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When is a summer vacation not really a summer vacation?Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first she thought Florida might be fun -- it is the home of Disney World, after all. But...

Ancient folklore and modern myth come together in these stories by author Craig Laurance Gidney. Here are found the struggles of a medieval Japanese monk, seduced by a mischievous fairy, and a young slave who finds mystery deep within the briar patch of an...

Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams. She took exquisite photographs, but her heart was...

From dazzling gemstones to sparkling crystals to molten lava, this brilliantly illustrated book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals, including both the building blocks and the bling. This level two reader, written in easy-to-grasp text, will help cultivate the geologists...

From a Manhattan loft choreographed for entertaining to Arts and Crafts in a woodland glade, to embassy elegance in Washington, D.C., Barry Dixon has seen and designed it all. As one of America's top up-and-coming designers, Dixon's work is a masterful blend of traditional...

In the future, it's possible to live forever--but at what cost? A.D. 2088. Christian missionary Abigail Caldwell emerges from the jungle for the first time in her thirty-four years, the sole survivor of a mysterious disease that killed her village. A curious message from...

"The woman who emerges from these pages is as riveting as her books" (The Wall Street Journal) in this compelling celebration of the famously private V.C. Andrews--featuring family photos, personal letters, a partial manuscript for an unpublished novel, and more. Best known for her...

"[Detroit Steel Artists] is illustrated with sumptuous photos of period cars shot by pros. . . . Woven through the images is a detailed and well-constructed narrative, one that uncovers unsung heroes of the time period." -- Car and Driver MagazinePrinted in a large...

Author: Naomi NovikPublisher: Ediciones UranoPublished: 06/27/2023Pages: 416Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.00h x 5.80w x 1.10dISBN: 9788419030160Language: SpanishAward: Hugo Award - Nominee

Author: Marcia Thornton JonesPublisher: ScholasticPublished: 10/01/2007Pages: 187Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.52h x 5.34w x 0.47dISBN: 9780439793995Audience: Ages 9-12Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 4.3Point Value: 5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 117242 / ChampAward: Golden Archer Award - WinnerAward: Keystone to Reading Book Award - NomineeAward: Maud Hart...

Author: Conner HabibPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 08/01/2023Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.55w x 0.76dISBN: 9781324064862Award: PEN/Faulkner Award - Nominee

Forty-two writers are represented in this fourth anthology from San Diego Writers, Ink, in a collection that includes poetry, short stories, novel and memoir excerpts, creative nonfiction, and flash fiction.Author: Jericho BrownPublisher: San Diego Writers, InkPublished: 01/10/2011Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Lisa's Story go towards cancer research and education. Visit Lisa's Legacy Fund to learn more or to make a direct donation. A story from the comic strips that will make you laugh and cry Tom...

In 1903, a preacher named Benjamin Purnell and five followers founded a colony called the House of David in Benton Harbor, Michigan, where they prepared for eternal life by creating a heaven on earth. Housed in rambling mansions and surrounded by lush orchards and...

From the era of European exploration to the beginning of the Civil War, the Straits of Mackinac were a crucial link in the westward water transportation system of the United States. As the primary route to Lake Michigan and the Mississippi Valley, the Straits...

1995 CCBC Choices 1995 Americas Award Commended, CLASP It's the Day of the Dead and Nando and his mother are going to honor Tío Fernando. Nando, named for Uncle Fernando, listens as his mother tells him that later, at the cemetery, they will meet...

Poor Emily. She doesn't mean to be loud, but whenever she says anything in her Emily voice, plates shatter, neighbors are astonished, and birds are frightened right out of the trees. It seems like there's nowhere she fits in. Until the day she sees...

Your graduate work was on bacterial evolution, but now you're lecturing to 200 freshmen on primate social life. You've taught Kant for twenty years, but now you're team-teaching a new course on Ethics and the Internet. The personality theorist retired and wasn't replaced, so...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED - A stunning epic that is at once a new vision of science fiction and a deeply moving love story, from the award-winning author of Redemption in Indigo "An engrossing picaresque quest, a...

Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin reflects on the ways love and sex can ruin us--our bodies, our contentment, our sense of self--but can also grant us an almost spiritual knowledge of the human. Structured around the life of a central speaker born into...