The Ugly One

The Ugly One PDF Author: Leanne Statland Ellis
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547640234
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
At the height of the Incan empire, a girl called the Ugly One because of a disfiguring scar on her face, seeks to have the scar removed and instead finds a life path as a shaman.

The Ugly One

The Ugly One PDF Author: Marius von Mayenburg
Publisher: Methuen Drama
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
A scintillating absurdist comedy about beauty, identity and getting ahead in life.

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things PDF Author: Bryn Greenwood
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250074134
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Book Description
"Struggling to raise her little brother Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star-gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery"--

Ugly American

Ugly American PDF Author: William J. Lederer
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393318678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
The ineffectual Ambassador is just one of the handicaps facing the Americans as Southeast Asia becomes increasingly involved with Communism.

The Ugly Five

The Ugly Five PDF Author: Julia Donaldson
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9781338249538
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
A charming new picture book from the bestselling creators of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom!

One Year of Ugly

One Year of Ugly PDF Author: Caroline Mackenzie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008347093
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
‘A perfect staycation read’ Guardian ‘Funny, dark and brilliantly written... should be top of your TBR’ Stylist Magazine ‘Extraordinarily excellent’ Daily Mail ‘A completely addictive read that is laugh-out-loud funny’ Heat Magazine

Donna Jo Napoli

Donna Jo Napoli PDF Author: Hilary S. Crew
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810874474
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
Donna Jo Napoli has received acclaim for her young adult works and is especially known for her historical novels and her retellings of myth and fairy tales. In this full-length critical study, Hilary S. Crew integrates criticism and biographical information to illuminate Napoli's many novels, as well as other writings by Napoli such as her essays on writing for young people and her book, Language Matters. A comprehensive critical analysis of 19 novels, Donna Jo Napoli: Writing with Passion provides an understanding of how Napoli's life and profession as a professor of linguistics influences her writing for young adults. The novels analyzed in this study include Napoli's retellings of such fairy tales and myths as The Magic Circle, Zel, Bound, Beast, and Sirena; novels whose stories are drawn from religious and traditional sources such as Song of the Magdalene, Breath, and Hush; such historical works as The Smile, Daughter of Venice, and two novels set during WWII, Stones in Water and Fire in the Hills; and her most recent book for young adults, Alligator Bayo. An interview with Napoli concludes this significant resource for those working with young adults.

Lost & Forgotten

Lost & Forgotten PDF Author: James Paddock
Publisher: Desert Bookshelf Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279

Book Description
Imagine waking one day with a new face and no memory, an opportunity to pick a new name and start a new life; a clean slate. Orphaned as children, separated for 22 years, Melissa is intent on finding her identical twin, Marissa; however Marissa is now Mariah and not who she used to be. Melissa’s search brings her to Los Angeles, crossing paths with Tyron, the only person aware of the truth, a person with immoral intent. As Melissa searches for her twin and Mariah searches for who she was, they are both faced with first time romances. Their brief crossing of paths and wisps of twin psychic connections provides one hope, and the other confusion. Tyron hatches a plan to bring them together, for a price that includes more than just their money. Lost & Forgotten is story of wealth and poverty for far from pretty identical twin sisters as one meets evil in her search for her other half, and the other struggles to start a new life and find out who she was.

The Complete Dragonships of Vindras Series

The Complete Dragonships of Vindras Series PDF Author: Margaret Weis
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1250194865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1917

Book Description
This discounted ebundle includes: Bones of the Dragon, Secret of the Dragon, Rage of the Dragon, Doom of the Dragon “Action-packed, utterly riveting.” —ComicBookBin Filled with heroes and heroines and spanning locales of exotic adventure in a magic-forged world, the Dragonships of Vindras series fully illustrates the mastery of world-building and storytelling that has made Weis and Hickman into the bestselling fantasy co-authors of all time. Welcome to the World of Dragonships! Bones of the Dragon Skylan Ivorson is a sea-raider of the Vindras, an undefeated champion of the Torgun clan, and eventually the Chief of Chiefs of all Vindras clans, an honor he truly feels he deserves as one who has been blessed by Skoval, the god of war. But sometimes a blessing is a curse in disguise. Secret of the Dragon Weis and Hickman's second action-packed book in the series features a world of Viking-like warriors who sail the seas in ships powered by dragons, following their gods on a quest that will determine not only the fate of mortals but the fate of the gods as well. Rage of the Dragon In the ever-twisting saga of Skylan Ivorson and the Vindrasi Clan, this third volume pits our heroes and their lone surviving dragon against a vast army. Enemies become friends and vice versa, as adventure, romance, and war pull readers through another epic tale by the bestselling author duo. Doom of the Dragon Age-old enemies must band together to combat a group of fiendish beings bent on their destruction. With the help of a newly formed Dragon Brigade, heroes from both sides race to uncover long-hidden magical secrets that are the key to defeating their enemies and protecting their world. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Scroll

The Scroll PDF Author:
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1612157084
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description

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