Albee has been the LaLonde plantation housekeeper for almost 50 years. She has loved and raised the children as if they were her own. She risked everything, even her employer’s wrath, to protect Miranda, the youngest LaLonde. Desperate, Albee turns to magic she never dared use. Death is not a barrier. Albee can make new dreams for both of them. Praise for Miranda Everlasting “The language allowed me to clearly visualize the Southern setting and feel for the struggling family dynamics throughout… you’ll really dig this story. Would recommend!” - Lizzie

An uplifting young reader debut about perseverance against all odds, Marie Miranda Cruz's debut Everlasting Nora follows the story of a young girl living in the real-life shantytown inside the Philippines’ Manila North Cemetery. After a family tragedy results in the loss of both father and home, 12-year-old Nora lives with her mother in Manila’s North Cemetery, which is the largest shantytown of its kind in the Philippines today. When her mother disappears mysteriously one day, Nora is left alone. With help from her best friend Jojo and the support of his kindhearted grandmother, Nora embarks on a journey riddled with danger in order to find her mom. Along the way she also rediscovers the compassion of the human spirit, the resilience of her community, and everlasting hope in the most unexpected places. “Heartwarming!”—#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Melissa de la Cruz “A story of friendship and unrelenting hope.”—Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

London, 1785, and James Mallen, an eminent surgeon, is found dead on the banks of the Thames. As his restless ghost searches obsessively for the identity of his own murderer as well as for the spirit of his lover, Augusta, he begins to gather other ghosts around him - ghosts such as Queen Caroline, bewailing her ill-treatment by King George, and his maid, still keeping an eye out for him beyond the grave. Woven into the story of his afterlife is the parallel narrative of his life: of the rising science of medicine and of his rise through society, his marriage, and his passionate affair with Augusta, the charismatic wife of an MP, that leads to his ultimate downfall. Together both narratives give a vivid, atmospheric impression of the times and, with great imagination, playful humour and emotional subtlety, Miranda Hearn makes her ghosts as real and affecting as their earthly selves.

(Vocal Selections). This 2016 Broadway musical based on the children's novel of the same name by Natalie Babbitt was nominated for a Tony Award and won four Suzi Bass Awards. The vocal selections feature 13 arrangements of vocal lines with piano accompaniment. Songs include: Everlasting * Everything's Golden * Good Girl Winnie Foster * Hugo's First Case * Live like This * My Most Beautiful Day * Partner in Crime * Seventeen * The Story of the Tucks * Time * Top of the World * The Wheel * You Can't Trust a Man.

If your hands can mix and mash, what job might you have? What if your hands reach, wrench, yank, and crank? The hands in this book—and the people attached to them—do all sorts of helpful work. And together, these helpers make their community a safe and fun place to live. As you read, keep an eye out for community members who make repeat appearances! Can you guess all the jobs based on the actions of these busy hands?

An intriguing novel about Nelson and Lady Hamilton's secret daughter Horatia - Nelson's only descendant - that centres around the complex relationship between Horatia and the woman she believed was only her godmother.

Young Miranda is going to be famous. She is going to be in the movies and fly aeroplanes. Big dreams for a young girl from the deep south in 1915. Death was not an obstacle. It did not deter the girl on her way to immortality. Miranda’s friend Albee helped her to fulfill the dream of being famous. Against the family’s wishes, Albee fixed the future for the child she helped bring into the world. Albee knew how to make Miranda famous.

At this school, everyone's a geek. And Miranda Bloom still can't fit in... Miranda is a math genius with divorced parents, an evil stepmother, and no boyfriend in sight. She can't even fit in with the other geeks at the Nottingham Independent School for high-IQ students, because they actually have useful talents. Miranda, on the other hand, is known as "The Human Calculator," which doesn't amount to much when people have, you know, their own calculators. Then Miranda gets stuck planning the school's Snowflake Gala. And as she struggles to find a date and drum up some school spirit at Nottingham-aka "Geek High"-she finds that who you are means more than where you fit in.

Destinies aren’t set in stone, but the price to modify them might change everything. Max only wants two things: leave his dying mill town and take Jamie, the love of his young life, with him. Easier said than done because, in a small town like his, things never change even when you desperately want them to. But when Max stumbles over an odd crystalline Orb at the bottom of a pond, he realizes he might have found his golden ticket out of town. At first, the Orb’s magic only allows him to see the future. Soon enough, he realizes it possesses much more power than it seems. Eventually, Max figures out a way to use the Orb to alter the future, but not without causing physical harm to himself. At first, he’s cautious of this newfound power, but when the Orb reveals a devastating event in Jamie’s future, he vows to save her no matter what it costs him. How much pain can one boy endure to save the one he loves? Would it be enough to save her, or will altering the future come at a cost too high for him to pay?

Frank follows the motto, "Honesty is the best policy." He tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Frank never lies to his schoolmates, he always tells the truth to adults, and he's always honest with police officers. The balancing act of finding tact, that fine line between telling the truth and telling too much truth, is the main theme of this story, and it's very funny—although not necessarily to his friend Dotti whose freckles remind Frank of the Big Dipper, or to the teacher who hears that her breath smells like onions, or to the principal who is told that his toupee looks like a weasel. No one is quite as impressed with Frank's honesty as he thinks they should be. He is sweet and straightforward, and, well, very frank, but with everyone annoyed at him, Frank is now honestly unhappy. He decides to visit his confidante and pal, Grandpa Ernest, who has a history of frankness himself. With a few lessons from Grandpa, Frank begins to understand that the truth is important, but so is not being hurtful. With amusing characters and expressive artwork, this story tells the powerful message of finding the good in everything—a lesson that sends compassion and understanding to take the place of rudeness in the complex concept of truth.