his teacher and the other thieves in the area--and taking in young people who are also fighting for a chance

This is the first in Muir's Locked Tomb series, and I'm currently listening to the second, Harrow the

their relationship is discovered, they're cruelly punished by being abandoned on an island with little chance

more stressful and Emma's mother shows up, will the potentially serious feelings between them stand a chance

Carolina sisters (distant relations of hers) who married the world-famous conjoined twins from Siam, Chang Chang and Eng Bunker were known worldwide for their enormously popular stage show, built upon the curiosity her lack of power are set against the coming of the Civil War in a potent recipe for destruction and change

speaking harsh truths before she stops to think seem destined to lead her to misstep and thwart her own chances She has the incredible chance to make the same decisions or to consider her choices and do things differently The following morning, she gets yet another chance at reliving her first day.

A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family friends like family, facing responsibility and challenge, and acknowledging when long-held dreams have changed She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything.

loss and a devastating blow for future plans, lies and betrayals, and, finally, a messy but hopeful chance He is, after all, an imperfect person whose fear of failure caused him to abandon each chance at a wonderfully

Simon finally gets a chance to go on tour with his band to open for a major act, and just as he's letting What happens to a relationship when the people in it change, and their dreams along with them? What does commitment mean when the essence of a person within the relationship changes?

Letters from family and friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes This chance encounter could ruin his long-held, desperate plans to keep his family safe.

order to increase her potential value as a bride--in the end, to benefit her brother and raise his chances by unexpected transformations, by what felt like frequently shifting abilities, and by some abrupt changes

I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons.

in her ways, she's sometimes out of step and old-fashioned, often grumpy--and she's facing immense changes She's never welcomed change before, but maybe, just maybe, she will be able to shift her perspective offers messy, imperfect characters in often difficult situations, and they find their way through having changed

the tales of multiple generations; interesting, assumed identities; otherworldly beings; wonderful chance (and life-changing) encounters; and a rich English countryside setting.

Because Jessica's body is usurped so quickly in the story, we don't get a chance until the very end to

But it's truly unlike anything I have ever read, and the second section, which is an enormous departure her own eventual personal growth drove a rift between her and the mother she idolized, a shift that changed

Bridget has a chance at a stable new beginning--yet she's young and can't stifle her yearning for adventure

This peek behind the scenes of a fictional 1960s sitcom is layered with the complex issues of the changing Now it's 1964, and times are changing for women, people of color, gay people, and society in general.

I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons (mentioned in the Greedy Reading

Abriel has said that this story is so fully inspired by her grandmother's story that she didn't even change floods of food, fashion, and joy; the evolutions of their careers; and each of their attempts to find a second

Or will they have missed thirteen years of their lives--and the chance to figure out how the heck they

I haven't yet read the second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and when I read City of Windows

Stewart, the son of the local millionaire Whitfield family, who has a flat tire and no clue how to change Characters cope with tricky life changes and developments; parents worry about their kids; siblings struggle

but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss set against the drama of climate change the climate is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change facial expressions, word choice, and interactions as well as vast in its scope, considering climate change's

Read's debut novel is gorgeously written, with vivid details of mid-century Colorado, moments that change Wilson Moon is a drifter displaced from his tribal lands, and a chance meeting between Wil and Victoria

A chance meeting shifts the paths of their lives forever.

Zeno and Della are vagabonds, putting on shows for small bills and change, scrambling to make enough and mission, she wonders: could identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change Sadie Green are brilliant, creative collaborators and a wonderfully complementary pair since their chance

Details of Bono's activism make up much of the second half of the book.

should post a glowing review of this book on this site; I loooooved reading it while I was expecting my second

Those who seem without hope fight and claw for a chance, while those who seem to have it all fall to

I’d forgotten that there was a second book in this series, American by Day, which I now recall that I

Andrew Sean Greer offers a story of enduring love, loss, chance encounters, friendship, adventure, and

Nonie is the young protagonist of this stark climate-change dystopian future, in which her small community The climate-change novel is powerful, disturbing, and, starkly lovely in its stripped-away love and loyalty Have you read other climate-change books that have captivated you?

Soon everything shifts, and we see the sea change within Ig, with the Auks themselves, with young Bridget the relentless and increasingly outrageous interruptions to his status quo, and the building power of change

The book repeatedly tracks back in time to that summer that changed everything, and it alternates peeks The youthful experiences are repeatedly said to be life-changing, and the impact of them is largely summarized this short period in the characters' early teenhood is repeatedly purported to have ongoing and life-changing

These days there's no more witching and no more will for spells and change in the world. I think the second book in the All Souls series (Shadow of Night) is even stronger, as it delves more

social comparison and perfectionism, and he offers suggestions of widespread measures and family-based changes shines a light on the importance of mental wellness and invites young people to lead efforts toward change

Because if that were true, we wouldn't deserve another chance. And we do."

Phillips The dystopian future of Hum is haunting in its familiar elements, its plausible, terrible climate-change years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change 06 All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall Nonie is the young protagonist of this stark climate-change The climate-change novel is powerful, disturbing, and, starkly lovely in its stripped-away love and loyalty Land of Milk and Honey, The Great Transition, and The Light Pirate are three other climate-change novels

She has the incredible chance to make the same decisions or to consider her choices and do things differently The following morning, she gets yet another chance at reliving her first day.

Clarke); I'm reading Jennifer Niven's story about the family stars of a long-running sitcom facing 1960s changing Now it's 1964, and times are changing for women, people of color, people who are gay, and society in

When her mom shows up from Ghana, Maddie jumps at the chance for some independence; a late bloomer, she

I loved it and I'd read another book by her in a second.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading two climate-change dystopian novels, All the Water in the World published tomorrow), and Hum by Helen Phillips, in which artificial intelligence is king after climate change years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change

Helen must simply determine whether she can accept Grant's chance association with that tragic night-

appreciated that Laurie's desire for independence and solitude weren't swept away in a convenient, abrupt sea change I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every

Letters from family and friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes When cool Leo at school reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past

Each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not taken asks how much of a person's happiness and life course is determined by circumstance, by choice, and by chance Yet each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not

, The Rose Code , and The Alice Network , as well as The Phoenix Crown , which she wrote with Janie Chang attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost son much changed

embracing of the beauty in an everyday life and in straightforward affection, the heartbreak of missed chances