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Dragged into the political turmoil of a presidential election year, fourteen-year-old Cooper Jewett, who runs a New Hampshire dairy farm since his grandfather's death, stands up for himself and makes

Inspired by the beautiful true story of a nonverbal boy moved to speech at his first Mozart concert, this picture book is a testament to the power of art and the boundless joy it can bring.When Grandfather comes to take his grandson to a concert, Ronan is quiet as they leave the house, quiet in the car, and quiet at the concert hall. But when the performance is over and the beautiful music fades out at last, Ronan opens his mouth…and lets out a great big WOW!Not any old WOW, but Ronan’s very first WOW! That one word fills up the hearts of Ronan’s family, the musicians, the audience, and—when the recording goes viral—the world.

Monster and Boy are back for another adventure And this time the best friends are headed somewhere no monster has ventured before: school Ever since Monster (who sleeps under the bed) and Boy (who sleeps in the bed) met and became best friends, they've been spending their days playing together. But some days, Boy leaves and Monster is alone. Wanting to learn more about where his friend goes, Monster makes a plan to go with Boy to . . . school There, Monster meets Boy's teacher and classmates, learns about cubbies and the sharing circle, and even helps solve a mystery when a pet hedgehog goes missing. Told with a warm, cozy voice, Hannah Barnaby's story is brought to life with adorable two-color illustrations by Anoosha Syed. Filled with adventure and humor, Monster and Boy: Monster's First Day of School is a perfect chapter book for sharing with kids just aging out of picture books and for newly independent readers.

The Boy with Wings is the first brilliantly exciting, action-packed, middle-grade adventure from award-winning and much-loved comedian and actor, Lenny Henry.

Monster and Boy are back for another adventure! And this time the best friends are headed somewhere no monster has ventured before: school!Ever since Monster (who sleeps under the bed) and Boy (who sl

In Scouting’s Guide to First Aid, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on how to safely identify, harvest, and use edible wild plan

A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum introduces young skeptic and unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard, who on her first day in the strange museum where her father works di

身為好萊塢巨星 Kirk Douglas 之子，Michael Douglas 從小活在父親的巨大光環下，也曾被認為不過是「長得帥的星二代」與「電視演員」。然而31歲時，他以製片人身分推出 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest，一舉拿下奧斯卡最佳影片；其後更以 Wall Street 中 Gordon Gekko 一角獲得奧斯卡最佳男主角，走出屬於自己的好萊塢之路。One Helluva Ride 是 Michael Douglas 首度完整回顧人生的自傳。他以十二部代表電影串起演藝生涯，也毫不避諱談及與父親的複雜關係、第一段婚姻、感情生活、酒精與藥物問題、兒子的成癮與入獄，以及自己罹患第四期癌症的經歷；同時寫下與 Catherine Zeta-Jones 相識相愛、走過25年婚姻的故事。一部結合好萊塢幕後、電影史與私人生命的坦率回憶錄。A boy lost in the shadow of his father’s legacy.A gifted artist dismissed as just a “TV actor.”A first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31.A maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star. Hollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time. “I spent a significant portion of my career playing some version of the modern, flawed, American male. You’ll see from these pages that it wasn’t exactly a stretch for me.” Beginning with his fractured childhood and a complex relationship with his superstar father, Kirk Douglas, Michael

還記得 Lost and Found 裡的小男孩與企鵝嗎？Oliver Jeffers 將這對熟悉的好朋友帶進專為幼兒設計的迷你硬頁書，從兩人第一次相遇開始，看看他們平常一起做什麼、去過哪些地方，又如何度過在家的時光。盒中收錄 How We Met、Things We Do、Places We Go 與 At Home Together 四本全新作品，且僅以這套盒裝形式推出。每冊尺寸小巧、採厚實硬頁設計，方便幼兒自己拿取與翻閱。簡單的生活主題搭配 Oliver Jeffers 熟悉的角色與插畫，四冊收進迷你書盒，也是為寶寶準備第一套小小圖書館的選擇。Welcome to the world, baby! This collection of mini board books by internationally renowned artist and creator Oliver Jefers will start a baby's library off right. A perfect gift for a baby shower or a first birthday. This tiny boxed set, perfect for little hands, contains four brand-new mini board books, only available together! Stories of the Boy and Penguin have enchanted readers worldwide, ever since they first appeared together in the bestselling contemporary classic, Lost and Found. Now the much-loved characters are introduced to the youngest of fans in this irresistible set of four mini board books. Find out how the Boy and Penguin met and join them on their travels-and more-in this spectacular story colle

