Carrie Jones

Depressed after the death of her stepfather, high school junior Zara goes to live with her grandmother in a small Maine town, where new friends tell Zara the strange man she keeps seeing may be a pixie king, and that only "were" creatures can stop him from taking souls.

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A picture book biography of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who served as a spy in the Union Army during the Civil War.

the true story of a Civil War spy

Sarah Emma Edmonds was a great pretender

Zara White heeft het gevoel dat een vreemde kerel haar stalkt. En ze is geobsedeerd door fobieën. Ze is niet echt meer zichzelf sinds haar stiefvader is gestorven. Maar haar verbannen naar het ijskoude Maine om tijdelijk bij haar grootmoeder te gaan wonen? Dat is nogal extreem van haar moeder. De verhuizing moet haar zogenaamd helpen er weer bovenop te komen, maar Zara vermoedt dat haar moeder gewoon denkt dat ze gek is. Haar moeder heeft het fout. De stalker is geen verzinsel van Zara’s overactieve verbeelding. In Maine volgt hij haar nog steeds en laat een vreemd spoor van goudstof achter. Er is iets aan de hand dat bovennatuurlijk lijkt te zijn… en alles wijst naar Zara. In deze meeslepende YA-roman geeft Carrie Jones de lezer romantiek, spanning en een wezen waarvan je nooit had gedacht dat het zo griezelig zou kunnen zijn.

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Sarah Emma Edmonds started pretending at a very early age. Her father only wanted sons, so Sarah pretended to be one. Unlike most kids, though, Sarah never really stopped pretending. In 1861, during the U.S. Civil War, Sarah pretended her way into the Union Army, becoming a male nurse named Frank Thompson. Being a nurse didn't quite satisfy "Frank," though. She wanted to keep her fellow soldiers from getting hurt. So when the Union Army needed a spy, she leapt at the chance. While still pretending to be Frank, Sarah also pretended to be a male African American slave, a female Irish peddler, and a female African American laundress. She slipped behind enemy lines time after time, spied on the Confederate Army, and brought back valuable intelligence to the Union. Sarah was not only good at pretending; she was also very brave. Later in life, Sarah Emma Edmonds wrote a book to tell her story. She explained, "I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic." She was also truly a great pretender.

The True Story of a Civil War Spy

Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Great Pretender

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Annie Nobody thought she was, well, nobody; living in a nowhere town where nothing goes her way. Day one at her newest foster home proves to be dreadful, too ... and things get even worse when she's chased by something big and scary that definitely wants to eat her. Luckily for Annie, not everything is what it seems, and she gets swept up - literally - by a sassy dwarf on a hovercraft snowmobile and taken to Aurora: a hidden, magical town on the coast of Maine. There, she finds a new best friend in Jamie Hephastion Alexander - who thought he was a normal kid (but just might be a troll) - and Annie discovers that she's not exactly who she thought she was, either. She's a Time Stopper, meant to protect the enchanted.Together, Annie and Jamie discover a whole new world of magic, power, and an incredible cast of creatures and characters. But where there's great power, there are also those who want to misuse it, and Aurora is under siege. It's up to the kids to protect their new home, even if it means diving head first into magical danger.A thrilling adventure with heroes children will relate to - and more than a smattering of magic! A sensational new series to sweep you away, from bestselling YA author Carrie Jones. There is no time to lose!

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