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Sidekick to Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Katherine R. Miller - 2014
If you have not yet bought Mockingjay, make sure to purchase it before buying this unofficial Sidekick. Katniss Everdeen has survived the arena—twice. But an even harder task awaits her: the rebels in District 13 want her to become the face of the revolution, the Mockingjay. In this stunning conclusion to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy, we follow “the girl who was on fire” into the inferno of civil war. With this Sidekick, you’ll: • Discover some of Mockingjay’s fascinating hidden gems • Spend some more time with Katniss and other characters you’ve come to know and love • Learn what you might have missed on your first read of Mockingjay • Explore a possible alternate ending and imagine ideas for a prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy • Get a chance to discuss Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay with other readers on our Facebook forum Sidekicks are entertaining and insightful reading companions, filled with delightful commentary and thought-provoking questions. Readers have raved that they "really put you in touch with the many layers of the novel," "keep you entertained even longer," and are "perfect if you want a vivid understanding of the story." Designed to be read side by side with the novels they complement, they’ll give you even more reasons to love some of today’s best books.
Outlawed
Hayley Osborn - 2019
It's what comes after that's difficult. Traveling through time to twelfth century England was never on Maryanne Warren's to do list. Not that modern-day life's going so well, but at least her little brother is in it. He's the only reason she's climbed out of bed recently. To get back to him, she's just got to convince young outcast Robin of Woodhurst to become Robin Hood. It should be simple. A quick trip through time, instigate a carriage robbery or two, then back to life as she knows it.Yet somehow Rob slips past the walls she's spent years building and makes her care about his cause. She doesn't even want to think about the way his intense stare renders her speechless.As the time to return home draws closer, she becomes less certain her brother is her future. Perhaps her place is here at Rob's side, as his Lady Marian.But the magic that sent her here has its own agenda, and Maryanne must decide which of her two lives is the life worth fighting for.Outlawed is packed full of fast-paced action with a slow-burn romance that fans of Sarah J Maas, Kiera Cass and Marissa Meyer can't get enough of.
Gathering Frost
Kaitlyn Davis - 2015
A resister. A rebel. Someone who lived to bring an end to the queen who stole my childhood--my mother, my life, my very world. But I'm not. I'm not the good guy. I'm the one who puts the good guys in their graves."Jade was only a little girl when the earthquake struck. Before her eyes, half of New York City disappeared, replaced by a village that seemed torn out of a storybook. Horses and carriages. Cobblestone streets. A towering castle. And, above all, a queen with the magical ability to strip emotions away.Ten years later and Jade has forgotten what it is to feel, to care...even to love. Working as a member of the queen's guard, she spends most of her time on the city wall staring at the crumbling skyscrapers of old New York. But everything changes when the queen's runaway son, Prince Asher, returns. Under his relentless taunts, her blood begins to boil. Under his piercing gaze, her heart begins to flutter. And the more her icy soul begins to thaw, the more Jade comes to question everything she's ever known--and, more importantly, whose side she's really on.
Wolfskin
Juliet Marillier - 2003
His closest friend, Somerled, a strange and lonely boy, has his own very different ambitions - yet a childhood oath, sworn in blood, binds these two in lifelong loyalty. Meanwhile, far away across the water, on the Light Isles, the king's niece Nessa is beginning to learn the ways of the mysteries - though neither the young priestess nor her people can realize what lies ahead for them." "Eyvind and Somerled seem set to follow very different paths: one becoming a fearless servant of the Warfather, the other a scholarly courtier. Then a voyage of discovery, led by Somerled's brother Ulf, brings the two friends together again in accompanying a group of settlers to some beautiful islands rumoured to lie across the western sea. However, their good spirits are dampened by a tragedy on board, which Eyvind begins to suspect may not have been an accident." Ulf's new settlement begins in harmony with the native islanders, led by King Engus. But one day, on a trip to a holy place of the Folk, a brutal murder occurs and that peace is shattered. It is now that Eyvind begins to feel the restraining ties of his boyhood oath...and to realize what sort of future Somerled had in mind for himself all those years ago.
Born of Air
R.A. Lewis - 2019
But when she overhears that she might be a child of the Valdir, a silver-haired race of dragon riders that disappeared sixteen years ago, she chooses to leave her old life behind and venture into the unknown to discover who she is and where the dragons disappeared to.
But someone has been searching for her. In a strange city, searching for answers to her past, Kalina must conquer her own fear, deal with dangers she never anticipated from a crown she never knew existed, and forge friendships with unlikely people to help her find her place in the world.
Born of Air is the first book in the Valdir Chronicles. If you loved Eragon you will love this coming of age adventure.
Neil Gaiman's Ocean at the End of the Lane - For Fans (Trivia-On-Books)
Trivion Books - 2015
You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you? Trivia-on-Books is an independent quiz-formatted trivia on the book for readers, students, and fans alike. Whether you're looking for new materials to the book or would like to take the challenge yourself and share it with your friends and family for a time of fun, Trivia-on-Books provides a unique approach that is both insightful and educational! Features You'll Find Inside: • 30 Multiple choice questions on the book, plots, characters and author • Insightful commentary to answer every question • Complementary quiz material for yourself or your reading group • Results provided with scores to determine "status" Promising quality and value, grab your copy of Trivia-on-Books!
