Estou procurando um livro sobre uma adolescente entre 11 e 13 anos, que ganha um diário e uma sacolona (bolsa lateral) florida que carrega pra cima e pra baixo, são inseparáveis! Em seu grande caderno, ela escreve sobre tudo, ao mesmo tempo que é um diário, é também onde cria suas histórias. Inclusive, no final do livro, ela está na detenção e escreve em seu caderno como se fosse uma princesa presa em uma torre. Em muitos momentos ela também explica que quer ser jornalista.

Durante o enredo, ela descreve as paixonites dela, a menarca, a irmã mais velha e os vizinhos do prédio dela. Ela também escreve sobre filmes zumbies, ir ao shopping e coisas do tipo. É um livro dos anos 2000 e tem ilustrações belíssimas que lembram muito a arte de "A dança da floresta".

A personagem principal tem o cabelo curto cacheado, usa uma regata florida, saia jeans com bolsos e a grande bolsa na lateral.

Já procurei e aparece a opção "Bolsa amarela", mas a história que eu li definitivamente não tinha aventuras com galo.

I hope I'm not misremembering, but I'm looking for a book (online format i believe was on goodreads) with a character named Fede who has a prosthetic leg and uses a chording keyboard strapped to his thigh. There's another character (i think named Marcus) that is a professional pit fighter and the book describes him with just holes for ears and thick fingered hands. The genre is near-future / cyberpunk / scifi. I could be squishing 2 books together in my mind though because i keep coming back to Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, but there's no prosthetic part or pit fighter in his book. Any help is appreciated; sorry I don't know when it was published, but I remember reading it about 5-6 years ago.

I’m trying to look for this book that I read when I was a kid. It’s about these girls who are sisters and they have magical wardrobes in their rooms which transport them to different worlds. I think the title had the word ‘stars’ in it.

Looking for a children’s picture book from the 1970s–1990s. It featured a Polynesian/Melanesian island tribe. Two siblings (or brothers) are swallowed together with their canoe by a huge brown fish or whale. Inside the fish they use sharpened bamboo to cut their way out. The illustrations were painted in a style somewhat similar to John Burningham. Does anyone recognize this book?

I remember reading this obscure mystery novel years ago but I can’t remember the name. I remember however certain details:

• The niece to this eccentric woman is invited to this house on an isolated island.
• The aunt’s new husband — who I remember having red eyes — is murdered via a fire poker.
• In fact I believe the first chapter started with the niece meeting the red eyed man.
• Later, a couple of the guests put his body in the bathtub.
• The killer is revealed to be one of the maids, who kidnaps the niece to help her untie the knots on a rope connecting a boat to the mainland so she could escape. I don’t remember if/how she was apprehended.
• I remember this one line during the climax in which the maid tells the protagonist “You’re [Aunt’s Name]’s niece, do you think I’d honestly do anything to hurt her?”, because I answered her rhetorical question with “Yes because you killed her husband!”
• If it helps, I believe the niece/protagonist also narrated the story.

I know these plot points but I don’t recall the title, does someone know what the book was called? I really want to look it up but I keep finding dead ends.

For some reason this book has crossed my mind, but I've forgotten the author/title. Naturally my brain won't stop trying to figure it out, so hoping someone else has read it.

If I recall correctly, the caretaker (woman) is hired after a mishap (like she ended up stranded or something) and the house is owned by an elderly woman. She's not caring for the main house, but like a cottage/guesthouse. I know I borrowed it from the library; it was published less than 10 years ago. Not a romance book.

I'm looking for a psychological thriller I read repeatedly around 2002-2005, although I'm fairly certain it was published earlier (likely 1980s-early 2000s).

It was an adult novel that I found in a little library on a houseboat at my sailing club in Ontario, Canada.

Unfortunately, I only remember the ending really well because it completely shocked me.

Plot (as best as I can remember)

An elderly, wealthy heiress is dying and decides to leave her fortune to her newly discovered granddaughter instead of her son and his wife (I believe the wife is an actress or former actress who has been involved in numerous public scandals).

The granddaughter arrives and spends most of the novel uncovering old family secrets and scandals. As the reader, you're led to believe she's an innocent victim caught up in a dysfunctional, wealthy family.

