This novella became the movie Stand By Me.įinally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “The Breathing Method.” In “The Body,” four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. Next is “Apt Pupil,” the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge-the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption. Includes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”-set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, MaineĪ “hypnotic” ( The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas-including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption-from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters.
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His Kaywana trilogy-Children of Kaywana (1952), The Harrowing of Hubertus (1954), and Kaywana Blood (1958)-an imaginative account of a proud, violent family-is considered his finest work. A Morning at the Office (1950) is a coldly objective view of the absurdities of a tightly organized hierarchical colonial society. Corentyne Thunder (1941) is a traditionally written novel, but it deals with the spiritual schizophrenia of a protagonist torn between two conflicting loyalties. In his relatively short life, Mittelholzer published 22 novels, as well as other works. He was the first writer of his generation to emigrate from the West Indies and attempt a career as a serious novelist in England. His works represent the personal struggle between a sense of identification with European culture and a sense of identity as a West Indian. Of mixed Swiss and Creole heritage, Mittelholzer decided at an early age to become a writer. The chapters in The Dispossessed alternate between the events after Shevek’s arrival on Urras, on the one hand, and his life on Anarres from his youth up until his departure, on the other. In addition, his act asserts that individual will must be allowed to reign in a truly revolutionary society he hopes that his actions will spur dialogue and change on Anarres. Shevek, an independent thinker who founds the Syndicate of Initiative, travels to the state of A-Io, a country on Urras, despite his countrymen’s disapproval and even protest, in the hopes of creating more exchange between the two societies. Upon settling Urras, Odinians refused contact with their former home, the planet Anarres: the only exchange between the planets occurs as mined goods are sent from Anarres to Urras electronics, petroleum, and other engineered supplies are sent to Anarres in return. Shevek is an Odinian physicist from the planet of Urras, a socialist planet without a central government that follows the teachings of the revolutionary Odo. The Dispossessed tells the story of its protagonist Shevek’s journey from his home on a desolate, isolated moon to the abundant planet around which his society revolves. While sitting at the airport reading through numerous online hateful comments from other students at her school, she meets Adam.Īdam Chen converted to Islam at the age of 11. With the suspension adding an extra week to spring break, her parents allow her to visit her aunt in Doha, Qatar, earlier than planned. He targets her especially because she is a hijabi and therefore a visible Muslim. When we meet 18-year-old Zayneb Malik, she has just been suspended for standing up to Fencer, her Islamophobic teacher. Love from A to Z takes what seems like just another adorable teenage love story and pushes it to a whole new level by infusing it with the painful and heavy experience of enduring Islamophobia – more importantly it manages to tackle both topics without being saccharine or careless. Publisher: Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book will hold their attention not because the topic is fascinating and the writing is sublime, but because the differences of each day are so compulsively interesting. This book also portrayed the various aspects of each diverse life very clearly and honestly. These small details of diversity are what make this book so unique and powerful, but also they make me want to include it in my classroom even more-my students could learn so much about new struggles and lives that they never thought possible. He captured everything-my personal favorite was the person who was having withdraw symptoms (61). One of my favorite things about Every Day was that each person A woke up as was wildly different-Levithan had fabulous representation in his novel, from persons with mental illnesses to physical disabilities, to gender identities and sexual preferences. Develop one aspect of the story you enjoyed or disliked (plot, setting, a character, ending). DDC classification: 940.53/1773 LOC classification: D769.8. In 2014 his title, Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II, made The New York Times Best Seller List. By: Sandler, Martin W Material type: Text Publisher: New York : Walker Books For Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury, 2013 Description: 176 pages : illustrations (some color) 28 cm Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 9780802722775 0802722776 9780802722782 0802722784 Subject(s): Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) | World War (1939-1945) | Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Juvenile literature | World War, 1939-1945 - Japanese Americans - Juvenile literature | Japanese Americans - History - 20th century - Juvenile literature | Japanese Americans | Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 - Japanese Americans | Japanese Americans - History - 20th century | Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 | Japanese Americans - History | World War, 1939-1945 | 1900-1999 Genre/Form: History. Imprisoned : the betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II / Martin W. Together, with Hope’s parents Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures - and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.ĭirected by Peyton Reed and produced by Kevin Feige and Stephen Broussard, “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” also stars Majors as Kang the Conqueror, David Dastmalchian as Veb, Katy O’Brian as Jentorra, William Jackson Harper as Quaz and Bill Murray as Lord Krylar. In the movie, Marvel’s third in the Ant-Man franchise, superheroes Scott Lang (Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and The Wasp. But of even greater consequence was his remarkable magnum opus, I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura translated into every major Western European language in the two centuries following its publication in 1570, it has been one of the most influential books in the history of architecture. The wide spread of Palladianism was due partly to the private and public buildings he constructed in Italy, the designs of which were copied throughout Europe. Art in America.Īndrea Palladio (1508-1580) was one of the most celebrated architects of the Renaissance, so important that the term Palladian has been applied to a particular style of architecture that adheres to classical concepts. the most influential book published in the history of architecture. Covers classical architectural remains, Renaissance revivals, classical orders, more. About the Book Exemplary reprint of 16th-century classic. It’s snappier and funnier, leaving the reader desirous to know what happens next, much like Sean McKeever’s Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane. Her work includes the Tor.com short story Do Not. even though she mostly lives in airports. The narrative doesn’t exactly adhere to realism. Prudence Shen is a writer and caffeine addict who pays rent in D.C. The drama of the key events (an intense student council race, a trip to Atlanta for a robot battle, a rivalry for protagonist Charlie who holds loyalties to both jocks and dweebs) is rendered with just enough upscaling to keep things entertaining. The cheerleaders may be the bad guys, but they’re not ditzes by any means instead, they’re impressively Machiavellian and focused on achieving their own goals. For example, Nate, who heads up the robotics club, is by turns sympathetic and manipulative, hard-headed and idea-driven. Shen’s snark and ability to create well-rounded characters meld perfectly with Hicks’ gift for depicting all forms of slouch. But calling this charming book conventional would be like saying Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer was just another show about high school. The plot plays with the universal YA themes of warring social groups: robot-club nerds fight evil cheerleaders for student club funding. But her collaboration Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong with writer Prudence Shen, who debuts with a polished, funny, and unconventional voice, shows some of the best work in the Canadian artist’s oeuvre. She’s an uncommonly talented visual artist, plus a pretty good writer. Paste has reviewed its fair share of Faith Erin Hicks’ work ( The Adventures of Superhero Girl and Friends With Boys). The point is that Jacky Rowan, the Jack of this story, is tasked with rescuing the daughter of some fairy king, and in order to do so, she must find this Horn thingy, while also fighting a few giants and bogans and things… It tries so hard to be a grand, epic adventure, but a big chunk of this problem lies with how Jacky reacts to-and eventually plays a very, very small part in-this adventure.Īs far as fairy tale heroines go, Jacky is as plain and bland as you can get, and I don’t just mean in an attempt to offset the pastel magical-ness of the faerie world she encounters. Besides, the plot is such a clichéd hero’s journey I think I’d be wasting my time rattling it off. Rather than giving a summary, I’ll just jump right into the review, because the less time I have to spend with it, the better. Of course, it cannot be easy to make a compelling retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk, because of its rinse-and-repeat storyline of climbing a tall green plant and stealing from an angry giant, but I know it’s possible for someone to do better than this. Honestly, if not for this blog, I would have quitted this book halfway through. I cannot remember the last time a fairy tale retelling left me feeling so indifferent. |