![]() ![]() He began to write books at the age of 7, and continued through high school. Heimerdinger excelled in Wyoming High School competitions for three years in the categories of Humor, Oratory, and Drama. Heimerdinger has one older brother and two younger sisters. His parents divorced when he was four years old and his mother remarried. His father was a professor in theatre at Indiana University. Heimerdinger was born in Bloomington, Indiana. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and most of his stories center on religious themes familiar to Latter-day Saints. ![]() ![]() Chris Heimerdinger (born August 26, 1963) is an American author who has written twenty novels for adults and young adults, most famously the Tennis Shoes Adventure Series. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But the gods are keeping more than one secret, and Daphne will be forced to decide how far she is willing to go to save those she loves-and whose side she’s on in a war that is prophesized to be the downfall of her people.Ĭlaire M. ![]() As the kingdoms of Greece clash on the shores of Troy and the gods choose sides, Daphne must use her wits, her training, and her precarious relationship with Apollo to find a way to keep her queen safe, stop the war, and uncover the true reason the gods led her to Troy. In the midst of a treaty summit among the monarchs of Greece, Daphne and Helen uncover a plot of betrayal-and soon, a battle begins that leads to all-out war. When their command finally comes, it is deceptively simple: secure herself a spot as one of Queen Helen’s guards.Ī war is coming, and all of Sparta must be prepared. ![]() The sequel to Daughter of Sparta thrusts warrior Daphne and her love interest, the Olympian god Apollo, into the middle of the Trojan War in this epic YA fantasy reimagining of Greek mythology.Ī year after saving the powers of Olympus by defeating Nyx, the Goddess of Darkness, Daphne is haunted by still-looming threats, her complicated feelings for the god Apollo, and the promise she made to the Olympian gods that she would help them again when they called upon her. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel offers a background story to the main events that take place in the year 2001 and it main themes focuses on the advantages and dangers of using technology, space travel and artificial intelligence. Two other books followed but they were not adapted to film. In 1982, a sequel of the book was published and a few years later, the book was made into a movie as well. The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey appeared in the year 1968 and the novel was written at the same time when the movie was filmed. The story was modified and fused with other ideas and it developed into the novel 2001: A space Odyssey. The novel is based on a short story published by Clarke entitled Sentinel of Eternity published in 1951. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick but only Clarke appears as the author of the book. The novel is the result of the collective effort of both Arthur C. The novel 2001: A Space Odysseywas written by Arthur C. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Her drawings are harsh and deliberately untidy, channeling the frantic, awkward passion of a precocious child. Through a combination of quotes from the stories originally penned by the Brontës, biographical information about them, and Greenberg's vivid comic book illustrations, readers will find themselves enraptured by this fascinating imaginary world. Within Glass Town the siblings experienced love, friendship, war, triumph, and heartbreak. ![]() This world and its cast of characters would come to be the Brontës' escape from the realities of their lives. ![]() children set pen to paper and created the fictional world that became known as Glass Town. It is in response to this loss that the four remaining Bront. The story begins in 1825, with the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth, the eldest siblings. About the Book "The imaginary world of the Brontèes"-Jacket.īook Synopsis NPR Best Book of 2020 A graphic novel about the Bront ë siblings, and the strange and marvelous imaginary worlds they invented during their childhood Glass Town is an original graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg that encompasses the eccentric childhoods of the four Brontë children-Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. ![]() |