Introverted and shy, 14-year-old Leah Nells has lived her life alone, with only books to keep her company. As she starts 9th grade, she finds herself lost within the complicated social universe of high school — especially when she falls in love with a boy from her class. Under pressure from her parents, her classmates, and the whole noisy world, can she become the girl she wants to be?
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Kids, Fiction literature | 16 July 2010
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The Owl Who Loved Sunshine
A classic children story teaches being your own person. It is rather long (as for a kid), but nicely divided into many short chapters. Unlike some today children books, it has some more advanced words sprinkled in that would be good for teaching. The story is about an owl who finds what he truly loves in life (the meadow and sunshine) and is able to finally feel comfortable and accepted doing what he loves. Great for a parent to read to a child or for older children who have been reading for a while.
Abigail worked hard for a living. And she expected to go on earning her own living for no man had shown signs of wanting to marry her—least of all the mysterious Professor Dominic van Wijkelen. Certainly he admired her nursing skills. He confidently asked her to take on his private cases, which took Abigail from London to Holland then Spain. But all he seemed to feel for her was intense dislike! Did Dominic not trust women? Was she too plain? Whatever the reason, there was little Abigail could do about it.
A humorous detective tale book-ended with a love story. Features a slightly neurotic food chemist, a handsome musician, and of course a connection to ice cream.
Gothic novels tell terrifying stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. Donna Heiland's Gothic and Gender offers a historically informed theoretical introduction to key gothic narratives from a feminist perspective. The book concentrates primarily on fiction from the 1760s through the 1840s.
