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Biopics and other movies and television shows based on real events are increasingly appearing at the multiplex and on streaming platforms alongside blockbuster franchises and adaptations. The appeal of movies and television shows based on true stories is that they claim to tell us what really happened, with the public and private versions of events packaged into one coherent narrative. But how do they do it, and what makes this version of events so appealing? The Biopic and Beyond investigates the process that turns the distant public figures that populate news and entertainment into screen characters that we can engage with and try to understand a little better. Even though they aren't the ...
Three YA authors (Lani Woodland, Melonie Piper, and Evan Joseph) bring you three romantic, paranormal short stories. These stories originally appeared in Transcendent: Tales of the Paranormal. -Jason and his arch enemy end up stranded on a Greek island with a siren who isn't exactly as legends described. -Scarlett meets the guy of her dreams. Literally. But there's more to him than she ever guessed. -Kira's Halloween takes a thrilling turn when she meets a mysterious stranger on horseback.
Sentenced to death by the man she loves . . . Jade has no control over her future. She is the Emmía, the girl whose magical blood keeps her kingdom’s cursed soil fertile and ensures the survival of her people. But her destiny is ruined when pirates take her magical medallion, the loss of which is treasonous, and the prince she loves is honor-bound to sentence her to death. Forced to flee to the pirate she hates . . . Jade escapes from prison, but her sister is captured and will die in her place unless Jade returns with the medallion still on the pirates’ ship. In disguise, she joins the pirate crew where she finds herself drawn to the first officer, William, and his claims of the crown’s hidden brutality in the kingdom. But when Jade learns the fate of every Emmía before her, she is finally forced to choose her own destiny: die a martyr or live a rebel.
If you are a dog lover, you will enjoy New York Times bestselling author Melanie Shankle’s debut children’s book, Piper & Mabel. Melanie shares the adventures of her two very wild but very good dogs, Piper and Mabel, who have an experience of their own when their owners plan a vacation to the beach. The dog duo is shocked to discover they won’t be joining their people on the trip. Instead, they’re headed to doggie day care at the Happy Trails Ranch, where they create all kinds of mischief when they discover the accommodations are not exactly what they were expecting. And when they decide to take matters into their own paws, they end up on one crazy journey. Humorous story, perfect for children ages 4-8 If your kids loved Secret Life of Pets, they’ll enjoy reading about Piper and Mabel Shankle is the author of four books, co-hosts The Big Boo Cast and is the hilarious voice behind the popular Big Mama Blog.
A fairy-tale journey of intrigue and romance that reimagines the classic Pied Piper story. A plague of rats. A giant beast outside the village walls. A host of missing children. And one young woman determined to save her people. In 1424 Hamlin, Katerina faces threats from all sides. An outbreak of rats has overtaken the village, a mysterious beast is on a killing rampage of the village’s children, and Katerina’s evil stepfather is a dark presence inside the walls of her own home. Katerina is determined to hunt and kill the Beast of Hamlin herself before more lives are lost. When Steffan, the handsome but brash duke’s son, comes to town seeking glory and reward, Katerina decides he migh...
Discover the secrets of a siren, fly with a hawk girl over the mountainsof Montana, and flee supernatural party-crashers as the décor comes tolife in this magical journey through paranormal stories.Along the way, watch for ghosts in a haunted house, or ride through themoonlight with a stranger. Save a comatose boy who has lost his soul, anddon't forget to bring your garlic and wolfsbane-you never know when theshadows will snag you.Transcendent includes eight stories of magic, love, death, and choice bysome of the newest names in young adult fiction.
January and February, 1925 volumes bound together as one.
This volume of essays provides a critical foray into the methods used to construct narratives which foreground antiheroines, a trope which has become increasingly popular within literary media, film, and television. Antiheroine characters engage constructions of motherhood, womanhood, femininity, and selfhood as mediated by the structures that socially prescribe boundaries of gender, sex, and sexuality. Within this collection, scholars of literary, cultural, media, and gender studies address the complications of representing agency, autonomy, and self-determination within narrative texts complicated by age, class, race, sexuality, and a spectrum of privilege that reflects the complexities of scripting women on and off screen, within and beyond the page. This collection offers perspectives on the alternate narratives engendered through the motivations, actions, and agendas of the antiheroine, while engaging with the discourses of how such narratives are employed both as potentially feminist interventions and critiques of access, hierarchy, and power.
Piper and Mabel Activity Kit is a companion to Piper and Mabel by Melanie Shankle. This guide can be utilized in the classroom, in a home school setting, or by parents seeking additional resources. Ideal for grades K-3.
Enjoy this FREE sweet rockstar contemporary romance from bestselling author Michelle MacQueen Piper Hayes’ world shattered the day her parents died. Suddenly she and her older sister were on their own with only each other to rely on. Taken in by their mother’s best friend, she had to navigate a new home, living with two strange boys who’d come to mean more to her than anything. She’s survived on pure stubbornness and songwriting. Now it’s years later and she’s famous, but the world doesn’t know it. Her song, Fate, blares over airwaves, showcasing the soulful voices of her sister and Ben, the boy she’s grown up with. They’re music’s golden couple, and Piper is their… ass...