![]() ![]() He has written short stories and novels for adults, young adults, and children, in many genres including science fiction, fantasy, horror, folklore, and romance. Scott has produced over 100 books in more than 30 years of active writing. Scott traveled across Ireland as a dealer of rare and antique books before beginning his writing career. Scott is best known for his The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel book series. He is also a collector and editor of folklore. Michael Peter Scott (born 28 September 1959) is an Irish writer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and, under the name Anna Dillon, romance novels. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series ![]()
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![]() ![]() Set in a brownstone in a town that evokes a slightly-more-urban Hundred Acre Wood, the story is part Wind in the Willows, part Wallace and Gromit. ) But as Badger begrudgingly opens up his home-and heart-to Skunk and his unconventional ways, the two characters become irrevocably changed by each other, establishing an odd-couple friendship that is timeless and real. ![]() (Badger may have been ignoring his landlord Aunt Lula’s letters. ![]() The first title in a warm and witty illustrated chapter-book series from Newbery Honor –winner Amy Timberlake and superstar illustrator Jon Klassen, about a pair of unlikely animal friendsĪnalytical and set in his ways, Badger is taken aback when jolly, easygoing Skunk rings the doorbell to announce he’s Badger’s new roommate. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I can’t believe it took me so long to read/listen to Breakable! I deeply loved Easy (main companion novel) as it was an astonishing, eye-opening read about sexual assault that left me breathless and wanting for more from its characters. When he met Jacqueline Wallace, his desire to be everything she needed came so easy…Īs easy as it could be for a man who learned that the soul is breakable and that everything you hoped for could be ripped away in a heartbeat. Then he found her.Īnd the future seemed more fragile than ever.Īs a child, Landon Lucas Maxfield believed his life was perfect and looked forward to a future filled with promise - until tragedy tore his family apart and made him doubt everything he ever believed.Īll he wanted was to leave the past behind. ![]() ![]() I had a third draft script to work from and that was it. When I did the novelisation of The Terminator no one had seen the film (mainly because it wasn’t finished yet!). However, this branch of writing isn’t as restrictive as it might sound and if you’re lucky enough to get a novelisation of a film you like then you’re laughing. In fact you’ll probably just have to get the regulation number of words into the novel. Having said that, there are no rules to say that you can’t add scenes and characters. Stay faithful to the structure of the script and film, keep the same characters and just do your best. Forget about trying to ‘re-imagine’ the piece of work you’re adapting, don’t bother trying to write what you think the scriptwriter ‘meant’ to say (if he or she had meant to say that they would have done so in the original script!). In truth they can turn out to be more like that old adage of trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.Ī ninety-page script arrives on your doormat and you are then left with the task of transforming it into a four hundred-page novel! Screenplays work on the theory that one page equals one minute of screen time, so, how do you elongate these flimsy works into novels that not only work in their own right but that are still faithful to their source material? I think that is the first and most important task when approaching a novelisation. ![]() ![]() ![]() That is the act of turning a film script into a novel. The book business calls them novelisations. ![]() ![]() ![]() What these women were able to do every single day for years both during and after the war is purely mind-boggling to someone from a later, much more leisurely, era. 10/10 Read moreĪ very good and inspiriting look at what The Women's Institutes were able to achieve to keep Great Britain going during WWII. This just reinforced how amazing women truly are. ![]() (Many local chapters kept farm animals which they then sold to raise funds for war work.) I knew that they were a social group but I had no idea just how large of a role that they played. ![]() The main goal of the WI was to provide a space for women to socialize (there's real value in this) and educate themselves on everything from how to preserve food and stretch out their meager rations to animal husbandry. Not only was the WI important during the war for the nation but even more so for women who made up its membership. These women played hosts to evacuees, took over the role of primary household manager, assumed the responsibility for the nation's food production, and so much more. This volume was specifically about the role that the Women's Institute (WI) performed on both the national and county levels. While I enjoyed reading all of Summers' books, Jambusters: The Story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War was my favorite of the lot. ![]() ![]() So, a girl walks into a cave.and an empire trembles. Informed by Forster's own travels to India in 1912-, A Passage to India has been lauded not only for its critique of the British Empire, but also for its stylistic innovation and philosophical density. Previous novels such as A Room with a View (1908) and Howards End (1910) stayed in Europe, focusing on the familiar Edwardian theme of the individual's struggle against the stifling conventions of society. ![]() The work was the last of Forster's novels, and a thematic departure for him as well. Published in 1924 when the cracks in the British Empire were just emerging, the novel centers on the trial of an Indian doctor accused of raping an Englishwoman. But we humbly offer up this mantra as our homage to Forster's novel, as a passage into his Passage to India. ![]() Forster 's A Passage to India, a complex and multi-faceted work considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, to such a concise formula. ![]() A girl walks into a cave.and an empire trembles. ![]() ![]() ![]() But from the moment they meet, she’s drawn in, even if he’s eleven years her senior and her opposite in every way. Focused on her future and not looking for love, she’s seen where trusting a man leaves you. He promised himself he’d never trust a woman again, but he’s never wanted anyone the way he wants Lo.Īt twenty-five, Lotus is finally living out her dream, becoming a force in New York’s fashion scene. A kick to his gut and a wrench in his plans from the moment their eyes meet. He’s still picking up the pieces when he meets Lotus DuPree. ![]() She’s not the plan he made, but she’s the risk he has to take.Ī single, divorced dad in the final years of his basketball career, Kenan Ross’s perfect life has blown up in his face. From award-winning author Kennedy Ryan comes the emotional final installment of the Hoops trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rieker has secrets of his own, and Tiki is not all that she appears to be. Unbeknownst to Tiki, she is being watched-and protected-by Rieker, a fellow thief who suspects she is involved in the disappearance of the ring. ![]() With the ring missing, a rebel group of faeries hopes to break the treaty with dark magic and blood-Tiki’s blood. One December night, Tiki steals a ring, and sets off a chain of events that could lead to all-out war with the Fey.įor the ring belongs to Queen Victoria, and it binds the rulers of England and the realm of Faerie to peace. Their only means of survival is by picking pockets. The year is 1871, and Tiki has been making a home for herself and her family of orphans in a deserted hideaway adjoining Charing Cross Station in central London. Kiki Hamilton is the first-time author of The Faerie Ring (Tor, 2011). ![]() ![]() ![]() Izabela-passionate and longing to see the world-convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings.Įighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage-a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ![]() Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”-a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva-having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. ![]() ![]() Amara continues to head to the Garrison where is once again confronted by Fidelias again. Tavi and Fade are attacked by the slaver, Kord, the leader of Kordholt and are later captured by a Marat named Doroga. Fidelias then arrives to capture Amara but she and Tavi manage to escape with a slave, Fade, before they split up. When fighting, he sees Amara and the two come across the Princeps Memorial. The perspective then shifts to a young boy, known as Tavi, whose family have been attacked by Marat soldiers, enemies of the Aleran empire. She makes contact with the head of the Cursori, First Lord of Alera, Gaius Sextus, who tells her to go to the city of Garrison. Her mentor, Fidelias, betrays her and a watercrafter named Odiana. The main protagonist is a young girl called Amara, a trainee to become a member of the Cursori spies. ![]() The story is set in the fictional Aleran Empire, made up of “crafters”, individuals who have control over the elements. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() |