![]() The narrative’s changing timeline, as each girl remembers events from the past, answers questions and raises intrigue in equal measure their experiences are gritty reflections of teen life. When Tress, bent on truth and revenge, sets up an interrogation of Felicity reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” the story accelerates evenly with shorter, taut chapters delivering the final shocks. Told in alternating chapters from each girl’s perspective, this thriller starts off as a slow burn with longer chapters establishing their personalities the nature of the closed-minded, predominantly White town and the mysterious disappearance. The one person who may know what happened is Felicity Turnado, who not only used to be best friends with Tress, but was the last one to see her parents alive. Now living with her negligent grandfather at his questionable exotic animal attraction, the high school senior has become a pariah among her classmates. In small-town Amontillado, Tress Montor had a seemingly normal life until her parents disappeared. ![]() Tress would kill to find out why her parents disappeared. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Our author grew up in suburban Brisbane with doting parents who enabled Shane to follow his passion for the performing arts, spending most of his time out of school in musical theatre, singing and (in the Spice Girls era) starting a pop band. Identity is a key subject of the title, and its many parts are considered with laugh out loud humour and fearless honesty on subjects from gender to sex, identity, career, friendship, family and love. It’s also a total romp that will see you join the author in their toilet stall trysts, backstage at the ARIAs, touring bars across America and the highs and lows of being paid to party. ‘Caught in the Act’ By Shane Jenek also known as Courtney Act, is a memoir of self-acceptance and a book which will spark a greater understanding of the LGBTQ+ community. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nikki also thinks that her pare nts can be "brain dead" sometimes and don't seem to understand her. ![]() ![]() Nikki loves her family and friends, but can be harsh towards her younger sister and describes her as "a category five hurricane in pigtails." Nikki is a thoughtful and kind girl who is sometimes a bit over-dramatic and she truly describes herself as a dork. Throughout the books, Nikki seems to grow more confident in herself and does refer to herself as a dork, not only in her diary but also in public. She is described as an amazing singer, dancer and artist. Although her success in the music industry and having her own TV series in the seventh book may deter that. Nikki is told to the best artist in Westchester Country Day saying she wants to be a professional illustrator or an art teacher when she grows up. Nikki and MacKenzie both have a crush on Brandon Roberts and compete for him, and it's shown that Brandon return Nikki's feelings. She also dislikes MacKenzie's friend, Jessica Hunter, who is as nasty to Nikki as Mackenzie is. She despises her locker neighbor (and enemy), MacKenzie Hollister, for being mean and quote "a shark in lip gloss." She writes in her diary almost every day about the events in her life, hence the name of her series - Dork Diaries. She is the 9th most unpopular person at WCD, according to her self-written list. ![]() Nikki is portrayed as an unpopular girl towards the CCP (cute, cool, popular) clique who, in the first installment, is new to Westchester Country Day Middle School. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Suddenly the proceedings are disrupted, as another prisoner makes a break for it–and Jamie, moved by the death of his friend, impulsively helps the man, a pirate named Stephen Bonnet, to escape a decision that will have long-reaching and unforeseen effects.ĭRUMS OF AUTUMN is the fourth book in the OUTLANDER series, following VOYAGER. One of Jamie’s old companions from his days in Ardsmuir prison is being hanged for theft, and Jamie has come to lend what support he can. I was morbidly aware of necks at the moment…”ĭRUMS OF AUTUMN opens with a hanging. ![]() ![]() I wiped my face for the tenth time in as many minutes and lifted the heavy coil of my hair, hoping for a cooling breeze upon my neck. My shift was soaked through, and the cotton bodice clung between my breasts. The best places were on the seawall, where the air moved here below, it was like being roasted alive. The beating echoed in the pit of my stomach, as though I too were hollow… it was a hot day, even for Charleston in June. “I heard the drums long before they came in sight. ![]() ![]() Number one on the what he can?t control list? Love. ![]() What happens when he?s already fallen hard for a girl before the warning signs and red flags go up? What happens when the love he?s avoided his entire life brings him to his knees? What happens when Garth Black lets the dirtiest four letter word he?s ever known into his dark, lonely life? This cowboy?s about to find out he can control some things, and he can?t control others. He?s made a vow that the day he meets a woman who could sucker him into falling in love will be the day he runs away. Garth Black redefines the ?others? category. Some people were made to give and accept love, and others weren?t. Nicole Kidman s new HBO drama will fill the Big Little Lies shaped hole in your heart when it ends YOU Magazine. Of course, applying the term ?love? to Garth?s conquests is a gross misuse of the word. ![]() His life has been a constant carousel of tragedy and disappointment, including his love life. **NEW YORK TIMES and USATODAY Bestselling Series** There?s tortured. ![]() ![]() In 1998, Anthony Browne was nominated for the prestigious international Hans Christian Andersen Award. His books have won many awards, including The New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book Award, the Kurt Maschler Award, and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Anthony Browne has illustrated more than twenty books for children, including PiggyBook, Zoo, and King Kong, plus five books featuring the enormously popular chimp, Willy. Before turning his attention to children's books, he worked as a medical artist, a teacher, and a greeting card designer. He attended Leeds College of Art and graduated with a degree in graphic design. ![]() Anthony Browne traces his interest in art back to his father, a former pub owner and frustrated artist. ![]() |