![]() ![]() The Female of the Species – Mindy McGinnis – Katherine Tegen Books – Published 20 September 2016Īlex Craft knows how to kill someone. When a sudden opportunity arises, Hadley decides to create some of her own justice and plans to go after each of the boys who hurt her friend. She has to see the four boys in her classroom everyday as the four of them were never charged. Hadley is left with a drowning sense of grief and guilt. A few months later, Magda is dead, having taken her own life. Hadley’s best friend Magda was raped by four classmates. Vigilante – Kady Cross – Harlequin Teen – Published 28 March 2017 Forced to confront the people and memories of that night, Grace starts to uncover the details of what happened -but the truth is something she never expected. ![]() But returning to the house that has so many fond memories of summers spent with her dad also brings back memories of the night that changed everything for Grace. Since her father died, Grace has been living in foster care, waiting for her uncle to finally claim her and bring her home to the town of New Harbor. Grace’s life has been thrown into chaos – but she’s been living that reality for two years. The Leading Edge of Now – Marci Lyn Curtis – Kids Can Press – Published 4 September 2018 Here is an updated list (June 2019) of recent and important young adult novels that feature characters who are survivors of sexual assault. Sexual assault is a heart-wrenching topic, but it is an important topic to raise with teens, bringing awareness and understanding. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His multiple-discriminant analysis of Egyptian crania, carried out on an IBM 7090 computer at Harvard, was published in the Papers of the Peabody Museum in 1966. ![]() You can find a selection of Michael Crichton signed books below this biography.Ĭrichton's interest in computer modeling went back forty years. He later worked full time on film and writing. Crichton's first bestseller, The Andromeda Strain, was published while he was still a medical student. He taught courses in anthropology at Cambridge University and writing at MIT.Ĭrichton was a writer and filmmaker, best known as the author of Jurassic Park and the creator of ER. ![]() He died unexpectedly in Los Angeles Tuesday, Novemafter a courageous and private battle against cancer.Ĭrichton graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College, received his MD from Harvard Medical School, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, researching public policy with Jacob Bronowski. VJ Books Presents Author Michael Crichton! Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois, October 23, 1942. You are here: Home > Our Authors > Crichton, Michael ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'With a mission you can actually answer, “Did we achieve it or not? Yes or no?” How do they differ from societal challenges such as demographic change and food security, which underpin the EU’s current research funding programme? The bold, important problems – big societal objectives that are going to matter across Europe. These problems are more social and wicked than going to the moon which was mainly a technical feat.' '(It's) using innovation to address a challenge by solving a problem. The idea of arranging Europe’s research and innovation funding around missions is being discussed as part of the preparations for the EU’s next funding programme after Horizon 2020. She was asked by Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, to advise him on missions and presented him with a report on mission-oriented research and innovation in the EU at the Centre for European Policy Studies ideas lab event in Brussels, Belgium, on 22 February. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fairies and a werewolf also make appearances to help Jess save the day, but the ending is unsatisfying-the villain is disposed of, but there’s no indication that the plague has stopped, leaving a pretty significant part of the plot unresolved. ![]() Too many elements clash here, muddying the plot and the setting: the original message Jess receives is the nursery rhyme “Ring around the Rosy” and the evil manifests in an spreading illness that looks much like the bubonic plague, but there’s no evidence that book or characters has ever heard of the historic plague, and the nursery rhyme is awkwardly employed. Jess joins Emily, who has powers of her own, and Gabriel, an angel, in searching out a powerful necromancer and preventing him from continuing to spread a deadly illness. Now it’s Jess’ turn to fight the ghouls that are stoking hatred and bringing death throughout London. It’s all smoke and mirrors until she and her mother actually do receive a ghostly message, and suddenly Jess is swept off to London, where she meets a former colleague of her deceased father who informs her that she has inherited her father’s mesmerist powers and that the evil that he gave his life to defeat is back. With Britain in the thralls of Spiritualism, thirteen-year-old Jessamine and her mother make bank by delivering messages from beyond to wealthy families looking to contact their dead loved ones. ![]() ![]() ![]() "How can asexuality and the ace perspective challenge the biases of compulsory sexuality and relationship hierarchies? This is the central question of the book, and Chen expertly and beautifully nudges this discussion forward. Selected for the 2021 Over the Rainbow Booklist by the American Library Association Named one of the Best Books of 2020 by NPR, Electric Literature, and Them. The result is Ace, which is about language and philosophy, medicine, categorization and social construction, and more. Bookshop | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | Amazonĭuring my time as a science reporter at The Verge, I began a side project to understand the role of sexual attraction in Western culture and how the existence of asexuality can open up new avenues for understanding what draws humans to each other. ![]() ![]() ![]() All these characters survive, but the aftermath in New York is scarcely celebratory, with newspapers gossiping and a Senate inquiry delving into the horrific events. On board, Tess catches the eye of a wealthy businessman as well as a rock-solid sailor. 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Perhaps the most important American literary taste-maker, James Wood, gave it a lengthy rave review in the New Yorker, calling it "scintillatingly alive … It ripples with stories, anecdotes, set-piece monologues, crafty egotistical tall tales, and hapless adventures". ![]() ![]() ![]() The VIP series features stirring adventures and fun facts about some of history's greatest trailblazers-smart, tough, persevering innovators who will excite today's kids. ![]() ![]() ![]() Extras include a timeline, a bibliography, and a hall of fame of other musicians and civil rights activists. Short and engaging chapters are interspersed with special lists and other information made to order to engage kids, whether they're already biography fans or "have to" write a report for school. And she traveled the world, too! Experience all the inspiring moments in Mahalia's big life in this thrilling biography, packed with two-color illustrations and fun facts, like who invented rock and roll! Martin Luther King Jr.'s, she was also a civil rights activist who sang at the March on Washington. Mahalia Jackson was known as the queen of gospel music. Meet the VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE who changed the world! Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little Leaders series, the books in the VIP series tell the true-and amazing-stories of some of history's greatest trailblazers. Get ready to sing for justice with Mahalia Jackson in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. ![]() ![]() ![]() Paperweight follows seventeen-year-old Stevie's journey as she struggles not only with a life-threatening eating disorder, but with the question of whether she can ever find absolution for the mistakes of her past.and whether she truly deserves to. ![]() And if Stevie gets her way, there are only twenty-seven days until she, too, will end her life. There are only twenty-seven days until the anniversary of her brother Josh's death-the death she caused. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert. But what no one knows is that Stevie doesn't plan to stay that long. ![]() Her dad has signed her up for sixty days of treatment. Nurses and therapists watch Stevie at meal time, accompany her to the bathroom, and challenge her to eat the foods she's worked so hard to avoid. Life in the center is regimented and intrusive, a nightmare come true. ![]() And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert. Paperweight follows Stevies journey as she struggles not only with this life-threatening eating disorder, but with the question of whether she can ever find. This emotionally haunting and beautifully written young adult debut delves into the devastating impact of trauma and loss, in the vein of Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls. ![]() ![]() I didn’t originally set out to write an eight-book series at first it was just going to be a trilogy! 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