All Videos Tagged Brooklyn (Book Trailers) - Book Trailers 2024-05-08T03:18:49Z http://booktrailers.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Brooklyn&rss=yes&xn_auth=no Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter tag:booktrailers.ning.com,2016-10-27:729507:Video:136134 2016-10-27T22:24:31.302Z Sheila English http://booktrailers.ning.com/profile/SheilaEnglish <a href="http://booktrailers.ning.com/video/vassa-in-the-night-by-sarah-porter"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2773470840?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>In her newest YA novel, VASSA IN THE NIGHT, Sarah Porter has merged the dark, forested world of Russian folklore with the gritty, urban streets of Brooklyn to vibrant and dramatic effect.<br></br> In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves they’ve arrived. Babs… <a href="http://booktrailers.ning.com/video/vassa-in-the-night-by-sarah-porter"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2773470840?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />In her newest YA novel, VASSA IN THE NIGHT, Sarah Porter has merged the dark, forested world of Russian folklore with the gritty, urban streets of Brooklyn to vibrant and dramatic effect.<br /> In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves they’ve arrived. Babs Yaga, the owner of the local convenience store, has a policy of beheading shoplifters—and sometimes innocent shoppers as well. So when Vassa’s stepsister sends her out for light bulbs in the middle of night, she knows it could easily become a suicide mission.<br /> But Vassa has a bit of luck hidden in her pocket, a gift from her dead mother. Erg is a tough-talking wooden doll with sticky fingers, a bottomless stomach, and a ferocious cunning. With Erg’s help, Vassa just might be able to break the witch’s curse and free her Brooklyn neighborhood. But Babs won’t be playing fair….<br /> Find out more at <a href="http://www.sarahporterbooks.com/">http://www.sarahporterbooks.com/</a> YA/Fantasy We the Animals by Justin Torres Book Trailer tag:booktrailers.ning.com,2011-08-10:729507:Video:71883 2011-08-10T15:45:41.228Z Sheila English http://booktrailers.ning.com/profile/SheilaEnglish <a href="http://booktrailers.ning.com/video/we-the-animals-by-justin-torres-book-trailer"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2773445964?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>A debut novel that is a brilliant exploration of a close, complicated family and the struggle between brotherhood and becoming an individual. Learn more about this book here, <a href="http://bit.ly/ef6Bu2">http://bit.ly/ef6Bu2</a> and its author here, <a href="http://bit.ly/eWg17B">http://bit.ly/eWg17B…</a> <a href="http://booktrailers.ning.com/video/we-the-animals-by-justin-torres-book-trailer"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2773445964?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />A debut novel that is a brilliant exploration of a close, complicated family and the struggle between brotherhood and becoming an individual. Learn more about this book here, <a href="http://bit.ly/ef6Bu2">http://bit.ly/ef6Bu2</a> and its author here, <a href="http://bit.ly/eWg17B">http://bit.ly/eWg17B</a> Fiction