Kirjahaku

In 1864, a drought caused a small lake to recede. What lay at the bottom of the lake sent hundreds of Union soldiers to the small town of Gladeville, Tennessee. In 1861, The men of Gladeville joined the Confederate Army. Union soldiers had taken all of their food and live stock. Among the Gladeville men were two brothers, George and John Cluck. George was nineteen. John was eighteen. Only old men, women, and children remained. Victoria and Candis were betrothed to George and John. Every day, Victoria and Candis went to the Gladeville Church to wait for George and John to return. As the months passed, their hope dimmed but their love grew. Based on fact, fiction, and a local legend, Two Bullets for Sergeant Franks is the story of a Sergeant that held the men together for battle. It is the story of true events from the Confederate archives of George and John's military careers. It is the story of two women who waited for them to return. It is the story of the dead Union soldiers found in the receded lake.

"I dreamed of the Outside. It was murky, like a smudge of gray sky after rain, like my mother's tears. But the call that came with the dream was clear. Go, it said. Go out. Something awaits you."Julia has lived her whole life inside the Wall, the shining fortress her father built. But she dreams of knowing the world, and one day, the world calls to her. She runs away from home with a false name, a magical gift from her ailing mother, and her lion companion. But leaving triggers a curse, and no matter how hard she tries to outrun it, it catches up with her-as curses often do.Now, with only the help of a mysterious archer she meets along her journey, Julia must confront dark magic, uncover the secrets of her mother's past and her own abilities, and discover who she is outside of the Wall, if she is ever to survive the curse and build a life of her own.Fans of Naomi Novik and Laura E. Weymouth will love Sarah Jane Singer's lyrical, adventurous debut novel.