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The eighteen-year-old Paul O'Grady gets ready for a big Saturday night out on the town. The Devil Rides Out tells a disturbing story of black magic and the occult. ![]() ![]() ![]() She looked at his face and wished she could be like some of those women she had often read about who, when they looked at a lost or former lover, wondered what they could have seen in him in the first place. She almost smiled-why should their divorce be any different than their marriage? ![]() Could you give us some examples of what you describe as your wife’s erratic behavior over the last few years.”ĭonna Cressy sat in the straight hard-backed chair, her back rigid, not touching the wood, and watched the man in the witness stand, the man to whom she had been married for six years, Victor Cressy, age thirty-eight and five years her senior, continue to grind what was left of her self-image into fine flecks of ash (human remains from the cremator’s oven), to dissect every phrase she had uttered during their life together, every tone, every nuance until there was nothing left but his interpretation of how it had been. The lawyer smiled with well-practiced patience, perfectly pitched understanding in his voice as he elaborated. “Could you be a little more specific when you say ‘erratic behavior’?” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cornelius has dwarfish as well as human blood, though Miraz does not know this. Miraz appoints Doctor Cornelius Caspian's tutor. When Caspian is a small boy (by which time both of his parents are dead), his nurse tells him of these stories, which fascinate him but when he mentions them in the presence of his uncle, Miraz rebukes Caspian and dismisses the nurse. In fact, the talking beasts are widely believed to be mythical by the human population, and stories of them are forbidden in Miraz's castle. By this time 1300 years have passed since the rule of High King Peter and his siblings, and Old Narnians no longer live openly in Narnia, having been driven into hiding hundreds of years earlier by Caspian's ancestors, the Telmarines. Lewis introduces Caspian as the young nephew of and heir to King Miraz of Narnia. For his love of the sea he is known as Caspian the Seafarer. He also appears at the end of The Last Battle.Ĭaspian is described as noble, handsome, brave and merry he strives for fairness and justice at all times and is a devoted King. He is featured in three books in the series: Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair. ![]() Prince Caspian (also known as Caspian X, King of Narnia, Lord of Cair Paravel and Emperor of The Lone Islands, and as Caspian the Seafarer or Caspian the Navigator) is a fictional character in The Chronicles of Narnia by C. ![]() ![]() ![]() Luiselli reveals each successive question when describing particular cases on which she worked as a translator, uniting their experiences and illuminating a pattern of abuse and neglect. The list of 40 questions were designed by nonprofit organizations in order to collect the experiences of immigrant children into a cohesive narrative for attorneys to reference in their defense. The 40 questions referenced in the title of the essay refer to the intake questionnaire. ![]() Interwoven through the list of questions are the author’s own experiences with issues of immigration, identity, and belonging. From her position as an immigrant, mother, educator, writer, and translator she describes the process of screening children through an intake questionnaire. In this four-part essay, Valleria Luiselli explains the phenomenon of the 2014 “immigration crisis” in which thousands of undocumented children from Central America arrived at the southern border of the United States. ![]() Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions. The following version of this book was used for the creation of this study guide: Luiselli, Valeria. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though still very much in love, Warner and Juliette grow distant from each other. To his surprise, Adam reaches out, and the two bond over their complicated grief and the abuse they both suffered from their father. Feeling ashamed of his grief for the tyrannical monster, he hides it from Juliette, which causes some tension between them. Meanwhile, Warner struggles with the death of his father. The only reply she recieves is from Oceania: a brief, informal note stating "Can't wait to see you." Knowing nothing about politics, she struggles to maintain diplomatic relations and is suspicious at the lack of responses from other Supreme Commanders she's reached out to. Once the adrenaline of overthrowing the Reestablishment fades, Juliette becomes overwhelmed with the responsibilities of being Supreme Commander of North America. When tragedy hits, who will she become? Will she be able to control the power she wields and use it for good? But she's still the girl with the ability to kill with a single touch-and now she's got the whole world in the palm of her hand. ![]() She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. ![]() ![]() When the story ends, discussions will begin about this future society where every adult is a murderer and every child knows there is another out there who just might be better. though both have the power to destroy her.Įlsie Chapman's suspenseful YA debut weaves unexpected romance into a novel full of fast-paced action and thought-provoking philosophy. ![]() If she is to have any chance of winning, she must stop running not only from her Alt, but also from love. Stricken with grief and guilt, she’s no longer certain that she’s the best version of herself, the version worthy of a future. But then a tragic misstep shakes West’s confidence. ![]() ![]() Survival means advanced schooling, a good job, marriage-life.įifteen-year-old West Grayer has trained as a fighter, preparing for the day when her assignment arrives and she will have one month to hunt down and kill her Alt. Everyone has a genetic Alternate-a twin raised by another family-and citizens must prove their worth by eliminating their Alts before their twentieth birthday. The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. ![]() The Hunger Games meets Matched in this thrilling high-concept YA where citizens must prove their worth by defeating the other version of themselves-their twin. ![]() ![]() ![]() He warns that, “The world’s numbskull intellectuals, which form 99.9% of all intellectuals, will feed you lies.” So, naturally, once he is dead and buried, the notion that it is her duty to do the work of the 0.1% shapes the way she conducts all of her intimate relationships. Zebra, Oloomi the writer-or me, the other Oloomi? Zebra’s father, Abbas Abbas Hosseini, an eccentric literary genius, drills into her a message that shapes her entire belief system. It depends on who is answering the question. Would you say that this 0.1% is a privileged group? The narrator of Call Me Zebra ( CMZ) sees herself as part of what she calls the 0.1%, a tiny fraction of the population that engages with the world through literature. ![]() |