This middle-grade novel was from sometime between 2000 and 2016, I believe. It was by an American or British author, who died before 2016, as mentioned on the back cover. The protagonist was a 10/11 year old boy who described his mind as being wired differently, like a computer with a different...

Many years ago I read a short story that I think was titled Blood and Lust. It featured two entities named Blood and Lust who would travel through history making very small adjustments to see how events played out after. I recall one instance where one of them slightly altered the trajectory of a...

This middle grade/children's book was from 2015 or earlier, probably after 2009. It was about four to six or so boys camping in the wilderness. They were scared of bears attacking them, but none were ever hurt. However, I don't remember if these hypothetical bears ever appeared in the fles...

Or if you feel that another century in American history relates to that more please tell w/ recommendations of at least 2 works of literature.

In Things Fall Apart, Okonkow refuses to speak the language of the colonizer (the white man) , rather he uses his own language (Ibo) to deconstruct the language of the colonizer. So, how has Okonkow succeed in resisting the colonizer through word-play in "Things Fall Apart" ?

I been trying to find this, but can't remember the exact wording and can't find it in the online editions, was it 'pens' or 'writing tools' etc. etc. I think it was when one of the characters (can't remember who) was robbed by one of the groups of bandits and the author describes him as carryi...