Mother Teresa by Demi is a beautifully illustrated biography of a most interesting life. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She felt the call of religious life at the age of twelve. Agnes learned of a group of nuns from Ireland that were working in India. At age 18, Agnes joined the Loretto Abbey in Ireland. She learned English quickly. She chose the name of Sister Mary Teresa after the French Teresa of Lisieux. In 1929, Sister Mary Teresa left Ireland and traveled to India where she became a Loreto novice. She began teaching school and then helping the sick. Sister Mary Teresa continued doing good works in India until her death in 1997.
Demi has other books on subjects of religious leaders such as Buddha and Muhammad.
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Siblings Beatrice and Caleb from the fraction Abnegation are on their way to their aptitude test. Tomorrow is the Choosing Ceremony, where they will choose to remain a member of Abnegation or join one of the other fractions Candor, Erudite, Amity or Dauntless. Results from their aptitude test will lead them toward the choice they will need to make. Once they have chosen a fraction, they will become an initiate. As initiates, they will progress through a series of training and tests. If they pass these tests, they will become members of their chosen fraction. If they fail, they will join the fractionless. After Beatrice completes her aptitude test, her test administrator tells her there was a problem, rushes out of the room to orally report the results and returns to inform Beatrice that she is Divergent. She warns her not to share this with anyone! Being Divergent is dangerous! Divergent? What does that mean? The Choosing Ceremony is approaching and Beatrice must choose whether to stay with Abnegation or choose one of the other two fractions revealed to her during her aptitude test.
This a a fast-paced novel. Fans of The Hunger Games series should enjoy Divergent.
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Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, Frank, Leo and Hazel are off on another journey aboard the Argo II in Rick Riordan’s third installment of The Heroes of Olympus series. With the angry Roman campers from Camp Jupiter hot on their tails, the seven demigod friends race across the United States to find clues and any support that will stop Gaea from awakening and taking over. Athena has given Annabeth another task which is not known by the rest. Follow the mark of Athena. Avenge me.
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Jacob, tramatized by the violent death of his grandfather, travels to a British island near Wales with his father to honor his grandfather’s last wishes. Exploring the island, Jacob finds Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Rummaging through the ruins of the old house, Jacob discovers a trunk of pictures that show that the children are indeed peculiar and that his grandfather was one of them. And then Jacob finds evidence that they may still be alive! Jacob is about to discover a whole new dimension and set off on a thrilling adventure.
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When the lift opens, Thomas finds himself deposited in a community of young males called the Glade. He can’t remember a thing besides his name, yet he gets little flashes of memories. Are the memories his? Was his mind erased? Why do somethings about this community seem so familiar? Through talks with Alby and Chuck, Thomas learns that every month a new boy arrives in the lift knowing only his name. Every morning the walls of their compound open to a maze and every evening they close. In the maze are terrible creatures called Grievers. Boys stung by grievers go through a painful changing. These boys claim to have seen Thomas before and they do not have a favorable opinion of him. Eight maze runners enter the giant maze every morning and hope to return in the evening. As Thomas struggles to find his place in this community and retrieve his memories, he knows one thing for sure, he must become a maze runner.
This book is the first in a series. Follow this book with The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure. The Kill Order is a prequel to the series. The Maze Runner is in production for a film.
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A mysterious package arrives on Clay Jensen’s front porch. Within it he finds cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker. Hannah was Clay’s classmate, co-worker and crush. That is until she committed suicide two weeks ago. Clay finds a cassette player and listens in anguish as Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay spends the evening and night following with Hannah’s map all over town listening to Hannah’s voice and learning about events that brought her such hopelessness.
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Behemoth is a sequel to Westerfeld’s Levithan. Rescued by the crew of the Leviathan, Alek and his men save the floating air ship from an attack by Clanker ships. Ships that have a Tesla cannon as a weapon! However, the captain of the Levithan feels that the order to turn the airship out of way of the lightning strike may be a mutinous act and places Alek’s men under arrest. Deryn has managed to keep her secret and continues to serve as Dylan Sharp in the British Air Service aboard the Levithan. She assists Alek and his men in escaping when the Leviathan touches down in Istanbul where Alek hopes he will find allies or at least disappear until the war is over. But it just so happens that Istanbul is crawling with Clankers!
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The Underneath is a magical story set deep in the Bayou Tartine that twists the story of a calico cat and Ranger, a bloodhound, with the Native American legend of Grandmother Moccasin and the Alligator King. Ranger, alone and sad, is chained to Gar Face’s porch. Gar Face, a hard cruel man, is disgusted with Ranger, no longer uses him to hunt and neglects him. It’s Ranger’s mournful howl that attracts the calico cat to the Underneath where she becomes Ranger’s dear friend. The calico cat gives birth to two kittens. Ranger and the mother cat begin to raise Sabine and Puck together keeping them safe from Gar. Meanwhile, Grandmother Moccasin waits imprisoned in a clay jar buried under an old tree that has been struck by lightning. She has waited a thousand years for her freedom and she knows it is near. She is bitter and angry. While she waits to escape her underground prison, she shares her sorrowful story. Like Grandmother Moccasin, Gar is bitter and angry but he is also mean and cruel. He has is sights set on catching the Alligator King.
If you enjoyed classic stories, like Sounder and The Yearling, or Where the Red Fern Grows and Shiloh, The Underneath is a must read.
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The Land of Silver Apples is Farmer’s sequel to The Sea of Trolls. Back from his adventure with the Vikings, Jack is continuing his training as a bard. Lucy is even more spoiled by their father, and nearly brings the whole village bad luck during the Need-Fire ceremony by wearing a metal necklace. At the last minute, she is replaced by Pega, a slave girl. When his father, Giles Crookleg, tries to buy Pega for Lucy, Jack purchases Pega’s freedom. Giles kicks Jack out of the house. Lucy’s behavior further deterioates leaving the Bard to believe that she has been possessed. But then Giles reveals that one day when Lucy was a baby, she was switched by small, misshapened men while he picked hazelnuts. These men took the real Crookleg baby and left Lucy in her place. Mother insists that Giles find these little men that took their daughter and bring her home. Giles, the Bard, Father Aiden, Pega, Lucy and Jack set off on another adventure that will take some of them into the world of hobgoblins, kelpies and elves.
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Percy Jackson is back! Although, he is not quite sure who exactly he is since Juno has stolen his memory. He finds himself battling gorgon sisters all the way from Napa to the Berkeley HIlls where Juno leads him to Camp Jupiter, a Roman camp for demigods. Here Percy meets Hazel Levesque and Frank Zhang. Hazel is daughter of Pluto, and formerly of New Orleans and the year 1942. Hazel has a big heart and a big secret. Frank has yet to be claimed by his godly parent. He’s klutzy and his only friend in camp is Hazel. Oh, and Frank also has a secret. Frank and Hazel are members of the disgraced Fifth Cohort and have yet to win at war games. These two unlikely heroes are chosen by the camp’s praetor, Reyna, to accompany Percy on an impossible quest to the north to save Camp Jupiter.
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