Anna myers is an award winning childrens and young adult novelist. He was one of the most original characters that brooks invented in his shannara world. Read assassin, by anna myers online on bookmate bella isnt evil. Myers is a fourtime winner of the oklahoma book award and has been honored. Through the layers of story, characters including the nazis spring to life. Interview with historical fiction author anna myers middle grade. Anna myers assassin is a historical fiction story about the assassination of president abraham lincoln. Please note that, like all good characters, this one is a product of her education, as well as the time and place she lived in. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The minor characters are lorelle henry, jose delgado, steves parents, dorothy moore, george nipping, and alguinaldo nesbitt. Anna myers has 31 books on goodreads with 7362 ratings.
Assassin is about the path crossings of little bella and wilkes after abraham lincoln was assassinated. On the first page of my book, assassin, i used the phrase, when i was but little. Assassins creed, a series of novels based on the game series assassins creed by oliver bowden. Read wart by anna myers available from rakuten kobo. Tulsa burning was a new york public library book for the teen age, and assassin was and oklahoma book award winner. Tulsa burning was a new york public library book for the teen age, and assassin was an oklahoma book award winner. Time of the witches by annamyers and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. She was born in lancaster county in mannheim, pennsylvania and attended school there. Two stories become one as an odd confluence of events places 14yearold bella getchel, assistant seamstress to mary todd lincoln, under the influence of wilkes booth, famous actor and the most handsome man in america. I love books that attempt to get inside the heads of the villains of history, and this one does a very good job of it. Its told from the point of view of bella a fictional character and other times its told from the point of view of the soontobe assassin, john wilkes booth. I am only through book 6 of 10 in the main series, but i am a huge fan of them. Who are the main characters in assassin by anna myers answers.
In alternating chapters of firstperson narrative, myers novel tells of bella and an actor she idolizes, john wilkes booth. Anna myers has crafted a provocative new look at the lincoln assassination through the eyes of both a young white house insider and the assassin himself. Stewart has plenty of reasons to dislike his new art teacher, wanda gibbs. He works as a fashion photographer by day and a british intelligence agent by night, and always becomes extremely excited when an. This is the characters listing on book series in order. Chapter summaries wereboss4 licensed for noncommercial. Watch the video below to see anna do a book talk as a character from tulsa burning. Michael cuestas american assassin is based on a book of the same name by vince flynn, who wrote an entire series of thrillers about counterterrorism operative mitch. James bond and jason king austin powers is a british secret agent, an international man of mystery. How to underwrite a multifamily market with anna myers. Booth is confident of his ability to seduce women, and he uses bella in his plot to kidnap. Read assassin by anna myers for free with a 30 day free trial. Sites like sparknotes with a assassin study guide or cliff notes.
Arabella gretchel is a laid back, relaxed kind of person. When colonel joseph kershaw leaves camden, south carolina, to lead the american rebels in their struggle against the british, he leaves his son joey behind as the. And as the epigraph makes clear, there is more to this tale than is immediately apparent. Assassin by anna myers book trailer marc capezzera. Civil war book about abraham lincolns assassination. The main characters are steve harmon, kathy obrien, sandra petrocelli, james king, richard bobo evans, and osvaldo cruz. Jamess book is not brief, is not a work of history and encompasses many more killings than seven. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards.
Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Assassin join bella as she makes friends with the lincoln children, her best friend stephen, and president lincoln himself during a time in history that changed our country forever. She is a talented seamstress for president buchanens wife, spending much of her time in the white house. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. The rules were to make a commercial for a book youve read. Assassin, a 2008 thriller novel by tom cain, the third samuel carver book. Please note that, like all good characters, this one is a product. A contest entry i had done back when i was in middle scool 2009ish. The main characters in the book are arabella gretchel, steven browning, j. An authors note provides the historical background to this tragic event. I really just loved the characters and how anna myers made arabella seem so real. This book tells the story behind president abraham lincolns assassination, narrated in alternating chapters by a young girl and lincolns eventual killer, the famous actor john wilkes booth. By anna myers bella is an assistant seamstress at the white house. Please see the supplementary resources provided below for other helpful content related to this.
Booth was a charming actor at the time, and bella is an assistant seamstress to mary todd lincoln, the presidents wife. Assassin myers novel, a 2006 historical fiction novel by the childrens author anna myers. Jonah hawkins is eager to learn, but too poor to pay school fees. On the other hand, steven is a talkative and smart person. This is a current up to date listing of all character series we currently have listed on the website. But even people with good intentions can end up doing bad things. This is the link to anna myers website for the book assassin.
What are some good titles for a book about assassins. The main character in the book is crystal brown, an africanamerican girl who gets a contract with a modeling agency. She later attended drexel university and lived and worked as a schoolteacher in philadelphia, pennsylvania. Chapter 1 bellaarabella talks about her life in the theater. They got up, every last fool of them,as far as i could see. Assassin ebook by anna myers 9780802723802 rakuten kobo. It is the ongoing, intertwining story of john wilkes booth a real character who killed president lincoln and arabella bella getchel a fictional characterwho fell victim to booths charm. She is a multitalented personality and over the past many years she has written dozens of books on various types of food items and delicacies.
I really liked how the book went back and fourth between the two main characters, john wilkes booth and a little girl named bella. Anna myers is the author of more than one dozen books, including, most recently, wart. You may prefer to use the search engine as its a lot easier due to the amount of series we have on here. I really liked how the book went back and fourth between the two main characters, john wilkes. Hale has arrived to teach at the local school and proceeds to ask his own brother, samuel, a known tory with a. I thought that the character of the girl was a bit weaker even though the book focuses more so on. Top 10 assassination plots in fiction books the guardian. Asked in books and literature, walter dean myers who are the main characters in the book slam by. Can anyone tell me the plot, setting, characters, and. Who are the main characters in assassin by anna myers. Buy a cheap copy of the keeping room novel book by anna myers.
An unforgotten pasttaking ones lifeto hold a weaponright or wrongthe wrong patha decision to be madean assassins point of fewdirectly to the eye. The scope and amount of characters in this series are enormous, so look into it before you begin. Malazan book of the fallen by steven erikson some of the best characters in this series are assassins, but this is a serious series. Can anyone tell me the plot, setting, characters, and conflict of the book assassin by anna myers. The spy who shagged me, austin powers in goldmember based on. Each chapter the story switches to the viewpoint of a different character. Do you begin with researching the time period, creating a character or something else. She says her mom loves the theater and that bella should be on stage. I read the fascinating book assassin by anna meyers. If you are a big fan of mysteries, thrillers and other such books, then you have reasons to have a special liking for ann myers. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Tom wood signs a new deal with berkley publishing group, guaranteeing at least two more books in his victor the assassin series the real book spy says.