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Unfortunately, our world is harsher than that of comic books and after 42 years of battling in the trenches of comic book retail, zanadu comics closed its doors at the end of january 2018. In this fresh, poignant novel originally published under the title far from xanadu, mike is struggling to come to terms with her fathers suicide and her mothers detachment from the family. In voyager from xanadu, a distinguished historian tells the littleknown story of the life and travels of the first person from china ever to reach europe. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Here are 100 mustread middle grade fantasy books published in the last ten years. Xanadu aka shangdu, shangtu, and kaiping, located in inner mongolia, northern china, was made first the capital 126373 ce and then the summer capital 127464 of the mongol empire by kublai khan r. When gorgeous xanadu arrives sent from the city for dealing drugs that killed someone, mike falls headoverheels in love. Admittedly, i didnt click with it when i first started, which i usually do but after a while, i was hooked. At its simplest far from xanadu is about unrequited love and what happens when a person falls in love with someone just slightly out of reach. No matter how close their growing friendship is, mike is always going to be far from xanadu. This young adult book deals with the sensitive subject of sexuality. Peters weaves mikes yearning for xanadu together with mikes lovehate feelings about her father. When they were brought before gregory then still papallegate they told.

From the author of luna comes this heartbreaking yet hopeful novel. Julie anne peters born january 16, 1952 is an american author of young adult fiction. Its a story about that first time you fall so hard for somebody that even the certain knowledge theyll break your heart and stomp on the oozing pieces with. If youve been following me for a while, youll know that i love peters books, and even though i have a stack of books on the waiting to be read pile, i couldnt wait to start reading it when i got it last week. Scraps of wool, bill colegraves excellent anthology of. This acclaimed book by julie anne peters is available at in several formats for your ereader. Far from xanadu by julie anne peters fantastic fiction. Kerry butler, far right, with jackie hoffman, far left, and cast members in the musical xanadu, directed by christopher ashley. Pretend you love me by julie anne peters nook book. In this fresh, poignant novel originally published under the title far from xanadu, mike is. Far from xanadu now has a new title, pretend you love me, and a new cover. Trusted campus partner by working with college bookstores, university faculty, school administration and k12 school districts, millions of students have used xanedu course materials since 1999. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. Buy a cheap copy of far from xanadu book by julie anne peters.

Palm beach, maralago, and the rise of americas xanadu. Far from xanadu has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Her books for young adults include define normal 2000, keeping you a secret 2003, luna 2004, far from xanadu 2005, between mom and jo when she was five, her family moved to the denver suburbs in colorado. In xanadu traces the path taken by marco polo from the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem to the site of shangdu, famed as xanadu in english literature, in inner mongolia, china the book begins with william dalrymple taking a vial of holy oil from the burning lamps of the holy sepulchre, which. While mikes sexual identity is a big part of the story, it is not the book s exclusive focus. Title of a book, article or other published item this will display to the public. In the small town of xanadu, wyoming lies the menagerie, a top secret facility filled with unicorns, dragons, phoenixes, and other fairy tale creatures. In this fresh, poignant novel originally published under the title far from xanadu, mike is struggling to come to terms with her fathers suicide and her mothers. Little, brown books for young readers publication date. Far from xanadu by julie anne peters overdrive rakuten. Now, from the acclaimed author ofover the edge of the world. Best books for young adults selection and quick pick for reluctant youngadult readers selection, ala, and books for the teen age selection, new york public library in 2006 for far from xanadu lamda literary award, james cook teen book award, ohio library council, cybils award finalist and rainbow reads selection in 2006 for between mom and jo. Peters has published 20 works, mostly novels, geared toward children and adolescents, many of which feature lgbt characters.

They werethe first europeans ever to claim to have travelled so far east, and their taleappeared to be true. Following the success of luna, julie ann peters has written a heartbreaking, yet ultimately hopeful, novel which will speak to anyone who has ever. In a small kansas town, sixteenyearold maryelizabeth mike szabo tries to come to terms with her fathers suicide and her own homosexuality. Far from xanadu by julie anne peters book cover, description, publication history. Its pretty clear that xanadu is bad news, and i didnt much feel like reading a book about a badnews girl. A quest is a 1989 travel book by william dalrymple overview. This is actually a harder title to come by, if only because this book actually has two titlesthe original far from xanadu and the recent reissue. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. With olivia newtonjohn, gene kelly, michael beck, james sloyan. If youre one of those waitforthetrade readers then this is a book youve been waiting for. Xanadu received lasting fame in the western world thanks to the venetian explorer marco polos description of it in his celebrated book. Buzzy novels, compulsively readable nonfiction tales, and a few guilty pleasures. Julie anne peters in a small kansas town, sixteenyearold maryelizabeth mike szabo tries to come to.

With xanedu, educators can design materials around a course, rather than designing their course around offtheshelf textbooks. Far from xanadu content with his simple existence in his small kansas hometown, mike s life is thrown for a loop when he falls for xanadu, the new girl in town, who, despite being pretty, sexy, and cool, is also gayand yet, to add to the confusion, acts somewhat receptive to mike s advances. Portraying one of the most remarkable early encounters between east and west, morris rossabi also brings to life the intriguing and turbulent era of the mongol empire and the last crusades. Following the success of luna, julie ann peters has written a heartbreaking, yet ultimately hopeful, novel which will speak to anyone who has ever fallen in love. Mary elizabethhas enough trouble surviving in her small town before a new girl, xanadu, turns mikes life upside down. Peters weaves mikes yearning for xanadu together with mikes. Open tuesday to sunday 2c ashley place papamoa 10am to 3. Mikes in her third year of high school in the town where shes always lived. Xanadu is everything that mike is not cool, confident, feminine, sexy and straight. Madame xanadu is one of those characters that can get very far with just their origin story.