrilling and gripping tale of friendship, courage and the power of being yourself.
| Author | : Gene Stowe |
| Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : African Americans |
| ISBN | : 9781578068647 |
In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie Ross, whose sister Sallie died in 1909, was the richest woman in Union County, North Carolina. Upon Maggie's death in 1920, her will bequeathed her estate to Bob Ross--who had grown up in the sisters' household--and his daughter Mittie Bell Houston. Mittie had also grown up with the well-to-do women, who had shown their affection for her by building a house for her and her husband. This house, along with eight hundred acres, hundreds of dollars in cash, and two of the white family's three gold watches went to Bob Ross and Houston. As soon as the contents of the will became known, more than one hundred of Maggie Ross's scandalized cousins sued to break the will, claiming that its bequest to black people proved that Maggie Ross was mentally incompetent. Revealing the details of this case and of the lives of the people involved in it, Gene Stowe presents a story that sheds light on and complicates our understanding of the Jim Crow South. Stowe's account of this famous court battle shows how specific individuals, both white and black, labored against the status quo of white superiority and ultimately won. An evocative portrait of an entire generation's sins, Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will hints at the possibility for color-blind justice in small-town North Carolina.
| Author | : Anthony Burt |
| Publisher | : Michael O'Mara Books |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2022-05-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1913101533 |
An exciting piratical adventure that tells the story of young Jim, a boy washed up as a baby onto a hidden island, cared for by his wonderful family of animals; life as a lighthouse keeper is full of fun and adventure until one day a pirate ship is spotted - bringing with it unwanted and dangerous answers to Jim's past.
| Author | : Julian Sedgwick |
| Publisher | : Michael O'Mara Books |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2021-03-04 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1913101495 |
A part-manga, part-prose powerful coming-of-age story about a fifteen-year-old girl caught up in the March 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
| Author | : Nadia Mikail |
| Publisher | : Michael O'Mara Books |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 2022-02-03 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1913101606 |
A stunning debut young adult novel set in Malaysia, charting Aisha and her family on a roadtrip through the country in search of estranged sister, June. Set against the backdrop of a world catastrophe, this novel is full of love, healing and hope.
| Author | : Candi Sary |
| Publisher | : Casperian Books |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2012-10-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781934081372 |
Carson Calley grew up living in Hollywood motels with his fortune-telling mother, who is full of stories about their former lives together and prophesies about his future. Believing his mother's yarns, Carson becomes a healer, with the people of Hollywood waiting in long lines to see him, but a purpose built on lies and exaggerations can't last...or can it?
| Author | : Lauren Wolk |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2017-05-02 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 110199486X |
- Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction - From the bestselling author of Echo Mountain and Newbery Honor–winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of the year. An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Parents’ Magazine Best Book of the Year • A Booklist Editors' Choice selection • A BookPage Best Book of the Year • A Horn Book Fanfare Selection • A Kirkus Best Book of the Year • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • A Charlotte Observer Best Book of the Year • A Southern Living Best Book of the Year • A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year “The sight of a campfire on a distant island…proves the catalyst for a series of discoveries and events—some poignant, some frightening—that Ms. Wolk unfolds with uncommon grace.” –The Wall Street Journal ★ “Crow is a determined and dynamic heroine.” —Publishers Weekly ★ “Beautiful, evocative.” —Kirkus The moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family. Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow’s only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar. Crow has always been curious about the world around her, but it isn’t until the night a mysterious fire appears across the water that the unspoken question of her own history forms in her heart. Soon, an unstoppable chain of events is triggered, leading Crow down a path of discovery and danger. Vivid and heart-wrenching, Lauren Wolk’s Beyond the Bright Sea is a gorgeously crafted and tensely paced tale that explores questions of identity, belonging, and the true meaning of family.
| Author | : Maggie Nelson |
| Publisher | : Wave Books |
| Total Pages | : 113 |
| Release | : 2009-10-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 1933517646 |
Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . . A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists. Maggie Nelson is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including Something Bright, Then Holes (Soft Skull Press, 2007) and Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions (University of Iowa Press, 2007). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.
