![]() ![]() This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. Its sophisticated treatment of serious themes such as the evils of slavery, the individual versus society, and the conflicting impulses of human nature, make it as vital and important today as when it was first published more than one hundred and thirty years ago. One of the first major novels written in an American vernacular, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an essential part of the national identity. The colorful characters and dramatic situations they encounter along the way-from bloodthirsty thieves lurking in an abandoned steamboat to a pair of aristocratic conmen dead set on robbing Arkansas blind-draw the two escapees closer together, until Huck is forced to make a fateful choice between Jim's freedom and his own salvation. Fleeing his drunken father and the civilizing influence of the Widow Douglas, Huck and the runaway slave Jim pilot a log raft down the mighty Mississippi River. Tom Sawyer's best friend, Huckleberry Finn, takes center stage in this classic tale of boyhood adventure. An important book that deserves the widest possible readership." -Booklist, starred reviewĮBook: Mark Twain's masterpiece and the greatest of American novels. an eye-opening reimagination of a very real tragedy written with grace and heart." -The Los Angeles Times "At once a suspenseful, drama-packed survival story, a romance, and an intricately researched work of historial fiction." -The Wall Street Journal * "Beautifully written and deeply felt. A hefty emotional punch." -The New York Times Book Review "Heart-wrenching. Praise for Between Shades of Gray: "Superlative. ![]() But will strength, love, and hope be enough for Lina and her family to survive? A moving and haunting novel perfect for readers of The Book Thief. ![]() Risking everything, she imbeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hoping her drawings will make their way to her father's prison camp. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Morris Award finalist A Golden Kite Award winner Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life - until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. A New York Times notable book An international bestseller A Carnegie Medal nominee A William C. A stunning story of bravery, love, how far we've come and how much farther we have to go.An international bestseller, a New York Times bestseller, and now a major motion picture! Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray is now the film Ashes in the Snow! "Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important this novel is both." -The Washington Post From New York Times and international bestseller and Carnegie Medal winner Ruta Sepetys, author of Salt to the Sea, comes a story of loss and of fear - and ultimately, of survival. ![]() In this novel told in dual narratives, New York Times–bestselling author Robin Talley weaves together the lives of two young women connected across generations through the power of words. She feels especially connected to one author, a woman who wrote under the pseudonym "Marian Love," and becomes determined to track her down and discover her true identity. Between the pages of her favorite book, the stresses of Abby's own life are lost to the fictional hopes, desires, and tragedies of the characters she's reading about. Sixty-two years later, Abby Zimet can't stop thinking about her senior project and its subject-classic 1950s lesbian pulp fiction. As she juggles a romance she must keep hidden and a newfound ambition to write and publish her own story, she risks exposing herself-and Marie-to a danger all too real. It's not easy being gay in Washington, DC, in the age of McCarthyism, but when she discovers a series of books about women falling in love with other women, it awakens something in Janet. In 1955, eighteen-year-old Janet Jones keeps the love she shares with her best friend Marie a secret. "Suspenseful parallel lesbian love stories deftly illuminate important events in LGBTQ history" in the New York Times–bestselling author's YA novel ( Kirkus Reviews). ![]()
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