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      • Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's/YA)

        LIFE AFTER

        My Journey from Starvation to Salvation

        by Ariana Aboulafia

        Ariana Aboulafia was twenty-one years old when she was told by the physician that she had six weeks left to live, if she could not survive from the disturbing and mysterious symptoms, especially the devastating nausea and drastic weight. But three months earlier, Ariana just graduated from college, fond of hiking and gym, enjoying the energetic youth like the others and moved from Los Angeles to Miami to start law school. How did this happen?   In this compelling and reflecting memoir, Ariana chronicles her stories and struggle to find the right diagnosis and her fight against a rare disease that almost caused her to starve to death. Told in an accessible and engaging manner, it is not just a journey to get through what Ariana was suffering and experiences, to fully reveal a patient’s physical, psychological and emotional statuses that are hard to be recognized by around, but a compelling and inspiring story about the healing power derived from family, love, friendship and faith, as well as her reflection and meditation about the society, philosophy, religion, marriage, life and the national healthcare systems. This page-tuner manuscript is completed with approximately 93,000 words, and has a similar tone with the New York Times bestseller Paul Kalanithi’s “When Breath Becomes Air”.

      • Fantasy & magical realism (Children's/YA)

        ALBION

        A different adventure through London

        by Rachel Tucker

        Inspired by dark children's classics such as Alice in Wonderland and Roald Dahl’s Matilda, Albion tells the story of a young girl named Tess and her adventures in an alternate world where the myths and legends of London, past and present, come to life. In this fantasy adventure novel, those famous London landmarks were granted of magic powers in another form, told in another stories far different from the familiar normal. A boring old clock tower becomes a clunky, clockwork-powered machine where time runs forward and backward at random. Instead of a train, the tube is a system of colorful serpents which swallow their passengers and take them via underground tunnels wherever they need to go…   Along with her two new friends, a suicidal Queen and the cowardly Spring-Heeled Jack, Tess must set out on a journey to the Tower if she wants to save Albion Kingdom and return home. Humorous, funny, dark, thrilling and actions, Albion is also a story about the courage, friendship, responsibilities and motivation.

      • Picture books, activity books & early learning material

        Witch Grandma with Her Salted Fishes

        by PENG Xuejun / MA Penghao

        It’s heard that a Witch Grandma wearing the black robe is living alone in the mountain near the village. Her temper is very bad and she may strike at those kids she dislikes with her long smoke pole. But most terrifying is that, she could perform her magic to turn the kids into animals or something. All the adults told the kids to leave her far away…. But we can’t do that, instead. We can’t help visiting her lodge occasionally and secretly, because we know Witch Grandma’s home-made salted fishes are so delicious and tasty. In fact, Witch Grandma is not so fearsome like those adults described. She always shares her fishes with us and takes most care about the youngest girl among us. And she looks us departing away… In the autumn, we used to seek and collect the fresh fruits and mushrooms in the mountain, then place some at the Grandma’s lodge front door. But someday, we get lost in the woods, a furious wild boar emerges to attack us. Fortunately, Witch Grandma appears … It’s a thrilling but warm story about the love, friendship, bravery, share and give against the prejudice and rumor.

      • Picture storybooks

        No, Just Baozi, Please!

        by YUAN Xiaofeng / GU Qiangling

        A boy Maomao’s most favored food is Baozi, a kind Chinese classic steamed bun, which contains a variety of the stuffing options. He loves it so more than anything else. Someday when he goes back home from school, he suggests Baozi for his supper toward his mom. Unusually, no matter how his mom tries to persuade him for other options, it seems Maomao just insists at his favor food. And in fact, he is missing his Grandma… This is a warm, funny story about the family bond, food, taste and love.

      • Picture books

        ADVENTURE OF A SMALL STONE

        by Cheng CHEN

        This is an adventure journey of “Rock” a small stone. Since born in a pool, Rock has got bored at the ordinary, no-change days, admiring his friends around could exploit the outside world in growing-up. When the bud grows up into a tall tree, he can see the far horizons. When the tadpole transforms into the fog, he could jump at the lands and leaves. Even his best friend, the water, accompanying with him mostly, can catch the break to have some play outside when the heavy rains help spread the pool… But for Rock, he still remains same and has to fix there. One night, a magician passes by. Rock is surprised to witness the magician transmits a snake into a zebra by a magic potion. So Rock asks the magician’s favor to help him realize his wishes. The magician agrees to help but gives him only eight drops of the magic potion. Rock is so excited and sets out shortly. Along his journey, he becomes water, fire, storm, castle, mouse, cat and dog in the subsequent courses. But Rock the Dog is captured by the butcher. He struggles to survive but injured badly into death. The adventure out of the pool flashes in Rock’s brain. Rock recalls the magician’s advice for him, “No perfect in this world”, and he drinks up the last magic potion. In the last chance, he decides to revert back into his original form, a small, plain stone. In the simple style of Shel Silverstein’s The Missing Piece, Adventure of a Small Stone is a self-publish gift book about the struggles to look for the change and the perfect, but in the end gain the harmony and peace with its nature.

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