Eats, Shoots & Leaves
ISBN 9781592402038
Regular price $27.99 Sale price $14.50/
The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by Lynne Truss
ABOUT EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
The spirited and scholarly #1 New York Times bestseller combines boisterous history with grammar how-to’s to show how important punctuation is in our world—period.
In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation. She proclaims, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. Using examples from literature, history, neighborhood signage, and her own imagination, Truss shows how meaning is shaped by commas and apostrophes, and the hilarious consequences of punctuation gone awry.
Featuring a foreword by Frank McCourt, and interspersed with a lively history of punctuation from the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes a powerful case for the preservation of proper punctuation.
Softcover, 240 pages.
5 x 7-1/4 inches.
Printed in the United States by Avery, an Imprint of Penguin Random House.
Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined
ISBN 9780143198215
Regular price $13.99/
by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Like Wild for teens! In the tradition of Sara Zarr and A. S. King, a girl must survive an extreme wilderness experience to prove to her mother that she has the strength to pursue her dreams.
When she was a little girl, Ingrid’s entire world was her mother: Margot-Sophia, the brilliant and sophisticated opera star. So when Margot-Sophia loses her singing voice, Ingrid loses everything. The two of them move to a small, normal house in a normal town, where Ingrid tries to convince her mother that there must still be something worth living for. It’s in this small, normal life that Ingrid discovers her own passion for the theater arts. But Margot-Sophia refuses to support her daughter’s dreams. They strike a deal: if Ingrid makes it through a summer of an extreme wilderness experience, then she can have her chance to pursue life as a performer. Over the course of this summer, Ingrid is stripped of every dignity and freedom. But she also comes to terms with her inner demons — and finally confronts the secret tragedy that defines her.
Recommended for readers 14 years and up.
Softcover, 368 pages.
Penguin Random House Canada.
Praise:
A CBC Books Best Canadian Young Adult and Children’s Books (2017)
One of Bank Street’s Best Children’s Books of The Year (2017)
PRAISE FOR Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined:
“[An] emotionally resonant, fabulously crafted novel . . . You don’t have to be 17 to empathize with Ingrid; her struggles are universal, even if her specific circumstances are not.” —Starred Review, Quill & Quire
“Younge-Ullman’s subtle approach to narrative pacing allows readers to accompany Ingrid on her journey to fully confront and accept her past as she discovers her own true voice.” –Kirkus Reviews
“[A] compelling tale of loss and self-discovery.” —School Library Journal
“Part outdoor adventure tale, part school story, part family drama, this is a story that will engage teens on multiple levels.” —VOYA
“[An] honest examination of the messy pain inherent in breaking away from a parent.” —The Globe and Mail