![]() ![]() Killing one would only allow the other to rule entirely. To me this doesn't seem very henious but it is sufficient for various heros to gather in an attempt to kill both sorcerors. The name of the country is stripped from teh memory of every person not currently born there - the country to disappear within a single generation. The punishment metted out by the furious sorceror is terrible. One though fights harder than all the rest and manages to ill a sorcerors son. When two sorcerors invade from a neighbouring kingdom, each fights on its own and capitulates. A peninsular - the palm - is ruled as nine small Dukedoms. ![]() ![]() A fairly standard high fantasy story, well told, but something was missing somewhere that could have made it great. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Thoreau was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the fugitive slave law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending the abolitionist John Brown. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and attention to practical detail. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay " Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. ![]() ![]() But soon, this one quest turns into two quests: to find Rump’s true name and to get away from whatever magic has captured him. The king threatened to kill Opal if she didn’t spin straw into gold. But, the miller’s daughter, Opal, can’t spin gold. The king came and wanted the miller’s daughter to spin gold for him. So suddenly, Rump has to help the greedy miller’s daughter because the miller had boasted that his daughter could spin straw into gold. ![]() He only gives him a bit of food for a whole bunch of gold. ![]() The miller is greedy and only wants things for himself. He spins great amounts of it and takes it to the miller. The next night he tries straw – and it works! The straw is spun into gold. That night, when Gran falls asleep, Rump tries to spin wool, but he ends up getting cut. Except one day, he finds his mother’s spinning wheel. ![]() No matter where he is, they always seem to find him. Frederick and Bruno always make fun of him. His mother named him something magnificent, but she only said the first part… the worst part! ![]() But Rump knows that “Rump” isn’t his full name. Hi! Do you know someone who has a silly name? Well, have you ever heard a name as silly as “Rump”? (It means a cow’s rear end!) In The Mountain, your name is your destiny. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lukoff navigates Bug’s journey of identity and discovery with grace, welcoming. ★ "Lukoff’s three primary themes-gender identity, grief, and ghostly hauntings-work in elegant harmony despite the load. ★ “Equal parts unsettling, heartwarming, and satisfying…a nuanced and compelling exploration of gender, friendship, and family.” – Booklist, starred review Through Bug’s journey to self-realization and self-acceptance, and the wonderfully nuanced understanding of gender he comes to, Lukoff provides a tender rumination on grief, love, and identity." – Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ “This coming-of-age and coming-out story takes a needed departure from other stories about transgender youth.A chilling, suspenseful ghost story balances the intimate, introspective narrative style.… Haunting and healing.” – Kirkus, starred review “A tender portrayal of a kid who is just coming to understand who he is.” – TIME It will almost certainly be banned in many places, but your child almost certainly needs to read it." – The New York Times Book Review "This book is a gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding, full of everything any of us would wish for our children. ![]() ![]() But now Jack’s life is doubly at risk-his heart is in danger and so is his safety after he injures the school bully in a fight for the affections of the beautiful singer. The object of his ardor is Miss Acacia-a bespectacled young street performer with a soul-stirring voice. And, of course, this is exactly what he does: on his tenth birthday and with head-over-heels abandon. Madeleine warns him that his heart is too fragile for strong emotions: he must never, ever fall in love. And it is in her orphanage that Jack grows up among tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, and a man with a musical spine.Īs Jack gets older, Dr. Madeleine-witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans-who saves Jack by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest. Born with a frozen heart, Jack is near death when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. A wildly original, fantastical adventure of love and heartbreak-and an animated movie, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart-that takes us from Edinburgh to Paris to Andalusia to tell the story of a boy who discovers the great joys and ultimately the greater costs, of owning a fully formed heart.Įdinburgh, 1874. ![]() |