![]() ![]() Most school children in Spain know the tale of Juana la Loca she is legendary. Clambering to its highest tower, I knew Juana had touched these same stones, perhaps marveled, as I did, at the landscape’s beauty.ĭuring a school trip to Granada, where Juana is buried, I found myself entranced by the marble effigy of this woman, whose face is turned away from the figure of her dead husband beside her. I lived near a castle that had belonged to Juana’s parents, Isabella and Ferdinand. My maternal grandfather, Tomás Blanco, was a famous film actor in Spain whose career spanned from the early 40s well into the 70s and my grandmother Pilar Gomez del Real was a well-known theater actress who portrayed Juana on stage. ![]() I was raised in Spain (I am half Spanish by birth and fully bilingual). ![]() I’m often asked how I became interested in Juana la Loca. How did the idea for THE LAST QUEEN originate? ![]()
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![]() ![]() In Nigeria-born, America-based author Ebele Chizea’s stunning debut novel, teenager Ada and her mother flee the civil war of their West African home and come to America in 1966, where Ada soon discovers-and blossoms within-the US counterculture movement, developing a drive for anti-war activism which she takes with her back to Nabuka only to uncover new truths about herself as well as family secrets that threaten to shatter her plans for the future. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. 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Someone needs to start catching this and stopping this. I do not care if it’s ignorance or naivete or whatever the fuck reason there is that you have buried the gays in your book – you need to stop. I will start off with this statement:Īuthors, publishing: STOP BURYING YOUR GAYS. I can’t believe I’m still having to write a review like this in 2019. I don’t actually know where to begin writing this review. And no one can be trusted in a world full of ruthless thieves, black markets, a golden palace, daring heists, royal intrigue, noble messengers, forbidden love, four queens – each with a secret, and, of course, murder.Īn enthralling fast-paced murder mystery where competing agendas collide with deadly consequences, Four Dead Queens heralds the arrival of an exciting new YA talent. But with Keralie and Varin each keeping secrets – and the lives of the queens hanging in the balance – everything is at stake. ![]() ![]() Hoping to find the culprit, Keralie teams up with Varin Bollt. When Keralie steals a particularly valuable item from a messenger, she discovers she’s intercepted instructions to murder the queens. Four queens, one from each quadrant, rule as one. Her nation is divided into four regions, each strictly separated from the other. She steals for the black market in her quadrant. Keralie Corrington is a talented pickpocket. How: A copy of this novel was provided by Allen and Unwin for review.įour Queens. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, when the boy throws his new dragon friends a spicy salsa taco party, red-hot trouble ensues! Discover the dietary delights and dilemmas of dragons in this fun-filled production, adapted from The New York Times Best Selling book Dragons Love Tacos is a sizzling story full of fiery fun for your entire family! While a boy and his dog are watching TV, they unexpectedly learn the ‘Do’s and Dont’s’ of what kinds of tacos to serve dragons. You know what dragons really love? Tacos of course! They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. Based on the book by Adam Rubin with illustrations by Daniel Salmieri, published by Penguin Group. Stage adaptation by Ernie Nolan, produced by special arrangement with Plays for Young Audiences. ![]() ![]() Dragons Love Tacos Available for a LIMITED TIME to stream until May 31, 2021. ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, churches have quietly adopted much of the language and ideas of modern sexology, psychiatry, and social reformers-deploying it, for example, to buttress the credentials of anti-gay 'deprogramming' centers and traditional gender roles. Sixty years later, church rhetoric has undergone a radical shift, as silence has given way to frequent, public, detailed discussion of homosexuality and its perceived dangers. ![]() At the time of the first Kinsey Report, in 1948, homosexuality was simultaneously condemned and little discussed-a teen struggling with same-sex desire would have found little specific guidance. Jordan explores more than a half century of American church debate about homosexuality to show that even as the main lesson-homosexuality is bad, teens are vulnerable-has remained constant, the arguments and assumptions have changed remarkably. Add the specter of homosexuality to the mix, and you' ve got a situation ripe for worry, sermonizing, and exploitation. At the very moment when teens are trying to establish a sense of identity and belonging, they are beset by temptation on all sides-from the pressure of their peers to the nihilism and materialism of popular culture. In the view of many Christians, the teenage years are simultaneously the most dangerous and the most promising. ![]() |