Joy McCullough

Jojo chtěla, aby byl její první den v nové škole perfektní. Bohužel se ukáže, že má na zadku obří díru v legínách, kterou teď ukazuje celému světu. Určitě ji tam prokousalo kotě maminčina nového přítele Paula – kočičího influencera, kterému nikdo neřekne jinak než pan Mňau. Se slzami v očích si Jojo zaleze do opuštěné šatny. Není však jediná, kdo se tu schoval, aby se vyrovnal s obrovským trapasem. Možná, že s kamarádkami po boku to v nové škole nebude taková katastrofa.

Early Seventeenth-Century Rome. For as long as she can remember, Carmela Tofana has desperately wanted one thing: to be a part of La Tofana’s, her mother’s apothecary in Campo Marzio, Rome. When she finally turns sixteen, she’s allowed into the inner sanctum: the workroom where her mother and two assistants craft renowned remedies for their customers. But for every sweet-smelling flower extract in the workroom, there’s another potion requiring darker ingredients. And then there’s Aqua Tofana, the apothecary’s remedy of last resort. In all Carmela’s years of wishing to follow in her mother’s footsteps, she never realized one tiny vial could be the death of them all. Everything Is Poison is a story of a deadly secret hiding in plain sight and of the women who risk everything to provide care for those with nowhere else to turn.

Jojo chtěla, aby byl její první den v nové škole perfektní. Bohužel se ukáže, že má na zadku obří díru v legínách, kterou teď ukazuje celému světu. Určitě ji tam prokousalo kotě maminčina nového přítele Paula – kočičího influencera, kterému nikdo neřekne jinak než pan Mňau. Se slzami v očích si Jojo zaleze do opuštěné šatny. Není však jediná, kdo se tu schoval, aby se vyrovnal s obrovským trapasem. Možná, že s kamarádkami po boku to v nové škole nebude taková katastrofa.

Two orphan siblings with truly terrible luck battle an evil celebrity chef in this “bitingly humorous and appealingly weird” (Publishers Weekly) illustrated middle grade romp in the vein of A Series of Unfortunate Events.It’s hard to imagine things could get worse after one’s parents die in a greenhouse explosion. But that is precisely what happens to Basil and his younger sister, Dahlia. They escape from the social worker who wants to split them up to different foster homes by jumping off a moving train, only to find themselves wounded (Dahlia) and bedraggled (Basil) and without a soul to care for them. What’s more, they’re lost in the wilds of New York City. Famished and alone, they wander into Cravings, the delectable bakery owned by Laurel Fox, disgraced celebrity chef with a soft spot for poor, hungry orphans. When she offers them luxurious accommodations and all the éclairs they can eat, Basil and Dahlia dare to hope their luck has changed at last. But the savvy reader will know it can’t be as simple as all that! Laurel Fox is out for redemption, and she’ll do anything to get the sinister secret ingredient she requires.

This historical novel in prose and verse tells the story of a deadly secret hiding in plain sight and of the wome? ho risk everything to provide care for those with nowhere else to turn, perfect for fans of Blood Water Paint and The Lost Apothecary. Early Seventeenth-Century RomeFor as long as she can remember, Carmela Tofana has desperately wanted one thing: to be allowed behind the counter of her mother?s apothecary in Campo Marzio, Rome. When she turns sixteen, she?s finally allowed into the inner sanctum: the workroom where her mother, Giulia Tofana, and two assistants craft renowned remedies for their customers. But for every sweet-smelling flower extract in the workroom, there?s another potion requiring darker ingredients. And then there?s Aqua Tofana, the apothecary?s remedy of last resort for husbands who are just as deadly as any disease. In all Carmela?s years of wishing to follow in her mother?s footsteps, she never realized one tiny vial could be the death of them all.

Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint. She chose paint. By the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was one of Rome's most talented painters, even if no one knew her name. But Rome in 1610 was a city where men took what they wanted from women, and in the aftermath of rape Artemisia faced another terrible choice: a life of silence or a life of truth, no matter the cost. He will not consume my every thought. I am a painter. I will paint. Joy McCullough's bold novel in verse is a portrait of an artist as a young woman, filled with the soaring highs of creative inspiration and the devastating setbacks of a system built to break her. McCullough weaves Artemisia's heart breaking story with the stories of the ancient heroines, Susanna and Judith, who become not only the subjects of two of Artemisia's most famous paintings but sources of strength as she battles to paint a woman's timeless truth in the face of unspeakable and all-too-familiar violence. I will show you what a woman can do.

Written by a mysterious 19th-century Scottish golfer named J. (or Jay) McCullough, using the pseudonym "J.A.C.K.," it also predicted the advent of golf carts, golf professionals and international golf competitions.The book chronicles the tale of one Alexander J. Gibson, who falls into a deep sleep in 1892. He awakens 108 years later into a world, where, among other wonders, women dress like men and hold top positions in society. They also do all the work while the men play golf full time!