Death-Struck Year

Death-Struck YearFor Cleo Berry, the people dying of the Spanish Influenza in cities like New York and Philadelphia may as well be in another country that's how far away they feel from the safety of Portland, Oregon. And then cases start being reported in the Pacific Northwest. Schools, churches, and theaters shut down. The entire city is thrust into survival mode and into a panic. Headstrong and foolish, seventeen year old Cleo is determined to ride out the pandemic

with profound implications for the world today

Piper isn’t at Chiswick for two days before she witnesses the extreme privilege of the young and wealthy elite who attend her school - and realizes that access to these untouchable students just might give her the edge she’ll need to blow the lid off life at the school in a scathing and unforgettable exposé worthy of the Bennington

but she also needed passion

who knows that weight is just a number

Wick had thought her troubles were over

and the power of magic

Her commitment to her career and moral fervor for her role are all-consuming

Carly and Rob are a perfect couple

at the age of eighty-two she gets up very early one morning

was billed as "A Negro 'Believe It or Not

of concerts and music and writing

The Orient has held sway over the Western imagination since the days of Marco Polo and Genghis Khan