The great gatsby

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by…

Shooting Kabul

In the summer of 2001, twelve year old Fadi’s parents make the difficult decision to illegally leave Afghanistan and move the family to the United States. When their underground transport arrives at the rendezvous point, chaos ensues, and Fadi is left dragging his younger sister Mariam through the crush of people. But Mariam accidentally lets go of his hand and becomes lost in the crowd, just…

Tales of the jazz age

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

The snow child

In this magical debut, a couple's lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep. Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart -- he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity…

Forbidden lady

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780263875850

Collation

296 p. ; 17 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

800 HER f

A long petal of the sea

In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to su…

Of mice and men

Savvy George and gentle giant Lennie are drifters, hustling for a living in a string of dead-end jobs. George looks out for Lennie as they move from town to town, running from trouble and dreaming big. A place of their own, a piece of land, a bit of money. But trouble follows Lennie like a shadow, and George has his work cut out to keep him safe.

Pride & prejudice

Edition

A retelling.

ISBN/ISSN

9781800900240

Collation

136 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

F WOO p

Arctic star: braviing the worst journey in the world

Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying…

Dick Turpin: legends and lies

Dick Turpin was a famous highwayman, liar, thief, bully and murderer... or was he? 7th April 1739. York. Today is the day Dick Turpin will die. A young boy waits in the crowd below the scaffold. Waits for a glimpse of the famous highwayman. Waits to see him hang. In the crowd are five people - a villain, a victim, a fool, a traitor and an old man - who want to tell their stories. For some of…