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Do you wonder why?: how to answer life's tough questions
Par David Pouilloux, François Cointe, Kate Moloney. 2012
Advice for teens on growing up and discovering the real you. Topics include body image, school, relationships, friends, and more.…
Concentrates on the themes of staying true to oneself, building confidence, and trying new things. Translated from French by Willard Wood. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2006What do you say, dear?
Par Maurice Sendak, Sesyle Joslin. 1986
A guide to good manners for all occasions for young ladies and gentlemen. Offers advice on how to cope correctly…
with a variety of common and uncommon social situations. For preschool-grade 2. 1958. For preschool-grade 2. 1958"Just wait till you have children of your own!"
Par Erma Bombeck. 1971
Princess Pru and the Ogre on the Hill
Par Maureen Fergus, Danesh Mohiuddin. 2023
Ms. LaGrange is strange!: My weird school, book 8 (My Weird School Ser. #8)
Par Dan Gutman. 2005
The new lunch lady at Ella Mentry School, Ms. LaGrange, writes secret messages in the mashed potatoes and tries her…
best to get A. J. and the other students to eat healthy foods. For grades 2-4. 2005Strega Nona: an old tale (A Strega Nona Book)
Par Tomie DePaola. 1975
In the town of Calabria, a long time ago, there lived an old lady known as Strega Nona, who owned…
a magic pot. One day, when Strega Nona went visiting, her helper, Big Anthony, almost destroyed the village by disobeying Strega Nona's warning not to touch the pot. For grades K-3Dread nation
Par Justina Ireland. 2018
After the dead rise on the battlefields of Gettysburg, America passes the Negro and Native Reeducation Act that requires children…
of color attend combat schools to battle the undead. Jane McKeene, trained to protect the elite, gets caught up in a conspiracy. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018The good egg: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids
Par Jory John. 2019
When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect. But…
then he starts to crack under the pressure. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2019Squids will be squids: fresh morals, beastly fables
Par Jon Scieszka. 1998
Eighteen modern fables with fresh morals about bossy, sneaky, funny, annoying, "dim-bulb" people--all disguised as animals to avoid hurting anyone's…
feelings. Topics include homework, using the telephone on the right occasion, friendship, and dinner-table talk. For grades 3-6Camp Nowhere (The nightmare Room Ser. #No. 9)
Par R. L Stine. 2001
Nothing has been going right for Russell at summer camp, and he's tired of being called a wimp. But as…
a senior camper, he has to ride a canoe over Forbidden Falls. Legend says it's haunted by others who disappeared there. Could that be true? For grades 5-8. 2001Fear games (The nightmare Room Ser. #No. 1)
Par R. L Stine. 2001
April Powers is one of twelve top students invited to an isolated Caribbean island for two weeks. Besides attending talks…
by visiting celebrities, they will participate in a Life Games competition for a large cash prize. But the group also faces an unanticipated evil challenge. For grades 5-8. 2001Scare school
Par R. L Stine. 2001
Nervous new student Sam Waterbury doesn't like the old prison-looking Wilton Middle School. He feels even worse in the empty…
hallway when he encounters a hissing, three-foot-high, green rat creature with a HUMAN face! For grades 5-8. 2001Don't forget me!
Par R. L Stine. 2000
Danielle wishes she were an only child and that her pesky little brother Peter would disappear. But she regrets that…
wish after she hypnotizes him while their parents are away and Peter begins to forget who he is. For grades 5-8. 2000The Natural Way of Things: 'The Handmaid's Tale for our age' (Economist)
Par Charlotte Wood. 2015
'Savage: think Atwood in the outback' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train'An unforgettable reading experience' Liane Moriarty,…
author of Big Little Lies'Ferocious... recalls the early Elena Ferrante' NPR'A masterpiece' Guardian'Devastating' EconomistShe hears her own thick voice deep inside her ears when she says, 'I need to know where I am.'The man stands there, tall and narrow, hand still on the doorknob, surprised.He says, almost in sympathy, 'Oh, sweetie. You need to know what you are.'"Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a brokendownproperty in the middle of a desert.Strangers to each other, they have no idea where they are or how they came to be therewith eight other girls, their heads shaved, guarded by two inept yet vicious jailers.Doing hard labour under a sweltering sun, the prisoners soon learn what links them: ineach girl's past is a sexual scandal with a powerful man.They pray for rescue but as the hours turn into days and the days into weeks and months,it becomes clear only the girls can rescue themselves. Winner, 2016 Stella PrizeWinner, 2016 Indie Book of the Year AwardWinner, Fiction Book of the Year, 2016 Indie Book AwardWinner, 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for FictionWinner, Reader's Choice, 2016 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted, 2016 Miles Franklin Literary AwardShortlisted, 2016 ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice AwardLonglisted, 2017 International Dublin Literary AwardThe Hungry and the Fat: A bold new satire by the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK
Par Timur Vermes. 2020
By the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK, a radical and bold satire in inequitable times."Whizz-bang energy and gleeful imaginative savagery"…
Sam Leith, Guardian"More than mere satire, it's a book that engages deeply" Alex Preston, Financial Times"An immensely enjoyable read" Daniel Hahn, Spectator"A caustic, clever satire with a powerful emotional core" Becky Long, Irish Times"Satirical, sharp, believable . . . Brilliant" Rick O'Shea, RTEREFUGEE CAMPS IN AFRICA ARE SWELLINGAnd Europe has closed its borders. The refugees have no future, no hope, and no money to pay the vast sums now demanded by people smugglers. The only thing they have is time. AND THEN AN ANGEL ARRIVES FROM REALITY T.V.When model and star presenter Nadeche Hackenbusch comes to film at the largest of the camps, one young refugee sees a unique opportunity: to organise a march to Europe, in full view of the media. Viewers are gripped as the vast convoy moves closer, but the far right in Germany is regrouping and the government is at a loss. Which country will halt the refugees in their tracks? THE HUNGRY AND THE FATA devastating, close-to-the-knuckle satire about the haves and have-nots in our divided world by one of Europe's finest and most perceptive writers.Translated from the German by Jamie BullochThe Hungry and the Fat: A bold new satire by the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK
Par Timur Vermes. 2020
By the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK, a radical and bold satire in inequitable times."Whizz-bang energy and gleeful imaginative savagery"…
Sam Leith, Guardian"More than mere satire, it's a book that engages deeply" Alex Preston, Financial Times"An immensely enjoyable read" Daniel Hahn, Spectator"A caustic, clever satire with a powerful emotional core" Becky Long, Irish Times"Satirical, sharp, believable . . . Brilliant" Rick O'Shea, RTEREFUGEE CAMPS IN AFRICA ARE SWELLINGAnd Europe has closed its borders. The refugees have no future, no hope, and no money to pay the vast sums now demanded by people smugglers. The only thing they have is time. AND THEN AN ANGEL ARRIVES FROM REALITY T.V.When model and star presenter Nadeche Hackenbusch comes to film at the largest of the camps, one young refugee sees a unique opportunity: to organise a march to Europe, in full view of the media. Viewers are gripped as the vast convoy moves closer, but the far right in Germany is regrouping and the government is at a loss. Which country will halt the refugees in their tracks? THE HUNGRY AND THE FATA devastating, close-to-the-knuckle satire about the haves and have-nots in our divided world by one of Europe's finest and most perceptive writers.Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch