![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I really wish that this book was longer! It's a quick read at around 200 pages and I feel like it could have been fleshed out a little more. However, Jody's curiosity gets him into trouble, as new ideas are frowned upon in the Isis society, especially by the President. I loved his insatiable curiosity and I'm pretty sure he is a genius! Not only is he smart and inventive, but he is very brave as well. I really enjoyed this book, more than the first in fact. A few characters from the first book reappear and the changes are remarkable. However, things on Isis have gone astray, with the settlers abandoning technology completely and living in a complex system of hierarchy and taboo. The Guardian of Isis is set two generations after the The Keeper of the Isis Light, so those that were children in the first book are now grandparents. The Isis trilogy takes a turn for the dystopian in this installment. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Unless she catches a wealthy husband at the ball, the Duke of Thorndale will evict her family from their home. She won’t give up her plans he won’t give up his power.and neither of them sees that if they’re not careful, they’ll have no choice but to give up everything.including their hearts.įrom the ballrooms of London, to abandoned Scottish castles, to the snowy streets of Gilded Age New York, four bestselling authors whip up unforgettable Christmas romance. Soon, Hattie and Whit find themselves rivals in business and pleasure. He is more than happy to offer Hattie all she desires…for a price. When he wakes in a carriage at Hattie’s feet, Whit, a king of Covent Garden known to all the world as Beast, can’t help but wonder about the strange woman who frees him-especially when he discovers she’s headed for a night of pleasure. ![]() Everything is going perfectly…until she discovers the most beautiful man she’s ever seen tied up in her carriage and threatening to ruin the Year of Hattie before it’s even begun. But first, she intends to experience a taste of the pleasure she’ll forgo as a confirmed spinster. ![]() When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year her own, she has plans to inherit her father’s business, to make her own fortune, and to live her own life. ![]() ![]() ![]() But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus’s stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. ![]() Zeus’s master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook and into his life. Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school. “Perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats.”– New York Times Book Review You’ll be proud to be seen with this stunning paperback edition. Don’t get left behind! Read the book that launched Percy Jackson into the stratosphere before the Disney+ series comes out. ![]() ![]() ![]() As to the three stories – the harmonica was simply a device to give a socially conscious history lesson through dreary tales of children in very bad historic circumstances. The enchanted harmonica that passed through three children’s hands kept them loosely tied together, but I was only convinced of its magic because the author repeatedly told me to believe it. Sadly, the magic was pretty thin, serving only to set-up the three part story to come, and to wrap up at the end telling how all three stories turned out. ![]() Mark Bramhall as one of the readers was another strong selling point. I would normally pass on a selection for this audience, but it caught my attention by promising “music, magic, and a real-life miracle”. First thing to recognize is that this is recommended for children aged 10-13. ![]() |