"A light but warm story full of lovable, quirky people with realistic struggles, this book affectionately portrays the insecurity and uncertainty every young adult feels growing up, and the power of love, friendship, and community to draw out vibrant strengths and gifts each person can offer to others."- Lemuria Bookstore, Jackson, Miss. Teen readers will be encouraged to discover who they are and how their actions affect the world around them, including the people they love."- St. "A perfect coming-of-age story about a strong girl trying to find her way in life."- Jessica Palacios, Once Upon a Time Books, Montrose, CA "A G-rated supernatural romance with interesting twists at its neatly tied up conclusion will appeal to readers looking for light chick-lit."- School Library Journal 2009 Top Shelf List (Top twenty books chosen by the Top Shelf Fiction Committee) January Book Choice: Columbus Parent Magazine Top Nine Books of 2009: Bookworm Readers A TOP PICK FOR SUMMER READING by Viking Magazine. Original manuscript added to the Ted Hipple Collection of Young Adult Literature at University of Southern Florida
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However, my own intervention within this debate seeks to engage with an under-researched area: the commercial context of the snuff film. To this end, Mark Betz states that A Serbian Film has been adopted as a yardstick for measuring the extremity of other films within fan discourses, contrasted with titles such as Salò (1975) or Antichrist (2009) and celebrated precisely because of its cinematic excess (2013: 497). Nearly a decade since the film’s release, existing scholarship has focused on its transgressive content-including themes of paedophilia, incest, and necrophilia-and polarised reception, with press commentators condemning the film as “sensationalist depravity” (Cox), “a controversial shocker” (Hayles), and “cruel and gruesome sexual violence” (Scott). Srđan Spasojević’s debut feature A Serbian Film (Srpski film, 2010) follows the character of Milos (Srdjan Todorovic), a retired porn star who makes a Faustian pact with director Vukmir (Sergej Trifunovic) to star in an ‘art-pornography’ film later revealed to be a snuff film. We recommend that these ideas are used as inspiration, that ideas are undertaken with appropriate adult supervision, and that each adult uses their own discretion and knowledge of their children to consider the safety and suitability. Our recommended activities are based on age but these are a guide. We recognise that not all activities and ideas are appropriate and suitable for all children and families or in all circumstances. Kidadl provides inspiration to entertain and educate your children. 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Written by the brilliant Julia Donaldson and stunningly illustrated by the multi-talented illustrator and printmaker Sara Ogilvie, The Detective Dog is a fast-paced celebration of books, reading, libraries, and the relationship between a little boy and his rather special dog. and Detective Dog Nell is ready to sniff out the culprit! So who better to have on hand when they arrive one morning to discover that the school's books have all disappeared! Who could have taken them? And why? There's only one dog for the job. Every Monday she goes to school with Peter and listens to children read. Whether it's finding a lost shoe or discovering who did a poo on the new gravel path, her ever-sniffing nose is always hard at work. Peter's dog Nell has an amazing sense of smell. She was known far and wide as Detective Dog Nell. " There once was a dog with a keen sense of smell. But when the dominoes start to fall and she finds the real threat is greater than she imagined, she must decide whether to play it cool or burn it all down. To free her sister, Eva will risk everything: her crew, her ship, and the life she’s built on the ashes of her past misdeeds. The worse things get, the more she lies, raising suspicions and testing her loyalty to her found family. The ship’s hold is full of psychic cats, an amorous fish-faced emperor wants her dead after she rejects his advances, and her sweet engineer is giving her a pesky case of feelings. When her sister Mari is kidnapped by The Fridge, a shadowy syndicate that holds people hostage in cryostasis, Eva must undergo a series of unpleasant, dangerous missions to pay the ransom.īut Eva may lose her mind before she can raise the money. “Jam-packed with weird aliens, mysterious artifacts, and lovable characters. a tremendous good time and an impressive debut.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred)Ī hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers everything from pop culture to video games and features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her motley crew, strange life forms, exciting twists, and a galaxy full of fun and adventure.