Alvin Maker 6. The Crystal City
The sixth book in the Tales of Alvin Maker series includes Abraham Lincoln in the story. Alvin, looking for the right place and the right people for his Crystal City, free thousands of slaves in the city of...
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Alvin Maker 3. Prentice Alvin
The third book in the Tales of Alvin Maker series deals with the problem of slavery: a slave woman and her mulatto son arrive at the village where Alvin lives. Alvin himself continues to grow as a person...
Alvin Maker 1. Seventh Son
The first book in the tales of Alvin Maker. Alvin Miller is the seventh son of a seventh son, and so endowed with “knacks” – special powers that others do not possess. Others have gifts too, but Alvin is...
The two halves of friendship
The novel is meant for 12-13 year olds, the age of the two protagonists, Sarah and Salah, who strike friendship by telephone. Salah’s family is Algerian and Muslim in its totality; Sarah is an only child...
The Heroes of Olympus 2. The Son of Neptune
Leaving behind Jason, Piper and Leo, the second book of the series welcomes back the long-loved hero, Percy Jackson, as he attempts to find his way home. When Percy wakes up with no memory but just an image...
The Heroes of Olympus 1. The Lost Hero
Jason, Piper and Leo are three demigods that suddenly find themselves in Camp Half-Blood, with a prophecy lying on their shoulders. However, with the help of some well-known friends and their own capacities...
Sapiens, a brief history of humankind
A book meant to be a brief history of humanity, it is actually a vision of the author of the history of man in which, according to him, everything could have been different; religion is an invention of a...