Title: Fire Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: YA Fiction, Fantasy Publication Date: 2009 Purchase Price: $18.00 (hardback) I know, I just talked about Graceling, and I won’t shut up about my love of YA fiction. But I just can’t help myself: when I find a great author like Kristin Cashore, I gobble up every word I…
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“No commonplace soul inhabited the body of this stray woman-child.”
Title: Anne of Green Gables Author: L.M. Montgomery Genre: Fiction, Children’s Literature Publication Date: 1908 Purchase Price: $6.99 (paperback) When siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert send to Nova Scotia for a child to help Matthew on the farm, the last person in the world they expect is young Anne Shirley, an orphan with fiery red…
“Everyone knew what came to those who crossed King Randa of the Middluns.”
Title: Graceling Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: YA Fiction, Fantasy Publication Date: 2008 Purchase Price: $10.00 (paperback) In the Seven Kingdoms there is a saying: Beware the blue-eyed, green-eyed girl. Some are Graced with a talent for baking, or dancing, and even useless things like speaking backwards. But Katsa, niece of the King of the Middluns,…
“You pierce my soul.”
Title: Persuasion Author: Jane Austen Genre: Fiction Publication Date: 1818 Purchase Price: $7.95 (paperback) Seven years’ prior to the main events of Persuasion, Anne Elliott falls in love with Frederick, a Naval officer who is handsome and ambitious, but poor. Anne’s father and sister, obsessed with family distinction, oppose the match. Anne’s mentor and friend…
“Over my dead body, which would be quite a climb.”
Title: Cheaper by the Dozen Author: Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Genre: Non-fiction, Family Publication Date: 1948 Purchase Price: $12.00 (paperback) Although Frank Gilbreth, Sr. was famous for his work in the areas of scientific management and motion study, in Cheaper by the Dozen he’s known simply as “Dad.” Written in 1948…