Showing results for "An Odyssey" in Literature & Fiction

Some loves are meant to stay…some are meant to set you free. The Summer I Turned Pretty meets Circe in this windswept, emotional retelling of The Odyssey. A stunning story of first love, ancient echoes, and the power of rewriting your own fate. Callie Quinn has never left Catalina Island. Her...

Jeune joueur de hockey talentueux, Théo Marchand n’aspire à rien de moins qu’à une carrière dans la Ligue nationale. La tête un peu enflée, rien ne peut arrêter cet adolescent d’Ottawa jusqu’à ce qu’un grave accident mette un frein à son rêve. Les mauvaises nouvelles se succèdent dans sa vie. Ses parents se séparent et il déménage avec sa mère à Sudbury. C’est là qu’il dénichera une vieille motoneige ayant appartenu à sa grand-mère. Avec l’aide de ses nouveaux amis, Alexis et Sophie, Théo finira par la remettre en marche.

When up-and-coming young rapper Koh is discovered on a live Twitch stream and sent out to Los Angeles to follow his dreams, he is quickly thrown to the wolves by producers, agents, and money-hungry industry hangers-on. Soon he meets the sexy and talented songwriter Jessi Fyre, and he tells her about his desire to work with a relatively unknown producer whose identity remains a secret but goes by the moniker "Pierre."

From the mysterious beginning to the heart-wrenching end, this young adult novel has all the ingredients of a winner: strange dreams, twins separated at birth, a cruel parent, and a spunky young hero who is plagued by a sense that she was missing part of herself. Fourteen-year-old Magda sets out on a quest to find that missing part. Accompanied by her faithful terrier, Sky, Magda hitchhikes out of town, then treks across endless mountain passes and beyond.