Masada was born into a proud and ever-expanding family of meerkats, the Kivuli clan. His father is a great warrior and his mother a wise story-teller. Masadas brothers and sisters mean the world to him, and they spend hours playing together. Then one day, the sky falls dark in a solar eclipse, and his world changes forever When a near-death experience with a marauding jackal nearly takes his life, Masada is thrown into shock, wandering far away from his family. He comes face to face with a deadly snake, but the Isibani meerkat clan saves him. The Isibani take the young pup into their family, caring for Masada as if he were their own. But as the weeks pass and Masada becomes more and more like the Isibani, he begins to question his true heritage. Is he a Kivuli or an Isibani meerkat? When the two clans meet and war becomes inevitable, Masada will have to pick sides, fight to the death, and somehow determine the true meaning of family. Sun Child is a unique coming-of-age adventure about a young meerkat who learns firsthand about family amid the harsh challenges of survival in the Kalahari Desert.

This fantasy fiction novel will allow readers to be transported into the realm of Greek mythology. Our main character will embark on a self-discovery journey of magic and romance. Shelley takes us to the magical city of Paris, with its cobblestone sidewalks leading her straight to Philippe. Both are unaware that their encounter will completely disrupt their daily lives. They discover that their bond goes much deeper then just the heart, it is etched in their soul for all eternity. Shelley holds within her a secret that can destroy her and all of mankind. Can she survive her curse, or will Philippe truly be the savior she believes him to be?

Sempra has lived all of her sixteen years in an enclosed dome called the Circadia Stable Living Facility. It is structured, sustainable, and windowless. After the sun grew in intensity, causing society to become nocturnal, it was the only safe place to go. No one remembers the outside world. For 150 years the government has warned them about the deadly sun, and savage, vengeful outsiders. There is only one punishment for any crime: to be exiled from the facility. But Sempra is curious. Beyond those walls, what is there to see? When she and her childhood friend, Alden, discover a forbidden book, she begins to question the facility, and, with it, everything she has ever known.

Eli A goddess told me my child would change the pack. Until it happened, I didn't believe it. Not until I saw it with my own eyes. My woman is a nurturer. She's a bringer of change. A broker of the future. She deals with emotions, sees auras, and glories in the urges of her three alpha mates. To me, she's the saint. But that doesn't make me or my brothers sinners. We were fated to be together, fated to be different. There's nothing sinful in what we have, even if, in the eyes of her family, we're a disgrace. She's Roma. Born and bred. Harkens from a rich culture, as ancient as my own, but with her heritage comes gifts I could never have foreseen. Not just for her, but her siblings as well. Two are dead, the other has yet to be found. But uncovering family secrets is always dangerous without throwing mystical powers into the fray. And these mystical powers? Will change everything. A revolution is underway. We're not prepared for it. We can't be. Are you?

The author tells the story of her relationship with her son and their struggles to help him overcome the difficulties he experienced as a victim of pervasive developmental disorder.

Greedy Sun refuses to share the sky with Moon in this Cuban legend that explains why solar eclipses occur.

This book is full of practical teaching ideas, techniques for communicating with parents, and administrative strategies to motivate and inspire. Once you pick it up, you will want to share this book with other teachers.

PERMANENT ENTROPY After an atomic blast hurled the world into an uncertain future, the past still reaches out in hope…and damnation. In a kill-or-die world, one steadfast group of survivors possesses superior fighting skills and sense of fair play that have made them living legends. In their struggle to seek a better way of life, they are unraveling the powerful secrets of the hell on earth called Deathlands. PORTAL TO HELL A pre-dark legacy of shattering promise lies beneath the ruins of nuke-ravaged Seattle. Ryan Cawdor and his warrior companions come face-to-face with the ancestors of a secret society whose members were convinced that paradise awaited at the center of the earth. This cult is inexorably tied to a conspiracy of twentieth-century scientists devoted to fulfilling a vision of genetic manipulation. In this labyrinthine ville, carved from the subterranean passages of a doomed past, some of the descendants of the Illuminated Ones are pursuing the dream of their legacy—while others are dedicated to its nightmare. Even in the Deathlands, twisted human beliefs endure….

Far beyond molten Mercury flashed the Patrol-pursued Falcon.... Out to where black Vulcan whirled his hidden orbit, and a flame-auraed last child of Sol played his cosmic game.

Junior Library Guild Selection * New York Public Library's Best Books for Teens * Goodreads Choice Awards Nonfiction Finalist * Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books for Teens: Nonfiction * 2018 Texas Topaz Nonfiction List * YALSA's 2018 Quick Picks List * Bank Street's 2018 Best Books of the Year “This gut-wrenching, poetic memoir reminds us that no life story can be reduced to the word ‘refugee.’" —New York Times Book Review “A critical piece of literature, contributing to the larger refugee narrative in a way that is complex and nuanced.” —School Library Journal (starred review) This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringiyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated to America, and overcame her trauma through art and activism. Sandra was just ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. She had watched as rebels gunned down her mother and six-year-old sister in a refugee camp. Remarkably, the rebel didn’t pull the trigger, and Sandra escaped. Thus began a new life for her and her surviving family members. With no home and no money, they struggled to stay alive. Eventually, through a United Nations refugee program, they moved to America, only to face yet another ethnic disconnect. Sandra may have crossed an ocean, but there was now a much wider divide she had to overcome. And it started with middle school in New York. In this memoir, Sandra tells the story of her survival, of finding her place in a new country, of her hope for the future, and how she found a way to give voice to her people.