Four stories in one, all about Alice, a WWI-era girl who dreams of becoming a ballerinaIt's 1918 and Alice's deepest wish is to be a professional ballerina. But as World War One tears her family apart
To the Boathouse is the memoir of a southern girl and her maturing sense of self as she grows to become one of the most prolific and accomplished writers and critics of our day. Mary Ann Caws recounts
The breakout author of The Forgotten Girl and Cemetery Girl, one of the brightest and best crime fiction writers of our time” (Suspense Magazine) delivers a new novel about a man who is haunted by a f
Inspired by true events, an uplifting story about a little pig who changes his life by taking one giant leap--a picture book for ages 5-8.First there was Wilbur, a spider’s best friend, in Charlotte’s Web. Then there was Babe. Now there’s Sprig, another winning pig who has it all, charm, smarts, and good looks - as he’d be the first to tell you.The day we meet Sprig, he’s on a truck jam-packed with pigs hurtling towards what he senses is a grim fate. Suddenly, the truck stops, and Sprig catches a whiff of something utterly delicious. He decides he must have it.And that is why, moments later, he finds himself taking a flying leap off the truck.The pig-centered adventure tale that follows takes a few surprise turns as our hero explores a scrumptious new world that includes rich forest-y smells, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and a girl named Rory.Inspired by the true story of a feisty swine who escapes a delivery truck and ends up at an animal sanctuary, this gently humorous tale in
A Civil War reenactment should be fun, right? Not in our town! It feels like war fever's taken over. The tension started to build when we all chose sides. Confederate and Union sympathizers never did
I'm a detective,not an actor, so who would think I'd be involved in a crime both offscreen and on? A producer has come to River Heights to film a reenactment of the heist that gave our town it's name,
Discover the story of the girl who sewed the American flag that inspired the lyrics of the National Anthem in this beautifully illustrated celebration of our country’s iconic symbol for freedom.Caroli
(Piano Solo Songbook). Eight songs from the 2015 Disney Pixar movie hit which assigns personas to five emotions that lead a young girl through life as she moves with her parents to a new city. Our fol
;Will keep readers on tenterhooks as it reaches its gratifying end.' Kirkus Reviews In the thrilling finale to bestselling author Abi Elphinstone's The Unmapped Chronicles, a young orphan rises up to stop the evil harpy Morg once and for all.Eleven-year-old Zebedee Bolt is on the run. Again. Only this time, it's not the police who find him. It's an evil harpy called Morg. And when she hauls him into Crackledawn, an Unmapped kingdom that conjures sunlight for our world, Zeb discovers running away only gets you so far. When magic's involved, you've got to pick a side. And though Zeb vowed he wouldn't trust anyone ever again, he didn't expect to stumble aboard The Kerfuffle, an enchanted boat belonging to a girl called Oonie and her talking chameleon, Mrs. Fickletint. Suddenly, Zeb finds himself on a voyage complete with silver whales, fire krakens, and underwater palaces. Can he muster up enough trust in others, and in magic, to summon a dragon, find the Ember Scroll, and defeat Morg on
One day. . . I went to school. I came home. The end,” says our storytellera girl with a busy imagination and a thirst for adventure. The art tells a fuller tale of calamity on the way to school and an
From the author of the acclaimed novels Girl in a Bad Place and Lie to Me comes a heartstopping work of speculative fiction about what lurks beneath our feet... and beyond.Watch your step.Eliza knows
An eighth grade girl was taken today . . . With this first sentence, readers are immediately thrust into a fast-paced thriller that doesn't let up for a moment. In a world not too far removed from our
In the tradition of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, this incredibly moving and harrowing true story of a teenager diagnosed with cancer is “a resounding affirma
(Vocal Score). Ross & Adler's 1955 Broadway production which won a Tony Award for Best Musical featured Gwen Verdon. Our vocal score includes 12 songs: The Game * Goodbye, Old Girl * Heart * A Little
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The haunted doll has long been a trope in horror movies, but like many fears, there is some truth at its heart. Dolls are possessed―by our aspirations. They're commonly used as a tool to teach mothering to young girls, but more often they are avatars of the idealized feminine self. (The word "doll" even acts as shorthand for a desirable woman.) They instruct girls what to strive for in society, reinforcing dominant patriarchal, heteronormative, white views around class, bodies, history, and celebrity, in insidious ways. Girls’ dolls occupy the opposite space of boys’ action figures, which represent masculinity, authority, warfare, and conflict. By analyzing dolls from 17th century Japanese Hinamatsuri festivals, to the ‘80s American Girl Dolls, and even to today’s bitmoji, “Doll” reveals how the objects society encourages us to play with as girls shape the women we become.Object Le
My friends and I are headed to the Big Apple! George, Bess, and I continue our investigation of the Miss Pretty Face Beauty Pageant in New York City, where the next round of competition is being hel
From one of the greatest storytellers of our time, the acclaimed, bestselling, "gripping story of a courageous and sensible girl surviving the adults around her" (St. Louis Post Dispatch)—"a page turn
George, Bess, and I were so excited when we won an amazing vacation at an eco-resort in Costa Rica. Fun, sun, surf -- all in the name of ecology and helping to keep our planet clean. But, as always, d
Join Eloise as she leaves The Plaza for a splendid, sun-soaked day at the beach! Pull the tabs, lift the flaps, and turn the wheels to see how our favorite city girl spends her oh-so-fabulous da
