" 'The Girl Inside Me' is a heartfelt book and very moving. It can be extremely complex to put oneself out there to the public, but people are looking for real people, with real situations that can heal others and restore hope. Javelin Hardy's collection of poems does exactly that. Even the book's title immediately speaks to the reader, opening curiosity about the direction the book will take.The little girl inside of Javelin Hardy has matured into a beautiful, powerful woman capable of healing others using her personal experience and training in her therapeutic profession. And what more of a blessing it will be as this collection of poems goes further out into the world and touches the lives of so many more.--Kimberly Robinson Green,

"The world didn't seem to offer much to people like Billy and me--the gutless. All we could do was envy others and destroy ourselves.'" Katie Wilson is sixteen, lonely, bored and slowly starting to hate herself and everyone around her. Tired of stupid conversations with her bitchy friends, she seeks solace in the abandoned huts just outside of the school grounds. There she reluctantly befriends the school outcast Billy Garner and her life takes a dangerous turn. Katie rapidly creates a world of lies, jealousy, and obsession until her grip on reality finally diminishes and a tragedy occurs.

Inside Me Lives A Village is a new book by Nadine Levitt that empowers children to identify, acknowledge and direct the many feelings that live inside them. Trusted by teachers across the country, this book and accompanying curriculum, teaches kids how to have a healthy relationship with their emotions!Feelings are a part of life, whether you feel happy, angry, sad, or shy, but they can feel even bigger and overwhelming to children. With beautiful illustrations by Miriam Mitzi Rosas each feeling is brought to life as a character that can be welcomed and also directed as desired."It's empowering for kids to understand that emotions do not control us, and we do not control our emotions. But they live inside us all the time, so it's important to have a good relationship with them. We foster a good relationship with emotions by quickly identifying and acknowledging them as they come up. The better our relationship with our emotions, the easier it will be to direct them!"This is a must-have book for children, parents, and teachers to talk to kids about the proper way to think, deal and express their many feelings.

The Little Girl Inside of Me describes encounters of both physical and sexual abuse endured by a little girl who searched for venues of escape; however, found herself restrained to her mother's abuse. This book overviews her thirst to be removed from her mother's home and her journey to reach healing for the little girl that harbors inside of her. This book is an excellent resource for recovery and encouragement to the abused child or adult.

Caldecott Honor Book Today Show Best Book for the Holidays ALA Notable Book for All Ages ALSC Notable Children's Book NCTE Notable Poetry Book Evanston Public Library's Top 100 Great Book for Kids Nerdy Award Winner for Single Poem Picture Book Bank Street Best Books of the Year In this powerful, affirming poem by award-winning author Zetta Elliott, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year. There is a place inside of me a space deep down inside of me where all my feelings hide. Summertime is filled with joy—skateboarding and playing basketball—until his community is deeply wounded by a police shooting. As fall turns to winter and then spring, fear grows into anger, then pride and peace. In her stunning debut, illustrator Noa Denmon articulates the depth and nuances of a child’s experiences following a police shooting—through grief and protests, healing and community—with washes of color as vibrant as his words. Here is a groundbreaking narrative that can help all readers—children and adults alike—talk about the feelings hiding deep inside each of us.

The author of Girl: Broken returns with a terrifying new novel of a shadowy cult and the woman fighting to escape their murderous grasp . . . During the 1990s, Daisy grew up abused by the cult known as The Fishermen. The house she was imprisoned in was destroyed by an explosion and all the members killed—or at least that was what people assumed. Jay, an ex-police officer, and Joseph, a professor specialising in cults and the effects of coercive control, discover that some members survived. Inspector Slane was a key member of The Fishermen and is still at large and she, along with her network of abusers, remains active and hunting for Daisy. Jay is determined to find the remnants of the cult before they can find Daisy and finish the evil they started when she was a child. But the trail seems cold—until the murders resume . . .

