The dramatic conclusion at the normally traditional ball paves the wave for the second installment of the Lunar series.
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For those of you who are expecting a romantic Cinderella love story will either be disappointed or pleasantly surprised by Marissa Meyer's Cinder. Meyer weaves three storylines into a modern day twist of the Cinderella story. Cinder, like her fairytale predecessors must endure life with an overbearing & vindictive stepmother Adri. Cinder uses her skills as a cyborg, half human & half android, to support the family as a mechanic in post World IV Bejing. Cinder meets Prince Kai for the first time when he comes to get his android, who is carrying important government secrets, repaired. When Cinder's younger stepsister & only friend Peony becomes infected with deadly leumotosis during a work visit, Adri blames Cinder & forces her to participate in the cyborg experimental program for a cure. As a result, Cinder's path once again crosses with Prince Kai. During this epic struggle, Kai confronts the reality of assuming the throne & being forced in arranged marriage with the enemy lunar queen Leovana if his Emperor father doesn't survive the horrific plague.
The dramatic conclusion at the normally traditional ball paves the wave for the second installment of the Lunar series. Image located http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/11235712-cinder
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Recently, there has been a lot of rhetoric on "the war on women" in the U.S political arena. Large numbers of young women are enduring such anguish in many Arab countries. In her harrowing biography, Nujood Ali narrates her struggle against an arranged marriage to a man three times her age at merely 10 years old. Ali's quick & easy-to-read account serves as a reminder of the many blessings & opportunities for women in the U.S and other industrialized nations.
Image located at http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/6818019-i-am-nujood-age-10-and-divorced During the month of November, CHS students and staff selected their favorite 2012 books. The process started out with eliminating 20-10 books, 10-5 books, and 5-1 book. I constructed this list for the top 10 Amazon and top 10 ALA (American Library Association) books of the year based on October counts. The titles slightly changed as the end of the year drew near. The top five books chosen by CHS library visitors were the following: Images from Good Reads. Com Take a look at the front of the webpage for more information on the winning choices. I will conclude this section with a Photopeach presentation of my personal comments on the top 20 books I had an opportunity to read this year. |
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