Only Frances Mace hasn’t smudged the terrifying truth, and she’ll stop at nothing to avenge the murders of everyone she held dear. In the wake of the destruction of the luxury yacht Persephone, just three people remain to tell its story–but two of them are lying. In short, Daughter of Deep Silence is not a phenomenal book, even though the prose is seemingly “perfected and polished.”ĭaughter of Deep Silence, by bestselling author Carrie Ryan, is a “deliciously smart” revenge thriller that attempts to examine identity, love, and the lengths to which one will go when there’s nothing to lose. ” A phenomenal book shows that the narrator is “perfected and polished” rather than having the narrator say so and then act otherwise. Elegant, rich prose does not a phenomenal book make. That sentence is unfortunately the only thing I remember from English class, along with the accompanying showing, not telling does a phenomenal book make. A phenomenal book is one without sentences like, “Everything about me is perfected and polished, and thoroughly, thoroughly Libby.
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And Prince Charming's beautiful face hides a vacant soul.Įven as her life turns to misery, the stories persist that Ella's fairy godmother sent her to the ball: How else could the poor girl wear a beautiful gown, arrive in a coach, and dance in those glass slippers? But there is no fairy godmother to help Ella escape the deadening life of the castle. Ella's life becomes a meaningless schedule of protocol, which she fears she will never grasp. Pitiless and cold, the royals try to mold her into their vision of a princess. But after she is chosen to marry the prince, life with the royal family is not the "happily ever after" that Ella imagined. "Like every commoner in the land, Ella dreams of going to the ball and marrying Prince Charming. People would rather believe in fairy godmothers.than think that you took charge of your own destiny. Following the final weeks of bereaved author Sarah Crow as she comes under the fell influence of the titular red tree it is presented as journal kept by Sarah Crow throughout her last weeks at the farm house to which she has fled to hide from her crumbling career. I’ve nearly finished the book, and probably will this evening, but there is something about it that has been bugging me.Īs with the Drowning Girl Kiernan’s story here is absolutely sumptuous and masterful in its execution. I picked up the book that was released prior to The Drowning Girl, The Red Tree, quite a while ago but due to my studies obliterating my ability to read anything like the amount of fiction I would like I have only just gotten around to reading it. I still think that it’s a travesty that the book didn’t win every award that it was possible to win so beautiful is her prose. I have been since I read her weird masterpiece The Drowning Girl last year. Notes at the back identify each tribe represented (Plains, Pueblo, Great Lakes, Northwestern, and Southwestern peoples), and provide information about the pictures. “A quiet, respectful survey of some Native American customs organized through the structure of a counting rhyme, populated by rabbits dressed in traditional garb. . . . A delightful visual treat.” -TheFive Owls “A valuable replacement for the old, stereotypical ten little Indians rhyme. . . . “Writer Virginia Grossman and artist Sylvia Long, a Dakota Indian, have created this book with honestly and careful attention to authenticity and beauty, and the result is a high-quality combination of rhyme, culture, and artistic expression that will please children.” -Booklist Winner of the International Reading Association Children’s Book Award Ideal for story time or bedtime, this is a book sure to leave children counting rabbits instead of sheep. Each number introduces a facet of traditional Native American culture, such as Pueblo corn dances or Navajo weaving, and the simple, rhyming text is enhanced by a brief afterword on Native American customs. The whimsical illustrations of Ten Little Rabbits, reminiscent of Beatrix Potter, glow with brilliant color and are filled with fascinating detail. This spirited picture book celebrates Native American traditions as it teaches young children to count from one to ten. Ten Little Rabbits Sylvia Long, Virginia Grossman |