Books with title Clues In The Shadows

Little Raccoon is tucked into bed. He listens to the sleeping sounds of his Father, Mother and Sister. Shadows dance in his room from the flickering moon light. The shadows become images. He sees a rabbit, a bird, a tree, an ice cream cone, a birthday cake with four candles, a sheep, a pig, a squirrel. The shadows disappear as the moon moves higher into the night sky. Little Raccoon drifts off to sleep.

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Eighteen-year-old Moira Mitchell grew up in the shadows of Vegas's stage lights while her father's career as a magician soared. More than anything, Moira wants to be a magician too, but her father is dead set against her pursuing magic. When an invitation to join the Cirque American mistakenly falls into Moira's possession, she takes action. Instead of giving the highly coveted invitation to its intended recipient, Raleigh, her father's handsome and worldly former apprentice, Moira takes off to join the Cirque. If she can perform alongside its world-famous acts, she knows she'll be able to convince her dad that magic is her future. But when Moira arrives, things take on an intensity she can't control as her stage magic suddenly feels like...real magic. To further distract her, Raleigh shows up none too pleased at Moira's presence, all while the Cirque's cocky and intriguing knife thrower, Dez, seems to have it out for her. As tensions mount and Moira's abilities come into question, she must decide what's real and what's an illusion. If she doesn't sort it out in time, she may forever remain a girl in the shadows.

Grace Knox is about to turn seventeen, and the world of Victorian New York society should be opening to her - a time of dances and parties and boys vying for her heart and her hand. Instead, Grace's world is closing in: the family business is gone; her brother is drinking and gambling away whatever is left; her widowed mother cannot cope; and her grandmother is slipping into madness. And now Grace is having disturbing dreams of ancient battles.Grace's only hope is to marry Patrick Devlin and let his fortune save them all. But she isn't sure she lovesPatrick, and she doesn't share his passion to free Ireland from British rule. Why look to Ireland when there is so much poverty and despair here?Then Grace meets Diarmid, an Irish stableboy. Being with him means losing everything. But the secrets and mystery surrounding him are too compelling to ignore. Soon Grace is drawn into his world of legend and heroes, magic and prophecy - the world of her dreams - where her own choice between faith and fear holds the greatest power of all.

War is raging all across Europe. Countries are fighting each other for each meter gained on the battlefield, and Edward Borden is caught in the middle of this turmoil. Fighting with a battalion through gas attacks, shells and close encounters with the enemy, death surrounds Edward on all sides. In the war-torn countryside of Europe, Edward learns about life, death and everything in between. ----------- An assassination of an important official triggers an impossible ultimatum and since the requirements could not be met, it triggered a war. The idea itself was simple enough, but in the eyes of Edward Borden, a boy just reaching his adulthood, the war was more of a patriotic pursuit than a political squabble. However, patriotic pursuit can lead to devastation. As the country of France is torn apart in the war, Edward arrives in France with the newly formed Canadian Corps. In France, Edward has many new experiences and new trials, but he must learn another important lesson- to leave these moments into the back of his mind, and focus on his present struggles. Will Edward be able to do this and survive? Or will his pursuit of national pride lead into devastation for his family? Find out in Shadows in the Dark by Jeremy Jingwei.