Kaleidoscope Eyes

The Trial

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

Jammin' in Kalamazoo

The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous

The Tadolodeya Family

Who?

Carmen Navarro rings up customers at the Quikmart, bored to tears. It's a job, and she needs it. But Carmen's true love is music: she dropped out of high school to sing with the Gypsy Lovers and land a recording contract, someday. Just a few miles away, Ryan Sweeney hunches over his books, a studious cadet with his eye on West Point. There's not a single girl at the Valley Forge Military Academy, and that's fine by him. But when Ryan, on a day pass from campus, spots Carmen, with her shining black hair and snake tattoo, his pulse quickens. Carmen, who normally rolls her eyes at the stiff Academy soldados, can tell this one is different. She slips him a note: ';Come hear my band.' A romance begins, unlikely, passionate . . . and quickly imbalanced. In an enthralling narrative of obsessive love, the novel builds to a stunning close.Inspired by the novella and opera Carmen, Jen Bryant creates a strong-minded and alluring heroine in this contemporary tale of tragic love.From the Hardcover edition.

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Kaleidoscope Eyes

Jen Bryant, 2009

The Trial

Jen Bryant, 2004

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

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A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet, 2008

Jammin' in Kalamazoo

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The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous

Steven Lenton, David Baddiel, 2023

The Tadolodeya Family

Hui Yang, Victoria M. Young, 2004

Who?

Mary Elizabeth Salzmann, 2000