Percy Jackson, modern-day son of Poseidon, is just trying to get through high school. After saving the world multiple times by battling monsters, Titans, and giants, Percy is now settling in at Alternative High School in New York, where he hopes to finally have a normal senior year. Unfortunately, the gods aren’t quite done with him yet. Poseidon breaks the bad news that if Percy expects t…
Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Sa…
A poetically written and bitterly sweet memoir about nature, death, life in Palestine, and the universal concept of home. Palestinian writer Hussein Barghouthi was in his late forties when he was diagnosed with lymphoma. He had feared it was HIV, so when the cancer diagnosis was confirmed, he left the hospital feeling a bitter joy because his wife and son would be spared. The bittersweetness…
As Tessa Gray prepares for her wedding, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. Mortmain needs one last item to complete his plan. He nedds Tessa. Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa's heart will do anything to save her.
Panda's friends are hidden from view. Some are shy, others play peekaboo. Lift their tail, ear or paw to take a peek. May you find the little friend you seek
In the Den The kids are sitting in the den. But Mick wants to come in! Mick and Mum Mick and Mum go to lots of places. Will Mick stay dry?
When Hilldip Primary's cook, Mrs Higgins, has to leave for a few days, she warns the school that she will quit if she comes back to a messy kitchen! Can they keep it clean?
By the author of Lonely Castle in the Mirror and Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon
When war orphan Rin aced the Kliu-the Empire wide test to find the most When war orphan Rin aced the Keju-the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—she surprised everyone: test officials, the guardians who wanted to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise, and even herself. But being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not easy at Si…
Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War—an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters. The war is over. The war has just begun. Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forg…