A Huge Allied Assault of the most important bridges by Arnhem and Nijmegen took place on September 17, 1944..." Says Mrs. Helena to her grandson, Jeroen. One day as Jeroen was digging through some old things in his grandmothers attic he had noticed some old news papers that were dated back in the 40's and an old Jewish star. He had gone and asked his grandmother what the papers said, he couldn't read them because it was in German. When he asked about the star Helena had told him that the star had belonged to her best friend because she was a Jew.
Intergalactic drama meets juvenile angst in Orson Scott
Card's "Ender in Exile." A boy named Ender ensconces the
plot. In the future, this boy is conscripted into the
military at the age of six. In his preteen years, he
capriciously hits a button and fires a missile at the
enemy; he is afterward deemed a war hero. One side of the
galaxy sees him as this ominously powerful man, while the
other side of the galaxy views him as a boy-puppet with an
My mommy and Daddy are dead. And today is my birthday. Says Scared little Rui. I'll give you something if you stop crying, I'll give you the brightest star up there. Weather its spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter& That star will always shine bright in the Northern sky, Says a mysterious kid to Little Rui. Now she's in junior high school and no matter how many days go by she'll never forget her mom and dad. Now that she's in junior high school, It's raining boys. She has a major boy problem, she is in love with a boy, but two others are in love with her!
If you like to read books about alien babes and dumb dudes, then you will love Sass Girls. One day while Sho and Steve are guarding the museum, Sho accidentally knocks over one of the sculptures on display. Steve decides that they should try to put it back together with glue. Sho goes to look for the glue in the janitor's closet which is on the floor below. However, after retrieving the glue instead of going back upstairs, he accidentally pushes the down button which leads to the basement. When he arrives, he sees a hole in the wall ahead of him.
Faust is a book about the japenese culture of manga-ka. There are ten stories in this book. They are all different examples of how manga is different from english writing styles. Some are about being different and not following the crowd, and how it may affect a person's abilities later in life. Others tell about what can drive a person to suicide; and how one girl can save many others. This book includes stories by: Clamp, Takeshi Obata, Ueda Hajime, NISIOISIN, Yun Kouga, Take, and Kouhei Kadono.
