John Updike
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
“John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [is one of his] most ambitious works. . . . [A] comedy of the blackest sort.”—The New York Times Book Review
Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is
3) Terrorist
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ahmad, threatened by the hedonistic society around him, gets involved in a plot, with reverberations that rouse the Department of Homeland Security.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie return to the old Rhode Island seaside town where they indulged in wicked mischief under the influence of the diabolical Darryl Van Horne. Darryl is gone, and their lovers of the time have aged or died, but enchantment remains in the familiar streets and scenery of the village, where they enjoyed their lusty primes as free and empowered women. And, among the local citizenry, there are still those who remember them, and wish...
14) Rabbit redux
Author
Series
Rabbit Angstrom novels volume 2
Publisher
Fawcett Columbine
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
17) Brazil
Author
Publisher
Fawcett Columbine
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
They meet by chance on Copacabana Beach: Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen from the Rio slums, surviving day to day on street smarts and the hustle, and Isabel Leme, an upper-class white girl, treated like a pampered slave by her absent though very powerful father. Convinced that fate brought them together, betrayed by families who threaten to tear them apart, Tristao and Isabel flee to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west -- unaware of the...