![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A world traveler, nationally ranked Masters swimmer, avid photographer, and chocolate connoisseur, she lives in Fairfax Station Virginia with her husband in a house surrounded by birds. Schanzer has written and illustrated 16 award-winning books for young people. Kid Lit Frenzy top 5 Middle Grade Picks of 2011 Witches By: Rosalyn Schanzer Age Level: 9-12 Reading Level: Independent Reader A riveting, highly readable, and well-documented history of 17th century Massachusetts and the hysteria that overtook Salem Village is illustrated with scratchboard illustrations that not only evoke the period but its mysteriousness. NY Public Library's 25 best Nonfiction Titles of 2011Ī Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Bookįuse #8 list of 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011 Starred Review from School Library Journal Sibert Honor Award as one of the year's 5 most distinguished informational books for children. Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer Comment on this title Synopses & Reviews ISBN13: 9781426308697 ISBN10: 1426308698 All Product Details Synopses & Reviews Publisher Comments Robert F. ![]() Author/Illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer's book Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem (National Geographic) is the winner of the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2011 and has also received a 2012 Robert F. ![]()
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![]() Not that Brent knew who, or what, the man really was. Not a frail, frightened, sad child from a broken family, but a brave, proud rebel, fighting bureaucracy and the man. It was the image he wanted to portray to the world, that he wanted everyone to see. When he had looked in the mirror he was torn at the image. He had smiled at that, making the piercing hole weep a tear of red. They are going to fall at my feet, begging me to do anything to them I want to do. While only partially numbed from a block of ice, the constant pushing of the silver ring had swollen all feeling from his face. Girls are gonna go wild over it, he had thought as he had twisted the ring through his skin. It was healing quite nicely and matched the similar piercing in his eyebrow. He lined his eyes with thick black eyeliner and had pierced his lip himself with a sterling silver ring. He dressed in the same rebellious style as his hair: dark clothes, deliberately planned rips in his black jeans, and frayed laces in his heavy army boots. His eyes were all his mother's, bright blue and expressive, soft and cheerful one moment and harsh and demanding the next. He had dyed away the soft blonde curls he had inherited from his father and turned them into a gothic shock of spiked rebellion. The tall boy's hair was unnaturally black and shiny. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She describes how when they were in the vehicle the seats were like couches and they had electric windows something that they were not very familiar with due to the cars she was used to riding. She describes the car has a big yellow Cadillac and how it was a very beautiful car. The writer talks about a story where her friend Meme had a cousin who drove up to where they were playing. She talks about one of her neighbors who is Puerto Rican and it was fascinating to see how mild-mannered Mexicans are and when she describes Puerto Ricans that they’re kind of loud and like to sing. She describes Mango Street as a low income neighborhood where there are people which they know not to hang around. She describes your house is a little red house with no yard but just steps out front and a garage in the back with no vehicle inside. She describes her family as her father her mother her brother Carlos her sisters Kiki and Neni. She talks about her family who are very traditional Hispanics. ![]() ![]() She starts the story off talking about how they moves d a lot as little children but moved to a little house on Mango Street when she was six years old. Her name was Esperanza in the story starts when she is just a little girl trying to come to grips with the trials and tribulations of her life. In the book the house on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros was about a Hispanic girl who lived in a little House on Mango Street. ![]() ![]() ![]() The clash of the cultures is very fascinating for modern Englishers. With “The Shunning” they wanted to juxtapose the pull of a young Amish girl toward the world and what she would do with that. Michael and Brian were very interested in all of my novels they wanted to start with something that juxtaposed the rural Amish with the city-I’m talking about “Saving Sarah Cain” now. ![]() I approved of the script, gave ideas for authenticity for the wardrobe, and other things.ĭove: Did you connect with executive producers Brian Bird and Michael Landon, Jr.?īeverly: I appreciate them because of their hearts they are committed Christians and they definitely have a mission and a vision. “The Shunning,” published in 1997, is Lewis’ first adult novel and loosely based on her grandmother’s story.ĭove: How much did you get to participate in making the movie?īeverly: Quite a bit. This is what Lewis had to say about the film, the second made from one of her books (the first was “Saving Sarah Cain”). ![]() The Hallmark Channel Original Movie premiered on April 16 starring Danielle Panabaker and Sherry Stringfield. The DVD edition of Beverly Lewis’ “The Shunning” released this week. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She continued with more novels, including Red Leaves, Eleven Hours, The Bronze Horseman, The Bridge to Holy Cross (also known as Tatiana and Alexander), The Summer Garden and The Girl in Times Square (also known as Lily). Through word of mouth that book was welcomed by readers all over the world. Her dream was put on hold as she learned English and overcame the shock of a new culture.Īfter graduating from university and after various jobs including working as a financial journalist and as a translator Paullina wrote her first novel Tully. ![]() Growing up in Russia Paullina dreamt of someday becoming a writer. At the age of ten her family immigrated to the United States. Paullina Simons was born in Leningrad, USSR, in 1963. ![]() ![]() Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Call of Cthulhu, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, At the Mountains of Madness,The Shadow Over Innsmouth,The Colour Out of Space, The Dunwich Horror, and many more hair-raising tales. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. ![]() Written between the years 19, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Lovecraft collects the authors novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. ![]() ![]() Another excellent edition in the Knickerbocker Classics series, The Complete Fiction of H.P. A must-have classic that every Lovecraft fan and collector will love. ![]() ![]() The disease attacks the brain and causes victims to lose their humanity, rendering them violent and insane creatures. Thomas is woken by a telepathic communication with Teresa, the only girl from the Glade, who is afraid.Īs Thomas wakes up, he finds that the facility is being attacked by Cranks, aggressive zombie-like people that have been infected by a plague known as the Flare. Thomas is sleeping in the dormitory with the other teenagers, known as the Gladers, who escaped from the Maze in the previous book and had been brought by a group of rescuers. A film adaptation was released on 18 September 2015 by 20th Century Fox. ![]() It follows The Maze Runner, and is followed by The Death Cure. The novel was published on 18 September 2010 by Delacorte Press. The Scorch Trials is a 2010 young adult post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner and the second book, fourth chronologically, in The Maze Runner series. ![]() Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book ![]() ![]() She also served as a volunteer during World War II, helping out in hospitals and caring for refugees. He told her that she could be a secretary in his business or go become a maid.ĭefying her family, Kübler-Ross left home at the age of 16 and worked a series of jobs. Developing an interest in medicine at a young age, Kübler-Ross encountered intense resistance from her father about her career aspirations. She had a fragile start in life as a triplet, weighing only two pounds when she and her two other siblings were born. Kübler-Ross was born on July 8, 1926, in Zurich, Switzerland. The book outlines the five stages that dying patients experience: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. She studied terminal illness, publishing her groundbreaking book On Death and Dying in 1969. She left home at 16, was a hospital volunteer in WWII and finally entered medical school in 1951. ![]() (1926-2004) Who Was Elisabeth Kübler-Ross?īorn in 1926, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wanted to be a doctor but her father forbade it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The late 1980s was so many lifetimes ago in Sri Lankan politics the novel felt like historical fiction, Karunatilaka said, while its talking animals and demons helped insulate him too. ![]() His book is set during the civil war in the author's homeland, with the plot a way to talk about the long-running conflict without inviting controversy. In Seven Moons, the main character Maali Almeida, a photographer, gambler and 'closet queen', wakes up as a ghost with seven days to find out who killed him. "I am looking forward to the circus dying down and going back to my boring life of sitting in a room and writing." "I am enjoying it but it's not the natural setting - the natural setting is sitting by yourself in a room for years on end," he said. It's meant he's only done two or three days of writing in six months. ![]() It's all part of a mad ride that has seen magical-realist The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida find a massive global audience (his first novel Chinaman was aimed at cricket tragics). ![]() Happily for Karunatilaka, he's staying in the trendy suburb of Fitzroy ahead of his appearance at the Melbourne Writers Festival on Friday night. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Salvatore collection at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. In the fall of 1997, his letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers were donated to the R. He attributes his fierce and vividly described battle scenes to his experience as a bouncer. ![]() Before taking up writing full-time, he worked as a bouncer. He earned this degree in 1981 and later a Bachelor of Arts in English. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications/Media from Fitchburg. He developed an interest in fantasy and other literature, promptly changing his major from computer science to journalism. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, given to him as a Christmas gift. During his time at Fitchburg State College, he became interested in fantasy after reading J. A graduate of Leominster High School, Salvatore has credited his high school English teacher with being instrumental in his development as a writer. Salvatore was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, the youngest of a family of seven. ![]() |