“The world is an illusion, and living is dreaming, I muttered.Yet blood runs and tears gush forth.” In Seoul, a woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She wants to speak to him, but has lost her voice. Her teacher is finds himself drawn to the silent woman, but day by day he…
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Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
“It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry ‘Monster!’ and looked behind him.” Karou fills her sketchbooks with stories of monsters, that may or may not be real. She disappears on errands and can speak…
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
“We embrace those things that make us unique or odd. For only in these things can we locate and then develop our most individual abilities.” Born in New York, but living in Aba, Nigeria, twelve-year old Sunny is understandably a little lost. She is an albino and thus, incredibly sensitive to the sun. All Sunny…
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
“We were like gods, at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” During the age of heroes in Greece, Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Their paths should have never…
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
“Honor from death,” I snap, “is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. If we die, it will be so that others may live. Truly honorable death, the only honorable death, is one that enables life.” Elisa is the chosen one. She is one person chosen every one hundred…
China in Ten Words by Yu Hua
China is steadily becoming an economic powerhouse on the world stage and understanding the people and their culture is also growing in importance. China in Ten Words, gives readers the chance to examine China with common words from the Chinese vernacular: people, leader, reading, writing, Lu Xun, revolution, disparity, grassroots, copycat, and bamboozle. Each word…
The Great Book Wyrm 