![]() At just twenty-two-years-old, Ona became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property. Yet freedom would not come without its costs. So, when the opportunity presented itself one clear and pleasant spring day in Philadelphia, Judge left everything she knew to escape to New England. Though Ona Judge lived a life of relative comfort, she was denied freedom. ![]() Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire. Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. As the President grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn’t abide: Pennsylvania law required enslaved people be set free after six months of residency in the state. ![]() In setting up his household he brought along nine slaves, including Ona Judge. When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital. A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” ( The Philadelphia Inquirer). ![]()
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![]() "Even in a crowded field, Bryant’s tightly focused work, cast in the fictionalized voice of Braille himself, is particularly distinguished."- Bulletin, starred review "An inspiring look at a child inventor whose drive and intelligence changed to world-for the blind and sighted alike."- Kirkus Reviews ![]() Boris Kulikov’s inspired paintings help readers to understand what Louis lost, and what he was determined to gain back through books.Īn author’s note and additional resources at the end of the book complement the simple story and offer more information for parents and teachers. A system so ingenious that it is still used by the blind community today.Īward-winning writer Jen Bryant tells Braille’s inspiring story with a lively and accessible text, filled with the sounds, the smells, and the touch of Louis’s world. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read.Įven at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him.Īnd so he invented his own alphabet-a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. **Winner of a Schneider Family Book Award!** ![]() An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille-a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet. ![]() ![]() In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today. ![]() From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. ![]() The kind of disruptive, aggressive intellect that a new generation is closely watching' Afua Hirsch, Guardian 'Part biography, part polemic, this powerful, wide-ranging study picks apart the British myth of meritocracy' David Olusoga, Guardian 'Inspiring' Madani Younis, Observer 'lucid, wide-ranging' John Kerrigan, TLS A searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA- and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala. This is the book I've been waiting for - for years' Benjamin Zephaniah 'A potent combination of autobiography and political history which holds up a mirror to contemporary Britain' Independent 'A history lesson of the kind you should get in school, but don't' Stylist 'Powerful. It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now. Print Natives - Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire ![]() ![]() ![]() Leviathyn: Being such an eclectic composer, how do you approach new projects? Is there a period of heavy research or preparation before you start work on a game, and if so, what does this research entail? We were recently awarded the pleasure of having a chat with Winifred Phillips regarding her process, considerations when composing, and greatest feelings of accomplishments. She has won several awards for her work on video games, including two Hollywood Music in Media awards and five Game Audio Network Guild Awards. Most recently, she authored the book A Composer’s Guide to Game Music, geared toward aiding fledgling video game composers in both composing music and finding work in the gaming industry. A composer of video game music for over ten years, her diverse list of credits include God of War, Speed Racer, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, and Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation. Winifred Phillips is a name you may have come across in the gaming industry. ![]() ![]() ![]() Told through alternating perspectives, this compelling love story brings together a wide variety of cultures, political issues, and personality types. From the moment Adam sees Zayneb’s journal fall out of her bag at the airport, readers will be waiting impatiently for their connection to unfold - but, with such different temperaments, their relationship does not develop in an easy, straight line, and their doubts and the obstacles they face are convincing. ![]() What they have in common: each has been keeping a “Marvels and Oddities” journal (“recording the wonders and thorns in the garden of life”), based on an ancient book they’d both discovered. Adam is a calm peace-seeker who wishes he didn’t feel quite so alone. ![]() Adam, a Muslim Canadian college freshman, is returning to Doha to see his father and sister, with some unfortunate news about his health that he’s reluctant to disclose. Zayneb’s passion for justice fills her with righteous anger that she finds difficult to direct. Zayneb, a Muslim American high school senior, leaves for spring break in Doha, Qatar, a week early when she is suspended for a note she wrote in class about her Islamophobic history teacher. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks – a place of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. I cannot think of another creative talent who has excelled in all of these areas as Gaiman has and this is best illustrated by Neverwhere – a story which has appeared in book, television and comic format.īasically, Neverwhere is another name for London Below, a place that most people could never even dream of that exists under the streets of the London we know. ![]() Whilst this approbation is undoubtedly well-earned, it does something of a disservice to this multi-media writer’s other fine contributions to literature, film and TV (including the movie Stardust, the American Gods novel and some of the best episodes of shows ranging from Doctor Who to Babylon 5, not to mention his involvement in the formative stages of other landmark comics such as The Books of Magic and Spawn). Although it first appeared at the end of the eighties, Neil Gaiman is still best known as the creator of the wonderfully dark and imaginative Sandman comic series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimate Marvel Team-up 2-3, 6-8 (It has been a while since I read these so I forget why 4-5 and 9 are skipped, I think they may be declared out of continuity now or something.) Here is a more in-depth order for you that covers the entire Ultimate Spider-man story from beginning to end: You also need to read certain crossovers.
