Shine Light
10 best books like Shine Light (Marianne de Pierres): Beyond the Shadows, Prisoner of the Inquisition, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, The Dark Planet, Garden of the Purple Dragon, City of Ships, Space Demons, The Truth Cookie, Preloved, Queen of the Night
| Author | Brent Weeks |
| ISBN | 0316033669 |
A new queen has usurped the throne and is leading Cenaria into disaster. The country has become a broken realm with a threadbare army, little food and no hope. So Kylar Stern plans to reinstate his closest friend Logan as King, but can he really get away with murder?
In the north, the Godking's...
| Author | Theresa Breslin |
| ISBN | 0385617038 |
Zarita, only daughter of the town magistrate, lives a life of wealth and privilege. Indulged by her parents, she is free to spend her days as she pleases, enjoying herself in the company of an eligible young nobleman, horse riding, or leisurely studying the arts.
Saulo, son of a family reduced...
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
| Author | bell hooks |
| ISBN | 0743456084 |
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving. In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express...
I read “The Dark Planet” by Patrick Carman. I thought that the book was extremely good. The story always kept me wanting to read more and not stopping until I was done. The book was about a young boy, Edgar, who lived on a planet called Atherton. Atherton was created by a scientist to see if it was possible...
| Author | Carole Wilkinson |
| ISBN | 0330441116 |
Book jacket: In the time of the Han Dynasty in ancient China, a young orphan struggles to fulfill her destiny. Ping has survived her days as a slave at Huangling Palace, but new challenges await her in the desolate mountains of Tai Shan. The wise dragon, Danzi, is no longer around to guide her, and now it...
| Author | Mary Hoffman |
| ISBN | 0747592535 |
The acclaimed Stravaganza series delivers a thrilling story packed with action, drama—and pirates!
The new instalment in the critically acclaimed Stravaganza series transports readers to a world much like our own — but where magic and piracy come to life in the Italian town of Classe. The...
| Author | Gillian Rubinstein |
| ISBN | 0140321993 |
Space Demons (Space Demons Trilogy, #1), Gillian Rubinstein
Space Demons is a book by Australian author Gillian Rubinstein. First released in 1985, the young adult science fiction novel is the first of the 'Space Demons' trilogy. The book was awarded the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers...
| Author | Fiona Dunbar |
| ISBN | 0439740223 |
In a sparkling debut reminiscent of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, comes Fiona Dunbar's story of Lulu Baker, an ordinary twelve-year-old who discovers a magical secret.
Lulu Baker's dad is getting ready to marry his new girlfriend, world-famous model Varaminta le Bone. Everyone...
| Author | Shirley Marr |
| ISBN | 1742031900 |
If you had a second chance at love, would you do it all over again?
Amy has enough to deal with for one lifetime. A superstitious Chinese mother. A best friend whose mood changes as dramatically as her hair colour. A reputation for being strange. The last thing she needs is to be haunted by someone...
| Author | Leanne Hall |
| ISBN | 1921758643 |
I really liked Leanne Hall's debut novel
This is Shyness
. The world that Hall created was phenomenal - a perpetually night-bound suburb called Shyness where the sun has stopped rising; the relationship that blossoms wildly over the course of 24 hours between two strangers from opposite sides of...
| Author | Carole Wilkinson |
| ISBN | 1742030629 |
Dragon Dawn
Prequel to the Dragonkeeper trilogy
Danzi is not quite 1000 years old. He’s a youngster in dragon terms.
His old and infirm Dragonkeeper has just died. The dragon is sad at his friend’s passing, but also looking forward to some solo adventures.
There...
| Author | T.A. Barron |
| ISBN | 0142419265 |
A DANGEROUS RISK...
Merlin's world of Avalon faces destruction, and Merlin himself has disappeared. Only one possible savior remains - Basil, the once-tiny lizard who has become the greatest dragon of all time. But even as he enters into battle, Basil knows his struggles have only begun....
| Author | James Moloney |
| ISBN | 0732292042 |
When Silvermay first set eyes on Tamlyn Strongbow, she knew there would be no other for her. It didn′t matter that he was one of the Wyrdborn, a race of wizards who care only for themselves.
It is half a year later and Silvermay has followed Tamlyn through dangers no sixteen-year-old should...
| Author | David Colbert |
| ISBN | 0425205630 |
A quick read about the world of Narnia that offered an interesting take on C.S. Lewis' Chronicles. I feel like this is more aimed to a younger audience and seems to have a certain agenda behind it. The book did impart some fascinating information¸ but it felt a little light on and seemed to gloss over some...
From the author of the Chanters of Tremaris series comes a contemporary time travel fantasy, grounded in the landscape of Australia
Beginning and ending, always the same, always now. The game, the story, the riddle, hiding and seeking. Crow comes from this place; this place comes from...
