"If you want to marry someone, you should just marry me." Nearly thirty with no hope of marriage, but suddenly a proposal from a millionaire?! Miki is reaching her late thirties. Although she has a yearning for marriage, she spends her days watching romance dramas at home with her childhood friend rich-boy Yukinosuke. Then suddenly one day, Yukinosuke proposes! Everyone around her is encouraging her, but there's a reason Miki can't accept...?!
The Glass Slipper is about the persistence of a familiar Anglo-American love story into the digital age. Susan Ostrov Weisser compares diverse narratives, historical and contemporary from high literature and “low” genres, discussing novels by Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, Victorian women's magazines, and D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover; romantic movies; popular Harlequin romance novels; masochistic love in films; pornography and its relationship to romance; and reality TV and Internet ads as romantic stories.
Kelly's involvement in helping design a production of her junior high school's drama club, spurred on by encouragement from her artistic grandmother, helps her discover her own artistic identity.
The author draws from a variety of folk traditions to put together this version of Cinderella, including elements from Mexico, Iran, Korea, Russia, Appalachia, and more.
The second book in the Sisters Ever After series of fairy tale retellings from the point of view of the siblings in the background, this is the thrilling story of Cinderella's never-before-mentioned third "evil" step-sister, Tirza. Meet Cinderella’s third “wicked” stepsister, Tirza. For years, Tirza has lived with the shame of what her family did to Cinderella. Against everyone’s advice, Cinderella—now Queen Ella—took a chance on young Tirza. She gave Tirza a home in the castle instead of banishing her. The queen told everyone Tirza was good and kind, not cruel like her older sisters. But now Queen Ella’s famous glass slippers are missing, and there’s only one suspect. . . . Tirza may have tried them on . . . but she didn’t steal them. Now she must find the true thief before she loses her royal home. But as Tirza gets closer to the truth, she finds herself getting closer to something else: her sisters, who might not be quite as evil as Cinderella claims.
"In this exciting and groundbreaking motivational book you will learn about: The Three Deceptions - Three lies that prevent you from experiencing any chance of success. Learn to recognize these deceptions and replace them with healthy beliefs about yourself and your world. The Seven Powers - Seven incredible resources that can be used to create tremendous success in your life. Stop waiting for someone to create your success for you and start accessing these incredible tools for amazing achievement. The Five Deadly Enemies - Five subtle and cunning enemies that work tirelessly for your ruin. These foes are constantly at work within your life to destroy you. Unmask these traitors and defend yourself against their treachery. Written by a former fairy-tale thinker, Shattering the Glass Slipper passionately argues for the reader's release from a seemingly innocuous, yet tyrannical philosophy. Through the use of imagery and allegory, it empowers the reader with a pragmatic, alternative perspective while doing so with all the charm, simplicity, and attraction of a fairy tale"--Amazon.com
Nomadic construction worker Vlad inadvertently gains superpowers and enters ultratime after guzzling a radioactive energy drink he finds near the nuclear-disaster site of Chernobyl. Svetlana, an army veteran coping with PTSD, sees Vlad crash back into real time, finds him unconscious, and saves his life. They bond over this secret, fall in love, and decide to use the stash of energy drinks to fight evil as the superhero duo HyperVigilanté. Both sci-fi adventure and love story, this David-versus-Goliath tale set in Russia is rife with pop culture references from video games, movies, TV series, music, and even scripture. A fun and funny mash-up of Russian and American cultures, it’s a wild ride with Vlad and Svetlana as they battle mobsters, terrorists, and corrupt politicians while building a new life together. If you want the explosive action of the Equalizer paired with the awkward nerdiness of Napoleon Dynamite and served with a side of Easter eggs like Ready Player One, then HyperVigilanté belongs in your hands! Buy yourself a copy! An early reader of the book said, “A good book makes me consider how the characters would react to real world situations. You’ve made me do that with Vlad and Svetlana.”
"Yasuoka s venal, youthful first-person narrators grasp at beauty and romance amid a changing Japan in these nine stories, all published in Japan in the early 1950s . . . Tyler s translation captures Yasuoka s effortless style, registering dark but delightful impressions of youth." Publishers Weekly
This middle grade debut is Sleeping Beauty like you've never seen it before, about a girl who lives in the shadow of her older sister and the curse that has haunted her from birth. For years, Briony has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Rosalin, and the curse that has haunted her from birth--that on the day of her sixteenth birthday she would prick her finger on a spindle and cause everyone in the castle to fall into a 100-year sleep. When the day the curse is set to fall over the kingdom finally arrives, nothing--not even Briony--can stop its evil magic. You know the story. But here's something you don't know. When Briony finally wakes up, it's up to her to find out what's really going on, and to save her family and friends from the murderous Thornwood. But who is going to listen to her? This is a story of sisterhood, of friendship, and of the ability of even little sisters to forge their own destiny. The first in a three-book series of fairy tale retellings, these are the stories of the siblings who never made it into the storybook.
