A master storyteller, John Marsden is Australia's best known writer for young adults. Marsden first found success with the publication of So Much To Tell You. Since then he has gone on to publish many popular and well-recognized titles, including those in the Tomorrow Series and The Ellie Chronicles. In his books, Marsden explores adolescents caught in a world of opposites, of innocence and guilt, idealism and realism, and joy and despair. Marsden's world view and his faith in adolescents serve as the backdrop for John Noell Moore's critical readings of Marsden's major novels. In John Marsden: Darkness, Shadow, and Light, Moore investigates the full spectrum of Marsden's work, beginning with the author's life as a teacher and writer. Throughout the book, Moore weaves together Marsden's recurring themes, chief among them writing and storytelling as ways of constructing identity in the transition from childhood to adulthood and the ability of young adults to endure hardships and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. The book is a valuable addition to the current scholarship on young adult literature and will be welcomed by middle and high school English teachers and students alike.
Christmas has come to Jacob's Fork, West Virginia.The town is aglow with lights and decorations, and people are smiling and singing carols all over the small town. With the snow falling, it looks and feels like Christmas.One small problem...The town has its very own Ghost of Christmas Past. For over a hundred years, there is a strip of road that has been haunted by a Lady in White, the ghost of a woman who suffered an unimaginable betrayal.Ella's first meeting with her ends in a serious car accident. She soon learns the ghost only appears during the last two weeks of December. After having nearly died, she's determined to get the ghost to move on by any means necessary, even if that means a blessed blade.When her best friend is almost the next victim, she knows time is running out. The longer she waits, the more people who could potentially die.So, together with Eli and an unexpected guest, she sets out in the middle of a snowstorm to reap the Lady in White. But will she succeed, or will she fall prey to the ghost as so many others have in the past? She survived once, but can she pull off a Christmas miracle and live to tell the tale?
A VOW...When Ike Jeffries married Cassandra Siler he believed in their future, and he couldn't wait to meet their daughter, born on Christmas Eve. What should have been a blessed event turned into a nightmare when Cassie disappeared with their baby girl. With a hardened heart, Ike finds them five long years later and learns that everything he thought he knew about his wife and child was a lie.AND A PROMISECassie Jeffries loved her husband with all her heart. But after the birth of their daughter she discovered a horrible truth about the child that forced her to run for their lives. Crisscrossing the country until she found a new home, Cassie knew she'd done the right thing until Ike found them and demanded answers she wasn't prepared to share. But life has a way of giving you what you need, and Cassie and her daughter needed the family they had left behind, even if it meant fighting for what was right, and for what she'd forsaken all those years ago.
He left because he said I was too good. Whatever that means. So I tried to move on. I did move on. Mostly. But moving on tends to put you right back where you last left your heart, like some sort of sadistic serendipity. You can't live without your heart. And I want it back. After I show him who he really left. After I show him all the things I'd wanted. After he knows what it feels like to lose it. He might want to run.
Noelle Brittler's task is simple. Marry and marry well. And yet... Emboldened by the successful marriages of her three elder sisters, Noelle is determined that she will have nothing but perfection in a suitor. She lives her day-to-day life planning parties, organizing charity events, and taking slow, wistful turns around the garden, burdened with dreams of a future that she feels is slipping away from her. Kenneth Black is anything but perfect. Destitute from a young age, Kenneth has managed to make a name for himself. His bakery, La Petite Paradis, is one of the most frequented bake shops in Manhattan- but he is still nothing more than a lowly baker in a big city. When Kenneth rescues a young woman from a terrifying encounter, he never expects to find himself presented with an invitation to one of the most coveted events of the year Aided by the intoxicating Miss Noelle Brittler, Kenneth adopts the character of a well-known architect in order to attend. Their plan seems to be working well. That is, until certain costly items begin disapearing from the amongst the guests. There are cries of theft and everyone is looking for someone to blame. As tensions rise and passions come to fruition, the pressure is on to find the thief and clear Kenneth's name. He can't have Noelle, but he'd sooner be tossed out on his ear than allow her think him a thief.
Tras quedar hu rfana a causa de una devastadora inundaci n, Noelle Brown pens que su atractivo y encantador benefactor, Andrew Paige, podr a ser el hombre de sus sue os, as que no entend a por qu se le aceleraba el coraz n y se quedaba sin aliento cada vez que ve a a Jared Dunn, el inflexible hermanastro mayor de Andrew. Jared era un pistolero que hab a decidido regresar a su hogar en Texas porque quer a dejar atr s su peligroso pasado. La decidida joven de ojos verdes a la que su hermanastro hab a dado cobijo no era la cazafortunas que esperaba encontrar, sino todo lo contrario... aquella beldad inocente y poco convencional necesitaba que l la ense ara a manejarse en la alta sociedad, y se qued sorprendido por lo agradable que le result aquella tarea. Cuando un esc ndalo se cerni sobre todos ellos, Noelle se vio obligada a salvar el honor de la familia, pero... cu l de los dos hermanos era el que se hab a adue ado de su coraz n? La rivalidad enfrent a hermano contra hermano, y una cosa estaba muy clara: aqu l no iba a ser un matrimonio de conveniencia
A pulse-pounding summer thriller from the international bestselling author of Ask For Andrea. Your Favourite Thriller Author's Favourite Thriller Author ‘Hands down one of my favourite reads of the year’ FREIDA MCFADDEN 'A true classic in the genre' LISA JEWELL 'A propulsive story that haunts and mesmerizes' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'As pulse-pounding as it is poignant. Do yourself a favour - clear your schedule and crack open this novel!' LISA GARDNER 'Noelle has mastered the art of keeping readers on the edge of their seats' JOHN MARRS 'Ihli's voice is magical and absorbing' KIERSTEN MODGLIN ‘Immersive, spine-tingling, deeply visceral' HEATHER GUDENKAUF 'Utterly gripping . . . I couldn't put it down' NICOLA SANDERS
