The Midnight Dress

Quiet misfit Rose doesn't expect to fall in love with the sleepy beach town of Leonora. Nor does she expect to become fast friends with beautiful, vivacious Pearl Kelly, organizer of the high school float at the annual Harvest Festival parade. It's better not to get too attached when Rose and her father live on the road, driving their caravan from one place to the next whenever her dad gets itchy feet. But Rose can't resist the mysterious charms of the town or the popular girl, try as she might. Pearl convinces Rose to visit Edie Baker, once a renowned dressmaker, now a rumored witch. Together Rose and Edie hand-stitch an unforgettable dress of midnight blue for Rose to wear at the Harvest Festival—a dress that will have long-lasting consequences on life in Leonora, a dress that will seal the fate of one of the girls. Karen Foxlee's breathtaking novel weaves friendship, magic, and a murder mystery into something moving, real, and distinctly original.

Rose, nearly sixteen, is used to traveling around with her alcoholic father but connects with the people of a small, coastal Australian town, especially classmate Pearl and reclusive Edie, who teaches her to sew a magical dress for the Harvest Festival while a mystery unfolds around them.

This work gives a detailed history and defense of the Advent Movement of the 1840's known as Millerism, the movement from which the Seventh-day Adventist denomination sprang. The book is based on original sources, William Miller's correspondence, contemporaneous books, pamphlets, journals, newspapers. The first half is devoted to the history of the movement, and the second half to an examination of charges made against the Advent believers, such as that they wore ascension robes, that the Millerite preaching filled the asylums, and so forth.

A routine spring fishing trip for Mom and Dad, turned into a unpredictable journey for Spring Flower Johnson and her big brother JJ. A modern day little house on the prairie, set in interior Alaska, filled with intrigue, and suspense. Keeping up with daily chores of a subsistence lifestyle while their parents are away, is the least of their worries. They find themselves defending their home from intruders, crossing paths with bears, facing a deadly illness, and making new friends. Readers find themselves losing their breath in fear and finding youthful laughter, while learning Alaska history and survival skills. Raised By the Midnight Sun leads you on an emotional rollercoaster, through birch trees,and over tundra, as Spring Flower decides if the country life is for her. Will their parents allow them to stay behind again once they hear of the dangers they have faced alone?

Mi Karnival of Papier-mâché is an honest, intelligent and unapologetic memoir chronicling the life and times of Miyor Paul Toussaint who throughout his conquest to become great never gives up hopes of not only become a fashion designer, but a better being along the journey. The-mâché novel follows the life and times of the starving artist/fashion designer from his struggling in not so humble beginning in Haiti and finishing out the conquest in the great city of Paris, France. Aside from his journey out of Haiti into Paris to fulfil a lifelong dream, he must make peace with decisions and information unearthed and move his world towards change-including how to be a better friend The novel addresses the difficulties of becoming a welcomed black fashion designer, his on/off battles with various addictions (sex, drugs, and alcohol), but the world’s sometimes ugly reflections with inspiring and make changes along the way. Papier-mâché also explores the island of Haiti’s ongoing problems with being accepted by the rest of the world-as does Miyor. Astonishingly, regardless of the struggles and pains Miyor triumphs on and through the bright lights of Paris and beyond to become all there is to be- his way while on the road to the riches, ending with presenting to you with a ticket to his Karnival of mâché. a little messy, but presentable.

Alaska has its own kind of justiceone outsiders might not understand. Dave Warren lives in this wild country. Hes a determined man, a tough man, who can stare a hole right through a person. His trusty companion is Beardog, half-wolf and half- Labrador, and together, they work to protect their neighbors and land. Dave and Beardog are surrounded by a cast of loyal characters who stick close to Alaskas unwritten laws. Red is one of them. Hes the leading law enforcement officer in the entire State of Alaska and has a duty to uphold the law, but his laws arent like normal laws. His laws are according to Mother Nature, who likes seeing justice done right. The people of Alaska dont have an affinity for social games or politics. Their lives seem ordinary, built on strong family values and loving pets. They share a familiarity and closeness with their native wilderness, and visitors do well to understandstep out of line and these ordinary people might just sit back and watch you die.

Set in the world of the New York Times–bestselling Winner’s Trilogy, Marie Rutkoski's The Midnight Lie is an epic LGBTQ romantic fantasy about learning to free ourselves from the lies others tell us—and the lies we tell ourselves. Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences. Nirrim keeps her head down, and a dangerous secret close to her chest. But then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away, who whispers rumors that the High Kith possess magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. But to do that, Nirrim must surrender her old life. She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted.