The Giver ($0.99), by Lois Lowry, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.Book Description
Since winning the Newbery Medal in 1994, Lois Lowry’s The Giver has become one of the most influential novels of our time. This stunning redesign of The Giver Quartet presents a fresh, cohesive package that ties The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son together.
The story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community.
The Giver is the first book in The Giver Quartet, which also includes Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Lois Lowry's latest return to Jona's world, Son, available September 2012.
The Eagle of the Ninth ($1.54 / £0.99 UK), by Rosemary Sutcliff, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $8.99). It's a young adult title, but at over 300 pages, it's longer than most you might have read (and from the reviews, it has a wide appeal to an adult audience).Book Description
The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of Northern Britain—and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It’s a mystery that’s never been solved, until now . . .
Marcus has to find out what happened to his father, who led the legion. So he sets out into the unknown, on a quest so dangerous that nobody expects him to return.
Rosemary Sutcliff is the acknowledged master of children's historical storytelling, she was awarded the OBE for her services to children's literature in 1975. She died in 1992.
Luring a Lady ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), the second in the Stanislaski Family series by Nora Roberts, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.Book Description
Nothing in Sydney Hayward's background of wealth and privilege had prepared her to take the helm of her family's corporation. Her overflowing new responsibilities left no room for complications--and Mikhail Stanislaski was definitely a complication. Sydney had learned the hard way that she could never love anyone--least of all, this earthy, disturbingly masculine stranger who came from a world so different from her own.
Still, the way she felt when he put his hands on her--strong, work-hardened hands--made her doubt her resolve to remain alone. This gifted man seemed to have a rare talent for luring a lady, even a very reluctant lady, into his arms....
