Mister Orange
10 best books like Mister Orange (Truus Matti): The River of No Return, Letters from Skye, The Trumpet of the Swan, They Called Us Enemy, Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics, Full Tilt, A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road, Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event, With Every Drop of Blood: A Novel of the Civil War
| Author | Bee Ridgway |
| ISBN | 0142180831 |
Two hundred years after he was about to die on a Napoleonic battlefield, Lord Nicholas Falcott wakes up in twenty-first-century London. The Guild, a secretive fraternity of time travelers, informs him that there is no return. But Nick yearns for the beautiful Julia Percy, who remains in 1815. As fate...
| Author | Jessica Brockmole |
| ISBN | 0345542606 |
A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole’s atmospheric debut novel captures the indelible ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the power of the written word to stir the heart.
March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth...
| Author | E.B. White |
| ISBN | 0064408671 |
Swan Song
Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, he can't even make a sound. And since he can't trumpet his love, the beautiful swan Serena pays absolutely no attention to him.
Louis tries...
| Author | George Takei |
| ISBN | 1603094504 |
A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself.
Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke...
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
| Author | Ann Brashares |
| ISBN | 0385729367 |
With unraveled embroidery and fraying hems, the Traveling Pants are back for one last, glorious summer.
Lena: Immerses herself in her painting and an intoxicating summer fling, fearing that the moment she forgets about Kostos will be the moment she sees him again.
Carmen: Falls under the...
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics
| Author | Chris Grabenstein |
| ISBN | 0553510401 |
Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again!
This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS....
| Author | Neal Shusterman |
| ISBN | 0689873255 |
Sixteen-year-old Blake and his younger brother, Quinn, are exact opposites. Blake is the responsible member of the family. He constantly has to keep an eye on the fearless Quinn, whose thrill-seeking sometimes goes too far. But the stakes get higher when Blake has to chase Quinn into a bizarre phantom...
A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road
| Author | Christopher Aslan Alexander |
| ISBN | 1848311257 |
"Most travelogues chart a journey, but in this case it is the author's decision to stay put that lifts his book out of the ordinary."--"Lonely Planet Magazine"Accompanied by a large parrot, a ginger cat, and his adoptive Uzbek family, Christopher Aslan Alexander recounts the sheer magic of Uzbek culture...
Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event
I think Millar did an excellent job of showing both sides of this 'Civil War'. At first, I was sure I would hate Tony, but when I looked at things from his point of view, it was almost impossible not to understand why he thought he was right. That's not to say that I wasn't rooting for Cap the rebels...
| Author | James Lincoln Collier |
| ISBN | 0440219833 |
Johnny made a promise to his father, who was wounded fighting for the South. He promised to take care of the family and not run off to fight. Without Pa, Johnny's family can barely scrape by. But when there's an offer to take his mules and wagon on a bold mission to supply the Rebel troops, Johnny can't resist....
| Author | Deanna Caswell |
| ISBN | 1419718894 |
Guess Who, Haiku is a unique poetic guessing game illustrated by bestselling and beloved artist Bob Shea. Author Deanna Caswell’s playful take on the inventive Japaense form of poetry offers clues about the creatures hiding on every page in this creative and clever picture book of charmingly illustrated...
| Author | Keith Baker |
| ISBN | 0152000054 |
Well, I read this because it was listed as a good book for vegan kids. Well, okay, I guess, if we’re talking empathy in the sense of seeing the similarities of all animals, and then extrapolating to humans, and then following that line of thought to humans being just one other kind of animal. There is definitely...
Survive. At any cost.
10 concentration camps.
10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly.
It's something no one could imagine surviving.
But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face.
As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is...
