An unforgettable tale brimming with magic, folklore and suspense - THE FAIRY JOURNALS: Wild Flower Meadow BOOK 1SET IN CRAWFORDSBURN COUNTRY PARK – NORTHERN IRELAND.This Fairy Journal introduces you to the real Fairies of Northern Ireland.Can a ten-year old's life change dramatically in one evening? Well it did for Ivy McCann.Ivy meets a Fairy from the Fairy Kingdom in Northern Ireland - Daisy-Clover. Daisy-Clover is a chatty, happy-go-lucky Fairy from the G...

For Claire, life is beginning to get back to normal. But remnants of the twenty-first spell rest within her and she finds she can literally breathe life into the dead. When her baby brother Matthew is snatched, Claire is convinced of the Doctor's involvement. What does he want in exchange for Matthew's safe return?Heavily pregnant Margrat is now on the run with Christophe, making a dangerous crossing to France on a smuggler's ship. But the sinister Doctor pursues them at every turn...

An unforgettable tale brimming with magic, folklore and suspense – The Fairy Journals: Wild Flower Meadow Book 2.SET IN CRAWFORDSBURN COUNTRY PARK – NORTHERN IRELAND and CAVE HILL and THE BOTANIC GARDENS in Belfast.This Fairy Journals tells the tale of Peter-Blood. Ivy McCann’s adventures continue when she finally returns to Wild Flower Meadow. She finally convinces one of her parents that Fairies do exist.Meanwhile, Storie the Jam Jar Fairy continues to enlighten y...

An unforgettable tale brimming with love, magic, determination and dedication - THE FAIRY JOURNALS: BRIARWOOD NOOK BOOK 3 IS SET IN CRAWFORDSBURN COUNTRY PARK – NORTHERN IRELAND. This Fairy Journal book reveals the true character of the Red-Fairy - Abigail-Rose and how she meets the love of her life - Cricket Meadow of Sweet.However, these Fairies are forbidden to marry and they make the decision to leave the beautiful Wild Flower Meadow.Surviving in Briarwood Nook (under S...

Unlike everyone around her, Princess Azalea has never been especially troubled by the curse placed on her at her christening. But, as her sixteenth birthday approaches, even Ben—usually her only sanctuary from her well-meaning protectors—starts to worry. Not to mention he begins acting strangely about the betrothal that's bound them since childhood. Being forced to marry her best friend has always seemed like a far bigger problem than a mere curse—until the unthinkable happens.Prin...

Princess Wren is not the crown princess. Everyone else might think her six older brothers are dead, but she knows the truth. They're very much alive, and her oldest brother will absolutely assume the throne. Once he becomes a little less feathered . . . and beaky. The trouble is, that requires Wren to fulfill the terms of the curse that transformed her brothers into swans—which means she can't speak a word to a living soul.For six years.Prince Basil wants to become...

"One of those rare books that quickly became the standard work in its field." —Anne Firor Scott, Duke UniversityLiving with the dual burdens of racism and sexism, slave women in the plantation South assumed roles within the family and community that contrasted sharply with traditional female roles in the larger American society.This revised edition of Ar'n't I a Woman? reviews and updates the scholarship on slave women and the slave family, explori...

A girl marked for death, a man branded a monster… a reality that is very different from what it seemsEmber's defiance has always been a frustration to the rest of her island community. But even she didn't expect to be selected as the next sacrifice, years before another is due. She can't help but wonder if it relates to the strange new ability that's just begun to stir within her. She doesn't intend to go down without a fight—in fact, the chance to confront the mon...

Merletta's reality has been overturned . . . but nothing in her world has changedMerletta's enemies may think they've bested her, but she's always been a survivor. Now she has a choice to make—protect herself, or expose the Center's lies? The question only becomes more complex when she learns she's not the only one to have paid the price for her flight to Vazula.Meanwhile, Heath finally has the chance to bring the two factions of his family together. Except...

With eleven younger sisters, Princess Zinnia usually has little choice but to be responsible. But if she had her way, she'd spend her time exploring the seashore and cavorting with the dragons often found there. When she sees one of those dragons flying mysteriously over her castle one night, the temptation to sneak out after it is too strong to resist. Except, by the time she realizes she doesn't recognize this dragon, she's already witnessed something much bigger than she was ready for. ...

Born into a kingdom where power is outlawed, Penny has little reason to love her magic. She barely remembers her mother, and even her father dies unaware of her abilities. Now, magic or not, Penny is powerless to escape the bitter tangle of competition her stepmother has created between her and her stepsisters. And a series of chance encounters with the crown prince only adds to her troubles. The last thing she needs is to attract the notice of the very royals who have turned her existence...

In 1800, black voices began to rise against slavery. People like Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner, attempted to launch slave rebellions against the system. Others, such as Maria Stewart and Frederick Douglass wrote books, pamphlets, and speeches calling for the abolition of slavery in the "land of the free." The voices of abolitionists, both black and white, helped end slavery in the Northern states during the early 19th century. But Southern plantation owners were unwilling to yield easily....