Search Results: Advanced Reading Copies from Nostalgic Books & Elements

2006 - Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) 1st ed ("1" in number line) INSCRIBED by the author on the title page - "Bernard Cooper's new memoir is searing, soulful, and filled with uncommon psychological nuance and laugh-out-loud humor. ...he discovers some peculiar documents involving lawsuits against other family members, and recalls a bill his father once sent him for the total cost of his upbringing, an itemized invoice adding up to 2 million dollars." - book: very good ARC only marking is a 1/4" "V" on the front free endpaper - dj: very good - just a bit of wrinkle to the back cover - dj in protective mylar sleeve

2002 - ARC - softcover - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked

Advanced Reading Copy (ARC)
Ages 10 - 14
"On top of that, he's grown horns. Yes, real, honest-to-goodness horns. Then the feathers appear. Feathers growing out of his pores, covering his arms and chest. And suddenly he's reminded of one of his abuela's myths. This one was about a creature caled a Morphling, a shape-shifter. But myths aren't real, are they?" - front flap

ARC Advanced Reading Copy
"Six teens.Six reasons to pull the trigger.
Someone will fire.
And someone will die.
Guns just make it easier." front flap
"A gun is sold in the classifieds after killing a spouse, bought by a teenager for needed protection. But which was it? Each has the incentive to pick up a gun, to fire it. Was it Rand or Cami, married teenagers with a young son? Was it Silas or Ashlyn, members of a white supremacist youth organization? Daniel, who fears retaliation because of his race, who possessively clings to Grace, the love of his life? Or Noelle, who lost everything after a devastating accident, and has sunk quietly into depression?One tense week brings all six people into close contact in a town wrought with political and personal tensions. Someone will fire. And someone will die. But who?" bookfinder