Ancient, Strange, and Lovely

Ancient, Strange, and Lovely
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2011-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416957871

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In this stand-alone novel in the series, Bryn must save a dracling from a dangerous modern world that seems to have no place for an ancient dragon.

Dragon's Milk

Dragon's Milk
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2009-11-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442407077

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"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight." Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows what she must do. She must search out the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and somehow get some of her precious milk. It's the only way to save her foster-sister's life. Kaeldra would rather not go. It's much too terriffying, much too dangerous. But Kaeldra knows that she's the only one who can do it. For she is the only one who can actually communicate with dragons. But little does Kaeldra know what she's getting into. She's about to begin a journey that will entwine her fate with that of three little draclings and one would-be dragonslayer. A journey the will become a struggle for life.

Flight of the Dragon Kyn

Flight of the Dragon Kyn
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442407069

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There is a story about Kara and dragons. When she was four, she came down with vermillion fever. Her parents, thinking there was no cure, left her in a cave to die. A month, later she walked back into her parents’ home as healthy as if she had never been sick. It is said that a mother dragon lived in that cave, and she nursed young Kara back to life. Now, eleven years later, the only reminder of Kara’s illness is a small scar on her cheek. Of her contact with the dragon, there is more. Her eyes, which once were blue, are now green. And she can call down birds, which many believe is a sign that she can also call down dragons, for the two are distant cousins. Only Kara has her doubts. How can a beast as huge and terrifying as a dragon be related to a sweet, gentle bird? But could this explain why the king has sent for her? Does he think she has power over dragons? For Kara, the answer to this question means life or death—not only for her, but for all the dragons.

Sign of the Dove

Sign of the Dove
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2010-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442409738

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"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight." Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows she must find the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and get some of the precious milk in order to save her foster sister’s life. Since Kaeldra can communicate with dragons, she is the only one who can accomplish the task. And so she begins a journey that will entwine her fate with that of three little draclings and one would-be dragonslayer—a journey that will become a struggle for life.

A Green and Ancient Light

A Green and Ancient Light
Author: Frederic S. Durbin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1481442244

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A gorgeous fantasy in the spirit of Pan’s Labyrinth “that will appeal to those who loved Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane and John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things” (Library Journal, starred review). Set in a world similar to our own, during a war that parallels World War II, A Green and Ancient Light is the stunning story of a boy who is sent to stay with his grandmother for the summer in a serene fishing village. Their tranquility is shattered by the crash of a bullet-riddled enemy plane, the arrival of grandmother’s friend Mr. Girandole—a man who knows the true story of Cinderella’­s slipper—and the discovery of a riddle in the sacred grove of ruins behind grandmother’s house. In a sumptuous idyllic setting and overshadowed by the threat of war, four unlikely allies learn the values of courage and sacrifice.

The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars

The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars
Author: Geoff Stray
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2007-11-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0802716342

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The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. The study of heavenly cycles is common to most ancient cultures. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians all tried to make sense of the year. But it fell to the later Mesoamerican Maya to create a series of calendars that could be cross referenced. In doing so, the Maya discovered many strange numerical harmonics. Their lunar calendar was extremely accurate-far more so than the Greek Metonic cycle; they tracked Venus to an accuracy of less than a day in five hundred years and their tables could have been used to predict eclipses seven hundred years in the future. This book will provide a much needed compact guide to the Mayan calendar systems as well as covering the essentials of calendar development throughout the world.

Sign of the Dove

Sign of the Dove
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2010-03-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416997148

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As the last of the dragon eggs, laid long ago, begin to hatch, Lyf becomes a reluctant friend who tries to save both the dragon mothers and their newly born children from their enemies.

Alphabet of Dreams

Alphabet of Dreams
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2011-10-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1439115427

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In the city of the dead, a dreamer awakens.... Young Babak has a magnificent gift: He can dream the future. Mitra, his brave older sister, is sworn to protect him. For them to survive living on the streets, she must do whatever is necessary -- including using her brother's talent for profit. When Babak is asked to dream for a powerful Magus, he receives a mysterious vision of two stars dancing in the night. Determined to solve this prophetic riddle, the Magus takes the boy and his sister on an arduous journey across the desert. What they discover will change the world in a way that no dream could ever predict....

Falcon in the Glass

Falcon in the Glass
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2014-07-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442429917

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"Eleven-year-old Renzo must teach himself to blow glass with the help of a girl who has a mysterious connection to her falcon"--

Walk Across the Sea

Walk Across the Sea
Author: Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2011-10-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1439132399

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The first time Eliza sees Wah Chung, he is squatting beside some rocks on the pathway to her island. Eliza's island is the one on which the lighthouse -- operated and maintained by her father -- stands, sending its beacon of safety to ships at sea. The pathway to the island is a treacherous one, engulfed by water when the tide is high, passable only when the tide is low and reveals the secret life of the sea on the rocks and in the pools that remain. Although Eliza is careful to avoid Wah Chung as he paints among the rocks (after all, he is a Chinaman), when a "sneaker wave" approaches the passage, it is Wah Chung who warns her and then rescues Eliza's goat, Parthenia, before both are swept away. It is a simple act of kindness, but one that causes Eliza to doubt many things. Are the Celestials, as the Chinese immigrants are called, such a threat to their small town? Are they really heathens, as her father claims? And what should she do when the townspeople conspire to expel these people forcibly? How will Eliza act, in the face of her father's strong beliefs and his duties as the lighthouse keeper, when Wah Chung comes to her for help in return?