Jennifer Niven
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Language
English
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Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief and guilt in the wake of her sister's recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it's unclear who saves whom. And when they...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 431 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Ada Blackjack, an unskilled 23-year-old Inuit woman who accompanied explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson into the far North to colonize uninhabited Wrangel Island in 1921.
3) Breathless
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Language
English
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From Jennifer Niven, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places, comes an unforgettable new novel about a sensitive girl ready to live her bravest life--sex, heartbreak, family dramas, and all. Before: With graduation on the horizon, budding writer Claudine Henry is focused on three things: college in the fall, become a famous author, and the ever-elusive possibility of sex. She doesn't even need to be in love--sex is all she's...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
©2000
Edition
1st edition
Physical Desc
xiv, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the 1913-14 Arctic scientific expedition on the H.M.C.S "Karluk" that ended when its twenty-two men, an Inuit woman and her two very young daughters, twenty-nine dogs, and a pet cat were shipwrecked in the Arctic Ocean, and describes their attempts to survive until twelve of them were rescued nine months later.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ezra Ahern wakes up one day to find his older sister, Bea, gone. No note, no sign, nothing but an email address hidden somewhere only he would find it. Ezra never expected to be left behind with their abusive stepfather and their neglectful mother, how is he supposed to navigate life without Bea? Bea Ahern already knew she needed to get as far away from home as possible. But a message in her inbox changes everything, and she finds herself alone in...