![]() ![]() ![]() That shifts as Maren, her non-binary bunkmate Theo and their fellow theater campers embark on a hunt for a missing diamond ring. Maren stars as the book's 12-year old protagonist who isn't completely sure #theatercamplife is for her. "Twelfth" is set in suburban Massachusetts, though the author's experiences as a Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts alum and self-professed former Theatre Under the Stars camp kid are deeply engrained in her storytelling. Thielke, now 34, moved to Houston with her family in 1999 and attended Lanier Middle School. "Twelfth," a tale of mystery and adventure set at theater camp where William Shakespeare and self-discovery take center stage, landed on bookshelves last month. ![]() Courtesy of Show More Show Lessįor Janet Thielke's debut novel, the author wrote a story she would've liked to have read during her own formative, middle-grade years. The book draws heavily on her experiences as an HSPVA/TUTS kid. Houstonian Janet Thielke’s debut novel “Twelfth” doubles as a Pride month read and the perfect summer camp story. ![]()
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A politicians wife retreats with her grown daughters to a Connecticut beach house after a painful public betrayal, an escape marked by new beginnings and. But as the sizzling passion and hard-won love bind Kat and Sloane even tighter together, old secrets and lies explode around them. Kat has grown into a fierce fighter, and the man who helped her get there is the very man who needs her strength now. ![]() Watching the man she adores destroy himself for revenge, Kat Thayne knows she should run and never look back. 2 hours ago &0183 &32 Kevin Costner paid first wife 80M in divorce after begging her to take him back following affair with hula dancer on Waterworld set, paid 7M alimony for child with daughter of Steelers owner. In the explosive conclusion of The Plus One Chronicles Trilogy, obscenely rich, jaggedly handsome and still obsessed with love and vengeance, Sloane Michaels must face an impossible choice: lose the woman he loves or betray his twin sister's memory. 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Within the community, conflicts and broken relationships threaten the peace, as the Mennonite tradition of close community life manifests itself as racism toward their half breed neighbours, and aspirations of holiness turn into condemnation of others. ![]() Thom Wiens, a young farmer and earnest Christian, begins to ask questions. Their Christian values of peace and love lead them to oppose war and military service, so they are hardly affected by the war except for the fact that they are reaping the rewards of selling their increasingly valuable crops and livestock. But life appears tranquil in the isolated farming settlement of Wapiti in northern Saskatchewan, where the Mennonite community continues the agricultural lifestyle their ancestors have practised for centuries. In 1944, as war rages across Europe and Asia, famine, violence and fear are commonplace. ![]() |