fiction

"On a cold January night, Sharon Lemke heads outside to see a lunar eclipse when she notices something odd at the house behind her backyard. Through her neighbor's kitchen window, she sees what appears to be a little girl washing dishes late at night. But the Fleming family doesn't have a child that age, and even if they did, why would she be doing housework at this late hour? It would be easy for Sharon to just let this go, but when eighteen-year-old Niki, a former foster child, comes to live with Sharon, she notices suspicious activity at the Flemings' house as well. When calling social services doesn't result in swift action, the two decide to investigate on their own."--Provided by publisher.

A group of barnyard animals pick up their instruments and gather to perform for the waiting crowd, but they need someone to lead them.

Presents an introduction to fiction, including an overview of common features in fiction writing, such as characters, setting, and plot, as well as a discussion of different kinds of fiction. Includes a glossary, a list of additional resources, and critical thinking questions using the Common Core.

"Presents instructions for writing fictional stories, including tips on creating characters, crafting plot ideas, and utilizing imagination"--OCLC.

"Focusing on some of the best known characters in all of literature--chosen to trace the arc from childhood to old age--a . . . psychoanalyst and professor of literature shows how our inner lives become at once stranger and more familiar when seen through the prism of fiction"--Provided by publisher.

"From the Bram Stoker-nominated author of The Luminous Dead comes a gothic fantasy horror--The Death of Jane Lawrence. "Intense and amazing! It's like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell meets Mexican Gothic meets Crimson Peak." -BookRiot Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town. Yet on their wedding night, an accident strands her at his door in a pitch-black rainstorm, and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a terrified, paranoid man-one who cannot tell reality from nightmare, and fears Jane is an apparition, come to haunt him. By morning, Augustine is himself again, but Jane knows something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall, and with the man she has so hastily bound her safety to. Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Caitlin Starling crafts a new kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon. This Crimson Peak-inspired story assembles, then upends, every expectation set in place by Shirley Jackson and Rebecca, and will leave readers shaken, desperate to begin again as soon as they are finished. "Don't read this one alone at night; Caitlin Starling has done it again. Unsettling, atmospheric, and downright brutal at times, The Death of Jane Lawrence will continue to haunt you long after you leave Lindridge Hall...if the house lets you leave, that is." -Genevieve Gornichec, author of The Witch's Heart"--.

If we can share our joys within us without longing, if we can secretly divide our troubles without joy, if we can tell each other the truth by risking being the bad person, so that we can protect each other from wrongs, if we can draw the fine line of respect with sincerity, if we can accept each other as we are without judging each other, then we have a friendship worth the world. Such a friendship that we give as much as we receive, from childhood to death, is the greatest wealth that human beings can acquire, the greatest gift one can give oneself.

Serra, who is 15 years old, shares all his feelings and thoughts with his notebook. Why are his parents acting weird? Or is something wrong? What kind of change will serra's life make to his new friends, whom he met on holidays in Cesme? You will find the answers to all these questions in Serra's sudden notebook.

"People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books themselves, of course; some come to borrow companionship. For head librarian Kit, the public library in Riverton, New Hampshire, offers what she craves most: peace. Here, no one expects Kit to talk about the calamitous events that catapulted her out of what she thought was a settled, suburban life. She can simply submerge herself in her beloved books and try to forget her problems. But that changes when fifteen-year-old, home-schooled Sunny gets arrested for shoplifting a dictionary. The judge throws the book at Sunny--literally--assigning her to do community service at the library for the summer. Bright, curious, and eager to connect with someone other than her off-the-grid hippie parents, Sunny coaxes Kit out of her self-imposed isolation. They're joined by Rusty, a Wall Street high-flyer suddenly crashed to earth. In this little library that has become the heart of this small town, Kit, Sunny, and Rusty are drawn to each other, and to a cast of other offbeat regulars. As they come to terms with how their lives have unraveled, they also discover how they might knit them together again and finally reclaim their stories."--Amazon.com.

Explores the history of the novel from its origins to the seventeenth-century.