As soon as their eyes meet, their love blossoms--and Simon begins to scale the scaffolding into the tower room for clandestine trysts. But when Dorothy, the school's science teacher and Megan's guardian, discovers the young couple's affair, Megan's sheltered world is shattered forever.

As passengers in an overcrowded steerage compartment, they must endure hunger, thirst, and even brushes with death. And as they struggle to hold on to their hopes for a better future, they find that even under such harsh conditions, friendship and love can flourish.
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The classic struggle between Greece and Troy brought to life by a panoramic chorus of voices both humble and high, human and divine.
The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is becoming scarce and the death toll is rising. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch.
But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war, and so she turns her attention to two sisters: Marpessa, who is gifted with God-sight and serves as handmaiden to Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world; and Xanthe, who is kind and loving and...

Aspiring thespians will find much to relish in this engrossing depiction of the grit and glamour of the theater. Publishers Weekly

A satisfying glimpse of what it s really like to be on stage. Kirkus

Sixteen-year-old Mel expects a dull summer until she is cast in a youth production of Chekhov s Three Sisters. When rehearsals begin the director tells them, You ll begin to feel as though the rest of the world has never existed and does not exist, and it s true: suddenly Mel s life is rehearsing, running lines backstage, painting sets, and hanging around...