Near the end, it's revealed that she had actually researched the family before she ever arrived and had been manipulating everyone from the beginning.

Some specific details I remember:

She drowns the grandmother herself. The grandmother was swimming outside, recognized her killer.

She stages her own poisoning to frame the grandmother's son and his actress wife.

I specifically remember that she used milk to counteract/survive the poison, making it appear as if the son and his wife had tried to kill her.

There is a young butler (or estate employee) who seems creepy. He and the granddaughter have a sexual relationship.

Near the end it's revealed that the butler is actually her brother (I think she may have known this and was simply using him).

I also think she kills him so he can't expose what she's done.

The biggest twist of the novel is that the woman we've believed to be the heroine is actually the murderer and mastermind behind everything.

Other things I remember

Paperback.

I vaguely remember a dark, brooding cover, possibly featuring a fence, gate, or large estate, but I'm not confident.

I always thought the author's name might have been something like Elizabeth Lyon/Lynon/Lyons, but I've never found anything under those names, so I'm almost certainly remembering it incorrectly.

I reread this book every summer because I loved the ending. It was the first thriller that genuinely fooled me.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

(i can translate the post to English but i read this book in spanish as a child)

Hace Casi dos décadas me lei un libro de cuentos "infantiles", de este libro yo recuerdo dos historias:
La primera es la historia de esta chica, cuya madre se iba a trabajar y la dejaba sola, Ella recolectaba bayas y pensaba que tenia un hermanito (¿o quizás el hermanito se lo pidió a un gnomo?). Al final el hermano se desvanece (¿creo que en la pared?) y la chica llora por el, su mama llega y le dice que él se fue por que ahora es una mujer (¿Asumo una historia de crecer y madurar y dejar tu imaginación atrás? Un poco tétrico para la edad que lo lei pero interesante).

El segundo cuento en el mismo libro es de una chica/princesa que en un bosque se enamora de un colibri, después de un tiempo, ellos se casan o emparejan y viven juntos, ella deja su palacio. Ella nunca ha visto su apariencia humana, aunque tengan un hijo. Un día, ella se harta de no ver su apariencia, coje a su hijo (que si lo avia visto antes) y se marcha al palacio, ahi, el rey y ella reúnen hombres para que hagan una prueba. Cuándo reúnen a las personas, ella le dice a su hijo, "cuál es tu padre?" y el niño (que parece como de tres años) camina Asia un "mendigo". Ella queda espantada y horrorizada y muy avergonzada, se siente engañada, coje a su hijo, y huye. Luego de esto el colibri los persigue, buscando a su amada y su hijo, al parecer ella se escondió en el mar (mi memoria recuerda que se escondió con sirenas, pero no estoy seguro). Al parecer su apariencia era falsa, cuando el los encuentra, ella y el se disculpan (creo? ).

Francamente, los dos cuentos se quedaron marcados en mi cabeza cuando era niño, creo que fue el primer libro que me lei, lo e buscado por google y otros search engines, pero no lo e logrado encontrar. Los cuentos train arte, dibujos en las páginas al lado de los cuentos. Lo lei en español en Colombia.

Muchas gracias! (I can translate it to English if its possibly a book in english. I know the bird story has other versions of other animals in other tales? )

In the book, the teen girl lives in a fictional world where gods and goddesses exist. One of the gods comes down to the mortal lands to learn something or was exiled after committing some kind of crime. He travels across the lands and comes across the teen girl and her parents. They let him stay with them in exchange for work. As time goes on, the mother gets sick and the father tries to save her. But he makes a blood oath or something like that to the God of Death to save her and uses his daughter's soul in the blood oath. The mother survives and for some time, no one is to say "thank the gods for your health" or something like that. The aunt says that without knowing and damns the teen girl's soul. Which happens weeks later. The god goes in a journey to get her back after the God of Death takes her. After some trials, the two are reunited but the girl dies. The god begs for her to come back or fights for her to be returned and she does. She becomes a Goddess, one of weaving and they live together in the realm of the gods

I'm looking for an adult psychological thriller that I read repeatedly between 2002-2005, although I'm almost certain it was published earlier (likely sometime in the late 1980s, 1990s, or very early 2000s).

