So when his PR team requests that they reunite for a second interview, she wants to say no. Except that no matter what she's promoting, someone always asks about The Profile. Ten years later, after a brutal divorce and a healthy dose of therapy, Chani is back in Los Angeles as a successful writer with the career of her dreams. But what comes next proves to be life changing in ways she never saw coming, as the interview turns into a whirlwind weekend that has the tabloids buzzing - and Chani getting closer to Gabe than she had planned. All Chani wants to do is keep her cool and nail the piece. Then she's hired to write a profile of movie star Gabe Parker: her number one celebrity crush and the latest James Bond. While her former classmates are nabbing high-profile book deals, all she does is churn out puff pieces. Twenty-something writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. Ten years later and she still has butterflies. ' Delightful banter, hot romance and a love story that's worthy of the big screen' Kate Spencer, author of In a New York Minute
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But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. The Mentalist meets Heist Society in this exhilarating teen crime thriller. Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0Ĭold cases are about to get hot. Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (0.68 lbs) 336 pagesįeatures: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories Young Adult Fiction | Thrillers & Suspense WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Contributor(s): Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Author) "The Wizard is a showman, and I suppose that is what I am as an actor," Franco writes. Disney Press is reissuing the classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with a new introduction by Franco. It has spawned a flurry of Oz books, from reissues of old standards from Baum's collection to a coffee-table book celebrating the art of the new movie. Throw in an additional 17 Oz novels from Baum, and you've got a legend.Īnd now Disney's movie, Oz The Great and Powerful, starring James Franco as a small-town magician who arrives in an enchanted land in a prequel to the original story, opens March 8. Its place in history was sealed in 1939 with the Judy Garland movie, The Wizard of Oz, ever since a staple in American pop culture. In merchandise.īaum's classic about a little girl who went on a magical journey attempting to make her way home to Kansas was followed by a popular musical in 1902, which Baum adapted from his original. Frank Baum have known that when his Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in 1900 that more than a century later millions would still be making the pilgrimage to the Emerald City. Yep, skipping down that yellow brick road. Her interest is piqued by her solitary, elderly neighbor. Montana, 1983: Lily is a lonely teenager looking for adventure in small-town Montana. But when the war finally ends, instead of freedom, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal. Together with her fellow librarians, Odile joins the Resistance with the best weapons she has: books. When the Nazis march into the city, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear, including her beloved library. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet seems to have the perfect life with her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the American Library in Paris. An instant New York Times, Washington Post, and USA TODAY bestseller-based on the true story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II- The Paris Library is a moving and unforgettable " ode to the importance of libraries, books, and the human connections we find within both" (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author). Faber's pacing here is masterful, with clues precisely dropped and details ominously described. Some of the men are discarded and some are kept in the process the reader learns that Isserley herself is oddly shaped, with breasts too large, legs too short, and scars everywhere. The opening chapters are suffused with an almost palpable sense of dread: Isserley picks up one hitchhiker after another and engages them in conversation, measuring them against a set of criteria of which the reader, as yet, is unaware. A strange woman named Isserley roams the Scottish Highlands in search of juicy, well-muscled hitchhikers in Faber's menacing but unfulfilling debut novel (after Some Rain Must Fall, a collection of short stories). |