![]() ![]() ![]() After some confusion of what to call the mysterious crime fighter, the people decided to call him "Kapitan Sino" (translated as Captain Who?). With the help of his best friend Bok-bok and his childhood friend Tessa (whom he also bears romantic feelings), he treads the path of saving lives and offering help to those in need. Kapitan Sino is a fictional story by Bob Ong about Rogelio Manglicmot, an average Electronics Technician in a town called Pelaez who became a Super Hero after learning his Special abilities. The story revolves around Rogelio Manglicmot, an electrician in the small barrio of Pelaez. ![]() Kapitan Sino (English: Captain Who) is a 2009 novel by a Filipino author under the pseudonym Bob Ong. ![]()
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![]() ![]() After searching my overloaded book cases I came across The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, a book I’d been looking forward to reading but just hadn’t found the time. I decided to have a short break from review books as I felt like reading something lighter, with romance and glamour and a heroine I could love. ![]() I do find that sometimes I have to be in a certain mood to read certain genres. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ’80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. ![]() Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Monique is not exactly on top of the world. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. 2021)Īging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. ![]() Publisher : Simon & Schuster UK (14 Oct. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was like going 95mph to 35mph and I have to admit that I might've skimmed over some of the details that I didn't care about to get to what I did care about-the battle, revelation of truth, and conclusion. The pacing is so quick that at about the 3/4 mark, the story got a little bogged down with the description/reasoning/explanation behind the action of the plot. ![]() The story was riveting and well written, like something ripped from a headline. Secondary characters enhanced the storyline with their unique personalities. I really enjoyed the female lead character and found her development authentic. The gripping plot yanked me into a twisting story that had me on the edge of my seat. Threadgill's and this author knows how to keep you turning pages well into the night-not to mention leave you carrying this story around with you even when you HAVE to put the book down. Thrilling page turner, the first I've read of Mr. ![]() ![]() The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USAįor his twelfth birthday, Gabriel gets a brand new Schwinn bicycle, but almost comes to grief after running a red light. And I ran two miles towards a 100 mile challenge. My favorite example of training kicking in is when I wrote a perfect five paragraph essay on Sci Fi Junior High.Īnd yes, I did indeed read six books yesterday. And if you have no idea what RACES writing is, it's okay to ask 8th graders to give you some hints.Īre you finding school tough, O Middle School Students? It's okay to practice writing on your own even if you have no assignments! When I was in 8th grade, I wrote an entire, horrible 320 page novel! On a 1958 Smith-Corona electric typewriter, no less. The point being: if you read enough and WRITE enough, it is very easy to complete assignments. ![]() Having read the following book the night before, I used my lunch time to answer eight questions on this book according to the rubric. Farnsworth and Ruth Wakefield for biography wax museums and completed countless other projects for a variety of subjects), I asked one teacher for the assignment. ![]() ![]() ![]() One nine weeks, I managed to accumulate 500 AR points. Since I don't like to ask students to do things I am not willing to do (E.G. Here's a fun fact: Our sixth graders, in the absence of Accelerated Reader this year, are doing book projects to reinforce their RACES writing skills. ![]() ![]() He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications and treatments, and the impact the malady has on various demographic populations-around the world and throughout history. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policy makers and politicians, drug designers, and philosophers, Andrew Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease as well as the reasons for hope. The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. ![]() ![]() The Noonday Demon is Andrew Solomon’s National Book Award-winning, bestselling, and transformative masterpiece on depression-“the book for a generation, elegantly written, meticulously researched, empathetic, and enlightening” ( Time)-now with a major new chapter covering recently introduced and novel treatments, suicide and anti-depressants, pregnancy and depression, and much more. ![]() ![]() ![]() The five funny and fabulous Tiffany Aching adventures are: It will take all the young witch's skill and cunning, as well as help from the legendary Granny Weatherwax and the irrepressible Wee Free Men, to survive until Spring.