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George Sand (the pen name of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin 1804-1876) is famous for flaunting the conventions of behavior expected of women of her standing in France at the time and for her numerous romantic liaisons including her long standing affair with Frederic Chopin. The Devil’s Pool (published in 1846 as La Mare au Diable) is one of several short pastoral novels drawn from her childhood experiences in the rural French region of Berri. It tells the story of a young widower, Germain, who, at the insistence of his father-in-law, sets out to remarry so that he will have someone to help ...

George Sand presents a novel containing one of her favorite crafts, besides creating wonderful literary works. This one involves the making and staging of marionettes; an art which she and her children engaged in at Nohant, her country home to entertain themselves and their honored guests. It contains, as well, the story of a multiplicity of evils foiled! (Summary by Christine Rottger )

In the second book of a bestselling graphic novel series that explores family, friendship, and change, a former city kid is finally adjusting to life on a farm with two brand-new stepsisters when she faces an even bigger challenge: middle school. "Like [Raina] Telgemeier, [Lucy] Knisley has a...