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Title: Peter Pan Author: James M. Barrie File Type: Mobi Subject:classics Description: A stunning edition of J.M. Barrie's classic tale, illustrated by two-time Kate Greenaway Medalist, Michael Foreman. Ever since Peter Pan first flew through Wendy's window, taking her and her two brothers off to Neverland, J.M. Barrie's enchanting fantasy has thrilled and delighted children. Here are all the elements that appeal to the imaginations of young readers-high adventure, children who can fly, pirates who need defeating, and fairies with magical powers. From Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys to the ominously ticking crocodile and the devilish Captain Hook, unforgettable characters burst from every page. In this edition, Michael Foreman's gorgeous illustrations breathe new life into this timeless tale.

Title: You Shall Know Our Velocity Author: Dave Eggers File Type: Mobi Subject:Fiction Description:ReviewHeadlong, heartsick and footsore....Frisbee sentences that sail, spin, hover, circle and come back to the reader like gifts of gravity and grace....Nobody writes better than Dave Eggers about young men who aspire to be, at the same time, authentic and sincere. -- _The New York Times Book Review _strongYou Shall Know Our Velocity!strong is the work of a wildly talented writer... Like Kerouac's book, Eggers's could inspire a generation as much as it documents it. -- _LA Weekly There's an echolet of James Joyce there and something of Saul Bellow's Chinatown bounce, but we're carried into the narrative by a fluidity of line that is Eggers's own. -- Entertainment Weekly Eggers is a wonderful writer, bold and inventive, with the technique of a magic realist. -- Salon An entertaining and profoundly original tale. -- San Francisco Chronicle Eggers's writing really takes off -- his forte is the messy, funny tirade, stuffed with convincing pain and wry observations. -- Newsday Often rousing ...achieves a kind of anguished, profane poetry. -- Newsweek The bottom line that matters is this: Eggers has written a terrific novel, an entertaining and imaginative tale. -- The Boston Globe_There are some wonderful set-pieces here, and memorable phrases tossed on the ground like unwanted pennies from the guy who runs the mint. -- The Washington Post Book World Powerful.... Eggers's strengths as a writer are real: his funny pitch-perfect dialog; the way his prose delicately captures the bumblebee blundering of Will's thoughts; ... and the stream-water clarity of his descriptions.... There is genius here.... Who is doing more, single-handedly and single-mindedly, for American writing? -- Time -- ReviewIn his first novel, Dave Eggers has written a moving and hilarious tale of two friends who fly around the world trying to give away a lot of money and free themselves from a profound loss.It reminds us once again what an important, necessary talent Dave Eggers is.

Title: Fade Author: Robert Cormier File Type: Mobi Subject:Fiction:Young Adult Description:From Publishers WeeklyMuch of Cormiers fiction poses a paradox: you are most alive just as outside forces obliterate your identity. Cormiers protagonists want to be anonymous, and their wishes are fulfilled in nightmarish ways. In Fade , which encompasses three stories in three decades, 13-year-old Paul discovers an incredible secret gift: he can become invisible. His long-lost uncle appears, to tell Paul that each generation of the family has one fader, and to warn him of the fades dangers. Paul, however, abuses his power and quickly learns its terrible price. Twenty-five years later, Paul, a successful writer, confronts the next fader, his abused nephew Ozzie, whose power is pure vengeance. And 25 years after that, in 1988, Pauls distant cousin Susan, also a writer, reads his amazing story, and must decide if Pauls memoir is fact or fiction. Fade is an allegory of the writers life. Pauls actions stem from his compulsion to understand the behavior of the people around him; Susans questions and her awful dilemma, which concludes the book, result from her near-pathological writers focus on other persons, a purpose her unreachable late cousin serves well. Omniscient powerPauls invisibility and Susans access to his unpublished workleads to identity-consuming responsibility. At its best, Fade is an examination of the writers urge to lose identity and become purely an observer. As in all Cormiers novels, the protagonists are ciphers whose only affirming action seems to be to assert, however briefly, that they exist. The story is gripping, even when it approaches melodrama, and Cormier concentrates on each actions inner meaning. Fade works better as allegory than as fantasy; this is Cormiers most complex, artful work. He seems to challenge himself as a writer, and in doing so, offers a respectful challenge to his readers. Through him, they will discover the extremes of behavior in the quietest human soul. Ages 13-up. 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library JournalGrade 10-12 Those who find Cormiers novels bleak, dark, disturbing, and violent will not be disappointed with his latest. And true to his past, he has given readers a story with more twists and turns than a mile of concertina wire. The first half is set in Frenchtown, a working-class section of a Massachusetts town. The time is the 1930s, and the evocation of life among the French-Canadians (with marvelous names like Omer LaBatt and Rudolphe Toubert), who toiled in sweatshops where celluloid combs were made, is the best thing about the novel. Not that the story line doesnt work. Cormier uses an old device that guarantees attentiona lead character who can make himself invisible. The rules for fading are as complicated as a missile defense treaty. Paul Moreaux is the teenage fader who narrates the first section, an autobiographical account written after he has become a famous novelist. Readers learn early on that there is a grim side to this gift of fading and that Cormier intends it to represent a potentially evil force within us all. Subsequent sections include a narration by a present-day female cousin, which throws into question the truth of the entire first section, and a concluding section that features another cousin who can fade but who is certainly mad and possibly possessed. So the novel has a bit of many things: magic, murder, mystery, history, romance, diabolical possession, sex (not a lot, but what there is is explicit), and even a touch of incest. The character of Paul is developed especially well. The story is too long, and the plot is too contrived to be taken seriously, but Fade is riveting enough to be appreciated by Cormier fans. Robert E. Unsworth, Scarsdale Junior High School, N.Y. 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.