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In a room behind a door, a young woman named Sylvie adventures through the depths of her own heart. She builds a world that can keep her safe from all of the what-ifs she fears most, never daring to venture beyond the threshold of her door. But soon, many visitors begin coming to her door, Love, Joy, Self Pity, and Apathy. Some of these visitors hope to embolden Sylvie to step beyond; others seek to keep her stuck indefinitely. And there is another...
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Get the Summary of Brenda Davies's The Girl Behind the Gates in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Girl Behind the Gates" by Brenda Davies tells the story of Nora Jennings, a young woman in wartime England who faces the repercussions of a secret pregnancy. After her father's violent reaction to her confession, Nora is committed to Hillinghurst Hospital, labeled a "moral defective." In the institution, she endures...
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"Within the walls of Wodebury Hall, an elite boarding school in the English countryside, reputation is everything. But aspiring photographer Iyanu is more comfortable observing things safely from behind her camera. For Iyanu's estranged cousin, Kitan, life seems perfect. She has money, beauty, and friends like queen bee Heather. But as a Nigerian girl in a school as white and insular as Wodebury, Kitan struggles with the personal sacrifices needed...
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2023.
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"The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo's attentions but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers her the chance of a different life. Soon though, Rosaline begins to doubt all that Romeo has told her. She breaks off the match, only for Romeo's gaze to turn towards her cousin, thirteen-year-old...
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2023.
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First edition.
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"Skeletina's day starts just like any other in the mixed-up, upside-down, in-between world she calls home. That is, until she hears a strange sound coming from right inside her house. There's a little girl crying behind the walls, and her teeth keep falling out! But Skeletina knows who can sniff out the truth"--Amazon.
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[2022]
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"This volume is a resource for students of all levels who are interested in learning more about apocalyptic and dystopian narratives and the complex ways that they reflect the cultural conflicts, fears, and anxieties of the societies in which they were created and serve to offer critiques and responses to those same phenomena"--
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