![]() ![]() ![]() When fate puts the two fourteen-year-olds in the same dorm, it seems like a natural solution to swap identities: after all, everyone mistakenly believes Lottie to be the princess anyway.īut someone's on to their secret, and at Rosewood nothing is ever as it seems. Lottie Pumpkin is an ordinary girl who longs to be a princess, attending Rosewood Hall on a scholarship.Įllie Wolf is a princess who longs to be ordinary, attending Rosewood Hall to avoid her royal duties in the kingdom of Maradova. The only solace they find is a secret band of students called Banshee who are fighting against the evil organisations hold. ![]()
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![]() ![]() None of the wolfdogs or their parents are spotted during this.Īfter returning home to Morris Island, Tory is confronted by Whitney Dubois about participating in higher-class events and making herself look more feminine. Tory decides to pick it up so that they can date it and identify who it belonged to. Before leaving, the monkey throws an old dog tag at the teens. After veering off their usual path, they stir up a brief fight between them and one of the resident rhesus monkeys, named S-7 due to the tattoo on her. Upon their arrival at the island, they encounter Marcus Karsten, who begrudgingly agrees to let them venture around the property. ![]() While waiting for Shelton to show up, Tory explains her mother's death to the reader.Īfter fixing the boat, the four decide to go to Loggerhead Island, as Tory wants to see if she can find the resident wolf and her pack. Tory tends to his wound, and they contact Shelton to have him come and fix the boat. The two bike across the island to the Bunker, where they find a somewhat bloody Ben. Alarmed by this rare sight, she meets up with him immediately to learn that Ben has crashed his boat. After completing this task, she leaves her home, only to see Hi running across the sand dunes. The story opens up with Tory examining seashells and classifying them by type. ![]() 2.3 Bolton Preparatory Academy Students. ![]() ![]() ![]() Will General Scales follow orders, or might he be the crucial turning point in the quest for an America that is again united? As the dubious Federal government increasingly curtails liberty and trades away sovereignty, it might just get exactly what it fears: revolution. The man sent to confront John is General Bob Scales, John's old commanding officer and closest friend from prewar days. The Constitution is no longer in effect, and what's left of the US Army has been deployed to suppress rebellion in the remaining states. 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Some of that attention has been unwanted, however, as a sex tape of herself and ex-husband Tommy Lee was unlawfully stolen and released, leading to a major legal debacle with the distributor. She also starred in Home Improvement and a couple of those Scary Movie-esque parody movies, but she's been unabashedly committed to her image as a sexpot, with regular appearances in Playboy magazine. ![]() Parker for several seasons and became the object of many viewers' affections thanks to her role, but she's since capitalized on that fame by starring in a series of seemingly self-aware movies like Barb Wire and the erotically-charged show Stripperella. ![]() Like Carmen Electra, Pamela Anderson is definitely a name that's known for more than just her long-lived role on Baywatch. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He doesn't allow you to look away' Robin Hobb 'I was mesmerised from start to finish. Brett 'Weeks has a style of immediacy and detail that pulls the reader relentlessly into the story. 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