And Jude is digging up the past like bones from a shallow grave. Now everyone is a suspect-family and friends alike. When Jude's best friend is found dead in a swimming pool, her family calls it an accident. Lockhart, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liarsīad things happen everywhere. Smith probes the vulnerable underbellies of a lot of toothy sharks in this page-turning California noir.'-E.

Here, with achingly beautiful prose, Smith weaves a tale of love in the face of death, of hope in the face of tragedy, set against a backdrop of the waning days of the Pacific War.'Beautiful clothes, bad habits, ugly secrets: Sherri L. Lockhart, the New York Times-bestselling author of We Were Liars, and a truly talented writer by Jacqueline Woodson, the National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming. Smith has been called an author with astonishing range and a stellar storyteller by E. Is it possible to live an entire lifetime in eight short days? Sherri L. She wonders if it would have been better to have died that day. Hana hasn't been the same since the day she was buried alive in a collapsed trench during a bomb raid.

He believes he is ready to die for his country. Taro is a talented violinist and a kamikaze pilot in the days before his firstĪnd only mission. Show moreįrom the award-winning author of Flygirl comes this powerful WWII romance between two Japanese teens caught in the cogs of an unwinnable war, perfect for fans of Salt to the Sea, Lovely War, and Code Name Verity. Avatar- The High Ground Volume 1 ventures into all-new territory in the Avatar saga, and is a direct prequel to the highly-anticipated film sequel Avatar 2!. Smith (The Toymaker's Apprentice, Orleans), and illustrated by Brazilian artist Guilherme Balbi. One such EPIC original story idea that didn't make it into the sequels was James Cameron's original story-'The High Ground.' Cameron shared what he had written with Dark Horse Comics and it is now being adapted by award-winning author Sherri L. During the development process of creating the four Avatar sequels, a lot of new ideas and stories were created and discussed. It has been almost a decade since the humans were forced to leave Pandora-but now they're returning-with an armada of heavily-armed starships! After years of peace, Jake Sully has settled down with Neytiri and raised a family, so for him, the stakes are even higher than when he first went to war agains

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