★ A hauntingly beautiful take on a classic horror story that will leave readers' skin crawling in the best way possible. -Kirkus, starred review
★There's a compelling, critical undercurrent here that encourages readers to think about how ghost stories begin and what keeps them alive in cultural memory, but at its core, this is pure fun for horror fans, with sharply drawn teen characters, lively banter, and a deft balance between moments of comedy and genuine scares.-Booklist, starred review*A PRINTZ HONOR BOOK *FOUR STARRED REVIEWS
Prudence Perry is a third-generation Ladybird Scout who must battle literal (and figurative) monsters and the weight of her legacy in Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson, a YA paranormal perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sixteen-year-old Prudence Perry is a legacy Ladybird Scout, born to a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from mulligrubs--interdimensional parasites who feast on human emotions like sadness and anger. Masquerading as a prim and proper ladies' social organization, the Ladybirds brew poisons masked as teas and use knitting needles as daggers, at least until they graduate to axes and swords. Three years ago, Prue's best friend was killed during a hunt, so she kissed the Scouts goodbye, preferring the company of her punkish friends lovingly dubbed the Criminal Element much to her mother and Tía Lo's disappointment. However, unable to move on from her guilt and trauma, Prue devises a risky plan to infiltrate the Ladybirds in order to swipe the Tea of Forgetting, a restricted tincture laced with a powerful amnesia spell. But old monster-slaying habits die hard and Prue finds herself falling back into the fold, growing close with the junior scouts that she trains to fight the creatures she can't face. When her town is hit with a mysterious wave of demons, Prue knows it's time to confront the most powerful monster of all: her past.*A PRINTZ HONOR BOOK *FOUR STARRED REVIEWS
Prudence Perry is a third-generation Ladybird Scout who must battle literal (and figurative) monsters and the weight of her legacy in Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson, a YA paranormal perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sixteen-year-old Prudence Perry is a legacy Ladybird Scout, born to a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from mulligrubs--interdimensional parasites who feast on human emotions like sadness and anger. Masquerading as a prim and proper ladies' social organization, the Ladybirds brew poisons masked as teas and use knitting needles as daggers, at least until they graduate to axes and swords. Three years ago, Prue's best friend was killed during a hunt, so she kissed the Scouts goodbye, preferring the company of her punkish friends lovingly dubbed the Criminal Element much to her mother and Tía Lo's disappointment. However, unable to move on from her guilt and trauma, Prue devises a risky plan to infiltrate the Ladybirds in order to swipe the Tea of Forgetting, a restricted tincture laced with a powerful amnesia spell. But old monster-slaying habits die hard and Prue finds herself falling back into the fold, growing close with the junior scouts that she trains to fight the creatures she can't face. When her town is hit with a mysterious wave of demons, Prue knows it's time to confront the most powerful monster of all: her past.★ A hauntingly beautiful take on a classic horror story that will leave readers' skin crawling in the best way possible. -Kirkus, starred review
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Jennifer E. Smith meets The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy in Lily Anderson's Not Now, Not Ever, a deliciously nerdy companion to The Only Thing Worse than Me Is YouFrom Printz Honor winning author Lily Anderson comes a young adult horror about seventeen-year-old Faye and her friends who try to survive the summer when their theater camp turns into a real-life horror show.
This summer's production is to die for. The Ghostlight Youth Theater Camp isn't the best program in the world, but to Faye, it's home. Every summer since junior high, Faye and her friends have come together for a month-long musical intensive. For her last year before graduation, Faye's finally ready to take center stage as her true Afro-Latina self and break out of her good-girl princess roles. But as Faye steps into her spotlight, complications arise. Suddenly, she's competing with her BFF for lead roles, and distracted by the attentions of the new camp hottie. Even when the drama turns deadly, Faye remains determined to make this the best production the Ghostlight has ever seen. It must be a coincidence that the stagehands keep disappearing and having gruesome accidents, right? But dark secrets are hiding behind the scenes, and opening night might turn out to be a bloodbath. Lights, curtains...murder!Your body turns on and finally starts to slim down; your inflammatory level goes down from red to green.
Besides, your skin gets better, your energy goes through the roof and your mood gets more stable every day.
But you haven't already heard the best part...
You don't have to cook in the traditional way.
Instead of spending time (which you don't have) looking after your meal - slicing, stirring, washing tons of pots and pans...
...you'll find out how to prepare gourmet dishes with the same amount of effort required preparing a snack
In this book:
● All the ultimate tricks to prepare 2 hours-looking gourmet dishes in NO TIME using the fewest pots and pans
Some examples straight from Sirt chefs' kitchens: Vegetarian Pizza Soup; Pasta with minced lamb balls and eggplant, tomatoes and sultanas; Honey oven tomatoes with burrata and pistachios
● The Method to effectively store your homemade Sirt juices without they losing their fat-burning and anti-inflammatory properties (store them randomly and you'll get empty juices)
● Which are the TOP 20 SIRTFOOD for activate your Skinny Gene and boosting your metabolism (some of them are truly unexpected)
● Over 50 recipes for both the phases of the diet. In order to be effective, the Sirt diet is composed of two different phases, where you have to eat different kinds of meals
● ...And much, much more.