It's about discovering a rich queer history that Sam's a part of - a queer history that no longer needs to be quiet, as long as there are kids like Sam and TJ to stand up for it. Soon, Sam's project isn't just about winning the contest. When Sam’s home borough of Staten Island opens up a contest for a new statue, Sam finds the perfect non-DSCWM subject: photographer Alice Austen, whose house has been turned into a museum, and who lived with a female partner for decades. The teacher-respect thing is hard when it comes to Sam’s history class, because their teacher seems to believe that only Dead Straight Cis White Men are responsible for history. as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do their homework, and try not to antagonize their teachers too much. They're nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well. Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. From the award-winning author of Melissa, a phenomenal novel about queerness past, present, and future.
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In front of the cameras, he’s a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. He doesn’t believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.Ĭharlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. As the most successful producer in the franchise’s history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. In this witty and heartwarming romantic comedy-reminiscent of Red, White & Royal Blue and One to Watch-an awkward tech wunderkind on a reality dating show goes off-script when sparks fly with his producer.ĭev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. “ The Charm Offensive will sweep you off your feet.” -PopSugar A MOST ANTICIPATED ROM-COM SELECTED BY * BUZZFEED * LGBTQ READS * BUSTLE * THE NERD DAILY * ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT * FROLIC MEDIA * AND MORE!Ī BEST BOOK PICK BY * HARPER’S BAZAAR * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY This could have been a really fun, tight novella - Lestat is bored and godlike, and this guy Raglan James comes by and makes him an offer - James can body-swap, and he'd like Lestat to pay him 10 million bucks to be mortal again for the weekend. That's the curse of eternal life you get to keep living but Lestat comes in your window and drones at you about religion at night. It's just Lestat talking about God to people, forever. 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With translations in more than thirty languages, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is the definitive relationship guide for women. An International Bestseller-Over 3 Million Copies Sold! And the flying?! This book reinitiated my childhood dream to fly. The descriptions and prose in this book were so beautiful! I felt swept into the world, living and breathing the air of it. Well, at least until things started to fall apart… It was still serious and dealt with some tough thematic ideas, but Dust had a very lighthearted tone. This book was a really nice break from the angsty, seriousness of your typical YA book. The truth behind this fairy tale is about to unravel everything Claire thought she knew about Peter Pan–and herself. The girl who fears her own destiny is on a collision course with the boy who never wanted to grow up. Grounded in London and hunted by his own Lost Boys, Peter searches for the last hope of restoring his crumbling island: a lass with magic in her veins. Peter Pan is having a beastly time getting back to Neverland. Now Claire’s desperate search points to London… and a boy who shouldn’t exist. The truth about Neverland is far more dangerous than a fairy tale.Ĭlaire Kenton believes the world is too dark for magic to be real–since her twin brother was stolen away as a child. Several cardboard-paper-cuts later (those things hurt!) I was able to sit down and read Dust! *cries* I got tired of waiting for things to get unpacked and dove into a pile of boxes, looking for the book. And then the book promptly gathered dust while it sat in a box for a month during my family’s move. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Split into two volumes for paperback this is Part One of that second volume.Īccording to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. The natural heir to Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series hit No.1 in the US and No.2 in the UK with the hardback release of the massive second volume, WORDS OF RADIANCE. Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive moves into a new, darker phase and in this, the second part of the second volume the Parshendi risk the return of the fearsome Voidbringers of old as they attempt to strenthen themselves against the challange of the humans. “A fascinating world full of engaging characters, talking dinosaurs, real and imagined danger, and evil librarians…. A fantasy adventure in the vein of Artemis Fowl and A Series of Unfortunate Events, the series is a perfect next read for fans of Eoin Colfer and Lemony Snicket. You can find him on his blog ( ) and on Twitter ( fast-paced and funny Evil Librarians series is available in deluxe hardcover editions, newly illustrated by Hayley Lazo. 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I found that in over sixteen countries people believe that men have the first right to jobs, that they believe males are more fit for political positions, and that women should have children to be fulfilled (Weziak-Bialowolska). To get these answer, I began to read about the differences in gender normality’s across different countries. TENTHRAGON stands alone in a strange place: the greatest children's gothic, but not quite a children's book, only a book about a child. Savery's later works for children, less strange and consequently more successful, burst with adventure, good spirits, and explicitly Christian virtues her most notable work for adults, a book-length continuation of Charlotte Brontë's unfinished fragment EMMA, is ambitious, but an ambitious pastiche. Such was its ambition that it perplexed as many contemporaries as it attracted THE OBSERVER called it an "odd, unusual novel," while Punch questioned whether it could properly be called a novel at all. TENTHRAGON ranks with the best of Joan Aiken and John Bellairs. Rare first printing of the US edition, revised from the English edition and the author's preferred version of perhaps the greatest children's gothic. |