Gabriel's skin is falling off.His dad is dead.He owes his editor a novel.His girlfriend won't answer his calls.Tasked by his horribly well-adjusted brother with clearing out the family home for sale, Gabriel's sanity quickly begins to unravel. His parents' old manuscripts appear to change each time he reads them. A bizarre home video hints at long-buried secrets. And there's a hideous man in the garden.Disquieting and hilarious, taut yet lyrical, blisteringly- paced but formally inventive, Brat is a mediation on grief, art and love that will leave you altered, breathless and desperate for more.
Margaret S Smith Books




I was in the waiting room. Then I was in the examinationroom. Gabriel's skin is falling off. His dad is dead. He owes his editor a novel. His girlfriend won't answer his calls. Tasked by his horribly well-adjusted brother with clearing out the family home for sale, Gabriel's sanity quickly begins to unravel. His parents' old manuscripts appear to change each time he reads them. A bizarre home video hints at long-buried secrets. And there's a hideous man in the garden. From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read.
We Reason & We Prove for ALL Mathematics
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Develop concrete instructional strategies that support students' capacity to reason-and-prove across all mathematical content areas in 6-12 classrooms, while becoming adept at reasoning-and-proving.
Poison at Pemberton Hall
- 214 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A dazzling diva. A glittering society dinner. A servant with a terrible grudge.It's 1903 and bookish, bespectacled Vita Carew longs to be left to her studies, but her aunt insists they attend a gala dinner at Pemberton Hall, home of a girlhood friend. A glamorous German opera singer is to perform, and the grandest of company will enjoy a lavish dinner to mark the household's return to high society after a run of misfortune.But Vita soon notices dark undercurrents at the grand country house. What strange power does the footman hold over his master? When disaster strikes as the seafood is served, only Vita and a visiting German doctor are on hand to offer first aid. Worse still, she suspects the death of a troubled governess has been covered up to preserve Pemberton's reputation.Vita and the German doctor are left to delve into the hidden undercurrents at the grand country house, and find who is to blame, but can they do so in time to prevent the poisoner striking again?Wit, drama and a hint of the Gothic; if you like stylish mystery with your Downton Abbey, dip into Poison at Pemberton Hall today.