Kill the Queen
Jennifer Estep - 2018
Seventeenth in line for the throne, Evie is nothing more than a ceremonial fixture, overlooked and mostly forgotten.But dark forces are at work inside the palace. When her cousin Vasilia, the crown princess, assassinates her mother the queen and takes the throne by force, Evie is also attacked, along with the rest of the royal family. Luckily for Evie, her secret immunity to magic helps her escape the massacre.Forced into hiding to survive, she falls in with a gladiator troupe. Though they use their talents to entertain and amuse the masses, the gladiators are actually highly trained warriors skilled in the art of war, especially Lucas Sullivan, a powerful magier with secrets of his own. Uncertain of her future—or if she even has one—Evie begins training with the troupe until she can decide her next move.But as the bloodthirsty Vasilia exerts her power, pushing Bellona to the brink of war, Evie’s fate becomes clear: she must become a fearsome gladiator herself . . . and kill the queen.
Princess of Shadows
A.G. Marshall - 2016
Marshall with the ASIN number B01M0MKH7Q.Only a true princess can save the kingdom. Alaric wants to be king. He wants to continue the peace and prosperity his father created in Aeonia. But with enemies questioning his bloodline, he’ll have to put his heart on the line and marry a stranger to secure his right to rule. Only a match with a true princess will silence his critics and protect his future. Lina’s lineage is shocking at best and deadly at worst. Over a century ago, she put herself into an enchanted sleep to seal away a horde of dark creatures. Now both Lina and the goblins are awake. Without friends or resources, Lina must seek the help of the Council of Kings. To get close enough to them to ask for aid, she’ll need to convince everyone she’s a true princess. As Alaric searches for a true princess to marry, Lina tries to convince the world she is one. But while they try to save the kingdom on their own, they may find what they need is each other.
Camp Half-Blood - The Heroes of Olympus Characters: The Lost Hero Characters, the Son of Neptune Characters, etc.
Source Wikipedia - 2011
Pages: 148. Chapters: The Lost Hero characters, The Son of Neptune characters, Ella, Enceladus, Hazel Levesque, Lupa, Polybotes, Aeolus, Annabeth Chase, Aphrodite, Argus, Big Three, Boreas, Butch, Calais, Chiron, Clarisse La Rue, Clovis, Drew, Dylan, Enceladus, Esperanza Valdez, Festus, Gaea, Gegeines, Giant, Gleeson Hedge, Harley, Hecate, Hephaestus, Hera, Iris, Isabel, Jake Mason, Jane, Jason Grace, Khione, Krios, Lacy, Leo Valdez, Lityerses, Lou Ellen, Lupa, Lycanthrope, Lycaon, Ma Gasket, Medea, Mellie, Midas, Miranda Gardiner, Mitchell, Ms. Grace, Naiad, Nyssa, Phoebe, Piper McLean, Porphyrion, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Seymour, Sump, Tempest, Thalia Grace, The Gigantes, The Oracle, Torque, Travis Stoll, Tristan McLean, Ventus, Water Nymph, Will Solace, Wind Gods, Wind Nymph, Zethes, Zeus, Zoe, Alcyoneus, Amazons, Ares, Argentium, Arion, Auguries, Aurum, Basilisk, Bobby, Dakota, Don the Faun, Doris, Ella, Emily Zhang, Euryale, Festus, Fleecy, Frank Zhang, Gaea, Gegeines, Grandma Zhang, Gray, Gwendolyn, Hades, Hannibal, Hazel Levesque, Hellhound, Hera, Hylla, Iris, Julia, Karpoi, Kinzie, Laistrygonian Giant, Lares, Larry, Leo Valdez, Lulu, Lupa, Ma Gasket, Mrs. O'Leary, Nico di Angelo, Octavian, Otrera, Percy Jackson, Phineas, Polybotes, Reyna, Sammy Valdez, Scipio, Stheno, Terminus, Thanatos, The Gorgons, Tyson. Excerpt: Ella is a Harpy that appears in The Son of Neptune. Ella is an ally of Percy, Frank and Hazel who holds a number of secrets. She was originally with Phineas and the other harpies, cursed to only eat from Phineas' table. Phineas said Ella was the most annoying harpy, and that she was more persistant than the rest. She was harrassed by the other harpies, whenever she got food, the others would steal it and leave her with nothing. Ella lived on a makeshift cardboard shelter on top of the Multnomah County Library, surrounded by books. After the trio defeated Phineas, Ella said...
The Emperor's Edge
Lindsay Buroker - 2010
But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed. Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most notorious assassin, is in town. He's tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe would be a fool to cross his path. Unfortunately, her superiors order her to hunt him down. Either they have an unprecedented belief in her skills... or someone wants her dead.
Stealing the Egg
LeRoy Clary - 2015
He is warned by night whispers to flee from his tiny mountain village of Dun Mare. The stolen egg of a dragon will pay his way, if he manages to live long enough to sell it. However there are forces against him far beyond his understanding. All he believes he knows about his life and home is false, but the egg of the black dragon is the key. Many believe black dragons do not exist or have gone extinct. Gareth finds himself alone in a strange world of tempest seas, flying dragons, and powerful foes vying for the mental powers he may possess, and for control of the egg. Telepathic teachers a secret sisterhood, and the king's armies willing to kill for a black dragon are only the beginning of Gareth's story. The second book of the series is expected to be published by October of 2015.