![]() ![]() With the help of friends she sets out to make a point by getting every single book in the library banned.īan This Book resonated with me not because I’ve experienced censorship with books but because I have not. But it isn’t until she gets caught that Amy Anne really finds her voice. At first it’s just a few friends who are borrowing books but pretty soon kids from all grades are coming to her for reading material. So Amy Anne does what all mild-mannered girls would do - she sets up a banned books library in her locker. A parent has been hand-selecting books she sees as dangerous for young people and getting the school board to ban them. It’s been pulled from the library all together, and it’s not the only book. ![]() When Amy Anne arrives at her school library to check out her favorite book, it’s not on the shelf. Amy Anne can totally relate to running away and hiding in a museum. And recently that book is From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. ![]() There’s nothing Amy Anne likes to do more than escape into a good book. Though intended for middle readers, this novel will resonate with book lovers of every age.Īt the center of Ban This Book is Amy Anne, a shy and soft-spoken fourth-grader. If ever there was a book where you should ignore the suggested age, it’s Alan Gratz’s Ban This Book. BAN THIS BOOK, by Alan Gratz, Starscape, Aug. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The support crew drove Rivian R1T electric trucks. The certification was awarded by measuring and reducing the carbon emissions associated with the intrepid 13,000 mile journey, which was undertaken on the prototype LiveWireÔ electric motorcycles, which Harley-Davidson modified to enable Ewan and Charley to cope with the unforgiving landscapes, challenging terrains and extreme temperatures, from glaciers to deserts, and jungles to barrios. ![]() The latest Long Way Up production by Long Way Productions, available on Apple TV +, featuring Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman experiencing the open road from Argentina to Los Angeles on custom electric Harley-Davidsons to support the brand’s new direction to sustainability, has been certified by The Planet Mark. Member Article The Planet Mark certifies the new Long Way Up production, by Long Way Productions ![]() ![]() ![]() While the BBC's Sherlock conjured up Eurus Holmes, their secret sister, Springer’s books predate the hit series starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Baring-Gould’s Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street, Sherlock and Mycroft have an older brother named Sherrinford who manages the family estate. Springer’s six-part book series revives an old fan fiction about a third Holmes sibling. The Enola Holmes books bring an old fan theory back to life. If the movie has left you anxious for a sequel, you might want to pick up the books. The film is based on Nancy Springer’s young adult mystery book series, which puts the intrepid teenage detective smack in the middle of the Holmes boys' club. Though her name may be lesser known, she’s been around for more than a decade. So it’s no wonder that the new Netflix film Enola Holmes has become a breakout hit and rallying cry for young people searching for projects that center around non-male detectives.Įnola is Sherlock Holmes’s much smarter and more worldly teenage sister. For mystery fans searching for female sleuths in the same league as Sherlock Holmes, the pickings are pretty slim. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() His outlook brightens upon discovering the companionship of a dog, only to be subsequently devastated when the pooch succumbs to the infection. Now, after years of lonely existence, devoid of human contact, this shell of a man has become a depressed alcoholic. Scavenging for food and supplies by day and barricading himself in at night from the deadly fiends, he desperately seeks out other survivors while trying to determine the cause of the plague - and maybe even find a cure.Ī former family man, Neville’s daughter was claimed by the disease, and he was forced to kill his wife after she was infected and rose again as a vampire. The dystopian I AM LEGEND follows Robert Neville, the apparent last man on Earth due to his immunity to a global pandemic that has transformed humanity into hordes of bloodthirsty vampires. Published in 1954 to mixed reviews, Matheson’s I AM LEGEND has graduated to become one of the most influential Sci-Fi novels ever written, with today’s zombie, vampire, and post-apocalyptic genre tales - from NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and THE STAND to 28 DAYS LATER, WORLD WAR Z, and THE WALKING DEAD - drawing directly and indirectly from Matheson’s brainchild. Matheson, whose onscreen work includes THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, Steven Spielberg’s DUEL, Roger Corman adaptations of such Edgar Allen Poe classics as HOUSE OF USHER, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM and THE RAVEN, plus legendary episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, has been called “one of the most important writers of the twentieth century” by Ray Bradbury, and he wasn’t kidding. ![]() ![]() Can Athene and her newfound compatriots battle against the ruthless forces of darkness that howl for the overthrow of civilization and the devouring of so many wounded souls? In this sister novel to A Bloody Habit, the incomparable Father Thomas Edmund Gilroy, O.P. When she encounters a clairvoyant Dominican postulant, a stern nun, and a recusant English nobleman embarked on a quest for a feral Franciscan werewolf, the strange new world of enchantment and horror intoxicates and delights her-even as it brings to light her father’s complex past and his long-dormant relationship with the Church of Rome. ![]() For Athene Howard, the only child of renowned cultural anthropologist Charles Howard, life is an unexciting, disillusioned academic project. ![]() ![]() ![]() Morgan was portrayed by Laird Cregar in the film. The 1942 film, The Black Swan, based on the novel of the same name by Rafael Sabatini, had an account of Henry Morgan after his becoming the governor of Jamaica.The 1941 movie Horror Island has characters searching for the buried treasure of Henry Morgan.This film provided Flynn with a star-making role. The 1935 film Captain Blood, starring Errol Flynn, adapted from Rafael Sabatini's novel (see below), was loosely based on Morgan's life. ![]() It was scripted by Bob Karp and illustrated by Jack Hannah and Carl Barks. The first American Donald Duck adventure comic book story Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold features Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie searching for the lost treasure of the Henry Morgan.He earned a reputation as one of the most notorious and successful privateers in history, and one of the most ruthless among those active along the Spanish Main. He made himself famous during activities in the Caribbean, primarily raiding Spanish settlements. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh pirate, privateer and buccaneer. Rafael Sabatini's 1922 novel Captain Blood is based in large part on Morgan's career. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Broken Shore, which won the coveted British Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger award in 2007 – the first Australian author to do so – and Truth, awarded the Miles Franklin in 2010, were significant works of local crime fiction that, arguably, helped usher in the popularity of literary crime fiction in Australia.ĭavid Honeybone, former editor of the influential hard copy magazine, Crime Factory, and a fan of Temple’s work, interviewed the author for issue 2 of the magazine in 2010. His Jack Irish novels were made into a popular television show by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ![]() The death of Peter Temple at the age 71 has robbed Australia of what is undeniably one of its most influential crime writers. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() These genderbent characters appeared in subsequent episodes and were also mentioned in others. Princess Bubblegum, for instance, was Prince Gumball, and Vampire Queen Marceline was now Marshall Lee. As it turned out, Fionna and Cake were products of the Ice King’s in-universe fanfiction, where everyone in the land of Ooo had a different gendered counterpart. In the new show, the two will journey across the multiverse, along with the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov.įionna and Cake, the genderbent versions of Finn and Jake, first appeared in a 2011 episode of Adventure Time. The 10-episode series will premiere on HBO Max, with Adam Muto, longtime Adventure Time producer, serving as showrunner. Adventure Time is returning for an all new series - except this time, it’s not Finn the Human and Jake the Dog leading the way, but their gender-swapped counter parts Fionna the Human and Cake the Cat (and in Cake’s case, also species swapped). ![]() |