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*The Alice Series*
Alice of the Rocks Book 1 & Angel of Time Book 2
Barnes & Noble has recognized Alice of the Rocks as one of their Top Ten Young Adult Indie Summer Reads of 2023!
Alice of the Rocks
Alice: Born in 1495 and raised in 2012, Alice Ferro’s life has been anything but normal. The only problem is, she doesn’t know it. As a 17-year-old in 2029, she has an ideal life, complete with loving parents and a summer vacation in Italy. But, upon arriving in Florence, sensations of surreal memories begin to surface, leaving her puzzled and confused.
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Claudio: Knowing that reconnecting with his lost love could be dangerous for both of them, but willing to take the risk, Claudio Moro seeks out Alice in her new world. Having been accused of both treason and murder, he needs Alice to help clear his name and redeem his family’s honor. The question is, will Alice remember their love and care enough to leave her perfect future to redirect his doomed past?
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Angel of Time, is one of Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens Summer 2024
Alice Ferro didn’t travel 500 years into the past to save her soulmate from persecution only to discover her journey had been in vain. Forced to return from 1512 Italy to 2029 Boston without him, she can’t focus on family, school, or friends as thoughts of Claudio constantly flood her mind. When she discovers her love’s future is dire, Alice decides she must return to the past to save him once and for all.
With a little help from her friends and a lot of determination, Alice sets off to rescue Claudio. Unfortunately, she hadn’t planned on things going so terribly wrong, and she soon finds her own life in peril.
Written with charm and intelligence, the sequel to Alice of the Rocks encompasses everything you could want in a young adult, time-travel romance. Adventure, true love, intrigue, and dynamic characters fill the pages alongside the elegant landscape of Renaissance Italy.
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Magenta
Not only is high school junior Magenta Thorson Rain still struggling with the loss of her mom to cancer, but she must also deal with issues that many other teens must face—high school crushes, awkwardness, and an overprotective parent.
Then there’s Lion, who has his own secrets about Magenta. He knows more about her than he could ever reveal. Lion also sees that Magenta is unwittingly making things happen around her but must keep it secret, as some of his kind may see her as a threat.
Then, on Halloween night, Magenta suffers a massive hemorrhage in her brain. After waking up in the hospital, she begins seeing terrifying visions—the hunted women all with flaming red hair just like hers; her mother, who has been dead for years—and the Shadow Man, always in the background, always elusive, but always there.
And if that isn’t enough, everything will change again. And when it does, it changes big.
Everything That Was Us
Their pride tore them apart...a promise brought her back ISBN-13:9781509234219
Despite not speaking for nearly twenty years, Massimo Damiani, a 'rags-to-riches' oil executive, summons Sofie to his hospice bedside in picturesque Tuscany—his last wish?...to reconcile their stormy history and set long-buried secrets to rest.
Sofia Romano, a powerful Wall Street banker in Manhattan’s financial district, reeling with heartache in her rocky marriage, ignores her husband's protests and flies to Italy to comfort the dying man from her past.
With old promises tugging at her heart and the memory of a tempestuous love that grew and crumbled time and again, will Sofia ever come to terms with the flaws in her marriage and gain the strength to rebuild it?
Breaking Faith - Awarded 'In the Margins' Top Ten 2018 Recommended Fiction List, selected CBC 25 Canadian YA Books to Watch for In Spring 2017 and one of Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens 2017
ISBN-978-1-77260-024-7
I chase the dragon again. The white curly smoke drifts around me. The animal in my gut leaves me for a while, and I touch peace…
Faith Emily Hansen just wants to be loved and to live without the weight of addiction. But the lure of drugs is strong. The relief that she gets from being wrapped up in the cozy little cotton ball of heroin is impossible to ignore.
Faith’s story starts in her earliest days, before drugs, before her family falls apart. Before her mother leaves. Before her sister betrays her, taking away Faith’s last connection to home. She eventually becomes consumed by the need to “chase the dragon” – the heroin addiction that seems to keep the Darkness at bay, but leads her to live on the street. The determination to find love and comfort that lures Faith to drugs is ultimately the same stubborn force that can drive her to recover.
Teachers: download the study guide here.
WAR IN MY TOWN - Shortlisted for best book in the non-fiction category in the 23rd Annual Hamilton Literary Awards and one of Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2015
ISBN-978-1-927583-71-5
This important book is a memoir for young readers. Bruna is the youngest of seven children, living an idyllic life in a small Italian village in northern Tuscany. Though the Second World War has been raging in Europe for some time, the dangers haven’t seemed to reach her, and the Italian leader Mussolini’s allegiance with Hitler and the distant reports of fighting seem far away. But before long, Bruna's brothers are called to fight and by 1943 food rationing and shortages begin to take a toll on her family.
Soon the Italian people turn against their fascist regime and war comes to the region. When the retreating Nazis occupy her village, Bruna struggles to cope and help her mother and sisters stand up to the soldiers. Her peaceful life is shattered when her village and its occupants find themselves in the center of the final stages of fighting between the Nazis and the Allied forces pursuing them - the final front defended by the Nazis in Europe. This important book chronicles my mother, Bruna's life in her beloved village, Eglio, in Tuscany. A true story.
Teachers: Download the study guide here.
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