![]() ![]() ![]() As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she's been taught-about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Then an act of sabotage releases the library's most dangerous grimoire, and Elisabeth is implicated in the crime. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer's Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery-magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. ![]() A New York Times bestseller! “A bewitching gem.I absolutely loved every moment of this story.” -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series “If you loved the Hogwarts Library…you'll be right at home at Summershall.” -Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale From the New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an “enthralling adventure” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom. ![]()
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![]() This is just how I love my fantasy – wondrous, intelligent, compulsive, and rooted deeply into the real (in this case, Polish folklore). Uprooted is just as brilliant – I tore through it in a single sitting, unable to put the book down. As soon as I finished reading it, I ordered Uprooted, hoping for more of her vivid, spellbinding storytelling magic. Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver has my vote for one of the best reads of the year. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose. ![]() But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.īut Agnieszka fears the wrong things. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. ![]() ![]() But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. ![]() ![]() ![]() The illustrations by Susan Jeffers in this book bring the nutcracker ballet to life on paper. Years later when Marie and the prince get married, Marie becomes the Queen of a wondrous fairyland. He takes Marie to his kingdom, the Land of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy receives them. When the mouse king is killed, the nutcracker transforms into a handsome prince. Marie aids the nutcracker in his fight against the mouse king. He is attacked by the Mouse King and his army of mice. At midnight, the nutcracker comes to life. Fritz receives a box of toy soldiers and Marie gets two dolls and a wooden Nutcracker. The story begins on Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum’s house Marie and her brother Fritz Stahlbaum are treated to some unique gifts by the famous toy maker Herr Drosselmeier. ![]() Hoffmann’s story written in 1816 “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.” The Nutcracker is one of the most beloved ballets in the world for countless people the world over, watching this ballet is an annual holiday tradition. The Nutcracker by Susan Jeffers is a picture book based on the famous nutcracker ballet which is adapted from E.T.A. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Drawing on cutting-edge research, the history of science, recent discoveries in creativity and innovation, and her own lived experience, Grandin has created a powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we'll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century." -Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity Hopefully this book will inspire readers to look at the world in different ways so that we might better recognize the many assets each of us brings to the table." - Science ![]() "All of us could benefit from realizin that we need different kinds of minds to solve society's biggest problems. At stake is more than manufacturing, but a vivid recognition of the full breadth of human ingenuity." - Wall Street Journal Grandin crafts a strong depiction of visual thinking, assembling personal history, historical anecdotes, scientific studies and societal trends. written an indictment of America for its witting or unwitting dismissal of those hidden gifts. Grandin has been a pioneer in improving the welfare of farm animals as well as an outspoken advocate for the autism community. Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Animals in Translation, Animals Make Us Human, The Autistic Brain, and Thinking in Pictures, which became an HBO movie starring Claire Danes. ![]() |