Part I Chapters 1 – 5 (A brief prologue introduces two older siblings who are 16 and 14 when a baby joins their family. It also mentions a dark period when some people end up staying with them for over five years.) The book opens with Libby Louise Jones inheriting an expensive mansion from the …
Note: This book is told from three different points of view, Zélie, Amari and Inan Chapters 1 – 8 The kingdom of Orisha (Orïsha) consists of two groups, the white-haired maji and the dark-haired kosidan (kosidán). Maji children are called diviners (Divîners) before they get their powers and transform into maji. The maji once consisted …
Chapters 1 – 3 Luca Delgado, 8, and his family are celebrating his cousin quinceañera at his grandmother’s house in Acapulco, Mexico when assassins come looking for his father, Sebastián Pérez Delgado. Sebastian is a reporter who had been writing about cartels. Luca and his mother Lydia Quixano hide in the shower until they leave. …
Arrived Jack Kennison drives to Portland, Maine to buy groceries in order to avoid running into Olive Kitteridge in their town Crosby. He stops at a bar, and he thinks about how he misses Olive. They had spent time together and kissed, but then she never called him again. That was three weeks ago. He …
List (The book opens with a list of names.) Now Michaela “Mickey” Fitzpatrick, 32, is an police officer in the Kensington area of Philadelphia. She is unmarried with a 4-year-old son, Thomas. Her boss Sergeant Ahern has assigned her to partner up with Eddie Lafferty, 43. Eddie has just been transferred into this district. Her …
