But to do so, they have to leave law school, pretend they are qualified and go into battle with a billionaire and the FBI. Maybe there’s a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specialising in student loans, the three realise they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. They all borrowed heavily to attend a law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. As third-year students, they realise they have been duped. But these days these three disillusioned friends spend a lot of time hanging out in The Rooster Bar, the place where Todd serves drinks. Law students Mark, Todd and Zola wanted to change the world – to make it a better place. John Grisham’s legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn’t exist. ‘The Best Thriller Writer Alive’ Ken Follett
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Welcome to Emily’s Big Discovery, the first in a sparkling, charmingly illustrated series of readers. She gets that weird feeling again, but this time she looks down to see that her legs are gone-replaced by a shiny, beautiful tail! Eager to figure out what’s happening, Emily later dives into the sea. Standing beside the pool, she feels the water calling her, but when she jumps in, she gets a strange, kind of scary sensation. But it’s hard to make friends at the beach when everyone else is having fun in the waves! So when swimming lessons start at school, Emily is excited to finally have the chance to learn. Her mother has always cautioned her to stay out of the water. Introducing an exciting new line of readers that brings half-mermaid Emily Windsnap-star of the New York Times best-selling series-to a younger audience.Įven though she lives in a houseboat, Emily Windsnap doesn’t know how to swim. His writing is also featured in Managing Interactive Media Projects by Tim Frick.ĭarren’s educational writing has been published in a number of programs and textbooks for companies such as McGraw-Hill, Glencoe/Jamestown Education, Thomson Publishing, Holt, Rhinehart, and Winston, and Scholastic Reading Association-and he has helped create and assess standardized tests for high school students. His short story "The Graveyard Game" won third place in a Dayton Daily News short story writing competition, and his short story “Smoke Break” was published in the March-May 2009 edition of an east coast journal. He was a student at StoryStudio Chicago for two years, and has written a novel and a short story collection. He is currently the Secondary Gifted Coordinator and International Baccalaureate Coordinator at Kettering Fairmont High School where he directs plays and has taught AP/IB English Literature and English Language as well as creative writing and theatre classes. He has taught writing at Lakota East High School, Stivers School for the Arts, and Wright State University. Word’s Worth founder Darren McGarvey is an award-winning teacher, writer, and program facilitator and a trained public speaker with an extensive writing and education background. The mundane worlds of schools and sleepy sea-side towns are invaded and transformed, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to its inhabitants. Teenagers develop ungodly appetites, a city becomes insomniac overnight, and bodies are diligently picked apart to make up better ones. In her brilliantly inventive and haunting debut collection of stories, Julia Armfield explores bodies and the bodily, mapping the skin and bones of her characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession, love and revenge. Published by Pan Macmillan imprint Picador, Salt Slow is available for purchase through the links here. You’ll find more about the award here on Linda’s Book Bag and on The Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer’s Award website. It gives me very great pleasure today to feature Salt Slow by Julia Armfield as the second of my reviews as shadow judge for The Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award this year. Netgalley Advocate Netgalley General Data Protection Regulations An Extract from The Nice Guy and the Devil by Tom Trott. It's interesting to note that the title is derived from George Washington's "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation"ġ. The pace is also slow, so it's recommended for book clubs that enjoy a literary read. The novel is thin on plot being driven by the characters and their changing circumstances. Through them the book examines and contrasts the elite social class with the working class and the morals of the time. Three young people cross paths - Eve from a wealthy mid west family, Katy who is the daughter of immigrants, raised in Brooklyn and Tinker born into money and privilege. This book will transport you to another time and place. If you need to have a strong plot this may not be the book for you. In short a great book for those who enjoy a literary, character driven novel. I especially liked that just as in life, there are ups and downs in their lives. The circumstances and happenings feel real and the character interactions are intriguing. They live life to its fullest as they try to succeed and make sense of it's meaning. The pace is leisurely as it follows the life of Kate, Eve and Tinker during the year 1938. NY was "the" place to go to reinvent yourself- and still is. Amor Towles re-creates the beautiful atmosphere of this era and fills the pages with people and events that take you back to this time of witty conversation, lavish parties and soaring ambitions. PBR Book Review:Manhattan in the 1930's with all its charm, sophistication and jazz-age dynamics is the highlight of this book. "Crutcher offers an unusual yet resonant mixture of black comedy and tragedy that lays bare the superficiality of the high-school scene. For fans of Andrew Smith and Marieke Nijkamp. As the unlikely athletes move closer to their goal, these new friends might learn that the journey is worth more than the reward. They may not have very much talent, but the All-Night Mermen prove to be way more than T.J. He recruits some of the biggest misfits at Cutter High to form a swim team. When he sees a member of the wrestling team threatening an underclassman, T.J. Jones hates the blatant preferential treatment jocks receive at his high school, and the reverence paid to the varsity lettermen. The thread of truth in his fiction reminds us that heroes can come in any shape, color, ability or size, and friendship can bridge nearly any divide.”- Washington Post T.J. 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