Sixteen-year-old Abigail feels nothing when her mother, who abandoned her as a baby, dies in Scotland and leaves a faded photo, a weirdly cryptic letter, and a one-way ticket to America. But the letter is surprising in that it reveals that her father is living in California and she has an eighteen-year-old sister, Becky. The two expect Abigail to move in with them, and she tries to fit in with her new American family. As Becky sweeps Abigail into a shadowy underground movement, Abigail uncovers something unimaginable: a plot aimed at controlling rebellious teens across the globe.
Knox was born into one of the City’s wealthiest families and he has everything a boy could possibly want --- including a proxy named Syd to take all his punishments. Knox and Syd have more in common than either would guess, and when they realize that the only way to beat the system is to save each other, they flee. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test both boys’ resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay.
Newly arrived to the court of King Henry VIII, everything about Anne Boleyn seems wrong. She accepts the dashing poet Thomas Wyatt’s offer to coach her on how to shine at court. Anne’s popularity soars, and even the king takes notice. But Anne also wants a voice --- and love. Anne finds herself forced to make an impossible choice between her heart's desire and the chance to make history.
Jeremy once admitted he’s able to hear voices, and the townspeople of Never Better have treated him like an outsider since. After his mother left, it has been up to Jeremy to support the family. But Jeremy can hear voices, specifically the voice of the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of the infamous writing duo, The Brothers Grimm. When the provocative local girl Ginger Boultinghouse takes an interest in Jeremy, a grim chain of events is put into motion.
She doesn’t know who she is. She doesn’t know where she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to a ransacked cabin is that there are two men arguing over whether or not to kill her. Follow Cady and Ty (her accidental savior turned companion), as they race against the clock to stay alive.
One courageous girl must navigate a world that has been overtaken by Them --- vile creatures that are rapidly devouring mankind. They arrive and begin killing off humanity one by one. Amy Harris manages to stay alive and rescues “Baby”, a toddler she finds in an abandoned supermarket. They are finally rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living on a former government research compound. Amy makes a shocking discovery, and staying in New Hope could mean losing her freedom…or her life.
Evan Wright lived on the front lines with this platoon from the opening hours of combat, to the fall of Baghdad, through the start of the guerrilla war. He was welcomed into their ranks, and from this bird's-eye perspective he tells the unsettling story of young men trained by their country to be ruthless killers. He chronicles the triumphs and horrors-physical, moral, emotional, and spiritual-that these marines endured while achieving victory in a war many questioned before it began.
In THE OUTPOST, Jake Tapper gives us the powerful saga of COP Keating, from its establishment to eventual destruction, introducing us to an unforgettable cast of soldiers and their families, and to a place and war that has remained profoundly distant to most Americans. A runaway bestseller, it makes a savage war real, and American courage manifest.
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December's Books on Screen roundup includes the films The Housemaid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, 100 Nights of Hero,The Chronology of Water and Not Without Hope; the series premiere of Paramount+'s "Little Disasters"; the season premiere of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" on Disney+ and Hulu; the season finales of HBO's "IT: Welcome to Derry" and Apple TV+'s "Down Cemetery Road"; the midseason finales of "Tracker" and "Watson" on CBS; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Karen Kingsbury's The Christmas Ring and Black Phone 2.