In this international bestseller, father and advocate for Autism awareness Arthur Fleischmann blends his daughter Carly’s own words with his story of getting to know his remarkable daughter—after years of believing that she was unable to understand or communicate with him. At the age of two, Carly Fleischmann was diagnosed with severe autism and an oral motor condition that prevented her from speaking. Doctors predicted that she would never intellectually develop beyond the abilities of a small child. Carly remained largely unreachable through the years. Then, at the age of ten, she had a breakthrough. While working with her devoted therapists, Carly reached over to their laptop and typed “HELP TEETH HURT,” much to everyone’s astonishment. Although Carly still struggles with all the symptoms of autism, she now has regular, witty, and profound conversations on the computer with her family and her many thousands of supporters online. One of the first books to explore firsthand the challenges of living with autism, Carly’s Voice brings readers inside a once-secret world in the company of an inspiring young woman who has found her voice and her mission

Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.

***OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD*** 'I was gripped . . . compelling, twisty, heart-wrenching and thought-provoking. A novel that stays with you' SOPHIE KINSELLA, Sunday Times bestselling author A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's, a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her will. Ivy will never leave. Present day. Samantha Harper is a journalist desperate for a break. When she stumbles on a letter from the past, the contents shock and move her. The letter is from a young mother, begging to be rescued from St Margaret's. Before it is too late. Sam is pulled into the tragic story and discovers a spate of unexplained deaths surrounding the woman and her child. With St Margaret's set for demolition, Sam has only hours to piece together a sixty-year-old mystery before the truth, which lies disturbingly close to home, is lost for ever... Read her letter. Remember her story... Perfect for fans of Philomena and Kathryn Hughes, this gripping novel of long-buried secrets, inspired by a true story, will stay with you for ever. ----- Emily Gunnis's books have captured the hearts of your favourite authors: 'A great book, truly hard to put down. Fast paced, brilliantly plotted and desperately sad at times - all hallmarks of a bestseller' LESLEY PEARSE 'Utterly gripping, taut and powerful. An emotionally charged, compulsive, moving novel' ADELE PARKS 'Captivating and suspenseful' JESSICA FELLOWES 'A truly brilliant and moving read. I loved it' KAREN HAMILTON 'What a heartfelt emotional story, made even more so because it's based on a shocking truth. I raced through it, involved, moved and gripped' FANNY BLAKE Readers ADORE The Girl in the Letter: 'A moving page turner' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'If I could give it more than 5 stars I would' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'One of the most amazing books I have read in a long while' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This book felt almost like I could be reading a genuine life story . . . a captivating read' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This book made me cry . . . so well written and the research is spot on' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Couldn't put it down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Please read this book, it will resonate with you for a long time!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ THE GIRLS LEFT BEHIND, THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM EMILY GUNNIS, IS OUT NOW

2017 Gold Medal IPPY Award in Autobiography/Memoir They first meet in Paris in the spring of 1996. David is a divorced American attorney living on a converted barge moored on the banks of the Seine; Roni Beth is an empty-nested clinical and research psychologist working from her home in Connecticut. Now in their fifties, both have signed off on loving again—until they meet each other. Miracle at Midlife tells the inspiring story of Roni Beth and David’s intense and transformative transatlantic courtship. Along the way, David the loner, living amid the beauty, freedom, and pleasures of Paris, brings Roni Beth, a responsible and overextended professional haunted by earlier loss and trauma, back to her core as a woman, while she helps him reclaim connections that tie him to a larger world. They wrestle internal demons (mostly hers) and external threats (friends, family and different perspectives) as they share adventures in their respective worlds. Throughout their journey, stories of courage, joy and integrity bring hope and delight to those who wonder how romantic love appears and evolves; inspiration to people in mid-life who, knowingly or unknowingly, have completed a chapter in their lives and are ready to move on; and comfort to anyone who longs to wrestle and conquer the demons of fear, born of history or of the unknown, and win. Testimony that love is real.