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Author : Christopher Pike
Release : 1996
Genre : Children's stories, American
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 148/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Starlight Crystal by : Christopher Pike
Download or read book The Starlight Crystal written by Christopher Pike. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Pike
Release : 1996
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 288/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Starlight Crystal by : Christopher Pike
Download or read book The Starlight Crystal written by Christopher Pike. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 200 years in the future. Paige Christian, 18, has been given the chance to join the crew of the Traveler--a special spaceship/time capsule designed to circle the solar system and study the changes on earth throughout two centuries. But an awful thing happens to the earth--and the Traveler. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Adalbert Stifter
Release : 2015-12-15
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 530/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rock Crystal by : Adalbert Stifter
Download or read book Rock Crystal written by Adalbert Stifter. This book was released on 2015-12-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seemingly the simplest of stories—a passing anecdote of village life— Rock Crystal opens up into a tale of almost unendurable suspense. This jewel-like novella by the writer that Thomas Mann praised as "one of the most extraordinary, the most enigmatic, the most secretly daring and the most strangely gripping narrators in world literature" is among the most unusual, moving, and memorable of Christmas stories. Two children—Conrad and his little sister, Sanna—set out from their village high up in the Alps to visit their grandparents in the neighboring valley. It is the day before Christmas but the weather is mild, though of course night falls early in December and the children are warned not to linger. The grandparents welcome the children with presents and pack them off with kisses. Then snow begins to fall, ever more thickly and steadily. Undaunted, the children press on, only to take a wrong turn. The snow rises higher and higher, time passes: it is deep night when the sky clears and Conrad and Sanna discover themselves out on a glacier, terrifying and beautiful, the heart of the void. Adalbert Stifter's rapt and enigmatic tale, beautifully translated by Elizabeth Mayer and Marianne Moore, explores what can be found between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day—or on any night of the year.
Author : Tim Wynne-Jones
Release : 2019-09-10
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 048/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Starlight Claim by : Tim Wynne-Jones
Download or read book The Starlight Claim written by Tim Wynne-Jones. This book was released on 2019-09-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast-paced, evocative, and intensely suspenseful, Tim Wynne-Jones’s latest psychological thriller finds a teenager setting his wits against the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees. Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families’ camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He’d been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend — his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that’s half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend when no one else could. What he doesn’t expect to find is the door to the cabin flung open and the camp occupied by strangers: three men he’s horrified to realize have escaped from a maximum-security prison. Snowed in by a blizzard and with no cell signal, Nate is confronted with troubling memories of Dodge and a stunning family secret, and realizes that his survival now depends on his wits as much as his wilderness skills. As things spiral out of control, Nate finds himself dealing with questions even bigger than who gets to leave the camp alive.
Author : Dodie Smith
Release : 2015-06-23
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 747/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Starlight Barking by : Dodie Smith
Download or read book The Starlight Barking written by Dodie Smith. This book was released on 2015-06-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dodie Smith's The Hundred and One Dalmatians, adapted by Disney, was declared a classic when first published in 1956. The Starlight Barking, Dodie's own long-forgotten sequel, presents a thrilling adventure for Pongo and his family, lavishly illustrated by the same artist team as the first book. As the story opens, every living creature except dogs is gripped by an enchanted sleep. One of the original Dalmatian puppies, all grown up since the first novel, is now the Prime Minister's mascot. Relying on her spotted parents for guidance, she assumes emergency leadership for the canine population of England. Awaiting advice from Sirius, the Dog Star, dogs of every breed crowd Trafalgar Square to watch the evening skies. The message they receive is a disturbing proposition, one that might forever destroy their status as "man's best friend."
