Sixteen years later, a stranger who looks like Grace shows up at the restaurant where Leyna works - and vanishes soon after. When she was twelve, Leyna Clarke watched her older sister, Grace, walk away from their Sierra Nevada foothills home with her boyfriend, Adam Duran. Two entangled families in a California neighborhood must race to find answers about a missing teenage girl as a wildfire crackles to life nearby… Heather Chavez, WHAT WE’LL BURN LAST (Mulholland) The Storm We Made is out now, published by S&S/Marysue Rucci Books in North America and Hodder & Stoughton in the UK.įollow the Author: Website, Goodreads, Instagram, Twitter Looking forward to reading this as soon as I can. Thought the premise sounded interesting (I used to live in Malaysia, too, as it happens, so that increased my interest). I first learned about this novel because my sister-in-law attended the same MFA course as Chan. Spanning years of pain and triumph, told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war the fraught relationships between the colonized and their oppressors, and the ambiguity of right and wrong when survival is at stake. Now her family is on the brink of destruction - and she will do anything to save them. Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fujiwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an “Asia for Asians.” Instead, Cecily helped usher in an even more brutal occupation by the Japanese. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day.Ĭecily knows two things: that this is all her fault and that her family must never learn the truth.Ī decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonized Malaya. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Vanessa Chan, THE STORM WE MADE (S&S/Marysue Rucci Books) Think about the colors that represent your favorite teams or basketball terms and phrases that may be useful in creating your unique team name.A bit of a bumper-edition of New Books - I was away for a couple of weeks, and apparently it was a rather busy period, in terms of review copies… (Certainly no bad thing.)įeaturing: Vanessa Chan, Heather Chavez, Bernard Cornwell, Jeffrey Deaver & Isabella Maldonado, Amitav Ghosh, Rachel Howzell Hall, Gregg Hurwitz, Vera Kurian, Richard Lange, Mike Lawson, Benjamin Liar, Robert W. By watching a basketball game or two while looking out for anything that may strike you as a possible great and unique team name, you may be surprised how many options you find. Nothing will get your excitement and creativity flowing like watching your favorite sport. For example, a team named after Stephen Curry might use “Steph’s Savvy.” If you’re using a player’s name but stuck for ideas, look up words that start with the same letter as that player’s name and see if any of them suit your team. Creating the wittiest or punniest team name can become a separate competition in and of itself! If the player’s name reminds you of a funny song, quote, or joke, find a way to include that in your team name. Fantasy basketball team names are meant to be funny. Incorporate lots of humor into your team name.(Our list includes many examples of this.) Substitute the player’s first or last name into a phrase, swapping out a word that sounds similar, or add words like “crew” and “tribe” to position that player as your team’s leader. Choose the top player from your roster. Whether the top player on your roster is a superstar like LeBron James or someone lesser-known, you can take their first and/or last name and create your team name out of it.While there aren’t usually strict rules for fantasy basketball names, they often serve two purposes: to make people laugh and highlight one of the best players.įind the perfect fantasy basketball team or league name by keeping the following tips in mind: How to Create a Great Fantasy Basketball Team or League Name
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