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Animal Dreams features Kingsolver's trademark—alternating perspectives throughout the novel. Most chapters are told from the perspective of Codi, while others are told from her father, Homer's, perspective. The book was dedicated to Ben Linder, who was killed by the Contras on April 28, 1987. The novel features some Hispanic and Native ...
The couple struggle with the loss of their child, especially Esperanza who makes a suicide attempt. Taylor learns of the struggles of undocumented refugees and the prejudices they encounter. As Taylor navigates her new life, she faces challenges caring for Turtle, whose traumatic past manifests in silence and attachment issues.
On his journey to another town in another kingdom, the servant first encounters a number of animals in distress, including three fish out of water, ants at risk of being trodden upon, and starving raven fledglings in a nest. In each case the servant heeds the call for help, and in each case the grateful animals respond with "I will remember and ...
George Bernard Shrinks (voiced by Tracey Moore) is the 10-year-old titular protagonist of the series, who wakes up from a dream to discover he is extremely small; [4] his golden-plated baby shoes were completely tiny seen in "Round Up the Usual Insects". Because of his very small stature, George has had to invent his own adaptive devices, most ...
The City of Dreaming Books (original title: Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher) is the fourth novel in the Zamonia series written and illustrated by German author Walter Moers, but the third to be translated into English by John Brownjohn. The German version was released in Autumn 2004, and the English version followed in Autumn 2007. [1]
Sweet Pickles is a fictional town with animal residents, whose misadventures impart basic values, ethics and social skills to children. A variety of techniques are employed in the series, such as comedy, music, story-telling, and active play. There was one book for each of the 26 Sweet Pickles characters, each representing a letter of the alphabet:
Dreamcatcher is a 2001 science fiction horror novel by American writer Stephen King, featuring elements of body horror, suspense and alien invasion.The book, written in longhand, helped the author recuperate from a 1999 car accident, and was completed in half a year.
The book ends with the narrator awakening from his dream of Heaven into the unpleasant reality of wartime Britain, in conscious imitation of the "First Part" of The Pilgrim's Progress, the last sentence of which is: "So I awoke, and behold: It was a Dream."