Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Defy the Night in Books
Jan 12, 2018
The setting of "free" France during early World War II is something most people are not aware of because it was when most of the world was in denial. The people there fought on silently doing what they could for whom they could. This was not the Resistance as most people know of but perhaps it's predecessor.
The book was very well written and as I stated before the characters definitely had their own personalities. I will be adding this book to my classroom library and recommending it to the school library.
The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Empire of the Sun (1987) in Movies
Apr 1, 2018
Speaking of art here's an alternate movie poster.
Life: An Exploded Diagram
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A brilliant coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Cold War and events leading up to...
A Separate Peace: As Heard on BBC Radio 4
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AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'A GOOD READ' 'A novel that made such a deep impression on me at sixteen...
Kristin (149 KP) rated Calves In The Mud Room in Books
Dec 7, 2018
While this may not be your typical "coming of age" story as it only takes place over the course of a couple days, I would still term it as "coming into your own".
Wade lives on a farm which has gone to crap since his granddad passed and his stepdad started taking over. Not "taking over the farm", mind you, because he can't be bothered to lift a finger. No, he's just taken over Wade's life, and not for the good.
When we meet up with Wade, it's the date of a school dance and the girl of his dreams as actually asked him to be her date. He should be on cloud nine, right? Well, he is, until his day snowballs into one from Hell. Cue all the ill-timed things which can possibly happen when you're in a hurry and need to look your best, and multiply it by 10 because he's on a farm. How will his night turn out?
Great little story, and I'd definitely be interested to see where this character and author go from here.
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Girl Games
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The cheerleader and the geek girl. We were totally wrong for each other, so why does this feel so...
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Young Winstone
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Ray Winstone's amazing talent for bringing out the humanity buried inside his often brutal screen...
Coming To My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
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The long-awaited memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the...
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Using a collection of professional dog training experts, we compiled the ultimate dog training...
