What adult fiction book by Kat Spears in based on a play 1897 by Edmond Rostand?
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Sway (book) Sway is a 2014 young adult fiction book by American author Kat Spears and her debut novel. The work was first published on 16 September 2014 through St. Martin's Griffin and is a modern take on the story of Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Cyrano de Bergerac (play) Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play is a fictionalization of his life that follows the broad outlines of it.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution, first published in 1905. The novel was written after Orczy's stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in London and popular success earlier in 1905, after a first run in Nottingham in 1903.
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With Child With Child is the third novel in the Kate Martinelli series by Laurie R. King. In the book, a teenaged girl is kidnapped while she was supposed to be in Kate's care. "With Child" is preceded by "To Play the Fool" and followed by "Night Work". The book was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award.
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Play With Knives Play With Knives has been described as an "impressive psycho-thriller" by "The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature", and as a novel that "never becomes one particular genre (rather it remains as many different genres, intactly and simultaneously)." Jennifer Maiden wrote the manuscript in the early 80s, and it was published in an abridged form by Allen & Unwin in 1990. It was translated into German by dtv Verlagsgesellschaft as "Ein Messer im Haus" in 1994. After being approached by online publisher Quemar Press in 2016, Jennifer Maiden collaborated with them to create a revised edition, believing the work should be available free on the internet.
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Seven Little Australians Seven Little Australians is a classic Australian children's literature novel by Ethel Turner, published in 1894. Set mainly in Sydney in the 1880s, it relates the adventures of the seven mischievous Woolcot children, their stern army father Captain Woolcot, and flighty stepmother Esther.
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Marguerite Henry Marguerite Henry née Breithaupt (April 13, 1902 – November 26, 1997) was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for one of her books about horses and she was a runner-up for two others. One of the latter, "Misty of Chincoteague" (1947), was the basis for several sequels and for the 1961 movie "Misty".
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The Celebrity The Celebrity (An Episode) (1897) is the first novel that was published by American author Winston Churchill. It was a minor bestseller of 1898.
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Adele Parks Adele Parks is a women’s fiction author from the UK.
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Ramona Ramona is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican-American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scots–Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the "Christian Union" on a weekly basis, the novel became immensely popular. It has had more than 300 printings, and been adapted five times as a film. A play adaptation has been performed annually outdoors since 1923.
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Coram Boy (play) Coram Boy is a play written by Helen Edmundson with music composed by Adrian Sutton, based on the 2000 children's novel of the same name by Jamila Gavin, an epic adventure that concerns the theme of child cruelty. The play is called a "play with music", rather than a musical.
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Tom Playfair Tom Playfair; Or Making a Start is a book by a Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Francis J. Finn S.J., originally published in 1890, and written for youths ages 9–12. Translated into many languages, it is a constant favourite among children of all countries.
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Plain Kate Plain Kate is a Fantasy novel by author Erin Bow, published in 2010 by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic. The story, which draws from Russian folktales, focuses on an orphan girl nicknamed Plain Kate who is blamed for witchcraft because of her ability to carve wood, and who must deal with a real witch and sell her shadow in order to stay alive.
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Deerskin (novel) Deerskin is a dark fantasy novel by Robin McKinley, first published in 1993. It is based on an old French fairy tale by Charles Perrault called "Peau d'âne" (English translation: "Donkeyskin"). It was nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature.
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I Am Princess X I Am Princess X is a 2015 book by Cherie Priest. It first published on May 26, 2015 through Arthur A. Levine Books and its story is told through a hybrid of traditional novel and graphic novel formats. The work is not related to the 1916 sculpture Princess X by Constantin Brâncuși.
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Ruth Krauss Ruth Krauss (July 25, 1901 – July 10, 1993) was an American writer of children's books, including "The Carrot Seed", and of theatrical poems for adult readers. Many of her books are still in print.
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Catching Fire Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in "The Hunger Games trilogy". As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller "The Hunger Games", it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games.
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A Grave Talent A Grave Talent (1993) is the first book in Laurie R. King's Kate Martinelli series. Concerning the search for the murderer of several young girls, it won the 1994 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. It is followed by "To Play the Fool".
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The Abbot Constantine (novel) The Abbot Constantine (French:L'abbé Constantin) is an 1882 novel by the French writer Ludovic Halévy. In 1887 it was turned into a play by Pierre Decourcelle and Hector Crémieux.
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Alice Oseman Alice Oseman (born 1994) is a British author of young adult fiction. She is notable for securing her first publishing deal at 17, and having her first novel, "Solitaire", published aged 19.
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Tatiana Repina Tatiana Repina (Russian: Татьяна Репина ) — is a one-act drama play written by Russian writer Anton Chekhov in 1889. It is a sequel of Alexey Suvorin's play "Tatiana Repina", with the same characters. Chekhov's drama was dedicated to Suvorin. Chekhov was friends with him and actively participated in the production of his "Tatyana Repina" play in Moscow.
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The Tragedy of the Korosko The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898) is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in "The Strand" magazine between May and December 1897. It was later adapted into a play "Fires of Fate" by Doyle. The play was in turn twice adapted into film, a 1923 silent film and a 1932 talkie.