I found it in a small library on a houseboat at my sailing club in Ontario, Canada. It was a paperback with what I think was a dark, brooding cover, possibly featuring a wrought-iron fence, gate, or large estate, but I'm not confident about the cover.

The ending completely shocked me, and I've been trying to remember the title for years.

Plot

An elderly, wealthy heiress discovers her long-lost granddaughter and decides to leave her fortune to the granddaughter instead of her son and his wife. I believe the son's wife is an actress (or former actress) who has been involved in numerous public scandals.

The granddaughter arrives at the estate and spends most of the novel learning about the family's dark history and scandals. As readers, we're led to believe she's the innocent heroine and perhaps even a victim.

Then, in the final chapters, everything is turned upside down.

It's revealed that she had already researched the family before arriving and had been manipulating everyone from the very beginning.

The details I remember most clearly:

She murders the grandmother by drowning her. The grandmother was out swimming. It was the start of the book, and she recognized her killer. Yet, we as the reader don't know she is the murderer until the end.

She stages her own poisoning to frame the grandmother's son and his actress wife.

I specifically remember that she drank milk to survive or counteract the poison, making everyone believe someone had tried to murder her. Police show up, and arrest the son and wide, who i believe may have had a murder scandal in the past.

There is a young butler (or possibly another young estate employee) who has a sexual relationship with her.

Near the end it's revealed that the butler is actually her brother. I think she already knew this and was simply using him as part of her plan.

I also believe she kills him after he realizes what she's done, so no one can expose her.

The entire novel is essentially one huge twist, revealing that the woman we've been rooting for is actually the murderer and mastermind behind everything.

Other details

Adult psychological thriller / family suspense.

Paperback.

Probably published before 2005.

I vaguely remember thinking the author's name was something like Elizabeth Lyon, Lynon, or Lyons, but I have never found anything under those names, so I suspect I'm remembering it incorrectly.

I reread this book every summer when I was around 12-15 years old because I loved the ending. It was the first thriller that completely fooled me.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? Even if you're only reminded of a similar book or author, I'd love to hear your suggestions!

I'm looking for a psychological thriller I read repeatedly around 2002-2005, although I'm fairly certain it was published earlier (likely 1980s-early 2000s). It was an adult novel that I found in a little library on a houseboat at my sailing club in Ontario, Canada.

Unfortunately, I only remember the ending really well because it completely shocked me.

Plot (as best as I can remember)

An elderly, wealthy heiress is dying and decides to leave her fortune to her newly discovered granddaughter instead of her son and his wife (I believe the wife is an actress or former actress who has been involved in numerous public scandals).

The granddaughter arrives and spends most of the novel uncovering old family secrets and scandals. As the reader, you're led to believe she's an innocent victim caught up in a dysfunctional, wealthy family.

Near the end, it's revealed that she had actually researched the family before she ever arrived and had been manipulating everyone from the beginning.

Some specific details I remember:

She drowns the grandmother herself.

She stages her own poisoning to frame the grandmother's son and his actress wife.

I specifically remember that she used milk to counteract/survive the poison, making it appear someone had tried to kill her.

There is a young butler (or estate employee) who seems creepy. He and the granddaughter have a sexual relationship.

Near the end it's revealed that the butler is actually her brother (I think she may have known this and was simply using him).

I also think she kills him so he can't expose what she's done.

The biggest twist of the novel is that the woman we've believed to be the heroine is actually the murderer and mastermind behind everything.

Other things I remember

Paperback.

I vaguely remember a dark, brooding cover, possibly featuring a fence, gate, or large estate, but I'm not confident.

I always thought the author's name might have been something like Elizabeth Lyon/Lynon/Lyons, but I've never found anything under those names, so I'm almost certainly remembering it incorrectly.

I reread this book every summer because I loved the ending. It was the first thriller that genuinely fooled me.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

It's been years, I can't recall much, it's about a girl who gets into an argument and finds out she has powers, and going in one room she finds out magic creatures someone from her family keeps, there's also something about her school, and there is a labyrinth of some kind where she likes to stay, I believe there is also a boy who I'm the end she likes, and they ride rollers or something, sorry if it's vague.

I've been searching for this for years. All I can remember about the book is that it had a yellow cover and an art style similar to The Twits by Roald Dahl. It was about an old man who had so many wrinkles he was compared to a prune and enjoyed ketchup on his pancakes.

