Ra's Spiral Path

Author: Sarah

  • Howl’s Moving Castle

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    By Diana Wynne Jones Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper Trophy, c1986, 2001 Genres: Fantasy, steampunk Series: Howl’s Moving Castle; 1 ISBN: 9780064410342 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 329 Setting: Market Chipping, Porthaven, and Kingsbury, Ingary & Wales Time period: No stated time period in Ingary.  The Wales setting is a contemporary…

  • The Green Room: Mai Huli ‘Oe I Kōkua O Ke Kai, Respect the Ocean

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    By Deborah Turrell Atkinson Place: Publisher & Year: Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2005 Genres: Mystery, adventure, suspense Series: Storm Kayama Mysteries; 2 ISBN: 9781590581988 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 275 (including Glossary and References) Setting: Oahu, Hawaii Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Storm Kayama has recently started her own law practice.  She barely…

  • Precious: Based on the novel Push

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    By Sapphire Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage Contemporaries, c1996, 1997, 2009 Genres: General fiction, urban lit, street lit ISBN: 9780307474841 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 177 (180 including Reader’s Guide) Setting: Harlem, Manhattan, NYC Time period: 1987 – 1989 Plot summary: Sixteen year old, Precious Jones lives an extremely hard life.  Born…

  • Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction

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    By Luis Alberto Urrea Place: Publisher & Year: El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2002 Genres: Short stories, general fiction, magical realism ISBN: 9780938317630 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 146 (includes an afterword) Settings: Range from Rosario to the outskirts of the city dump in Tijuana, Mexico and various locations in the US, including the…

  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

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    By Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Knopf, c2007, 2010 Genre: Suspense, thriller, mystery Series: Millennium trilogy; 3 ISBN: 9780307269997 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 563 (plus 2 pages of notes) Setting: Stockholm and Göteborg, Sweden Time period: Contemporary – around 2005 Plot summary: Even as Lisbeth Salander…

  • Little Brother

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    By Cory Doctorow Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, c2008, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, general fiction ISBN: 9780765323118 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 416 – includes 2 afterwards, a bibliography, acknowledgements, and excerpts from For the Win.  The story is 365 pages. Setting: San Francisco, CA and the Bay area Time period:…

  • Thereby Hangs a Tail

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    By Spencer Quinn Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Atria Books, 2010 Genre: Mystery, humorous stories Series: Chet and Bernie Mysteries; 2 ISBN: 9781416585855 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 309 Setting: The Valley (an unnamed desert city somewhere between Las Vegas and New Mexico), Rio Loco, Clauson’s Wells, and Las Vegas, NV Time period:…

  • Heart’s Blood

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    By Juliet Marillier Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, historical fiction, historical fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance ISBN: 9780451462930 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 402 Setting: Whistling Tor & Market Cross, Ireland Time period: 12th century Plot summary: When Caitrin, a young female scribe, finally musters the courage to flee…

  • Summer Knight

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    By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2002 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal mystery, paranormal Series: The Dresden Files; 4 ISBN: 9780451458926 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 371 Setting: Chicago, IL & where it meets Faerie Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Harry Dresden has been feeling…

  • The Hummingbird’s Daughter

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    By Luis Alberto Urrea Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Little, Brown, and Company, c2005, 2006 Genres: Historical fiction, magical realism Series: Not a series, but the author is currently working on a sequel to this book. ISBN: 9780316154529 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 499 Setting: Ocoroni, Sinaloa & Cabora (near Alamos), Sonora, Mexico…