The day the Turner family gets their very own monster is a momentous event in the neighborhood. Everyone gathers for the occasion. The monster can roar louder than a lion, leap down the stairs better than any Slinky, and eat grass so no one needs to mow. Based on the Turners' exp...
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"Kept as forced labor on a chocolate plantation in the Ivory Coast, Amadou and his younger brother Seydou had given up hope, until a young girl arrives at the camp who rekindles the urge to escape"-- Provided by publisher.
The classic literary canon meets the comics artists, illustrators, and other artists who have remade reading in Kick's magisterial, three-volume, full-color "The Graphic Canon," including a Sherlock Holmes mystery, an H.G. Wells story, an illustrated guide to the Beat writers, a ...
"Regional Traditional Witchcraft is an animistic form of witchcraft that moves away from the religious harvest festivals and fertility-minded practices associated with the more common Wiccan form of witchcraft. This practice teaches people to find their craft in their own backyar...
The story of troubled street basketball legend Jackie Ryan, who is forced to confront his inner demons after getting invited to try out for the NBA.
It's 1999 and throughout one twelve-hour shift at an Arkansas hospital, a junkie nurse, her scheming cousin, and a group of black market organ-trading criminals start a heist that could lead to their imminent demises.
Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg return for a wacky third season of all-new, comedic adventures.
Thistle and her fairy friends must face Killjoy Crosspatch, the Spirit of Sorrow, who has stolen the Shell of Laughter from Staid, the elf, and return the shell to its rightful place before all laughter becomes a thing of the past.
"The female Buddhist deity Green Tara, known as the Mother of the Buddhas, is one of the most recognizable Buddhist icons. Chanting her mantra is said to dispel fears, eliminate obstacles, and bring swift help in times of need. In this unique book, Jungian analyst and interfaith ...
A little girl believes her grandpa has all the qualities of a dinosaur.
"Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family's trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan's ...
"Two powerful phenomena are simultaneously unfolding on Earth: the rise of the climate movement and the rise of women and girls. The People's Climate March and the Women's March. School strikes for climate and the #MeToo movement. Rebellions against extinction and declarations th...
"An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich."-- Provided by publisher.
Under the Christmas Sky: Kat is an esteemed astrophysicist, who is scheduled for her first trip into space next year until an accident grounds her. While on leave, coming to terms with the reality that her dream of being an astronaut is over, she volunteers at the local planetari...
Join Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg as they head back to school, but Robin's dreams of being class president land them in dreary detention instead. Beast boy brings the bling when he discovers he can get stacks of cash from the Tooth Fairy. Robin's bland cooking leads to ...
"Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing visionary fiction. Organizers and activists envision, and try to create, such worlds all the time. This book brings twenty of them together in the first anthology of short stories to ...
A collection of original stories centering around a vast array of creatures and things that go bump in the night, from ninja rats to a Siamese cat in league with a super squirrel.
From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance-- paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illus...
"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lync...