All Blog Posts Tagged 'survival' (15)

Rebellious teen Robin "Robbie" Willette thinks her life sucks.



Her grades aren't the greatest. Her dad hates her "older" boyfriend. And her mom keeps Robbie on a short leash after her straight A, perfect, older sister gets pregnant and has a baby. As the tension builds in her family,…

About The Third Man:

When two young men get lost in Alaska’s mountainous wilderness, they slowly begin to die of exposure. As their senses become numb, they become aware of a third man traveling with them at times, and are too disoriented to make contact. When the two young men collapse in exhaustion and…

The DMS was lucky enough to interview Gary Paulsen, author of the middle grade novel Hatchet. Lizzy reviewed this exciting…

Aleja Robbins Bennett was born in East Elmhurst Queens New York by her unknown biological mother July 9th 1973 at 7:23 am. In 1976 she was raised in East New York Brooklyn by her church attending adopted parents who still serves as a deacon and deaconess up until this day. From the age of two through nineteen they physically-verbally and mentally abused her.

She was tortured, starved and neglected all through her childhood. Alcohol became an escape for her…

If Death wanted to tell you a story, would you pay attention? That’s just what you’ll do when you pick up The Book Thief.

Death is a busy fellow (although he’s not gender specific we get the feeling he’s male). But the large scale events that keep him busy don’t often give him time to ponder why he may cross paths many times with some people. The case of Liesel Meminger is different. Death crosses her path many times during World War II’s Germany.

Death tells ten…

Author:   Mike Mullin Published by:  Entangled Publishing     Age Recommend: 16    Reviewed By:  Arlena Dean

              Rating:  4 Blog Review For: GMTA

  Review:

"Ashen Winter" by Mike Mullin a second in a series..... was a very good read.  If you are into action,…

The Realms of Animar is an enjoyable read, one that will appeal to teens who are fans of fantasy and science fiction.

Set in a world where people have two forms, one human and one animal, this is the story of Thane, a teenage boy whose life is suddenly turned upside down when his animal form unexpectedly transforms into something never seen before. Filled with immense power, he now holds the key to the future of …

My father was a holocaust survivor and spent his entire life trying to share his story with the world.  Now, for the first time... his riveting memoirs have been published!

Here is the link:

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The short story went into decline when so many of the magazines that supported them died. That is not to say there are not short story magazines around from the prestigious New Yorker and possibly Harper’s to the leading newcomer Amazon for online stories. But in the main the rest of them now cater for science fiction and horror which narrows the horizons for most aspiring short story writers. That said there are a number of online publishers of short stories but few of them pay and for…

Aleja Bennett was adopted in the early seventies after being abandoned and left in an apartment alone with her older siblings. The Author was only six months old and suffered with pnuemonia  shortly after that.

 Aleja Bennett was adopted at the age of two years by a woman who was barren. The couple abused, starved, tortured, rejected and…

I really wanted to love Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. After all, I had raced through the first two books in The Hunger Games trilogy both times that I read them. When news of the third book hit the web, I didn't even wait for its arrival at my local library but instead bought the boxed trilogy at a local bookstore. Yet despite winning me over by the end, this book is the weakest link.…

The thick glass of the big window warps the appearance of the night sky, making the visible universe look curved and three-dimensional instead of flat. From my hospital bed I witness the drama unfold: Orion the Hunter clubs Taurus the Bull, Hercules squashes the head of Draco the Dragon, Hydra the Serpent encircles the night sky, poised to strike.

Diffidently, beneath Hercules, the constellation of Asclepius, the god of physicians, hovers over the horizon with a snake…

Pitching Pencils has just published an awesome review on both Drowned Sorrow and The Strangers Outside. Click here to read the entire article:…