![]() ![]() ![]() “Are you kidding me? You’re mad because I hugged Jean-Pierre?” She looked at his arms, then up at his face, and rolled her eyes. She turned to face Medichi but he still had his arms crossed. One minute he’s hugging me and the next, poof, he’s gone. “I wish you boys would give a girl a warning. Medichi wasn’t surprised that a moment later, he released Parisa, then without a word lifted his arm and vanished. Maybe it was something that he saw on Medichi’s face, but Jean-Pierre flipped him off with Parisa still in his arms. He began to smile as though he realized what he was doing. He didn’t like that another man was touching his woman but the part of him that could think, that could recognize his warrior brother was hurting-well, that man crossed his arms over his chest, and hid his clenched fists beneath those arms. Earlier, at the villa, he’d almost gone mad when Jean-Pierre had dared to hug Parisa, but something in the expression of the warrior’s eyes, so full of pain as though he’d had his heart ripped from his chest, stopped him. Medichi felt the deep growl form in his throat, an ancient response he tried hard to control. “Thank you,” she said again, but before he could stop her, she slid an arm around his neck and hugged him. He turned toward her, his brow furrowed, eyes full of pain. ![]()
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He has been discovering that he has unusual powers, including the ability to heal his dying brother after a car accident. Grade 5-9 Seven 16 year olds, all born on the same day, are best friends, so, when one after another they disappear, Steve, the remaining one, is determined to find them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "An excellent example of historical fiction focusing on an unusual time period."-School Library Journal, starred review this gripping effort captures the full flavor of a trying time in an onerous place."-Kirkus Reviews "A stark reminder of the power of hope, courage, and love."-Booklist, starred review Going Over-about a boy and girl separated by the cruelest of fates-will inspire any reader to make the leap for love."-Patricia McCormick, author of National Book Award Finalists Sold and Never Fall Down She's spun gold out of the language of longing and has shown us how to make room for miracles. We Could Be Heroes-about a boy and girl separated by the cruelest of fates-will inspire any reader to make the leap for love."-Patricia McCormick, author of National Book Award Finalists Sold and Never Fall Down Kephart captures the beauty and desperation of 1980's Berlin with prose both gripping and graceful."-Ruta Sepetys, New York Times bestselling author of Between Shades of Gray and Out of the Easy "An unforgettable portrayal of life and love divided. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A zany sensibility gives an extra bounce to the otherwise conventional counting book One, Two, Three! A similar silliness suffuses Dinosaurs, which explores opposites. Each volume features a die-cut front cover framing a picture of its ebullient cartoon stars. “The popular illustrator and greeting-card artist brings oddball humor and plenty of sassy energy to Boynton on Board, a quartet of concept board books. Her Barnyard Dance! Is a true romp of a board book, with cartoon farm animals that are wacky enough to make you laugh out loud, and rhymes clever enough to sustain those nearly infinite re-readings: ‘Stand with the donkey / Slide with the sheep / Scramble with the little chicks - cheep cheep cheep!’ Now, here's a woman who really knows how to use an active verb.” - Parents “Sandra Boynton has a knack for creating baby books with bounce. ![]() ![]() ![]() The text is not a didactic treatise, but a simply told story about a man who falls asleep while chopping down a kapok tree. Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time."- People "Spectacular."- School Library Journal "This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information."- The Horn Book, In this breathtakingly beautiful picture book, Cherry combines illustrations that reveal a naturalist's reverence for beauty with a mythlike story that explains the ecological importance of saving the rain forests. Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time."e" People "Spectacular."e" School Library Journal "This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information."- The Horn Book, "Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Spectacular."-School Library Journal, "Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life. Exceptionally colorful, bright and full of life.Effectively makes specific the larger story of endangered rain forests by taking the problem one creature at a time.-People. ![]() ![]() ![]() We glimpse the drama of Big Bend's rugged landscape in creation-the desert's emergence from retreating oceans and volcanic eruptions. Inspired by the latest research, Cindi Sirois Collins and Asher Elbein imagine what it was like to walk among the plants and animals whose fossil remains tell the story of evolution and geological transformation in this singular landscape. ![]() Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals of Big Bend is a field guide to what once was. Hidden in the rocks of Big Bend are the remains of giants: toothy sea lizards, enormous flying reptiles, and dinosaurs. ![]() Yet what lies beneath this natural treasure may be even more extraordinary than what meets the eye. The sheer beauty of Big Bend National Park, along the shores of the Rio Grande in west Texas, never fails to astonish. A time-traveling field guide to the ancient version of Big Bend National Park. ![]() ![]() ![]() I want to help him get to the bottom of it all.