[PDF] Under This Unbroken Sky eBook

Author : Shandi Mitchell
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 44,57 MB
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061885266

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Evocative and compelling, rich in imagination and atmosphere, Under This Unbroken Sky is a beautifully wrought debut from a gifted new novelist. Spring 1938. After nearly two years in prison for the crime of stealing his own grain, Ukrainian immigrant Teodor Mykolayenko is a free man. While he was gone, his wife, Maria; their five children; and his sister, Anna, struggled to survive on the harsh northern Canadian prairie, but now Teodor—a man who has overcome drought, starvation, and Stalin's purges—is determined to make a better life for them. As he tirelessly clears the untamed land, Teodor begins to heal himself and his children. But the family's hopes and newfound happiness are short-lived. Anna's rogue husband, the arrogant and scheming Stefan, unexpectedly returns, stirring up rancor and discord that will end in violence and tragedy. Under This Unbroken Sky is a mesmerizing tale of love and greed, pride and desperation, that will resonate long after the last page is turned. Shandi Mitchell has woven an unbearably suspenseful story, written in a language of luminous beauty and clarity. Rich with fiery conflict and culminating in a gut-wrenching climax, this is an unforgettably powerful novel from a passionate new voice in contemporary literature.

Author : Shandi Mitchell
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061774022

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From a passionate new voice in the world of literary fiction comes the story of one family's struggle to survive, offering a tribute to the resiliency of the human spirit.

Author : Mark Sullivan
Publisher : Lake Union Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,46 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Germany
ISBN : 9781503902374

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A teenage boy in 1940s Italy becomes part of an underground railroad that helps Jews escape through the Alps, but when he is recruited to be the personal driver for a powerful Third Reich commander, he begins to spy for the Allies.

Author : Shandi Mitchell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0143199013

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“The most impressive trick of this book – and it is a very good one – is the way Mitchell pulls off a literary thriller that is as suspenseful as it is introspective.” - The Globe and Mail When you spend your life saving others...who will be there to save you? When tragedy erupts on a stifling summer night, three ordinary people, with the extraordinary jobs of rescuing strangers, are connected to one another in ways both explicit and invisible. Each is deeply devoted to what they do, but they are all beginning to crack under the immense pressures of their work. Tough-as-nails Kate, when she's not working with her beloved search-and-rescue dog, Zeus, is a trauma nurse who spends her off-duty hours trying to forget what she has seen. Estranged from her troubled family, she must confront the fact that resolution may elude her forever. Respected police officer Mike is on the edge of burnout and sets himself on a downward spiral that may be impossible to break, fraying the bonds of love that hold his family together. Tamara, an agoraphobic 911 dispatcher, who is trying her hardest to remain as calm and emotionless as an automated message, is propelled into the middle of a story that she can't avoid and must enter the world to find out how it ends. With a city prickling under a heat wave and a hurricane threatening to make landfall, these responders will be forced to make fateful choices that will alter lives. A storm is coming and nobody is prepared.

Author : Shandi Mitchell
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 30,77 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Farm life
ISBN : 9781444803914

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Set in 1938 on the Canadian Prairies, this novel tells the story of a farming family from the Ukraine who, having survived war and Stalin's crimes, set out to make a living from an unrelenting land in a new country.

Author : Mariko Nagai
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1250754747

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"Necessary for all of humankind, Under the Broken Sky is a breathtaking work of literature."—Booklist, starred review A beautifully told middle-grade novel-in-verse about a Japanese orphan’s experience in occupied rural Manchuria during World War II. Twelve-year-old Natsu and her family live a quiet farm life in Manchuria, near the border of the Soviet Union. But the life they’ve known begins to unravel when her father is recruited to the Japanese army, and Natsu and her little sister, Cricket, are left orphaned and destitute. In a desperate move to keep her sister alive, Natsu sells Cricket to a Russian family following the 1945 Soviet occupation. The journey to redemption for Natsu's broken family is rife with struggles, but Natsu is tenacious and will stop at nothing to get her little sister back. Literary and historically insightful, this is one of the great untold stories of WWII. Much like the Newbery Honor book Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, Mariko Nagai's Under the Broken Sky is powerful, poignant, and ultimately hopeful. Christy Ottaviano Books

Author : Megan Crewe
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,34 MB
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0670068144

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The riveting conclusion to the Earth & Sky trilogy. The rebels have been disbanded, their plans in ruins. Captured by the Enforcers, Skylar and a small group of Earthlings find themselves herded into the Kemyates' living museum: basically, a human zoo. Skylar's companions are bewildered, terrified, and ignorant of their true situation, and Skylar is afraid to tell them more. Their lives hang on the Kemyates' whim. Those Skylar trusted most have betrayed her. Any move she makes could result in the extinction of her people ... but giving in means giving up any hope of regaining their freedom. Returned home, Win has kept his life only by playing along with the story his former leader has spun to protect the rebels from sanction, but he can't stand knowing Skylar is imprisoned or watching his fellow Kemyates swallow the Council's lies about Earth. Win resolves to bring the truth to the Kemyate public and see the Earthlings finally freed ... though to do so he'll have to set aside caution and openly challenge those who rule his world. But neither Skylar nor Win are prepared when they uncover an even deeper conspiracy of betrayals and deceit--one that could push the uncertain future they're fighting for completely out of reach.

Author : Nora Roberts
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101599782

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts proves that you can’t resist the forces of nature in this heartwarming tale. When her pregnant sister is restricted to bed rest, Samantha Evans leaves the traffic-choked streets of Philadelphia for the majestic mountains and wide-open plains of Wyoming to help her. And while Samantha can appreciate the natural beauty of the land, she has no plans to stay—even if she’s intrigued by Jake Tanner, a wealthy rancher who’s left a trail of broken hearts in his wake. But when a blizzard strands them together, Samantha begins to understand how powerful the pull of the West—and Jake—can be… A NORA ROBERTS CLASSIC AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME