An Accident of Stars

An Accident of Stars
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Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 9780857665867
ISBN-13 : 0857665863
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis An Accident of Stars by : Foz Meadows

Portal fantasy grows up in this immersive series kickoff featuring “a life-changing adventure, . . . compelling characters and a fascinating world” (Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot Diaries) When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kena—a magical realm on the brink of civil war. It’s there that her fate becomes intertwined with that of three very different women: Zech, the fast-thinking acolyte of a cunning, powerful exile; Viya, the spoiled, runaway consort of the empire-building ruler, Vex Leoden; and Gwen, an Earth-born worldwalker whose greatest regret is putting Leoden on the throne. But Leoden has allies, too, and chief among them is the Vex’Mara Kadeja, a dangerous ex-priestess who shares his dreams of conquest. Pursued by Leoden and aided by the Shavaktiin—a secretive order of storytellers and mystics—the rebels flee to Veksh, a neighboring matriarchy ruled by the fearsome Council of Queens. Saffron is out of her world and out of her depth, but the further she travels, the more she finds herself bound to her friends with ties of blood and magic. Can one girl—and an accidental worldwalker at that—really be the key to saving Kena? Or will she die trying?

The Weight of the Stars

The Weight of the Stars
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 293
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250101648
ISBN-13 : 1250101646
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Weight of the Stars by : K. Ancrum

A vivid, evocative YA lesbian romance about how the universe is full of second chances Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn’t an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the “wrong” side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends. One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryann’s offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken arm, the girls are brought together despite themselves—and Ryann learns her secret: Alexandria’s mother is an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to the edge of the solar system. Every night without fail, Alexandria waits to catch radio signals from her mother. And now it’s up to Ryann to lift her onto the roof day after day until the silence between them grows into friendship, and eventually something more. The Weight of the Stars is the new LGBT young adult romance from K. Ancrum, written with the same style of short, micro-fiction chapters and immediacy that garnered acclaim for her debut, The Wicker King. An Imprint Book “The Weight of the Stars is one of the most gentle, gracious, and, overall, kind books that I've read all year ... It's a YA romance about girls and stars and friendship and mercy and loss and regret and what we owe each other and what we give away to lift each other up ... This book is starlight on broken concrete, it's flowers on a broken rooftop, and it's a masterpiece.” —Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway “As bright as it is stellar ... a story with a lush, dark atmosphere; heartbreaking circumstances; bright, new love that blossoms from ugliness; and vividly real, magnetic characters.” —Booklist (starred review) “Touches on sexual identity, friendship, nontraditional families, and the price of human space exploration. The characters' resilience and vulnerability are deftly handled ... For readers who are drawn to the unconventional, this will be a satisfying read.” —Kirkus Reviews “Their slow-burn romance ... is sweetly, devastatingly understated.” - BCCB PRAISE FOR THE WICKER KING: “Ancrum delves into the blurry space between reality and madness. A haunting and provocative read that will keep teens riveted.” —School Library Journal “Teen fans of moody psychological horror will be entranced.” —Booklist “Give this to readers who like complex, experimental fictions about intense relationships that acquire mythic resonance.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books “An eerie piece of realistic fiction whose characters revel in intense emotions.” —Kirkus Reviews “An eerie and mesmerizing thriller that questions the space where reality and perception overlap, The Wicker King is a spine-tingling read that will have you riveted.” —Caleb Roerhrig, author of Last Seen Leaving and White Rabbit

An Accident of Stars

An Accident of Stars
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 656
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1525246267
ISBN-13 : 9781525246265
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis An Accident of Stars by : Foz Meadows

