Showing results for "Blair" in Literature & Fiction

Para el reino, Keera es la Espada del Rey: su espía y asesina más temida y leal. Pero en las sombras, conspira junto al príncipe Killian y su Sombra, Riven, el enigmático y atormentado fae que hace arder su sangre. Juntos planean derrocar a un rey tirano. En Myrelinth, la ciudad secreta de los árboles, faes, elfos y mestizos como Keera viven en armonía. Pero ella no puede huir de su pasado: los crímenes que cometió contra los suyos la han seguido hasta las tierras fae.

After spending the year suffering as a reality TV villain IRL, Alec Braud will do anything to get his redemption arc. Alec Braud may have won his season of the hit teen reality TV show Campfire Wars, but he’s lost the war of public opinion. At seventeen, he’s the most hated teen in America just because he betrayed his showmance, Joaquín Delgado. Alec only did it to use the cash prize to help his parents’ wildlife rehabilitation center. And Joaquín forgave him―so why can’t everybody else?

Katharyn Blair crafts a fiercely feminist fantasy with a horrifying curse, swoon-worthy sea captains, and the power of one girl to choose her own fate in this contemporary standalone adventure that's perfect for fans of The Fifth Wave and Seafire, and for anyone who has ever felt unchosen. For...

*A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019* *A Booklist Editors' Choice for Books for Youth 2019* Perfect for fans of Sarah Mlynowski and Jenny Han, this heartfelt and humorous contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility follows two sisters—complete opposites—who discover the secrets they’ve...

From debut author Katharyn Blair comes a heart-stopping fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and The Young Elites, about a teenage runaway who enters a dangerous tournament with an impossible prize. Vesper Montgomery can summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality—but...

La primera parte de la Saga Sangre Mestiza, que sacudió Booktok antes de su lanzamiento. Keera es una asesina. Como Espada del rey es la espía más despiadada de todo el reino, y la preferida del monarca. Durante años ha cumplido rigurosamente la misión de acabar con quien ponga en peligro la paz del reino de Elverath, y nadie ha podido escapar de ella. Hasta ahora. Cuando surgen rumores sobre un rebelde que se hace llamar la Sombra y que busca romper con el débil equilibrio de Elverath, Keera empieza una cacería que la llevará a deshacerse de sus vicios y a recobrar la fuerza que creía perdida.

A charming, heart-felt collection of Christmas stories and poems that will delight the entire family. Includes F. Scott Fitzgerald's "A Luckless Santa Claus", "A Christmas Dinner" by Charles Dickens, O. Henry's classic Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi", the hilarious "Reginald on Christmas Presents" by Saki (H.H. Munro), and a tender scene exerpted from Little Women.

Collecting two classic tales by the legendary O. Henry, All-American Stories presents a humorous, wry look at America and Americans from the Old West to the blinking lights of Broadway. "An Afternoon Miracle" tells the story of a Texas Ranger, a beautiful and a scurrilous outlaw who is wreaking havoc across the plains. And "The Song and the Sergeant" is a hilarious look at scene-stealing actors and lovesick playwrights.

A charming story of a band of hammy actors causing a post-performance uproar in a posh restaurant. When a gruff police sergeant arrives to quell the revelers, he determines the cause of the disturbance to be a case of unrequited love between a shy playwright and the lovely Miss Carroll, star of the show.

This collection of classic Christmas tales is a delightful celebration of Christmas and the joyful spirit of giving. "What Christmas is as We Grow Older" is Charles Dicken's touching essay on the true meaning of charity; "Christmas Day" is a delightful story of a young boy's willingness to sacrifice skating with his friends to help an old woman; "The Little Match Girl" is the heart-wrenching classic about a poor little match girl, cold and alone on the streets on Christmas Eve; and "The Greatest of These" is an upbeat, inspiring story of a pair of farmers who bring Christmas to a poor neighbor's family.