During five years under the Nazi regime, he gainsand losesfriends, falls in love, and makes one small mistake that threatens to catch up with him as he sets out to escape on skis over the mountains to Sweden. Espen gets his start by delivering illegal newspapers, then graduates to the role of courier and finally becomes a spy, dodging the Gestapo along the way. After Nazi Germany invades and occupies Norway, Espen and his friends are swept up in the Norwegian resistance movement. "Shadow on the Mountain" recounts the adventures of a 14-year-old Norwegian boy named Espen during World War II. She is the author of several ESL textbooks, as well as the YA mystery novels "Latitude Zero"and"Tokyo Heist." She is an avid traveler." She has published numerous short stories and essays, and she is also the Fiction Editor at YARN (Young Adult Review Network), an award-winning online magazine featuring short-form writing for teens. She has taught ESL and writing, most recently at Boston University. But she knows one thing: she has to solve the mystery-before it's too late.ĭiana Renn grew up in Seattle and now lives in Boston. As the mystery thickens, Violet's not sure whom she can trust. Violet's search for the missing van Gogh takes her from the Seattle Art Museum, to the yakuza-infested streets of Tokyo, to a secluded inn in Kyoto. Her father's newest clients, the Yamada family, are the victims of a high-profile art robbery: van Gogh sketches have been stolen from their home, and, until they can produce the corresponding painting, everyone's lives are in danger-including Violet's and her father's. When sixteen-year-old Violet agrees to spend the summer with her father, an up-and-coming artist in Seattle, she has no idea what she's walking into. The perfect mystery for fans of Ally Carter's Heist Society It's a mystery, and you ll race to solve it before Jacob figures it out for himself. You ll love it if you want a good thriller for the summer.
Riggs chilling, wondrous novel is already headed to the movies. With its "X-Men: First Class"-meets-time-travel story line, David Lynchian imagery, and rich, eerie detail, it's no wonder "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children "has been snapped up by Twentieth Century Fox.
John Green, "New York Times" best-selling author of "The Fault in Our Stars" The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.Ī tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. And somehow impossible though it seems they may still be alive. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. It all waits to be discovered in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience.
Includes an excerpt from the much-anticipated sequel and an interview with author Ransom RiggsĪ strange collection of very curious photographs.
The #1"New York Times"Best Seller is soon to be a major motion picture from visionary director Tim Burton, starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, EllaPurnell, Samuel L.
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