Mark Sway, age 11 but years wiser thanks to a drunken dad who abused his mom, is out in the woods behind his Memphis trailer park teaching his kid brother, Ricky, how to smoke Virginia Slims heisted from Mom's purse. He's a pretty upright kid--he's determined to protect his brother from drugs, and he once defended his mom with a baseball bat. .......
When Princess Eleanor (Ella for short) is born, a fairy named Lucinda blesses her with the gift of obedience - meaning she must obey ANYTHING that ANYONE tells her. As Ella grows older she learns that this "gift" is more of a curse and she is determined to find Lucinda and have the spell reversed. Along the way, Ella must do battle with her yicky stepmother and stepsisters-to-be. She also falls in love with handsome Prince Charmont. Now she's more determined than ever to make things work out. Find out if she succeeds in this entertaining tale.
Added by: Anna Kalinina | Karma: 5.50 | Black Hole | 25 December 2013
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The Mosquito Coast
In a breathtaking adventure story, the paranoid and brilliant inventor Allie Fox takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to build a civilization better than the one they've left.
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Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Watch Me Throw the Ball!, Gerald is determined to teach Piggie that ball-throwing is serious business... but Piggie is just as determined to have serious fun.