![]() Within months, Franc had decided to publish the book himself, and Ziji Publishing was born. Ever grateful for his bank manager’s tolerance of his mortgage needs, Franc felt obliged to read it, but was soon engrossed by Clive’s dark storytelling and the incredibly real world he had created. The manuscript thudded through Franc Roddam’s letterbox one morning in 2003, having been forwarded by his bank manager, whose assistant was, in fact, Clive’s wife. Written by Clive Woodall, a former Sainsbury’s grocery manager, it is an allegorical tale of the struggle between good and evil. One for Sorrow, Two for Joy was Ziji Publishing’s first title. But what can one bird do, in the face of such evil? A bird to fight the darkness, and bring light back to the land. For small birds throughout the land, survival is everything.īirddom needs a hero. The magpie has replaced the pigeon in the city and the starling in the garden. In Birddom, blackbird and sparrow have been exterminated. ![]() Dominance has been achieved by systematic genocide and slaughter. ![]() An evil intelligence is masterminding their inexorable rise. ![]() ![]() Welcome to Birddom – a land where magpies rule. ![]()
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![]() This fresh perspective wonderfully revivifies the entire saga, and the salty, colorful language of the captured men themselves conjures the events of that April morning in 1789, when Christian's breakdown impelled every man on a fateful course: Bligh and his loyalists on the historic open boat voyage that revealed him to be one of history's great navigators Christian on his restless exile and the captured mutineers toward their day in court. In giving the Bounty mutiny its historical due, Caroline Alexander has chosen to frame her narrative by focusing on the court-martial of the ten mutineers who were captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in England. Why the details of this obscure adventure at the end of the world remain vivid and enthralling is as intriguing as the truth behind the legend. More than two centuries have passed since Master's Mate Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lieutenant Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty. ![]() ![]() When I became an elementary school librarian two years ago, one of my first missions was to create a graphic novel section. Since that day, I have eagerly awaited, read and reviewed all of Telgemeier's books (except Sisters, for some reason) and you can read those reviews here. While I was a bit suspicious, thinking this might be a more superficial story about the awkwardness of braces, I was hooked immediately when I read the first few pages, learning real, autobiographical story behind the braces. Upon seeing Telgemeier's book on the shelf in the kid's section, I was drawn to the mint green cover with the bright yellow, braces filled smiley face of Smile. As a bookseller, I was aware of the section with graphic novels for adults and, for the most part they seemed like bleak, dark stories filled with superheroes. ![]() ![]() In 2010, Raina Telgemeier was my introduction to graphic novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() Who meets Sherlock Holmes in William Ritter's sleuthing character - the eccentric R. JACKABY is one of those books that cleverly crosses the threshold of age branding, delivering a quick and entertaining read with a Dr. Published September 16th 2014 by Algonquin Young Readers Young Adult Fiction / Paranormal / Historical The police are convinced it’s an ordinary villain, but Jackaby is certain it’s a nonhuman creature, whose existence the police-with the exception of a handsome young detective named Charlie Cane-deny.ĭoctor Who meets Sherlock in William Ritter’s debut novel, which features a detective of the paranormal as seen through the eyes of his adventurous and intelligent assistant in a tale brimming with cheeky humor and a dose of the macabre. On her first day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial killer is on the loose. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary-including the ability to see supernatural beings. Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain.” “I have a gift that allows me to see truth where others see the illusion-and there are many illusions. “Miss Rook, I am not an occultist,” Jackaby said. ![]() |