![]() ![]() When Liam pretends to be a dad with a daughter who is actually his classmate just so he can win a contest, he finds himself off on an adventure he could have never imagined. Boyce sprinkles in many keen life insights beginning on the very first page when Liam says, “everyone lies about their age. Twelve-year-old Liam is constantly being treated as though he’s much older, simply because he’s tall and mature-looking for his age. Madeleine H., Portland, Oregonįrank Cottrell Boyce’s new book Cosmic can be appreciated on many different levels, which means both children and adults will enjoy reading it. ![]() While narrated by, and written for, a young boy, this cleverly written book can be enjoyed by readers of all ages. It is also an entirely original story, like nothing I have ever read before. As with Cottrell’s other books, Millions and Framed, Cosmic is written from a child’s perspective, lending an interesting and unique outlook to all the events that take place. ![]() I love Cottrell’s writing style, have enjoyed his other works, and am adding this to my new list of favorites. Here’s a review my daughter Madeleine wrote for Cosmic.Īn excellent book. My daughters and I all love author Frank Cottrell Boyce’s books for young readers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The other two focus on her flatmates Mara and Sadie. Not only has the NASA aerospace engineer found herself injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station-but the one person willing to undertake the hazardous rescue mission is her longtime rival.”īelow Zero is actually one in a set of three novellas. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn… Hannah’s got a bad feeling about this. Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. ![]() “It will take the frosty terrain of the Arctic to show these rival scientists that their chemistry burns hot. Below Zero is a 139-page novella that is currently available as an ebook. Last night I read Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood, the writer behind the bestselling TikTok sensation – The Love Hypothesis. ![]() ![]() Attended every waking hour by servants or companions, secrets were impossible to keep. ![]() The story of Catherine Howard is both a very dark fairy tale and a gripping political scandal.Born into the nobility and married into the royal family, during her short life Catherine was almost never alone. Thomas Cromwell is to be executed and, in the countryside, an aristocratic teenager named Catherine Howard prepares to become fifth wife to the increasingly unpredictable monarch…In the five centuries since her death, Catherine Howard has been dismissed as ‘a wanton’, ‘inconsequential’ or a naïve victim of her ambitious family, but the story of her rise and fall offers not only a terrifying and compelling story of an attractive, vivacious young woman thrown onto the shores of history thanks to a king's infatuation, but an intense portrait of Tudor monarchy in microcosm: how royal favour was won, granted, exercised, displayed, celebrated and, at last, betrayed and lost. ![]() England July 1540: it is one of the hottest summers on record and the court of Henry VIII is embroiled, once again, in political scandal. ![]() ![]() “It does not follow the usual samey fashionable pattern of ‘domestic noir’ and psychological thrillers. Marcel Berlins in the Times also found ambition – too much of it: “This novel has its intriguing attributes,” he wrote. ![]() The Evening Standard’s Katie Law declared it “altogether more ambitious than TGOTT, with a much bigger cast of characters, a historical element – witches – and not just your basic twist but a continuum of twists that, well, keep on twisting …”. The Independent’s Sally Newall was “semi-gripped”, but “got to the end and found it hard to care about the final reveal, mostly because it’s hard to keep track of and emotionally invest in the myriad of characters … A good beach read, yes, but one that you may have forgotten by the time you’ve come back from your next dip in the sea.” The New Statesman’s Leo Robson was one of several critics to identify “signs of growth and greater ambition”, concluding that “ Into the Water is on a par with The Girl on the Train – and of a piece with it, too”. A fter the stratospheric success of The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins faces that difficult next novel test with her new book about a drowned woman, Into the Water. ![]() ![]() ![]() The fifth section of the book in which Rousseau discusses Sophie's education is also his most cavalier. Naturally modern readers must consider Rousseau's opinions of female inferiority as products of ignorance. In the 18th century, Rousseau's beliefs about gender roles were neither radical nor hateful, but in the 21st century they appear to be both. First, the reader must consider the context of the book. Much criticism has been leveled at Rousseau's treatment of the education of women in this book. ![]() For Rousseau, however, ethics apply solely to society, meaning he promotes ethical standards which benefit society as a whole. He outlines a method of education, through various development stages, which is designed to raise into an upstanding citizen of superior ethics. Rousseau borrows upon the philosophical method of exploring ideas through theoretical narratives and places his discussion of education onto his fictional subject, young Emile. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousĭespite receiving harsh criticism since its publication, Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile, or On Education remains an interesting exploration of philosophy. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() |