Īnd with his attention finally on me, I want to tell him how I feel. Pity I’ve never been more than an afterthought to him.īut when rumors start to circulate about hazing, and the sources lead back to my house, it puts me square on Zeke’s radar. The appointment was made easier, though, when none other than Zeke Ariston took over Sigma house. I never wanted to become Kappa President. I need to find out who’s driving the lies. Now, instead of dialing back the stress, we’ve broken the number one rule on the row: Don’t get the dean’s attention. I might not know where they’re coming from, but I know they’re total BS. Idiot brothers, epic pranks, a list of organizational duties long enough to make my eyes bleed.īut senior year is almost over, and I’m ready to take a step back. ![]() One hell of a happy ending.īeing President of a frat house means everything is on my shoulders. ![]() ![]() ![]() Queenan’s dad was abusive because his own “father had been beastly to him, abusive in the generally horrific way that Irish males often are to their sons.” Also, “he had grown up in the Great Depression.” ![]() How he emerged with a sense of humor and decency, not to mention a bellyful of (more or less controlled) rage, is the subject of this book. That Queenan survived a childhood spent under the fist of his father is astounding. In Closing Time, the humorist and author of nearly 10 books (including Balsamic Dreams), takes a dark look back at his abusive, alcoholic father and his youth in the projects of Philadelphia. And in literature by such titans as Eugene O’Neill and James Joyce, fathers range from scheming to tyrannical.Īdd Joe Queenan’s father to this notorious roster. ![]() ![]() Movies like “Good Will Hunting” and “The Brothers McMullen” are set in motion by abusive fathers. There is Frank McCourt’s dad, Malachy, from Angela’s Ashes. Irish fathers-in movies, books, memoirs and more-are often a disturbingly flawed group. Clearly, father and son had some unresolved issues-and the Gavins are not alone. In a subsequent fantasy sequence, Leary takes an ax to the old man’s coffin. On a recent episode of the hit cable drama “Rescue Me,” the Irish-American firefighter Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) attends his father’s funeral. ![]() ![]() In that same plaza, a frustrated man is saying to his dog, “Why are you being this way?” A baby in a stroller is wearing sunglasses. ![]() All the great bright gold bows are piled in the bed of an enormous pickup truck parked in the plaza. One man unties a bow and tosses it to his partner on the ground. In the morning, when I go to fetch them, city workers are removing the lights from the trees and the decorative bows from the lampposts. The downtown trees have their holiday lights in them, and this man who called had, while driving, noticed the clothes, illuminated. ![]() Up and down Euclid, his slacks and shirts hang from the branches. Yesterday, on Mom’s orders, I’d written his name and our number in permanent marker onto the tags of all his clothes.Īpparently what he’s done, in protest, is pitched the numbered clothing into trees. I put the phone down to verify that Dad was home and had pants on. ![]() The stranger called and said, “I have some pants? Belonging to a Howard Young?” Tonight a man found Dad’s pants in a tree lit with Christmas lights. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While the teens learn more about the genesis of the zombie plague and the history of the nation (or what’s left of it) since First Night, many more questions remain unanswered.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. Of course, zombies still play a large role, and Maberry keeps each zombie chase terrifying as more evolved and cross-species zombies enter this already dangerous environment. Short chapters, punctuated by suspenseful, cliffhanger endings, heighten the tension throughout. The blood bath is tempered by each teen’s personal struggle with grief and realization of his or her “Warrior Smart” training. As Mother Rose and Saint John secretly try to double-cross one another, the battles turn deadlier. ![]() Separated from one another early on in the story, the teens battle nonstop with various factions of the Night Church and their zombie minions. ![]() Just when the teens didn’t think anything could be stranger in a zombie-infested world, they cross paths with Mother Rose and Saint John of the Knife, rival leaders of the Night Church, a death cult seeking the extinction of the human race. With their beloved trainer Tom now dead, Benny, Nix, Chong, and Lilah carry on their search in the Rot and Ruin for the still-elusive jet. The third time’s the charm with even more adventure-and gore-as the series continues ( Dust & Decay, 2011, etc.). ![]() |