This fantasy book introduces you to a complex, creative land that follows several different characters. Within a rich and vast world, you follow the intertwined stories of characters during the story. Mainly surrounding the character Kaladin, you read about his journey to get revenge as he fights in a very split world.
Something in the Walls is a thriller written by Daisy Pearce. This book follows the story Mina, a newly graduated child psychologist. One day she is approached by a journalist named Sam and he has a job for her. As she needs experience, she decides to take the case even though she's advised not to. Her first case is to try and help a girl named Alice. Alice has begun to act strange, and her family desperately needs her to get help.
The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden is a psychological thriller that follows the story of a newly hired housemaid named Millie. She begins her live-in housemaid job, but things quickly begin to go wrong. Her room has a lock on the outside, but not on the inside, leaving Millie feeling uneasy. Also, strange things begin to happen in her room at night. The people she works for make her job a living nightmare.
Stick Dog Gets the Tacos is the 9th book of the Stick Dog book series. It starts off with Karen the Dachshund telling Stick Dog that she saw humans hitting a dog. Stick Dog became furious and told all the dogs to follow him to rescue the dog. When they arrive, they realize that the dog was a paper unicorn piñata. They notice that the humans are having a picnic, with Guacamole and Tacos.
Stick Dog Crashes a Party is the 8th book of the Stick Dog book series. The book starts off with the five dogs being hungry (again) and asking Mutt to shake off things from his fur. They find a mysterious packet which explodes, and red gets all over Karen. They find that it is ketchup and decide to search for the pizza place they had visited a couple of years ago. When they arrive, they see Stick Cat in a car, which gets Stripes excited, and hear Goose, Stick Cat's owner, talking about a wedding the next day.
In Bless Me, Ultima, Antonio, a young Latino New Mexican boy in the 1940s has a religious Catholic mother who wants him to be a farmer priest, while his dad is a cowboy. Meanwhile, a traditional woman named Ultima comes to live with his family, and she teaches him the spiritual aspects of nature, conflicting with the Catholicism his mother brings to him.
Once Upon a Broken Heart follows the Caraval series with the Prince of Hearts reappearing. It follows the story of Evangeline Fox, who lost her mother when she was young, and her father, who had remarried, has recently passed away. While being mistreated by her stepmom, Eva was also getting her heart broken by the guy she thought she loved.
Looking for Alaska, by John Green, is about one boy’s search for meaning. Miles “Pudge” Halter lived a relatively boring and normal life until his arrival at Culver Creek’s Boarding School. It is there that he first meets the brilliant, lovely, and undoubtedly complicated Alaska Young, who sets off a chain of events that will irrevocably change him and his perspective on life.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a novel by J.K. Rowling. The book begins with Harry and his friend Ron Weasley attending the Quidditch World Cup. However, things go south when Voldemort supporters streak the sky with the “Dark Mark”, which signals their return to power. When Harry and Ron return to school, they are met with the return of the Triwizard tournament. (Contenders are meant to be over 17) Shockingly, Harry is selected to compete against other highly prestigious wizard schools.
The novel Hoot by Carl Hiaasen is about Roy Eberhardt, who moves to Florida. Here he makes new friends, Beatrice Leep and “Mullet Fingers”. These two are mysterious and have their secrets, but something that isn’t discreet is their love for the nature and safety of the burrowing owls. Beatrice and Mullet Fingers inform Roy about a construction company that threatens to damage the burrowing owls’ colony.