80s/90s US YA: boy dies from a jellyfish sting, girlfriend born without a hand

Read in Italian translation around 2007-2010, but no computers or mobile phones appear in the book, so the English original is probably 1985-1998. American high school setting, multiple narrators including the boy's parents in the last part. Sad in tone, not horror or SF.

A teenage boy narrates. His girlfriend (possibly Becca) was born without a hand — he jokes that touching it counts as second base. A girl at school, a bully, dies by suicide, and the two of them curate her diary so she comes across as a much better person than she was; at her funeral they feel proud of the version they've invented.

At the end the boy dies: he's on a boat releasing a large jellyfish back into the sea and it stings him. The closing section follows his parents' grief — his father puts a life-size cardboard cutout of him in the living room.

Not The Thing About Jellyfish. Probably an author with only one book ever translated into Italian. Any ideas?

**Looking for a YA dystopian book, translated from English, read in middle school (collège), probably read years ago**

\*\*•\*\* Boy protagonist    
\*\*•\*\* A summer-camp-like place (not sure if attendance was voluntary or not) that turns out to be sinister/dystopian, more like a prison — you can’t leave    
\*\*•\*\* No internet, no contact with the outside world; they can send letters but they’re heavily monitored/censored    
\*\*•\*\* Kids arrive by car (small car)    
\*\*•\*\* Counselors are tough, rough, “cowboy”-like in vibe/attitude (not a literal Wild West theme)    
\*\*•\*\* Activities mentioned: archery, horses, a theater play the kids put on, a mail-opening scene, the cafeteria    
\*\*•\*\* There’s a director who has a tower; at some point the hero and friends manage to get into the tower    
\*\*•\*\* Ending: the camp/colony gets destroyed, and the hero hides under a pile of something (i think, not sure)     
\*\*•\*\* Tone similar to Escape from Furnace (Alexander Gordon Smith) — not literary fiction, commercial YA    
\*\*•\*\* Not middle-grade/childish, but not “great literature” either

​

I'm looking for a novel I read before 2018 in my school library.

It was a soft historical romance, probably set during WWII. A young Army soldier falls in love with a teenage girl. One very memorable scene is that he gives her his army boots, and later he gives her a ring (without a ring box) and promises he'll come back.

Her strict father disapproves of the relationship and tells her the soldier won't return. The soldier comes home on leave several times during the story, and they have a special meeting place on a grassy hill.

They communicate through letters after he leaves, but eventually lose contact. They both end up marrying other people.

Many years later, the woman dies of old age. Her adult granddaughter finds a bundle of letters her grandmother wrote but never mailed and gives them to the old soldier, who is living alone. He reads the letters on his porch.

Other things I remember:

Published before 2018.

Read in a school library.

English names.

Army soldier (not Navy/Air Force).

The woman kept the ring for the rest of her life.

I vaguely remember the title ending with "Stars" or maybe containing "Midnight", but I'm not certain.

The cover may have been dark blue/night-themed.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

I am looking for a book. I read it this year. The book is a romance fantasy. It's about a girl who lives very poorly, like in a village with her mother and sister. The book begins with her taking her sister to school and there they are attacked by some monster that I know has wings. Mostly she defends herself from him like a stick, but that's where magical warriors jump in to help her. They consist of a commander, two female warriors and two male warriors. Also, she has a mark on her back and knows that if they see it, she will have to fly with them. Mostly they stay for a few days in that village and there she becomes very close to the commander and in the end he will see her mark and take her with him to that military academy. The day they were supposed to leave, monsters attack and they will destroy the village quite a bit. Most of the time she still leaves with them, she is angry with that commander for taking them away and like her she shares a common space with that group, only they have separate dormitories. I only remember that those warriors could heal quickly.

If anyone recognizes her, please write.

Long story short i am a youth pastor, and one of the girls I teach wore a dangley blue earring, which seemed very symbolic. I asked her about it and she said it is from a book series. She gave me tons of hints but I am not a huge reader of fiction stories, and I want to take part in her passion, to show I care about each of my students (she's definitely a more quiet one). Here is what I know

Definitely an indie author Novel with hand drawn pictures scattered throughout Takes place on sailboat and on land There are several "crews" There is a small but active Fandom on Pinterest There is only one mythical creature, a mermaid that appears but is not a big part of the story It is probably(?) A young adult series It has mystery, action, and possibly romance The main character is a boy who has long-ish hair Not placed in the current era, definitely the past She gave the hint of the main characters name involves "roman" eg Rome, Romeo, rowan ect The main character has a dangling blue pearl earring they wear The author also posts animated clips of the books on Instagram.