īecause if Tiffany doesn't make it to Spring, Spring won't come for anyone. ![]() When the Spirit of Winter takes a fancy to Tiffany Aching, he wants her to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Full of rich humor, wisdom, and eventfulness.” - Horn Book (starred review)īy the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the third in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching. “Pratchett’s unique blend of comedy and articulate insight is at its vibrant best. ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice * ALA Notable Children's Book ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In naming him an Editor’s Choice, the New York Times has called his work “dazzling… big-hearted.” He is also the author of two novels for adults and four other novels for children and young adults. He lives in New York City, where he reviews bo ELIOT SCHREFER is a New York Times-bestselling author, and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award. His books have been named to the NPR “best of the year” list, the ALA best fiction list for young adults, and the Chicago Public Library’s “Best of the Best.” His work has also been selected to the Amelia Bloomer List, recognizing best feminist books for young readers, and he has been a finalist for the Walden Award and won the Green Earth Book Award and Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. ELIOT SCHREFER is a New York Times-bestselling author, and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award. ![]() ![]() With the lid removed, three vignettes gracing the outside edges of the inner box (above) reveal her partner, child, florist’s job, left prosthetic lower leg and worried worldview. Ware introduces this woman from the start on the front lid, sleeping in an appropriate foetal position and in a half a close-up. So is the base of the box, which offers a cutaway drawing of the apartment building, the setting and occasional narrator of these stories mainly about its elderly landlady and her tenants - a couple whose childless marriage is crumbling and a single woman, who quickly emerges as Ware’s principal focus. The puzzles start immediately on the box’s lid (above) with the title’s rebuses: the ‘B’ stands next to a bee the ‘IL’ becomes Chicago’s state of Illinois the ‘ding’ becomes a doorbell chime, all clues for what awaits within. Instead of trying to squeeze a decade’s worth of his story’s diverse serialised formats into a single unified tome, as he did with Jimmy Corrigan (2000),Ware atomises Building Stories into a multi-faceted print object, adding unseen materials to fashion “something to hold onto” in our digital, virtual age. ![]() ![]() ![]() When is a book more like a game? When it’s a graphic novel that comes inside a boardgame-sized box and in fourteen different parts, from one-tiered, concertina-folded strips to giant broadsheet supplements. ![]() ![]() Yet, the CD-ROM has the tremendous advantage over the book in that it may feature animations and sounds that irresistibly appeal for children's attention. ![]() Both stories are presented in the same manner as the traditional books with the text accompanied by dozens of ravishing illustrations. The second tale included on the CD-ROM retraces the perilous episode when Peter and his cousin Benjamin Bunny, decided to go back to the garden and get back Peter's clothes. McGregor's garden and lost his clothes while escaping it. "The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny" explains how Peter Rabbit ventured into Mr. The two stories faithfully reproduce the original texts with an exact reproduction of the illustrations that were used in the printed editions. ![]() In association with Frederick Warne & Co, the original publisher of Beatrix Potter's work, Mindscape recently released "The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny", a new educative title targeted for children from three to seven. With these few words begins "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", the first of a long series of children's tales that Beatrix Potter wrote at the turn of the century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thus begins the search for her brother as Jess prises open the reluctant neighbors’ doors to make sense of the tidbits of information they have on offer. Surprisingly, no one is willing to talk to her or even acknowledge her existence. However, when she gets to his apartment, he is nowhere to be seen. Jess is broke and has come to Paris to spend some time with her brother. The Paris Apartment is the story of a girl named Jess. Her latest book, The Paris Apartment, was released in 2022.Īpart from thrillers, Foley has also dipped her toes in historic-fiction with her book, Last Letter from Istanbul. Her 2020 novel, The Guest List, earned her the honor of the New York Times’ Best Thriller Author. Her signature style would thereafter develop a unique blend of the French and Western cultures.įoley would go on to publish several mystery-thrillers, all centered around murders. Set between Paris and London, this work established Foley as an accomplished mystery author. Her first work was titled The Book of Lost and Found. Lucy Foley is a British author of mystery novels. ![]() |