A girl with a mission. A boy with a secret. A clock that's running out. A plague known as the Blue Death is sweeping throughout Avalon. Clancy Donovan's sister has died, and now her brother is sick too. In a desperate attempt to save him, Clancy risks everything — including her own life — and defies her Queen to enter enemy territory in search of a cure. There she meets Eric Archer whose brother is also sick. Convinced Clancy knows more about the disease than she's letting on, Eric follows her back to Avalon bringing his cousin (John Shanley) and his best friend (Audrey Eden) with him. The four set out togther on a quest to find a cure for the Blue Death, but they have only three days. In this race against time, they dare not let the clock run out.
From the award-winning author of Property and bestselling author of Mary Reilly—"a bold retelling of a familiar, beloved story” (Los Angeles Times), inspired by the fresco cycles that depict the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Drawing from myriad sources and moving in reverse chronological order, she begins in the dark, final days, with a suffering Francesco on the verge of death, then shows us the unwashed and innocent revolutionary, unafraid to lecture a pope on Christ’s message. We see his mystical friendship with Chiara di Offreducci, a nobleman’s daughter who turns her back on the world to join him, and finally, the frivolous young Francesco on the deserted road where his encounter with a leper leads him to an ecstatic embrace of God. Salvation is at once an illuminating glimpse into the medieval world and an original and intimate portrait of the man whose legend has resonated through the centuries.
Defiant is about a 12-year-old warrior who goes against her family and her Queen, risking everything including her own life, to save her brother. This book the prequel teaser to the Nature Knights series for kids ages 9+. As such it is four chapters long and ends on a cliffhanger. Of interest to readers of Eoin Colfer, Rick Riordan, John Flanagan.
Provides an intriguing introduction to the history of dreams throughout the world and explains common dream symbols, enabling readers to analyze their own dreams.
A genealogy and a history of the descendants of William Irving born 3 Mar 1816 near Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. In June 1849 he arrived in Portland, Oregon. He married 27 Sep 1851 Elizabeth Jane Dixon in Portland. They moved to Victoria, Canada in 1859. In 1864 they moved to New Westminster, Canada.
Valerie tells the story of an innocent Catholic girl, a recent graduate of St. Catherine Academy, an all-girls high school, under the Sisters of Mercy from Providence, Rhode Island. Valerie was hired by Francis A. Cull, the headmaster of St. John's College, a prestigious secondary school for boys where American Jesuits offer the best academic education and Catholic indoctrination in Belize, Central America, under the British. After a trip to Bermudian Landing with him, one of his mission stations, the priest fell madly in love with Valerie. Valerie never knew she was peaking the priest's interest. Though she fought it, Valerie finally succumbed to the relentless romantic advances of her boss. They fell deeply in love. Valerie reveals the most dramatic, soul-stirring decision of their lives: to elope. Once setting out on their journey, they were pursued under the ominous cloud excommunication through formidable obstacles of age, culture, race, religion, and survival, as by Francis Thompson's "Hound of Heaven," but through true love and with the help of their "Pursuer," the two lovers attained a crowning triumph of love and faith.
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