Books with title Kindred Souls

The visionary author’s masterpiece pulls us—along with her Black female hero—through time to face the horrors of slavery and explore the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now.Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana's life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.

The first science-fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of African-American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she's been given: to protect this young slaveholder until he can father her own great-grandmother. Author Octavia E. Butler skilfully juxtaposes the serious issues of slavery, human rights, and racial prejudice with an exciting science-fiction, romance, and historical adventure. Kim Staunton's narrative talent magically transforms the listener's earphones into an audio time machine.

Discovering she was from a line of vampire hunters was never in Cassie’s plans, but she’s learned to deal with the near certainty of a shortened life that fate handed her.With her friends’ help, she tries to balance school and hunting while working to rid the world of the monsters that murdered her parents.Her life is going as well as it can until a new student arrives in school. No one is prepared for the chaos Devon’s arrival brings, especially not Cassie. But though she’s determined to keep him safe from her deadly secrets, she finds herself growing closer to him.What she doesn't know is Devon hides secrets even more frightening and dangerous than her own... secrets that could tear them apart.***The Kindred Series is a young adult fictional story that includes some language, violence, and sexual situations. Recommended for ages fifteen and up.***

With the sure touch she brought to the beloved Newbery Medal winner Sarah, Plain and Tall, in Kindred Souls Patricia MacLachlan guides children into the understanding that death is a natural part of life.Ten-year-old Jake has always been close to his grandfather Billy—so close that Jake’s mother calls them kindred souls. Each morning, Jake and Billy take a walk around the family farm. Billy often tells Jake stories of living in a sod house on the prairie.When Billy goes into the hospital, Jake decides the best gift he can give his beloved grandfather is a sod house. Billy moves to the sod house when he leaves the hospital and spends his last days living there.

Jake’s grandfather, Billy, hears the talk of birds, is eighty-eight years old, and is going to live forever. Even when Billy gets sick, Jake knows that everything will go on as always. But there’s one thing Billy wants: to rebuild the sod house where he grew up. Can Jake give him this one special thing?From beloved author Patricia MacLachlan comes a poignant story about what we do for the ones we love, and how the bonds that hold us together also allow us to let each other go.

A crown may break.But blood is forever… After the death of my father and a shocking sacrifice that turns Guy into a vampire, I’m thrust into a position I never thought possible…… Queen of the Underworld.My new title carries more than just money and a magical castle— I’m expected to lead a group of rogue castaways into a war that has been brewing for centuries. But filling my father’s shoes proves difficult when Guy’s bond to me is called into question and a secret stalker tries to kill me. With a murderer on the loose and the secrets of my past locked up tight, I’m finding it hard to trust the ones I love the most. How am I supposed to wear a royal crown when my heart is full of stone?Get Kindred Souls now and help Ruby to unlock the mystery. The Underworld is waiting. The Unfortunate Souls Series:Unfortunate Souls (Book 1)Broken Souls (Book 2)Rogue Souls (Book 3)Kindred Souls (Book 4) Beautiful Souls (Book 5) Coming Soon!

The visionary author’s masterpiece pulls us—along with her Black female hero—through time to face the horrors of slavery and explore the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now.Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana's life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.

With the sure touch she brought to the beloved Newbery Medal winner Sarah, Plain and Tall, in Kindred Souls Patricia MacLachlan guides children into the understanding that death is a natural part of life.Ten-year-old Jake has always been close to his grandfather Billy—so close that Jake’s mother calls them kindred souls. Each morning, Jake and Billy take a walk around the family farm. Billy often tells Jake stories of living in a sod house on the prairie.When Billy goes into the hospital, Jake decides the best gift he can give his beloved grandfather is a sod house. Billy moves to the sod house when he leaves the hospital and spends his last days living there.

Drawn from detailed journals, the wife od David Gureswitsch presents a richly textured memoir, filled with passionate letters and never-before-seen photographs, that brings to life the friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and her dashing doctor, David Gurewitsch, providing a new glimpse of Mrs. Roosevelt as she continued to have a profound impact on world events. Reprint.

Isaac Mayfair is hiding a dark secret. And when Adria Dawson learns the truth, it threatens to tear their worlds—and their love— apart.Adria must come to terms with what the truth means for her. What it means for her life and how much time she has left to live it. She must choose between two different fates, neither of which can offer life as a certainty.As if Isaac’s betrayal isn’t enough, Adria learns there are things out there older and more powerful than werewolves could ever be. An archaic entity unlike anything Adria has ever heard of.As Adria struggles with her new reality and the impossible choices she has to consider, she must also try to find out why the entity is so interested in her, and do everything in her power to stay out of its way.--This is a revised and edited version of a previously published book by J.A. Redmerski.

The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she’s been given: to protect this young slaveholder until he can father her own great-grandmother.