When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kena, a magical realm on the brink of civil war. There, her fate becomes intertwined with that of three very different women: Zech, the fast-thinking acolyte of a cunning, powerful exile; Viya, the spoiled, runaway consort of the empire-building ruler, Vex Leoden; and Gwen, an Earth-born worldwalker whose greatest regret is putting Leoden on the throne. Pursued by Leoden and aided by the Shavaktiin, a secretive order of storytellers and mystics, the rebels flee to Veksh, a neighboring matriarchy ruled by the fearsome Council of Queens. Saffron is out of her world and out of her depth, but the further she travels, the more she finds herself bound to her friends with ties of blood and magic. * For fans of progressive epic fantasy� Comparable to the work of Kameron Hurley, A.M Dellamonica, Senan Maguire, Corinne Duyvis

The Accident Season

The Accident Season
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 300
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780698405035
ISBN-13 : 069840503X
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis The Accident Season by : Moïra Fowley-Doyle

For fans of We Were Liars, How I Live Now, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane comes a haunting, sexy debut of magical realism. And look for Moïra Fowley-Doyle's newest book, Spellbook of the Lost and Found. Every October Cara and her family become inexplicably and unavoidably accident-prone. Some years it's bad, like the season when her father died, and some years it's just a lot of cuts and scrapes. This accident season—when Cara, her ex-stepbrother, Sam, and her best friend, Bea, are 17—is going to be a bad one. But not for the reasons they think. Cara is about to learn that not all the scars left by the accident season are physical: There's a long-hidden family secret underneath the bumps and bruises. This is the year Cara will finally fall desperately in love, when she'll start discovering the painful truth about the adults in her life, and when she'll uncover the dark origins of the accident season—whether she's ready or not.

This Is Not an Accident

This Is Not an Accident
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Publisher : Viking Adult
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0670026042
ISBN-13 : 9780670026043
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis This Is Not an Accident by : April Wilder

Presents a collection containing a novella and short stories about the mishaps and near-disasters of everyday life and their consequences.

An Accident of Love

An Accident of Love
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 244
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis An Accident of Love by : Mary Ellin Barrett

Tears of a Tiger

Tears of a Tiger
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 25
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781442489134
ISBN-13 : 1442489138
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Tears of a Tiger by : Sharon M. Draper

The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

Night Came with Many Stars

Night Came with Many Stars
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 1567927033
ISBN-13 : 9781567927030
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Night Came with Many Stars by : Simon Van Booy

A family saga--told in a captivating narrative that leaps forwards and backwards in time--of one family's struggle to survive in the rural United States over 100 years. Carol was thirteen when her daddy lost her in a game of cards. One year later--pregnant and with nowhere to go--she is taken in by Bessie and Martha, who run a secret refuge for "lost women." Fifty years on in the same small Kentucky town, Carol's thirteen-year-old grandson rides his BMX and watches wrestling, mesmerized by 1980s excess, while his community fights to stay employed in factories and on farms. Simon Van Booy has woven the many struggles and small triumphs of three generations of a single Kentucky family into an intimate portrayal of American life that includes the Depression, war, faith, the hardship of women, racial prejudice, and rural disenfranchisement. Van Booy captures the distinctive voices of each generation, time and again revealing the sacred bonds of family and friendship in times of crisis. With stark, poetic clarity, Night Came with Many Stars is a captivating journey through one century that reveals an America rarely seen.

The Accident

The Accident
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Publisher : The Last Word
Total Pages : 284
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780648225959
ISBN-13 : 064822595X
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The Accident by : Natalie Barelli

If only she'd said no... Katherine knew she’d had too many drinks, but they were only going a short distance. And as Eve pointed out, it was late, there was no traffic anyway... But Katherine would give anything to turn back the clock. If anyone ever found out about the accident, it would ruin her life. But no one needs to know because Eve was there too, and she’s going to help make it all go away. Except something's not quite right with Eve, and by the time Katherine realizes that… It's too late.

A Glorious Accident

A Glorious Accident
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Publisher : W.H. Freeman
Total Pages : 306
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0716735644
ISBN-13 : 9780716735649
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis A Glorious Accident by : Wim Kayzer

In this companion to the Public Television series, journalist Wim Kayzer invited a diverse cast of six of today's greatest scientific thinkers to discuss, debate, and argue their points regarding why we are here on this planet, in this universe.