
“A poignant historical nonfiction book, about a polar bear that was gifted to King Henry III”–
ICCAL Book Database
“A poignant historical nonfiction book, about a polar bear that was gifted to King Henry III”–
A unique and emotive celebration of the different facets of motherhood with striking portraits by an award-winning illustrator. Powerful, emotive, unforgettable, Mama speaks to all mothers in the international language of love.
A Japanese family mourns the loss of a wife and mother by making origami cranes and using the Wind Telephone to communicate their feelings of loss and yearning.
When signs of the eight ajogun begin to appear, Simi teams up with the corrupt trickster god Esu to stop the demon warlords before they enter the human realm and ruin humankind.
It’s 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy.
As three warring fractures try to gain control of the kingdom, orphaned Zephyr, a strategist serving Xin Ren, infiltrates an enemy camp where she encounters the enigmatic Crow, an opposing strategist who might just be her match.
Half-human and half-monster Mirabelle is on a mission to protect the only home she has ever known from a sinister new threat bent on eradicating her family.
Struggling with her parent’s divorce and her grandmother’s dementia, fifteen year old Sarah Khan tries to distract herself in a home renovation project but instead finds the house is full of dark family secrets that give rise to ghostly apparitions.
An Ownvoices, Gender-bent Retelling Of The Three Musketeers, In Which A Girl With A Chronic Illness Trains As A Musketeer And Uncovers Secrets, Sisterhood, And Self-love. Tania De Batz Is Most Herself With A Sword In Her Hand. Everyone In Town Thinks Her Near-constant Dizziness Makes Her Weak, Nothing But A Sick Girl; Even Her Mother Is Desperate To Marry Her Off For Security. But Tania Wants To Be Strong, Independent, A Fencer Like Her Father–a Former Musketeer And Her Greatest Champion. Then Papa Is Brutally, Mysteriously Murdered. His Dying Wish? For Tania To Attend Finishing School. But L’acad Mie Des Mari Es, Tania Realizes, Is No Finishing School. It’s A Secret Training Ground For A New Kind Of Musketeer: Women Who Are Socialites On The Surface, But Strap Daggers Under Their Skirts, Seduce Men Into Giving Up Dangerous Secrets, And Protect France From Downfall. And They Don’t Shy Away From A Swordfight. With Her Newfound Sisters At Her Side, Tania Feels For The First Time Like She Has A Purpose, Like She Belongs. But Then She Meets Tienne, Her First Target In Uncovering A Potential Assassination Plot. He’s Kind, Charming, And Breathlessly Attractive–and He Might Have Information About What Really Happened To Her Father. Torn Between Duty And Dizzying Emotion, Tania Will Have To Lean On Her Friends, Listen To Her Own Body, And Decide Where Her Loyalties Lie…or Risk Losing Everything She’s Ever Wanted. This Debut Novel Is A Fierce, Whirlwind Adventure About The Depth Of Found Family, The Strength That Goes Beyond The Body, And The Determination It Takes To Fight For What You Love.
When her best friend disappears in the summer of 1942, Liza resolves to rescue her no matter the cost, entangling herself in an increasingly dangerous web with two former classmates, one a member of the militia and other other forced to live in Leningrad’s tunnels.