A respected magazine about children’s and young adult literature featuring thoughtful book reviews, essays on authors and illustrators, and insightful discussion of the world of books for young readers
Jul
05
Sixteen-year-old Steven is just another teenager: He listens to the latest music, plays computer games, hangs out with friends. But Steven has a secret: He’s in love with the school’s top athlete, the devastatingly handsome John Dixon. Not surprisingly, Dixon is dating a model and is the object of every girl’s attention. Steven certainly can’t tell his parents, and none of his friends know he’s gay; he can only confide in his best pal, the overweight, feisty Linda, who wants a romance of her own. As if this weren’t complicated enough, Steven discovers that one of the girls at school has developed a crush on him. And then Dixon notices Steven’s attention. Get Real establishes its moving tone from the beginning and doesn’t let go; it takes an incisive voyage into the world of a gay teenager trying to tell the world that there’s nothing wrong with being in love.
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The Economist is the premier source for the analysis of world business and current affairs, providing authoritative insight and opinion on international news, world politics, business, finance, science and technology, as well as overviews of cultural trends and regular Special reports on industries and countries.
Jul
05
The family of talented cook, Hassan Kadam, has a life filled with both culinary delights and profound loss. Drifting through Europe after fleeing political violence in India that killed the family restaurant business and their mother, the Kadams arrive in France. Once there, a chance auto accident and the kindness of a young woman, Marguerite, in the village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val inspires Papa Kadam to set up a Indian restaurant there. Unfortunately, this puts the Kadams in direct competition with the snobbish Madame Mallory’s acclaimed haute cuisine establishment across the street where Marguerite also works as a sous-chef. The resulting rivalry eventually escalates in personal intensity until it goes too far. In response, there is a bridging of sides initiated by Hassan, Marguerite and Madame Mallory herself, both professional and personal, that encourages an understanding that will change both sides forever.
Jul
05
Jul
05
Three sisters from a fishing village in the West Indies take refuge in Berkeley, California, following a traumatic event that threatens to reveal a centuries-old family secret.
