![]() ![]() “I don’t think it’ll be a typical spread tonight. “No coffee or snacks for me,” I say again. I should be excited, looking forward to the first of many. It’s our first trip together, our first long drive, so it’s weird that I’m feeling nostalgic-about our relationship, about him, about us. He hasn’t been my boyfriend for very long. I’m visiting Jake’s parents for the first time. “Last chance we’ll have before it becomes really farmy.” So much to see but not many people, not many buildings or houses. Maybe the end was written right from the beginning. Maybe I should have known how it was going to end for us. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.” Jake once said, “Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. Maybe this is how it was always going to end. When did it start? What if this thought wasn’t conceived by me but planted in my mind, predeveloped? Is an unspoken idea unoriginal? Maybe I’ve actually known all along. I haven’t been thinking about it for long. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Rose Code by Kate Quinn: Is it right for you?Īnswering the questions below will help you determine whether The Rose Code is worth your time and mental expenditure? Will your effort’s be rewarded? Here’s your simple question-quiz: Let me hit you up with some questions so you can easily make that determination. ![]() So, will this wonderful book - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn - be of interest to you? Someone could pen an incredible book called The Star Trek Manifesto and I could tell you right now that it would hold zero interest for me. Why might this approach be effective? Well, I can tell you that I really enjoyed The Rose Code by Kate Quinn, so much so that I intentionally read more slowly than usual just so I would not reach the ending too soon.īut there are wonderful books out there that are not so wonderful if you are not down with the content. 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In this gripping narrative of passion, intrigue, battle and deceit, Penman reveals a true and complex Richard - a man remarkable for his power and intelligence, his keen grasp of warfare and his concern for the safety of his men, who followed him against all odds. ![]() The result was mutual admiration: a profound acknowledgement of a worthy opponent. They quickly took the measure of each other in both war and diplomacy. ![]() Overshadowing the battlefields that stretched to Jerusalem and beyond were the personalities of two great adversaries: Richard and Saladin. Putnam/Marian Wood, 28.95 (608p) ISBN 978-5-1 In this gritty, unsentimental, and richly detailed epic, Penman (The Sunne in Splendour) tackles the legendary King. John, the youngest son, was left behind - and with Richard gone, he was free to conspire with the French king to steal his brother's throne. Men and women found themselves facing new sorts of challenges and facing an uncertain future. 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Unfortunately, wherever Zola goes trouble seems to follow and the attempts to cheer Nonna up look destined to fail as seeds get lost before they make it into the ground and the ones that do attract the attention of a naughty dog who loves to dig.Īt school, class teacher Ms. But when Nonna asks for some help planting some special seeds that Nonno bought, Zola decides to help and hopes that it will put a smile back on Nonna’s face. Zola doesn’t like gardening - Nonna has taken all the fun out of it with all the rules and ‘don’t do that, don’t touch this’. The family are coming to terms with the loss of Nonno Nino and kind and caring Zola is trying to lift the spirits of her Nonna who often seems sad, she’ll even try gardening if she absolutely has to. ![]() When Zola is not at school she loves playing with her younger cousin, Allesandro, who lives next door. These sweet stories tell of the everyday adventures of Zola Angelica who lives with her mum and Nonna Rose. The first in a new series for newly independent and emerging readers. ![]() ![]() Peter shared some of his story with Samuel and Jade. Peter believed their description sounded like Pax, the fox that had once been his pet, and the vixen he had last seen with Pax. The couple told Peter they had seen a pair of foxes and their kits drinking from a reservoir that had recently been decontaminated. ![]() ![]() Peter teamed up with two older members of the warriors, Samuel and Jade. Peter believed being alone was the only way to keep from being hurt. He secretly planned to go back to his old house and live there alone. He pushed Vola away and joined the Water Warriors because they would be working to decontaminate the river near the town where he had lived with his mother and father. Vola offered to put part of her land in Peter’s name so he would always know he had a home, but the idea of home scared him. He received word his father had been killed in the war. When Peter was 13-years-old, he was living with Vola, a family friend. There, Peter was challenged by an old friend to step beyond his fears and care again. ![]() As an excuse to return to his hometown, he joined the Water Warriors, a group dedicated to cleaning the water contaminated during the war. In the children’s novel Pax, Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker, Peter believed it was safest for him to withdraw from society and never love again because he had lost both of his parents and his pet fox. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Pennypacker, Sara. ![]() |