![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.īut even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating love story filled with suspense and mystery. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anyone who has seriously read Austen knows that’s bunk, and that she was a very smart woman who wrote with care to her craft, and who packed a wallop of a biting undertone if you were really paying attention. It’s one of the reasons people who haven’t read Austen seriously (close-reading with thought and care) often think she was just a woman who wrote small stories set in houses about romances, and write her off in much the same way male literary authors write off “chick-lit” today (I’m not even going to start on the name of that genre, it makes my blood boil). ![]() Misinterpretation, or reading our modern sensibilities and modern knowledge onto Jane, is very common. That word has a negative association now that isn’t really meant here.) But what we really get is a pretty thorough breakdown of the most relevant social and historical context that Jane’s contemporary readers would have understood implicitly, but we either miss entirely or misinterpret. ( Radical, by the way, has a bit of a different usage here, in that it mostly means someone who is open to new ideas, and to rejecting the old if that is the right thing to do. I was just sort of expecting a fun book where the author points out passages in Austen’s work that adds credibility to the idea that Jane Austen was a radical thinker for her time. ![]() ![]() ![]() I particularly like the discussion questions/essay questions offered, as well as the summary of events and then interpretation/meaning of a section.” - Adrienne B., Middle School Teacher “I started a book club and wanted some reference material. I ended up getting an A-B on every paper I wrote! I recommend SuperSummary to all my college friends.” - Annabell C., College Student “I use SuperSummary to supplement my own lesson planning designs. I had to read 5 novels within 5 weeks so the chapter summaries really helped. SuperSummary Study Guides are written by experienced educators and literary scholars with advanced degrees in relevant fields. Get more out of your reading experience and build confidence with study guides proven raise students’ grades, save teachers time, and spark dynamic book discussions. Analyzing literature can be hard - we make it easy! This in-depth study guide offers summaries & analyses for all 55 chapters of When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pacific Work Connect apply this methodology in their work with Pacific migrants and have adapted it to suit diverse cultures, using a client’s knowledge and experiences to address their needs and their family’s needs. Luva (Kakala is not complete until it is gifted). ![]() Tui (weaving the information to make a garland).Toli mo fili (finding, selecting and picking appropriate information).Nofo (sitting and considering purpose and style).The Pacific Work Connect resource Making your Career Kakala comprises four stages: Kakala is a Tongan word meaning a garland of flowers it is also a Pacific research methodology developed by Professor Konai Helu Thaman (1993) and adapted by the Pacific Work Connect team to prompt clients to talk about their career journey and experiences. It supports new migrants from the Pacific into jobs or training in Aotearoa New Zealand through a culturally responsive career guidance programme. Pacific Work Connect is a partnership between the Tertiary Education Commission and other government organisations. ![]() ![]() She’s taking a lot of naps, starts snapping at Wren for no reason, and always seems to be sick. And things seem to fall into place when Wren meets potential friends and gets selected as the makeup artist for her school’s upcoming production of Wicked. So, when Wren and her mom move to a new town for a fresh start, she is cautiously optimistic. ![]() A girl whose parents aren’t divorced and doesn’t have to learn to like her new stepmom. A girl who isn’t in a sort-of-best friendship with someone who seems like she hates her. When she is experimenting with new looks, Wren can create a different version of herself. ![]() Twelve-year-old Wren loves makeup-special effect makeup, to be exact. From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a moving and relatable middle grade novel about secrets, family, and the power of forgiveness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Īfter the play had been written, most people she discussed it with considered it impossible to produce. This allowed Christie to portray a different conclusion on stage. "He got married and then there were none" She knew the ending would have to be changed because all of the characters die in the book and therefore "I must make two of the characters innocent, to be reunited at the end and come safe out of the ordeal." The original nursery rhyme that inspired the title had an alternative ending: Christie refused, because she relished the challenge herself although it would take her two years to carry out the task. It was also performed under the name Ten Little Indians.Ĭhristie had been pleased with the book, stating in her autobiography "I wrote the book after a tremendous amount of planning, and I was pleased with what I made of it." The book was very well received upon publication and Christie received a request from Reginald Simpson to be allowed to dramatise it. The play, like the 1939 book on which it is based, was originally titled and performed in the UK as Ten Little Niggers. And Then There Were None is a 1943 play by crime writer Agatha Christie. ![]() ![]() ![]() And it fits with the ending of “Assault.” The characters who survive walk away with little fanfare.Ĭarpenter had only one film to his credit, “Dark Star,” before he made “Assault.” “Dark Star” was a science fiction comedy that was as famous for the films its crew went on to make as it was for its humorous take on movies like “IT! The Terror from Beyond Space,” a thriller about an alien menacing a spaceship crew. Zimmer’s life post-Hollywood fits with the quiet dignity of her character, Leigh: She survives, then she walks away. ![]() ![]() There is also a third act shift to overtly Christian imagery and allusions that felt entirely unwarranted. Similar to the syntax choices, all the horror descriptions we do get repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat… I’m not sure if Chbosky doesn’t write out the horror because he can’t or because Christopher, the narrator, wouldn’t be able to understand it. At least, their fate is not described as being so horrible. Even those that don’t escape don’t end up suffering all that horrible of fate. All of the horror happens on the imaginary side of the world where no one dies and everyone always escapes. ![]() ![]() But after about the first couple hundred pages, it all grates and all repeats. The choices seem very much inline with how an 8 or 9 year old would think or speak. ![]() The breaks and short sentences create a tone and a mood that leave the reader unsure and unstable. Over 900 pages of this book were written like that: short, declarative sentences fragments strange, unnecessary capitalization breaks in the sentence and paragraph. Christopher and his single-mother are starting over in a town. ![]() ![]() ![]() Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books ![]() And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet common core text pairing needs.ĭid you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. What did the ancient Greeks wear? What did they do for fun? Where were the very first Olympics held? How are our modern Olympics similar to the ancient Olympics? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. ![]() When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics, they had lots of questions. The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. ![]() ![]() ![]() His first major offensive came on 25 September during the Battle of Loos. For the first year of the War he was training in England, before landing at Le Havre on 28 July 1915 and being sent to trenches near Festubert. Known as "Smiler" to his friends, he volunteered for the British Army on the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and served in the 9th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment. He took a first in Classical Moderations in March 1913 and decided to stay and do Greats. He left Durham in July 1911, with Gallipoli war poet and friend Nowell Oxland, for Oxford University where he was an exhibitioner of Christ Church. He steered in the second crew in 1907 was in the XI, 1910, 1911 and in the XV, 1910. He entered into The School House of Durham School in September 1905 on a King's Scholarship. He was born at Thornbury, near Bristol, but the family soon moved to Berwick-upon-Tweed. ![]() Hodgson was the fourth and youngest child of Henry Bernard Hodgson, the first Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich. During the First World War, he published stories and poems under the pen name Edward Melbourne. William Noel Hodgson MC (3 January 1893 – 1 July 1916) was an English poet. ![]() |