![]() ![]() “My first account, which was Safeway, said that they didn’t want the Serendipity books to be in the book department,” he said. ![]() ![]() Within three or four years, Cosgrove recalled, the first 12 Serendipity books had sold three million copies, and the author, a self-described “one-man band,” was engaging in some inventive marketing strategies. So I said, ‘OK, then I’ll publish it myself.’ I found a printer, and Serendipity was off and running.”Īnd running at quite a speedy clip. They liked the book, but thought the art was too colorful, and wanted to do it in duotone. “Within a few months, I had found Robin James to illustrate it, and sent it off to a big New York publisher. “I really liked the story I wrote, which became Serendipity, the first book in the series,” he said. Frustrated at what he found to be the lack of picture books that are fun to read and also convey positive values, he took it upon himself to write one. In 1973, Cosgrove, who was at the time working in finance, was shopping at bookstores for his then three-year-old daughter. Cosgrove’s series, in fact, had an indisputably serendipitous start. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Isn't it? THE ENDER UNIVERSE Ender seriesĮnder's Game / Ender in Exile / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind Ender's Shadow seriesĮnder's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight Children of the Fleet The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)Įarth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston) How will Ender perform in real combat conditions? After all, Battle School is just a game. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. ![]() ![]() An alien species is poised for a final assault. Starring Hugo's Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience of fans to read the book that started it all. The worldwide bestseller, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen at last in a major motion picture event in November 2013. ![]() ![]()
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The puzzle that the late Tobias Hawthorne has left behind for our heroes to follow reveals the truth of what happened to Toby and the fire on Hawthorne Island twenty years ago. Go back and read book one, it’s worth it. The first book is essential to this one and while the opening few chapters does a good job of recapping the story it is more of a refresher for returning readers than summaries for newcomers. If you haven’t, I wouldn’t recommend starting here. If you’ve read the first book, then this is essentially more of the same. Like the first one this is full of mystery and intrigue. It takes no time to get going and carries on at full speed for the whole of the novel. ![]() With the big reveal about Harry’s identity. The second book of The Inheritance Games trilogy picks up exactly where the first one left off. Thank you to Penguin Random House for the copy of this book in return for an honest review ![]() ![]() ![]() Martin, Joyce Carol Oates, and Neil Gaiman. 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I have had so much fun with him in third grade. ![]() Besides, he might miss me over the vacation and wonder where I am. Plantzilla is the only plant I care that much about. I would like to bring Plantzilla home for the summer. Silver Whistle, an imprint of Harcourt, Inc. Stated first edition, first printing, 2002. First edition of Plantzilla by Jerdine Nolen, illustrated by David Catrow ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While Paris possesses a narrative voice that's more literate and middle-class than that of the street-smart Easy, it should still resonate with Mosley's legions of fans. A desire to aid his friend Fearless initially motivates Paris, but his journey becomes a voyage of self-discovery. Neither Fearless nor Paris is sure who or what the various seekers are after-the missing Mitchell, a fabulous emerald pendant or a family diary-only that it's valued more than the lives lost trying to find it. Timid bookworm Paris gets caught in a deadly game of hide-and-seek whose players deal in lead, money and lies and include members of the fractured and fractious family of millionaire black businesswoman Winifred L. When Fearless drags the reluctant Paris into helping him look for Kit Mitchell (aka the Watermelon Man), their quest turns quickly murderous. The author depicts 1950s Los Angeles with his usual unerring accuracy, but a somewhat different dynamic drives his heroes. ![]() (2001), Watts bookstore owner Paris Minton and the dangerous but principled Fearless Jones tread the familiar territory mapped so successfully by Mosley's original detecting duo, Easy Rawlins and Raymond "Mouse" Alexander. In this eagerly anticipated follow-up to Fearless Jones ![]() |