![]() ![]() When the drama first appeared downtown at the Vineyard Theater in 1997, it crashed through barriers, through taboos, preconceptions, formal cowardice. Paula Vogel’s play has been around so long, and been so widely studied and awarded, it changed the American theater. And then Li’l Bit calls the man “Uncle Peck.” The first time she says it, your stomach drops. ![]() The night is hot and drowsy - so far, so Americana. While assuring her that he’s been a “good boy,” he unhooks her bra and manages to get her top off. ![]() (The set is simple: just a group of chairs surrounded by glowing screens.) When she joins him in the car, the 17-year-old Li’l Bit and the older man banter and flirt and negotiate. How I Learned to Drive starts on a warm summer night in 1969 - a night, our narrator Li’l Bit tells us, that could make a “middle-aged man with a mortgage feel like a country boy again.” That man, a big lanky fellow, is waiting behind her as she talks to us, sitting in the front seat of a Buick. ![]()
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![]() While at the ball, Ruth does the unthinkable out of jealousy and love of Clara and Master, burning down the Master's magnum opus, a painting of Clara. Iris secretly helps Clara get to the ball and the prince immediately falls in love with her. Margrethe makes Iris and Ruth go to the ball in the hopes of making the prince fall in love with Iris. ![]() While caring for her sisters and keeping the peace between Clara and Margarethe, Iris develops a painter's eye and spends time studying under a local painter known as The Master, and his apprentice, Caspar. Upon her father's death, Iris is slightly at odds with the world and often contemplates the value of beauty and ugliness. Having fled from the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England to Haarlem, the Netherlands. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a 1999 fantasy novel by American writer Gregory Maguire, retelling the tale of Cinderella through the eyes of one of her "ugly stepsisters." In 2002, the book was adapted into a TV movie of the same name directed by Gavin Millar.Ĭonfessions of an Ugly Stepsister tells the story of Iris, the plain younger daughter of Margarethe Fisher, as she takes care of her mentally challenged older sister Ruth and her beautiful stepsister Clara. ![]() ![]() Never mind that the increased taxes were the necessary result of the costly Seven Years’ War, or that they still amounted to only two-thirds of what mainland Britons paid. But it was the better-off Colonial elite who came to their defense, “pos as Patriots to champion the rights of common people.” These wealthier elite controlled the cities’ printing presses and could quickly popularize the idea that Parliament had taxed the colonists without fair representation. ![]() Meanwhile, in port cities such as Boston and New York, artisans, laborers, and decommissioned soldiers bore the brunt of the new taxes Parliament imposed on the Colonies. As speculators, they had no intention of moving west themselves they simply wanted to flip the real estate, cashing in on the backs of poor settlers. But it wasn’t the poor white settlers whose complaints stoked patriotic fervor: George Washington, a wealthy Virginia slaveholder and Seven Years’ War veteran, and Benjamin Franklin, an affluent publisher and slaveholder as well, had bought western land now deemed inaccessible. British policymakers in London “concluded that settlers, rather than Indians, posed the greatest threat to imperial peace.” In consequence, they drew a firm line in the sand-the Proclamation Line of 1763, running along the Appalachian Mountain chain, across which colonists could not venture. ![]() ![]() ![]() The long-running Foreigner series can also be enjoyed by more casual genre readers in sub-trilogy installments. Can Bren stay alive and not alienate Ilisidi or Tabini, while also representing the interests of their enemy? But Machigi is suspicious of Ilisidi's motives, and, to Bren's utter shock, evokes an ancient law that jeopardizes Bren's life. Bren's genius for negotiation enable him to make a daring trade offer to Machigi-one that seems to interest the young warlord. Bren knows that the autocratic Machigi rules a fractious clan, and that his hospitality is not guaranteed. ![]() ![]() But Ilisidi, the wily and dangerous aiji-dowager, is not inclined to be passive, and in a brazen maneuver sends Bren into enemy territory, to the palace of Machigi, the leader of the rebels.īren's mission is to negotiate with Machigi-a young atevi lord who has never actually seen a human-and somehow persuade him to cease his hostile actions against the West. But now he is trapped inside Najida-which has been surrounded by enemies-with Ilisidi, the powerful grandmother of his ally, Tabini-aiji, atevi leader of the Western Association. In the wake of civil war, Bren Cameron, the brilliant human diplomat of the alien atevi civilization, has left the capital and sought refuge at his country estate, Najida. The twelfth novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences… ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Hernando meets Fatima, a beautiful girl with black eyes, she becomes the love of his life. Despised by the townsfolk and by his own stepfather for his 'tainted' heritage, he is banished to live in the stables and becomes an expert muleteer. Caught in the conflict is young Hernando, the son of an Arab woman who was raped by a Christian priest. After years of Christian oppression, the Moors take arms against their masters and daub the white houses of Sierra Nevada with the blood of their victims. Snared between two cultures and two loves, one man is forced to choose.1564, the Kingdom of Granada. