In the land of Chewandswallow, Mills rain from the sky and change the weather.
Through dark forests, over tall mountains, and across a desert of ice, the Polar Express makes its way to the city atop the world, where the boy will make his Christmas wish.
An aching love story and a decisive remonstration, a story told in a whisper, in a shout, through unsentimental tears and sometimes with a bitter laugh. Each of its characters is indelibly, tenderly rendered. Its heroes are people who have been broken by the world they live in and then rescued, patched together by acts of love—and by hope. The tale begins with Anjum—who used to be Aftab—unrolling a threadbare Persian carpet in a city graveyard she calls home. We encounter the odd, unforgettable Tilo and the men who loved her—including Musa, sweetheart and ex-sweetheart, lover and ex-lover; their fates are as entwined as their arms used to be and always will be. We meet Tilo’s landlord, a former suitor, now an intelligence officer posted to Kabul. And then we meet the two Miss Jebeens: the first a child born in Srinagar and buried in its overcrowded Martyrs’ Graveyard; the second found at midnight, abandoned on a concrete sidewalk in the heart of New Delhi.
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Such a great book!
TOur world and this other world, called Ambrosia, collided a little over a decade ago when a man from Ambrosia was sent to Earth for official business but he met and fell in love with a woman from earth and they had a child together. Eventually, the man thought the woman and his daughter would be better off without him and he went back to his world. The daugher's name is Sadie. Since Sadie has blood from both worlds, she needs the healing water to survive so Rayne is sent to earth from Ambrosia to look after Sadie. Rayne is supposed to not let Sadie know who he is, or how special she is, or that she needs the healing water to survive. However, their feelings for each other grow and Rayne tells Sadie the truth. There are also some bad guys in the book to keep things interesting. Actually, the book is interesting. The characters are well developed and draw you in.
In Mouse’s Christmas Gift, written by Mindy Baker and illustrated by Dow Phumiruk, one tiny church mouse must find a way to bring Christmas spirit to his little town when Parson gets sick and the usual Christmas Eve service is cancelled.
Book one of The Unaltered series introduces a secret universe existing within our own. In this world, cosmic energy grants superhuman abilities, and people of like ability band together in clans for both safety and community. Flesh-ripping demons prowl at night, drawn to the cosmic energy. Governments spy on clans, clans spy on governments, and trusting the wrong person may carry a terrible price.
Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, The Odyssey and the Old Testament, Ward gives us an epochal story, a journey through Mississippi’s past and presen
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