Mapping the Bones

Mapping the Bones
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9780399546679
ISBN-13 : 0399546677
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Mapping the Bones by : Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen, the bestselling and award-winning author of The Devil's Arithmetic, returns to World War II and the Holocaust with this timely and necessary novel. It's 1942 in Poland, and the world is coming to pieces. At least that's how it seems to Chaim and Gittel, twins whose lives feel like a fairy tale torn apart, with evil witches, forbidden forests, and dangerous ovens looming on the horizon. But in all darkness there is light, and the twins find it through Chaim's poetry and the love they have for each other. Like the bright flame of a Yahrzeit candle, his words become a beacon of memory so that the children and grandchildren of survivors will never forget the atrocities that happened during the Holocaust. Filled with brutality and despair, this is also a story of poetry and strength, in which a brother and sister lose everything but each other. Nearly thirty years after the publication of her award-winning and bestselling The Devil's Arithmetic and Briar Rose, Yolen once again returns to World War II and captivates her readers with the authenticity and power of her words. Perfect for fans of Markus Zuzak's The Book Thief and Ruta Sepetys's Salt to the Sea.

The Map of Bones

The Map of Bones
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9781476767222
ISBN-13 : 147676722X
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Map of Bones by : Francesca Haig

"Book Two in the critically acclaimed The Fire Sermon trilogy--The Hunger Games meets Cormac McCarthy's The Road in this richly imagined post-apocalyptic series by award-winning poet Francesca Haig. Four hundred years in the future, the Earth has turned primitive following a nuclear fire that has laid waste to civilization and nature. Though the radiation fallout has ended, for some unknowable reason every person is born with a twin. Of each pair, one is an Alpha--physically perfect in every way; and the other an Omega--burdened with deformity, small or large. With the Council ruling an apartheid-like society, Omegas are branded and ostracized while the Alphas have gathered the world's sparse resources for themselves. Though proclaiming their superiority, for all their effort, Alphas cannot escape one harsh fact: whenever one twin dies, so does the other. Cass is a rare Omega, one burdened with psychic foresight. While her twin, Zach, gains power on the Alpha Council, she dares to dream the most dangerous dream of all: equality. For daring to envision a world in which Alphas and Omegas live side-by-side as equals, both the Council and the Resistance have her in their sights"--

Map of Bones

Map of Bones
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 400
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780061792687
ISBN-13 : 0061792683
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Map of Bones by : James Rollins

In this heart-stopping novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, an elite team of ex-Special Forces soldiers turned scientific specialists must uncover a secret society and the treasure that could destroy the world. When a group of parishioners are burned to death in a German cathedral, the U.S. sends in the Sigma force. The tragedy is more than a case of arson; someone has stolen the priceless treasure stored in the cathedral’s golden reliquary: the bones of the Biblical Magi, the legendary Three Kings. Commander Logan Pierce, new to Sigma, will lead a team on the hunt for the Royal Dragon Court, a clandestine aristocratic fraternity of alchemists dating back to the Middle Ages, who seek to establish a New World Order using the mystical bones. The Sigma team will follow a labyrinth of clues leading from Europe’s gothic cathedrals, through the remnants of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, to a mystical place where science and religion will unite to unleash a threat not seen since the beginning of time itself.

City of Bones

City of Bones
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 544
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ISBN-10 : 9781481455923
ISBN-13 : 1481455923
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis City of Bones by : Cassandra Clare

Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.

Briar Rose

Briar Rose
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 260
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0765342308
ISBN-13 : 9780765342300
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Briar Rose by : Jane Yolen

An American journalist is trapped in Nazi Germany in this variation on the Sleeping Beauty theme.

Children of Blood and Bone

Children of Blood and Bone
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Publisher : Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Total Pages : 543
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250170972
ISBN-13 : 1250170974
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Children of Blood and Bone by : Tomi Adeyemi

Zľie Adebola remembers when the soil of Ors̐ha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zľie's Reaper mother summoned forth souls.

Gathering the Bones

Gathering the Bones
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 450
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ISBN-10 : 9780765301796
ISBN-13 : 0765301792
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Gathering the Bones by : Dennis Etchison

Offers an anthology of thirty-four horror tales from the United States, Great Britain, and Australia.

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 290
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780525541356
ISBN-13 : 0525541357
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by : Olga Tokarczuk

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . . A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?

Spider Bones

Spider Bones
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9781439112793
ISBN-13 : 1439112797
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Spider Bones by : Kathy Reichs

Don’t miss this “whopper” (Publishers Weekly) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs in her “cleverly plotted” (The New York Times) Temperance Brennan series, the inspiration for the hit FOX television series Bones. John Lowery was declared dead in 1968—the victim of a Huey crash in Vietnam, his body buried long ago in North Carolina. Four decades later, Temperance Brennan is called to the scene of a drowning in Hemmingford, Quebec. The victim appears to have died while in the midst of a bizarre sexual practice. The corpse is later identified as John Lowery. But how could Lowery have died twice, and how did an American soldier end up in Canada? Tempe sets off for the answer, exhuming Lowery’s grave in North Carolina and taking the remains to Hawaii for reanalysis—to the headquarters of JPAC, the US military’s Joint POW/ MIA Accounting Command, which strives to recover Americans who have died in past conflicts. In Hawaii, Tempe is joined by her colleague and ex-lover Detective Andrew Ryan (how “ex” is he?) and by her daughter, who is recovering from her own tragic loss. Soon another set of remains is located, with Lowery’s dog tags tangled among them. Three bodies—all identified as Lowery. And then Tempe is contacted by Hadley Perry, Honolulu’s flamboyant medical examiner, who needs help identifying the remains of an adolescent boy found offshore. Was he the victim of a shark attack? Or something much more sinister?

The Devil's Arithmetic

The Devil's Arithmetic
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 178
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781101664308
ISBN-13 : 1101664304
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Devil's Arithmetic by : Jane Yolen

"A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come to take everyone in the village away. And only Hannah knows the unspeakable horrors that await. A critically acclaimed novel from multi-award-winning author Jane Yolen. "[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow." —SLJ, starred review "Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels." —Booklist Winner of the National Jewish Book Award An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"