![]() I was first inspired to create Eerie-on-sea by my own experiences of living in a seaside town, and seeing how very different the town was when the winter closed in and the tourists were gone. What inspired the first Eerie-on-Sea mystery, Malamander, and the evil author at the heart of the action in these stories? Author Thomas Taylor tells us more about Herbie and Violet's latest adventures, and what he has planned for the next and final Eerie-on-Sea adventure!ġ. In the latest Eerie-on-Sea adventure, Festergrimm, we return to the seaside town and find that Herbie and Violet's arch-enemy Sebastian Eels is back! Look out for more Eerie-on-Sea secrets - a network of tunnels beneath the town, the extraordinary Festergrimm's Waxworks, and the legend of a lost robot with a heart. He lives with his family on the south coast of England, where he can often be found combing the beach for ancient or lost things.įestergrimm (Eerie-on-Sea 4) (Walker Books) ![]() His work includes picture books, graphic novels, and the previous novels in this series: Malamander, Gargantis, and Shadowghast. Thomas is an award-winning author-illustrator for children. The latest book in the Eerie-on-Sea series by Thomas Taylor, Festergrimm, takes us to the dark underworld of the town. ![]() ![]() ![]() The girl who seems to have it all - yet is tormented by the one thing she can never have. As the privileged inhabitants of the upper floors recklessly navigate the successes and pitfalls of the luxury life, forbidden desires are indulged, and carefree lives teeter on the brink of catastrophe whilst lower-floor workers are tempted by a world - and unexpected romance - dangling just out of reach.Īnd on the 1,000th floor is Avery Fuller, the girl genetically designed to be perfect. Everyone wants something.and everyone has something to lose. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible - if you want it enough.Ī hundred years in the future, New York's elite of the supertower lie, backstab and betray each other to find their places at the top of the world. A thousand-storey tower stretching into the sky. ![]() ![]() With no blood relations, they’re as close as siblings, having been brought up by their two aerobatic mothers Delia and Rhoda. Set in the 1930s, Black Dove, White Raven is the story of Teo and Emmy. ![]() In recent years, Wein has made a name for herself writing superb historical fiction that heavily features female protagonists and flying, so it’s hardly surprising that her latest novel, Black Dove, White Raven is an extension of her success with Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire, even if it is set on a new continent: Africa! As Italy prepares for its invasion of Ethiopia, Em and Teo find themselves inextricably entangled in the crisis - and they are called on to help. She moves to Ethiopia with her daughter, Em, and Delia’s son, Teo.Įm and Teo have adapted to scratching a living in a strange land, and feel at home here but their parents’ legacy of flight and the ability to pilot a plane places them in an elite circle of people watched carefully by the Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie, who dreams of creating an air force for his fledgling nation. When Delia is killed in a tragic accident, Rhoda is determined to make that dream come true. Rhoda and Delia dream of living in a world where neither gender nor ethnicity determines their life. But while the sight of two girls wingwalking – one white, one black – is a welcome novelty in some parts of the USA, it’s an anathema in others. ![]() ![]() Rhoda and Delia are American stunt pilots who perform daring aerobatics to appreciative audiences. Synopsis: A story of survival, subterfuge, espionage and identity. ![]() |