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Nearly every child dreams of becoming the most popular kid in school, but not all are able to fight and claw their way to the top. Revenge of the Drama Queen relates the story of a precocious fourth grader who is not only the most popular kid at Beth Shalom School for the Gifted and the lead in the school's annual Purim play, "The Whole Megillah," but is also one hell of a snazzy dresser. Set in Miami Beach long before the megafamous made it their domain, this is the story of a little superstar who hits the heights by taking the lead as Queen Esther, the iconic heroine of Jews everywhere, and gains a rather formidable enemy in the process. Through public confrontations and secret plots, Revenge of the Drama Queen shows just how low grade-schoolers are willing to go in their attempts to become the most popular and influential kid in school.
An intergenerational chronicle of the struggles and triumphs of the Carrolls, a prominent Irish Catholic family in Protestant Maryland. Charles Carroll (1737-1832) who represents the last of the three generations of patriarchs, is perhaps best known as the sole Roman Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. Tracing the Carroll's history from Ireland to Maryland, this account offers a transatlantic perspective of Anglo-American colonialism and reveals the often overlooked discrimination that Roman Catholics faced in colonial America.
A passenger airliner plummets into the Korean DMZ, killing every person on board but one: Susan Chin, a sixteen-year-old Singaporean girl with Down syndrome. The authorities are quick to dismiss the crash as an accident, but the insurers aren't convinced, not over the girl's questionable account. Claims investigator Jean Wan is called upon to challenge the ruling. She befriends Susan and uncovers an eccentric version of her story laced with magic mushrooms, a dead girl and the unusual bond between Susan and her father. Confronted by the stench of conspiracy, Jean realises she must strike at the heart of it all—the innocence of Susan Chin.
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