Description: I Began Running Out Of The Coppice. As I Ran Looking Behind Me On And Off, I Almost Stepped Over A Six-Foot Snake Sheath That Lay Right In Front Of My Eyes. I Gasped For Breath And Shut My Eyes For A Second. With Panic In My Breath, I Ran Out Of The Coppice And Reached The Nearest Bus Stop.
Like A Tired Puppy, I Was Gasping.
Description: This is an inspirational plot about Parth, who migrates to a foreign country. The plot focuses on several twists and turns to create awareness of life away from home in search of fame and money.
Description: WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE 2021The fourth novel from the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire and the graphic novel series Heartstopper – soon to be a major Netflix series. It was all sinking in. I’d never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean? Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush – but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she’s sure she’ll find her person one day. As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia’s ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her ‘teenage dream’ is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors, and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her. With new terms thrown at her – asexual, aromantic – Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever. Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along? This wise, warm and witty story of identity and self-acceptance sees Alice Oseman in towering form as Georgia and her friends discover that true love isn’t limited to romance.
Description: Amit, don’t waste your time; you can’t hack my system. But we will hack your country! Ameen They know me! This wasn’t good. The greatest fear a hacker has is having his identity revealed. During investigative operations I always guarded my identity like the Kohinoor diamond. Then how could they have reached me? It was a-l-m-o-s-t impossible. • A young software engineer who, as a hobby, starts helping the Police in solving criminal cases, turns into a critical resource for the Force. He becomes entrapped in the system. • Return Of The Trojan is the riveting narration of how he is compelled to draw inputs from his personal life, and use sharp thinking and advanced technology to solve the criminal cases he is brought into. • Based on real life, the book reveals the next generation methodologies used in crime investigation. • Impossible to put down.
Description: தனது நாவல்களில் தனக்கு மிகவும் பிடித்தமானது என்று ஜெயகாந்தனாலும் அவரது நாவல்களில் ஆகச் சிறப்பானது என்று இலக்கிய விமர்சகர்களாலும் குறிப்பிடப்படுவது ஒரு மனிதன் ஒரு வீடு ஒரு உலகம் .எந்த ஊர் ,பெற்றோர் யார் என்ன இனம் என்ன சாதி என்று எதுவும் தெரியாத அது பற்றிக் கவலையும் கொள்ளாத ஒரு உலகப் பொதுமனிதனைக் கதாபாத்திரமாக்கி அவன் எதிர்கொள்ளும் அனுபவங்களின் மூலம் இந்த வாழ்க்கையின் போக்கு குறித்த புரிதலை உணர்த்த முனையும் நாவல் இது.எழுதப்பட்டு ஏறத்தாழ 35ஆண்டுகளாகிவிட்ட பின்னரும் இன்றையும் சூழலுக்கும் பொருந்துவதான வாசிப்பனுபவத்தைத் தருவதன் மூலம் இந்த நாவல் ஒரு கலைப்படைப்பாக நிமிர்ந்து நிற்கிறது.
Description: “I go to seek a Great Perhaps. ” These last words of poet Francois Rabelais brings a turn in Miles’s life and he decides to leave his public school at Florida and attends Culver Creek, a private breading school in Alabama. The path chosen for greater good and opportunities leads Miles to Alaska Young, a beautiful and emotionally troubled woman. Alaska has everything that fascinates Miles and with whom he eventually falls in love. Miles’s life was getting interesting. He had a prankster roommate, a woman, who fits her imagination and two great male friends. All who contributed to making Miles more like him were unique in nature and had their own quirks. But the circle of life is not all about happiness and Miles learns this pretty soon. After taking a deep plunge in the deep sea of happiness, again he stands amongst all the worldly troubles. Wonderful characters, dialogues and fascinating prose makes this story a must read. Learn how Miles found his way out the labyrinth of loss finding his Great, with Looking for Alaska. About the author: Born in August 24, 1977, John Green writes young adult fiction stories and novels. He won Printz Awards 2006 for his debut novel ‘Looking for Alaska, ‘ while “The fault in our Stars” earned recognition as The New York Time Best Sellers, 2012. Later in 2014, he was listed amongst The most Influential People in the World. With brother, Hank Green, he launched a channel naming VlogBrothers in 2007 and organized events such as VidCon and Project for Awesome. A Children’s Bookshelf Selection: Each month our editors pick the best books for children and young adults by age to be a part of the children’s bookshelf. These are editorial recommendations made by our team of experts. Our monthly reading list includes a mix of bestsellers and top new releases and evergreen books that will help enhance a child’s reading life.
Description: A classic coming-of-age story which has held generations of readers spellbound! Rusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part in Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian, Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends. Plunging for the first time into the dream-bright world of the bazaar, Hindu festivals and other aspects of Indian life, Rusty is enchanted and is lost forever to the prim proprieties of the European community. Written when the author was himself seventeen, this moving story of love and friendship, with a new introduction and illustrations will be enjoyed by a whole new generation of readers.
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The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. “To Kill A Mockingbird” became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, “To Kill A Mockingbird” takes readers to the roots of human behavior – to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
Description: France, 1916.
Sophie Lefevre must keep her family safe whilst her adored husband Edouard fights at the front. But when she is ordered to serve the German officers who descend on her hotel each evening, her home becomes a place of fierce tensions.
And from the moment the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophie’s portrait – painted by Edouard – a dangerous obsession is born, which will lead Sophie to make a dark and terrible decision . . .
Almost a century later, and Sophie’s portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before he died. A chance encounter reveals the painting’s true worth, and its troubled history.
A history that is about to resurface and turn Liv’s life upside down all over again . . .
In The Girl You Left Behind two young women, separated by a century, are united in their determination to fight for what they love most – whatever the cost.
Description: Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realizes that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
