https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2018-03-27 12:51:30 UTC 2025-10-18 16:53:32 UTC hello@padlet.com EmilyGravesASD https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246465196 At birth, Ella is inadvertently cursed by an imprudent young fairy named Lucinda, who bestows on her the "gift" of obedience. Anything anyone tells her to do, Ella must obey. Another girl might have been cowed by this affliction, but not feisty Ella: "Instead of making me docile, Lucinda's curse made a rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally." When her beloved mother dies, leaving her in the care of a mostly absent and avaricious father, and later, a loathsome stepmother and two treacherous stepsisters, Ella's life and well-being seem to be in grave peril. But her intelligence and saucy nature keep her in good stead as she sets out on a quest for freedom and self-discovery as she tries to track down Lucinda to undo the curse, fending off ogres, befriending elves, and falling in love with a prince along the way. Yes, there is a pumpkin coach, a glass slipper, and a happily ever after, but this is the most remarkable, delightful, and profound version of Cinderella you'll ever read.]]> 2018-03-27 13:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246465196 EmilyGravesASD https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246466155 NARNIA...the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy...the place where the adventure begins. Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever. ]]> 2018-03-27 13:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246466155 EmilyGravesASD https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246466429 Jane and Mark and Katharine and Martha had stopped to think, they might have ordered magic by the pound, or by the day, but a lakeful of magic causes extraordinary and unexpected events. By the end of vacation, with an unwilling sly old turtle, and Ali Baba's forty thieves, they help stepfather Mr Smith save his failing bookstore in a most surprising way.]]> 2018-03-27 13:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246466429 EmilyGravesASD https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246466703 The Starker family is infamous. They’ve been chronicled on blogs, profiled on TV and researched by paranormal investigators. They appear to be cursed: everyone of Starker blood has died after being struck by lightning. Fourteen-year-old Newton Starker is the last of his line—except for his great-grandmother, Enid, a woman as friendly as a pickled wolverine—and he’s determined to survive.

Newton has spent all of his life surviving, following a list of rules for self-preservation, guidelines passed down through generations of Starkers. But Newton wants to try something new. He has enrolled at Jerry Potts Academy of Higher Learning and Survival in Moose Jaw with the hope that he’ll be able to beat the odds—he has a dream of becoming a great chef someday. If he wants to go beyond just getting by, Newton is going to need more than rules. He’s going to need friends.]]> 2018-03-27 13:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246466703 EmilyGravesASD https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246472424 The Fire Thief hilariously reimagines the myth of Prometheus, the Greek demigod who stole fire from the gods and gave it to the human race. To escape the gods' revenge, Prometheus travels through time to Eden City in 1858. There, he befriends a young orphan, actor, and petty criminal named Jim. When Jim runs into trouble with the law, Prometheus is torn -- if he uses his powers to get his friend out of trouble, he will betray his hiding place to the gods. Terry Deary masterfully interweaves two plots, with action jumping at a whirlwind pace from Mount Olympus to the seedy taverns and elegant mansions of Victorian Eden City. Packed with puns, wisecracks, and sarcastic footnotes, The Fire Thief turns Greek mythology into a laughing matter.]]> 2018-03-27 13:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246472424 EmilyGravesASD https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246472902 Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined. 

In this page-turning, original, and spectacularly told adventure story, Torak and Wolf are joined by an incredible cast of characters as they battle to save their world, in this first book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness]]> 2018-03-27 13:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246472902 EmilyGravesASD https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246473578 "Tolly" Toseland 7 is rowed up to great-gran Linnet Oldknow by servant Boggis - there has always been a Boggis at Green Knowe. The real "castle" is over 900 years old. Gran tells old family stories, and songs. Over the generations there have been many who can see, hear, and feel the ghosts, evoked by white-on-black illustrations. Toby 14, Alexander, and Linnet 6 linger after the Plague, as does the cursed topiary Green Noah.]]> 2018-03-27 13:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246473578 EmilyGravesASD https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246477939 What if? Why not? Could it be?

When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true. With atmospheric illustrations by fine artist Yoko Tanaka, here is a dreamlike and captivating tale that could only be narrated by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. In this timeless fable, she evokes the largest of themes — hope and belonging, desire and compassion — with the lightness of a magician’s touch]]> 2018-03-27 13:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/EmilyGravesASD/3xnex8xydybn/wish/246477939