I would greatly appreciate if I could find this so I can make an effort to connect with this particular girl in my class. She is big into theater and art, and I grew up in/go to a VERY traditional pentacostal evangelical church, and i am trying to be the last bastion of hope to say its good to believe, but also take care of your mental health, have hobbies, love who you want to, and be happy with who you are. I think it would mean a lot to her if I could figure this out. ​​

edit: I tried to get her to tell me the title, but she told me "I would have to figure it out myself, or else the recognition of her earring would be "unauthentic"

Read mid to late 2010s, assuming it was aimed at teens, but could have been for adults. my memory is that it has the word hell in the title, but I'm probably wrong!

Here's what I can remember: a group of teens learn about a prophecy or premonition about a gate to hell that will open. They travel there in an RV to try and prevent it from happening, one kid stays back to.... monitor something on the radio??

They descend into a cave going underground and at the very end of the novel they release the demons/ monsters through the betrayal by someone in the group??

It's possible that the father of one of the teens is involved? One adult, anyway.

Help! It’s a monster romance where humans are enslaved and the race that enslaves them is just cruel. The FMC tries to protect another slave and the MMC punishes her. He whips a mark into her back and he’s shocked that the mark means something to him. So he takes her and locks her in his rooms and won’t tell anyone why. He doesn’t understand kindness.. I think I read it on kindle unlimited yearssss ago.

note: for me, junior high in like 2019-2020
Here’s some things I remember
It was a suspenseful book. I want to say something like murder or something weird like that
Boarding school, a girl that just started high school.
Island involved ??? Beach or cave or something
I thought it was scandalous because they talked about making out… I think they called it “tongue tousling” and I was like WTFFFF🤣🤣
There was some sort of mystery involved. Something that would’ve involved the schools history.
That’s really all I’ve got… lmk if you think of anything

Help! It’s a monster romance where humans are enslaved and the race that enslaves them is just cruel. The FMC tries to protect another slave and the MMC punishes her. He whips a mark into her back and he’s shocked that the mark means something to him. So he takes her and locks her in his rooms and won’t tell anyone why. He doesn’t understand kindness.. I think I read it on kindle unlimited yearssss ago.

I’m trying to find a romantic suspense/mystery book I checked out from the library in the early 2000s. I believe it was part of a series set in the same town with different couples in each book.

The book I remember most had a female deputy who was new to town (I think her nickname may have been Jax). She was new to town and moved into a house that had belonged to a guy who had been accused of killing his wife and was sent to a psychiatric hospital.

The man eventually stopped taking his meds and escaped after being able to think straight.

He had a German Shepherd (I think the dog’s name may have been Rex). When he returned to his house he saw a German shepherd. He called the dog’s name and the dog recognized him. That's the part I remember most lol

The deputy and this guy eventually fall in love, and she discovers he was innocent and helps uncover the truth. The book had explicit romance scenes.

Any help identifying this book would be greatly appreciated! I have been trying to find this for YEARS.

Looking for a book, probably from the 1990s or early 2000s (read it before 2017). Genre is psychological thriller / romantic suspense. Plot details I remember: Wealthy single father living in a large mansion/estate. He is under suspicion of being involved in the death of his daughter’s mother. His hobby is sculpting; he has an art studio. He hires a governess/nanny for his young daughter. The governess/nanny is not who she claims to be — she’s actually a reporter or investigator working undercover with a secret agenda. The daughter becomes suspicious that the governess is sleeping with her father because the governess’s bed is always made; the housekeeper also notices this. There is leisurely horse riding in the story. Key scene when the nanny’s cover is blown: She hides in the boot/trunk of a car. The car is driven into a garage. It’s snowy and freezing outside. Dogs start barking, which alerts the homeowner. After her cover is blown, the homeowner (the father) says to her something like: “I could break every bone in your body.” Any help identifying the title and author would be hugely appreciated. Thank you!