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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles)
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In this chilling beginning to The Wolves Chronicles, two little cousins are left in the care of an evil governess. They escape and travel 400 miles to London with their friend Simon and his geese. Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Nightbirds on Nantucket (Wolves Chronicles)
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Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home to England. Instead, Captain Casket's ship lands in Nantucket, where Dido and the captain's daughter, Dutiful Penitence, are left in the care of Dutiful's sinister Aunt Tribulation. In Tribulation's farmhouse, life is unbearable. When mysterious men lurk about in the evening fog, the resourceful Dido rallies against their shenanigans with help from Dutiful, a cabinboy named Nate, and a pink whale.
Arabel's Raven (Arabel and Mortimer)
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Young Arabel's life is changed forever when her father, a taxi driver, brings home an injured bird he finds in the street. This wacky raven eats everything in sight, answers the telephone by squawking "Nevermore!" and causes chaos wherever he goes--but Arabel loves her new feathered friend, whom she names Mortimer. This is the first volume of Arabel and Mortimer's adventures, brightened with hilarious illustrations by Quentin Blake.
The Way to Write for Children: An Introduction to the Craft of Writing Children's Literature
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In addressing "the way to write for children," Joan Aiken starts at the beginning. Is writing a children's book as simple as it looks? Do you want to write for children or about them? Do you want to write a picture book for young children, a book for new readers, or a chapter book for preteens? Why is Beatrix Potter so beloved? E. Nesbit? A. A. Milne? Maurice Sendak?
After more than fifteen years as a writing shelf classic, The Way to Write for Children has been completely revised and updated. From analysis of what makes the best-loved children's books so successful, to where to look for inspiration, to practical advice on how to structure a plot, Aiken delivers an extremely useful book for anyone who's ever considered writing a children's book.
Nearly everyone who has curled up with a child and a book has had the thought that he or she, too, could write a children's book. Joan Aiken, in a revised and updated version of her Way to Write for Children, cautions that it's not so easy. While books for the youngest readers may be simple, the best ones are far from simplistic. In this slender volume, Aiken alights on topics relevant to the writing of books for tots, 'tweens, and teens. And, as Jiminy Cricket is for Pinocchio, she acts as a conscience for children's book authors. "Since each child," she intones, "reads only about six hundred books in the course of childhood, each book should nourish them in some way." And if you're writing for teens? They are under enough pressure as it is to partake in adult activities, says Aiken. "Let not the fiction they are offered add to the pressure." Aiken is adamant about what children's books shouldn't do (they cannot be boring, they must not condescend, and they shouldn't include bridge passages or flashbacks) but not prescriptive about how they should be written. Just keep in mind, she says, that reading, for children, is serious business, and "it is the writer's duty to demonstrate to children that the world is not a simple place." As for subject matter, says Aiken, there are enough alphabet books and animal stories to go around. Instead, she recommends, try to observe small children and their interests with the same intense concentration that they employ. "Stairs, cupboards, blankets, sinks, ovens, soap, shoes, clocks, knitting, paper-bags--all these can be full of mystery, excitement, and beauty." --Jane Steinberg
Eliza's Daughter: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility
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A Young Woman Longing for Adventure and an Artistic Life... Because she's an illegitimate child, Eliza is raised in the rural backwater with very little supervision. An intelligent, creative, and free-spirited heroine, unfettered by the strictures of her time, she makes friends with poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge, finds her way to London, and eventually travels the world, all the while seeking to solve the mystery of her parentage. With fierce determination and irrepressible spirits, Eliza carves out a life full of adventure and artistic endeavor. PRAISE FOR JOAN AIKEN "Others may try, but nobody comes close to Aiken in writing sequels to Jane Austen."
PublishersWeekly "Aiken's story is rich with humor, and her language is compelling. Readers captivated with Elinor and Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility will thoroughly enjoy Aiken's crystal gazing, but so will those unacquainted with Austen."
Booklist "...innovative storyteller Aiken again pays tribute to Jane Austen in a cheerful spinoff of Sense and Sensibility."
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Jane Fairfax: The Secret Story of the Second Heroine in Jane Austen's Emma
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Jane Austen's Emma has been a favorite novel for Austenites since 1816. In the mid-1990s it became a favorite movie for millions of new admirers.
A key reason for Emma's success is that the story has two heroines-Emma Woodhouse and Jane Fairfax. In Austen's novel, Jane's backgound is left obscure, and the turmoil underlying her current reduced circumstances in mysterious.
At last we learn her whole story in Joan Aiken's superb retelling of Emma-this time from Jane Fairfax's point of view. When Jane Fairfax was published in hardcover, Aiken's wit, style, and skill prompted Booklist to say, "Brilliant...extraordinarily will done and highly recommended."
This worthy companion to the great original is for the first time now available in paperback.
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People: Heath Ledger recalled as his final film screened at Cannes ... - Contra Costa Times
Contra Costa Times, CA - May 23, 2009
People: Heath Ledger recalled as his final film screened at Cannes AIKEN — LAMBERT deserved to lose: One might assume there's a bond between "American Idol" runners-up Clay Aiken and Adam Lambert, because, you know, Aiken is gay and everyone assumes Lambert is, too. Forget it. Aiken has weighed in on Lambert and it
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Virginia Highland bars toast their histories - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - May 24, 2009
Virginia Highland bars toast their historiesThe first three seasons, “Idol” found a treasure trove of talent in Atlanta including Fantasia, Clay Aiken and Tamyra Gray. The show took a break for three years from the city but came back for season seven in 2007. Unfortunately, Atlanta that year did
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Billy Masters - Windy City Times
Windy City Times, IL - May 20, 2009
Windy City TimesBilly MastersInstead, I'll focus on the tension between “Idol” alum Clay Aiken and the show. People have asked why former contestants who came in fifth and sixth have been asked back this season, but Clay's been conspicuously absent. Well, he's actually been around
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Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige Join Mock “30 Rock” Choir
Rolling Stone - Feb 08, 5269
featured Joan Jett, Perry Farrell, Macy Gray, Pete Wentz and Harrison Ford. Rock Daily has collected the best all-star superchoruses, from “We Are The World” to “Affleck,” for your YouTubing pleasure, after the jump. Aiken is a legitimate musician,
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Augusta Salvation Army director takes leap of faith - Aiken Standard (subscription)
Aiken Standard (subscription), SC - May 12, 2009
Aiken Standard (subscription)Augusta Salvation Army director takes leap of faithBy JENNIFER MILLER He took a leap of faith when he uprooted from his native Atlanta and moved to Aiken 11 years ago without much of a job. He took a leap of faith when he left the higher paying private sector for a career in nonprofit organizations.
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