Кейт ДиКамилло4.3 В мышином семействе, обитающем в старинном королевском замке, родился мышонок по имени Десперо. В отличие от своих сородичей он обладал храбрым и благородным сердцем, а еще любил читать и слушать музыку. Однажды он увидел принцессу Горошинку и влюбился в нее. А когда коварные крысы хитростью заманили принцессу в мрачное подземелье, Десперо, словно рыцарь в сияющих доспехах, спас ее от верной гибели.
Джим Мёрфи0.0 1793, Philadelphia. The nation's capital and the largest city in North America is devastated by an apparently incurable disease, cause unknown . . .
Jim Murphy describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on the city's residents, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices. Drawing on first-hand accounts, Murphy spotlights the heroic role of Philadelphia's free blacks in combating the disease, and the Constitutional crisis that President Washington faced when he was forced to leave the city--and all his papers--while escaping the deadly contagion. The search for the fever's causes and cure, not found for more than a century afterward, provides a suspenseful counterpoint to this riveting true story of a city under siege.
Кевин Хенкс3.5 Sometimes life can change in an instant
Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends, but they weren't. Weeks after a tragic accident, all that is left are eerie connections between the two girls, former classmates who both kept the same secret without knowing it. Now, even while on vacation at the ocean, Martha can't stop thinking about Olive. Things only get more complicated when Martha begins to like Jimmy Manning, a neighbor boy she used to despise. What is going on? Can life for Martha be the same ever again?