Ĭaptain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra cruise the galaxy delivering small cargo for even smaller profits. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.Īs Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. They will live forever.Īnd Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. We intended to write the play around songs, but needed a composer to create the motifs and through-compose. I had already listened to over 300 songs from Ale Brider to Rodgers and Hammerstein, a cornucopia of Jewish music. Oh, and those three musicians were part of the cast of characters in an unfolding drama that I was then calling Rehearsing Vengeance. With Rebecca Taichman joining us at a bar, I explained the play in my head: seven actors, three musicians-an accordionist, violinist, and clarinet. I had known her primarily through the Klezmatics, and had heard one of her songs on Wonder Wheel, the very lovely compilation of Woody Guthrie lyrics that they set to music. Some time in 2012, I managed to track down Lisa Gutkin in New York. The play charts the history of an incendiary drama and the path of the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it. Indecent is inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance-a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel. If you are interested in Mark's services as a sensitivity reader for your project, please see their page on Sensitivity Reads for qualifications before contacting Mark. If you are looking for the school guide for Each of Us a Desert, you can find it here. If you are looking for the school guide for Anger Is A Gift, you can find it here. Please use the contact form to reach out to Mark about contacting their publicists at Tor Teen (YA), Harper Collins (MG), or Disney.įor tour information, as well as info on how to book Mark for appearances, please see the Tour page for all info on school visits, please visit the School Visits page. Mark is represented by DongWon Song of the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. Please contact DongWon for all blurb requests and opportunities. When not writing, they are trying to pet every dog in the world. Rooted in the working-class neighborhoods of Oakland, California, this is a tale of youth of. They are also the co-author (with Rick Riordan) of THE SUN AND THE STAR: A NICO DI ANGELO ADVENTURE. by Mark Oshiro RELEASE DATE: May 22, 2018. Mark Oshiro (they/them) is the award-winning author of the young adult books ANGER IS A GIFT (2019 Schneider Family Book Award), EACH OF US A DESERT, and INTO THE LIGHT, as well as their middle grade books THE INSIDERS, YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, DAVID BRAVO, and STAR WARS HUNTERS: BATTLE FOR THE ARENA. In 2016, the notorious prison opened its doors to the public for the first time and Artangel invited artists and writers to respond to Wilde’s stirring letter. The letter was originally published in 1905, five years after Wilde’s untimely death from cerebral meningitis likely triggered by an old prison injury, and was later reissued in De Profundis and Other Prison Writings ( public library | free ebook). Titled De Profundis, it chronicled Wilde’s effort to transmute his suffering into a spiritual journey toward self-transcendence. When Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854–November 30, 1900) was incarcerated for being homosexual, he set out to be reborn within the walls of the infamous Reading Prison and recorded that quest for rebirth on the hundred pages of a stunning 50,000-word letter to Sir Alfred “Bosie” Douglas - the love of Wilde’s life and the subject of his exquisite love letters. “Everything pours forth,” she observed in reflecting on her favorite books. “Oh, to be reborn within the pages of a book,” Patti Smith wrote as she contemplated time and transformation. Her books have been translated into over two dozen languages, as well as adapted into graphic novels. Richelle’s books have been on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists and received honors from the American Library Association. Her latest project, The Glittering Court, takes place in a fantasy world inspired by colonial America, following the adventures of three impoverished girls trained up to be “ladies” who can make advantageous marriages in a dangerous new world across the sea. Over on the young adult side, Richelle has written the much-acclaimed Vampire Academy series and its spin-off, Bloodlines, about a secret society keeping the vampire world hidden from humans. Her Georgina Kincaid and Dark Swan series take a witty but edgy look at the paranormal while her sci-fi Age of X series shows us a future with no religion. Richelle Mead is an international bestselling author of over twenty-five books for both adults and teens. |