![]() ![]() 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Ruby Dixon (Goodreads Author) (shelved 3 times as transported-to-another-world) avg rating 4.22 11,251 ratings published 2019. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Bound to the Battle God (Aspect and Anchor 1) by. As they struggle to understand this new planet, and this thing called race, peril awaits them at every turn, and to keep alive they must once again escape.Perfect for readers of Margaret Atwood, Pamela Sargent, and Ursula K. Her dreams of escape are given wings when her best friend's slave runs away, igniting a chain of events that will bring them to the deadliest place of all, the forbidden planet, Earth.Flung back through time, they find themselves in the middle of The American Civil War, where Terra's skin puts her in grave danger. Although she serves on the highest council on the planet, Empress Terra is willing to risk her life for the scorching love of her slave Nic. ![]() ![]() Love between men and women is strictly forbidden, punishable by mutilation or death. While women are revered and placed on the highest of pedestals, men are kept in bondage, doomed to a future of abuse and servitude. A MIND BLOWING TWIST.Womankind has banded together to make the Planet Venus in the seventieth century both a technological marvel and cultural nightmare. ![]()
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![]() You’re not a damsel in distress and I’m not the handsome prince come to save you.”Ĭaleb is a man with a singular interest in revenge. Oh, don’t get us wrong, there were times we wished this man severe harm, but in the next breath, we saw something in him that gave us hope. “He was my tormentor and my solace the creator of the dark and the light within.” You don’t want to feel compassion for this man, but you do. Everyone we have recommended this book to has had the same conflicting feelings as us in regard to him. It will have you questioning everything about your feelings and you may even question your sanity over the compassion and love you will feel for Caleb.Ĭaleb is a character we should detest, but you can’t. It was gut-wrenching, intense, at times uncomfortable, yet one of the most emotional and well-written books you will ever read. Captive in the Dark is like no other book we’ve read. ![]() ![]() ![]() Those on the stage, behind the scenes and in the audience will undoubtedly adore the delightful experience that this book and score offer. Upon his return home, he realizes there is never a reason to be bored in a world full of so many things to discover.īeing an astoundingly well-known title and story makes the prospect of producing The Phantom Tollbooth most ideal. ![]() Knee-deep in danger, language and math along the way, Milo learns everything has a purpose. They are divided over which is more important: words or numbers. This plan also includes art, reading, language, science, and social studies curriculum. This lesson plan follows the reading of this book as a class with assignment, vocabulary, and activity suggestions by chapter. The Phantom Tollbooth comes to the rescue! Transported to the Land of Wisdom, Milo is thrust into adventure when told Princesses Rhyme and Reason need rescuing to bring peace between two kings. The Phantom Tollbooth is a novel on the 5th or 6th reading level. Adapted from Norton Juster's beloved children's book, this inventive musical features a melodious score by Arnold Black and witty lyrics full of wordplay by Pulitzer Prize and three-time-Tony-winner, Sheldon Harnick ( Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me).Įven surrounded by dozens of toys, Milo is bored. The exceptional tale of Milo, Tock and a certain magic tollbooth is brought splendidly to life on stage in The Phantom Tollbooth TYA. ![]() ![]() ![]() The people you meet know things about you, ranging from the intimate to the mundane, like your soda preferences. It’s the odd, uncomfortable thing about memoir writing, something we appreciate must mirror the experience of so many of our TV-star interview subjects. In fact, he even has a ranking: Target and Chipotle have a “good mix” (syrup to carbonation ratio) Subway and 7-11 are subpar. Many people who know Ausiello and read his book arrive armed with quips about the borderline addiction to fountain Diet Coke he details. ![]() (Relax, it’s under control.) We both order drinks, sparing ourselves lame jokes about Diet Coke. Ausiello’s book is candid about a flirtation with excessive drinking. There’s an awkward, fleeting stare-down, for example, when the waitress asks if we’d like a cocktail. So there was something meta and slightly trippy about my dinner with fellow entertainment reporter and legendary TV news scoopster Michael Ausiello, whose cleverly (and devastatingly) titled memoir Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words hits shelves Sept. ![]() The reporter-interviewee dynamic is always a weird one. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike in the first book, Breene here uses the preferable "she aimed a kick near his manhood" rather than the constant balls this and balls that of the first novel, but she periodically lapses into her old ways. ![]() Posing as a prostitute is reasonable in the context of chapter one, but it was not necessary for Breene to describe the act of coitus prior to the hero assuming her disguise. ![]() This second book is better than the first in that Breene uses euphemisms rather than describing the genitals in detail, but sections of the book are still crude and crass. (The book is not engaging or complex enough to be written for adults). The book also features uncomfortable sexual scenes, which I consider inappropriate for a Young Adult novel. And there is no growth and development through time or work the hero just suddenly uses more of her power. For example, Breene, unlike most fantasy authors, does not describe how the hero accesses her magic, how magic is used, etc. The mythology surrounding the Gift (magic) is better developed in this second book than it was in the first, but it is still less developed than in most other books of this genre. Like the first book in this series, "Hunted" is often poorly written (typos, incorrect grammar and syntax, awkwardly worded sentences), but the writing style has improved from the first book ("Chosen"). ![]() |