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The Girl Who Drank The Moon
THE NO 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER 'This beautifully written, darkly funny coming-of-age story will enchant and entertain' Daily Mail Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is in fact a good witch who shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna's thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge - with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth's surface. And the woman with the Tiger's heart is on the prowl . . . The Newbery Medal winner from the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Witch's Boy.
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First Loves, Last Loves
‘What I liked about her was her smile. It dropped over her face slowly, like sunshine moving over brown hills. She seemed to give out some of the glow that was in her face. I felt it pour over me. And this golden feeling did not pass when she left the room. That was how I knew she was going to mean something special to me.’ The heady rush of a first love, or the comforting dependability of a love spanning years—no matter the kind of love you experience—it is sure to have a lasting impact. Even years later, the thought of their tender touch, sheepish smile and their invigorating gaze can bring a smile on your face. First Loves, Last Loves is a heart-warming collection of stories that depict such love and passion. Ruskin Bond’s emotive and provocative prose is sure to tug at your heart with its simple yet profound intensity. These stories bring you an amalgamation of the heady romances of youth and the calm that envelopes romance with age and experience.
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Mothyanchya Chotya Goshti (मोठ्यांच्या छोट्या गोष्
माणूस आपल्या कर्तृत्वावर मोठा होतो. त्यांचा आदर्श, त्यांचे कार्य, त्यांची थोरवी समाजाला प्रेरणा देते. विविध क्षेत्रांतील निवडक ३२ व्यक्तींच्या आयुष्यांतील या छोट्या गोष्टी. सहज लक्षात ठेवण्यासाठी. गोष्टीच्या पहिल्या भागात त्या थोर महापुरुषाची धावती, सारभूत ओळख. त्याच्या महान कार्यावर एक प्रकाशझोत. नंतरच्या भागात त्याच्याशी संबंधित असलेली घटना, प्रसंग अशी मांडणी केलेली आहे. प्रामुख्याने माध्यमिक शाळेतील विविध स्पर्धा डोळ्यांसमोर ठेवून केलेले हे लेखन लहान-थोर दोघांनाही आवडेल. शिक्षकांना, पालकांनाही त्याचा उपयोग होईल.