A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience.
On the New York Times Best Seller List for more than 52 consecutive weeks.
Tim Burton is going to make a movie based on this book.
Who wouldn't want to go on a trip around the world? When best-selling novelist Sparks receives a travel brochure from his alma mater, Notre Dame, he thinks, "If not now, then when?" and asks his brother to join him. They both have family obligations, but this sounds like the trip of a lifetime, and as the reader soon finds out, they both need to relax. As they journey to faraway places, the brothers reminisce about their unusual childhood. Instead of the idealistic life readers may imagine, their early years were marked by poverty, although redeemed by their mother's great love.
TRIPLETS is a much-loved series from a bestselling author, Holly Webb, rejacketed for a new generation of fans. Disaster strikes the Ryan household when Becky's rats escape from their cage and decide to snack on Annabel's bridesmaid dress (the one she's wearing to Auntie Janet's wedding in two weeks' time!). How on earth is Becky going to salvage the dress without Mum finding out? ...This calls for some serious triplet teamwork!
Jack and Melissa McGuane have spent years trying to have a baby. Finally their dream has come true with the adoption of their daughter, Angelina. But nine months after bringing her home, they receive a devastating phone call from the adoption agency: Angelina's birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights, and he wants her back. Worse, his father, a powerful Denver judge, wants him to own up to this responsibility and will use every advantage his position of power affords him to make sure it happens.
We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important...
We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous.....