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But then she catches a lucky break and resolves that she’ll fight back and win. At first, Sue literally can’t believe what’s happened to her-just to give her the message that it’s all terribly real and raise the stakes a tad, Decatur chops off her finger when he turns her loose, and her early survival strategies are ineffectual. He doesn’t know it’s her first night on the job or that she’s Sue Turnbull, the daughter of his friend Anchorage cop Sgt. One year his choice falls on Susie, an exotic dancer he picks up at Bushwhackers, the local strip joint. Small wonder no one suspects that every time he goes on one of his annual hunting trips, he takes with him a different young woman he’s kidnapped to rape, release and hunt through the deep Alaskan wilderness after giving her half an hour’s head start. ![]() He has a devoted wife and two wonderful children. First-timer McDaniel and veteran Womack ( The Software Bomb, 1993, etc.) attempt to breathe new life into Richard Connell’s classic story “The Most Dangerous Game” by making the man hunted for sport into a series of hunted women.ĭecatur Kaiser is compulsively tidy, likes sophomoric puns and runs the best bakery in Anchorage. ![]() ![]() ![]() Would your child want a wolf for a pet? Discuss the differences between a cat and a lion or tiger (even though they are both felines). Discuss the differences between a dog and a wolf (even though they are both canines). ![]() Use the shutterfold book activity to aid in your discussion of the various things that people and animals both need.Ī domestic animal is an animal that adapts to living with human beings and to serving their purposes they are generally tame and depend on their owners for food and water. Does your student know how to take care of a pet?ĭiscuss the similar needs that animals and humans have: food & water, shelter, affection, grooming, etc. Harry is the pet of the family in the story. Which ones make good pets? You may even want to take this one step further and think of other animals (elephant, flamingo, etc.) that would probably not make good pets and discuss why. Look throughout the story at all the different animals (dogs, birds, cats, spider, caterpillar, butterfly, etc.). Here are some sample lessons from our Harry the Dirty Dog unit study: His family doesn’t even recognize him! from Harry the Dirty Dog‘s back cover Harry the Dirty Dog Activities & Lessons By the time he returns home, Harry is so dirty he looks like a black dog with white spots. He plays outside all day long, digging and sliding in everything from garden soil to pavement tar. So one day before bath time, Harry runs away. Harry is a white dog with black spots who loves everything. ![]() ![]() ![]() Haunting, yet hopeful, this truly intriguing young adult novel will leave you feeling satisfied that those moments in life once considered insignificant have meaning and value… and that they will remain with you as you enter the Everafter. Particularly of significance is the epilogue, where a friend recognizes the value of true friendship and a kindred soul. ![]() Realizing she is not alone in this mystical place, she and other spirits connect and move through the significant happenings from life to discover what the “Universe wants me to understand:” to accept how things are, why they are, to rediscover love and move to Everafter. Objects she once lost: a hair clip, a baby rattle, an earring, her boyfriend’s sweatshirt… Traveling back through time to the various places and events where the items were lost, she becomes aware of how each has shaped her into the person had become. She is grateful for their enthusiasm and fresh approach to life. She loves working with teenagers, both as a writer and a teacher. And most importantly she is trying to find out what’s next.Īlone in a dark, dark place that she calls “is”, Madison begins to find luminescent objects. Amy Huntley is a young adult author and high school English teacher. ![]() Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Mary Jean Jakubowski: ![]() ![]() Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world, they ask. ![]() As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism ![]() ![]() ![]() Parents need to know that Chain of Thorns is the third and final book in The Last Hours series set in the vast Shadowhunter world of author Cassandra Clare that is geared specifically for mature teens and up. Grace owns up to her many mistakes and learns to forgive herself and move forward. Ariadne finds independence – and a name change to Ari – by accepting herself as a lesbian woman and not letting parental expectations dictate her future. Matthew works hard to conquer his addiction, starting with learning to let his friends help him instead of keeping his struggles to himself. Cordelia's brother Alastair shows support for little sister Cordelia and opens himself to friendship and love, something he never thought he deserved before. ![]() While Cordelia stumbles blindly into some dangerous situations, she does it in the name of saving her friends and family. He keeps secrets for far too long because he doesn't want anyone's pity, but also chooses forgiveness over hatred and revenge. James uses skills of self-control he learned from his uncle to find calm, focused resilience when evil powers threaten to envelop him. The friends in this story show teamwork, courage, and perseverance in the face of adversity. All this positive communication would not be possible without strong, empathetic friendships demonstrated throughout. ![]() |