In the wake of recent violence our nation has experienced, and the paranoia that has ensued, we've directed our attention to potential terrorists in our midst. Yet our children face more risk from people they know than from terrorists they have never met. An estimated one in five girls and one in ten boys in the United States experience some form of sexual abuse by age eighteen. What could possibly motivate a person to molest a child? Not Monsters documents the stories of nine convicted child molesters through one-on-one interviews, listening to what offenders have to say about their crimes and exploring the roots of these behaviors from a social constructionist perspective. Their words paint a compelling and frightening portrait of how sexual abuse works in Western culture to perpetuate a political and social system of dominance and control.

Collects the opinions and comments of teenagers about topics including teen-adult relations and the causes of school violence, molestation, and self-destructive behavior.

Cowslip Grove seems like the perfect place to raise a family until the children start disappearing. Nobody looks for the children because nobody can remember them. Nobody except Levi and Kat. Now they must figure out what terrible presence is taking the chilren and fight it to save the missing kids, before the whole town disappears.

Bex and Charlie love playing the popular mobile game Monsters Unleashed. They even check out an antique map in the attic in hopes of discovering forgotten places where the rarest monsters might hide. But there's a strange machine up there too. When C

He's as big as a monster. He's as strong as a monster. But there's no such thing as monsters. Everyone knows that. Well, almost everyone, in this not-so-scary story about being true to yourself.

Is your toddler afraid of monsters in the dark? Countless bedtimes have been ruined by a suspect fuzzy beast under the bed, a hideous rhinoceros in the closet, a phalanx of flesh-eating roaches slowly making their way across the ceiling, and the pinnacle of all fears: THE CLOSET MONSTER. Monsters Are Not Real is a humorous picture book about a little girl who is afraid of monsters. She imagines that the scary creatures lurk around every corner and hide in different parts of the house. A funny coincidence with her dad and big brother in the kitchen shows her that monsters are, in fact, not real. This book is a great tool for parents to help overcome children's fear of the dark in a fun and light way. It is also a perfect story for kids who have trouble sleeping at night because they are afraid of monsters. Get it NOW and help your kids to sleep well at night.

“This book made me feel much better about my awful personality and disgusting body.” –Avery Monsen, author of All My Friends Are Dead “I wish these monsters well and hope they find peace in their awful, horrible lives.” –KC Green, creator of Gunshow “This book is messed up. The good kind of messed up.” –Jhonen Vasquez, creator of Invader Zim Is your life bad? Hate your body? Bad breakup? Brain all weird? Hey, we all have problems. But at least you’re not the monsters inside this book!

A Strangehouse anthology by women of horror.

Named a BEST BOOK OF 2021 by the New York Times, NPR, the New York Public Library, Audible, Tor.com, Book Riot, Library Journal, and Kirkus! Longlisted for the 2022 PEN Open Book Award “Riveting...[A] tender, ferocious book.”—New York Times “Beautifully fantastical.”—NPR “Masterful.”—Chicago Tribune One October morning, Laina gets the news that her brother has been shot and killed by Boston cops. But what looks like a case of police brutality soon reveals something much stranger. Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it. As creatures from myth and legend come out of the shadows, seeking safety through visibility, their emergence sets off a chain of seemingly unrelated events. Members of a local werewolf pack are threatened into silence. A professor follows a missing friend’s trail of bread crumbs to a mysterious secret society. And a young boy with unique abilities seeks refuge in a pro-monster organization with secrets of its own. Meanwhile, more people start disappearing, suicides and hate crimes increase, and protests erupt globally, both for and against the monsters. At the center is a mystery no one thinks to ask: Why now? What has frightened the monsters out of the dark? The world will soon find out.