An illustrated collection of Peanuts Halloween sing-along pumpkin carols and seasonal songs! Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the beloved animated special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and rouse the spirit of the season--perfect for fans and families everywhere.Share in the spooky season sing-along fun with Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Sally, Lucy, Franklin, Schroeder, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. This officially licensed collection of 30 original songs set to familiar Christmas carol tunes makes it easy for families, classrooms, and Halloween partygoers to sing along together.Enjoy playful Halloween-inspired lyrics with such songs as: Halloween is Here ("Christmastime is Here")Linus the True Believer ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer")Spooky Beagle ("Santa Baby")Little Blanket Boy ("Little Drummer Boy")The First Halloween ("The First Noel")I Got a Rock ("Oh Holy Night")The Twelve Nights of Halloween ("The Twelve Days of Christmas")We Wish You a Scary Season ("We Wish You

大學前的最後一個暑假，Lucy 沒有時間和朋友玩樂。母親因嚴重意外休養，她得獨自撐起家裡的貓咪咖啡館 The Tiny Tiger，不但要替救援貓找到新家，還得面對街對面新咖啡館帶來的競爭。走投無路之際，她寫信向四年前失去聯絡的好友兼初戀 Jake Moody 求助。當年的 Jake 在兩人初吻後離開小鎮參加男團選秀，如今已是全球知名的流行巨星。為挽救咖啡館，也改善近期醜聞造成的形象，他答應舉辦直播演唱會。兩人在籌備活動的過程中重新靠近，也再次面對從未真正消失的感情。本書融合貓咪咖啡館、男團明星與初戀重逢，是一部輕快甜蜜的 YA 夏日戀愛故事。● 榮獲 A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection，兼具青春成長與浪漫喜劇元素● 小鎮女孩×男團巨星×初戀重逢，以直播募款演唱會讓兩人重新走進彼此生活● The Tiny Tiger 貓咪咖啡館與多隻救援貓貫穿故事，為明星戀情加入溫暖的小鎮日常The Music of Us is a high-energy, laugh-out-loud YA romance that blends the irresistible charm of a cat café with the star power of a boy band, guaranteeing a hit with readers seeking sweet, contemporary love stories.A swoony YA contemporary about a small-town girl, a famous boy-band star, and the first love neither of them ever forgot. Plus, a cozy cat cafe with several rescue cats. Perfect for romantic comedy fans of Jenny Han, Beth Reekles, and Lynn Painter.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionIf life came with a playlist, Lucy's current era would be “stresse

This wholesome manga-style YA graphic novel tells a charming tale of friends, crushes, and rivalries within a high school anime club. Perfect for fans of Fangirl: The Manga and The New Girl!It’s the first day of high school, and Cherie is unsure how to find her place. But then she meets Naomi, a fellow freshman and fan of Orange High School Bakery Club—Cherie’s favorite anime. Naomi’s warmth and confidence ignite confusing feelings in Cherie. Their duo becomes a trio when they befriend Miro, a boy in their class with an interest in learning about anime.Enter Jenny: a charismatic upperclassman and president of the school’s anime club. When she invites the three friends to join, it creates tension between them. As Cherie, Naomi, and Miro deal with complicated feelings, can their special bond survive? And will their love of anime endure?

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Conclave and Dictator, a gripping tale of ancient Rome's descent into dictatorship He was born feet first, a dangerous way to enter the world. His mother did not survive, and the nickname, Agrippa--mother killer--stuck. But the schoolyard taunting only served to harden his resolve and hone his predilection for aggression. In time, the name lost its sting and became instead a mark of his invincibility. It came to shape his destiny. Agrippa was a mere commoner, a plebeian, his father a humble Stoic, but he earned the respect and fear of his peers. He defended a bullied young boy, Octavius, who turned out to be the nephew of Caesar himself, a chance encounter that would change the trajectory of his life. He eventually joined the ranks of the legionnaires and marched against their enemies. His prowess on the battlefield spoke for itself, and Caesar relied on him to protect his favored nephew. When Caesar was murdered in the Senate, Octavius

Super Rabbit Boy competes with different versions of himself in the latest page-turning installment of this USA Today bestselling series!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Super Rabbit Boy is cloned by meanie King Viking’s new Clone-Bot -- now there are twenty Super Rabbit Boys in Super World! The Super Rabbit Boys agree they’ve got to stop King Viking from cloning more robots and creating a robot army. They decide to have a friendly competition to see who can stop him first... Sunny is playing a new multiplayer Super Rabbit Boy game where everyone is competing to be the best Super Rabbit Boy. Can Sunny beat the other players and come out on top? Which Super Boy will be the one to save the day?Thomas Flint

Rowley Jefferson is back with another book in his Awesome Friendly series—Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2—which is even more hilariously terrifying than the first!Fans of Greg Heffley and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney get a chance to dive into the twisted, unexpectedly hilarious world of Rowley’s imagination.In this second tome of Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories, you’ll encounter monstrous insects, the Grim Reaper as a boy, and a lost pinkie that’s searching for its owner. But reader beware—while these stories are sidesplittingly funny, they’ll still give you a delightful fright!See the Wimpy Kid World in a whole new way with the #1 bestselling Awesome Friendly books, told from the perspective of Greg Heffley’s best friend Rowley Jefferson: Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendl

Cobble the dinoghost meets an unexpected new friend in the first installment of this laugh-out-loud series perfect for newly independent readers!Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!This hilarious, friendship-themed series follows a ghost-dinosaur named Cobble who's been roaming the world alone for millions of years. Cobble starts a diary because he has begun losing track of the passing days. He has a set routine everyday: He commutes on the bus, visits the haunted lighthouse, and observes a seven-year-old boy named Kevin who's obsessed with ketchup. But Cobble's world gets turned upside-down when he meets Bonny, a goldfish ghost (who's forever trapped in the fishbowl where she died by ketchup!). Bonny is d

For fans of The Crossover and Jason Reynolds' Track series, this contemporary novel-in-verse follows a 12-year-old boy whose dream of making the varsity basketball team is put in peril when he gets injured, and he struggles to find a way through his anxiety and back to feeling like himself. Features black & white illustrations and an incredible interior design.I feel my breath get short.Heartbeat, double dribbling.My mind careening out of bounds,for a loose ball. I start feelingmore Shook than Shake.Malik Page—though unless you're his mama, call him "Shake"—dreams of making the Marshall Grove varsity basketball squad as an eighth grader. Then he'll be on his way to joining the ranks of Chicago legends like his pops and late Uncle Kenny. But when Shake fractures his ankle in a championship game, he's sidelined for the first time since his first dribble.As his world is turned upside down, Shake feels like there’s ginger ale bubbling in his chest and sweat slicking on his palms. With

In this unforgettable novel by the bestselling author of Water Moon, a young Isaac Newton falls in love with a girl living in modern-day San Francisco, defying the laws of physics to forge a seemingly impossible connection.Andrea Louviere is seven years old the first time he appears. While she’s alone in her bedroom, practicing her beloved cello, the light shivers and a crack forms in the wall. Through the crack, she sees a candle, a window, a desk—and a boy. In the eerie silence, the boy clearly sees Andrea too. Then, as quickly as it opened, the crack closes and he vanishes.Over the years, summoning the boy becomes an obsession for Andrea. On her seventeenth birthday, she receives a three-hundred-year-old love letter from Isaac Newton. Andrea knows that Isaac will change the world with his groundbreaking discoveries; the letter tells Andrea that she will change him.As Isaac’s letters intensify in passion and intimacy, Andrea grows determined to follow his clues to their shared destin

In the far future, on a remote planet, an epic adventure awaits. Here is the first novel of Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune saga--a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction series of all time. This deluxe paperback features beloved vintage cover art by Frederic Marvin and includes: - Stenciled edges with excerpts from the "Litany Against Fear"- Art printed inside the front and back covers featuring the planets Caladan and Arrakis- Foiled details on the cover Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for... When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the

★ 全球熱銷《天官賜福》官方彩色漫畫，第2集震撼登場★ BILIBILI破70億點閱神作，首度英文精裝出版★ 宿命、信仰與千年愛戀交織——最虐心也最浪漫的東方奇幻在天界對「鬼新娘玄姬」事件的調查告一段落後，三度飛升的神明謝憐，踏上尋找八百年前那場瘟疫中消失的「繃帶少年」。然而線索早已斷裂，他只能回到更現實的困境——一位沒有信徒、沒有廟宇的神，該如何存在？就在此時，他的命運悄然改變。傳說中的「四大災厄」之一，似乎正將目光投向他。為了重建信仰，謝憐下凡人間親手建廟，卻遇見一名紅衣少年——神祕、從容，對眾神與鬼界了若指掌，甚至知道謝憐所有過去。那雙帶笑的眼睛背後，隱藏著橫跨八百年的執念與守候……當神與鬼再次相遇，命運的輪盤開始轉動。這一次，誰才是真正的救贖？Four tales and four calamities. The official manhua (webcomic) adaptation of the New York Times bestselling danmei novel by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. Featuring stunning art by STARember, the webcomic produced by BILIBILI COMICS is now available in English print for the first time.As the heavenly court wraps up its investigation of Xuan Ji, the Ghost Bride, Xie Lian starts a search for the bandaged boy bearing the scars of the plague that destroyed his kingdom eight hundred years ago. But with a trail gone cold, he's forced to turn his attention to more pressing matters: He's a god without a temple or worshipers, and he seems to have caught the attention of an infamous

First book in the doodle-packed diary series – now with a fresh new look and exclusive bonus content."Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid fans need look no further than this laugh-out-loud offering" – Mail on Sunday"You must read these books" – Jamie Smart, bestselling author of Bunny vs MonkeyI am the god of tricksters. Well, I was until last Tuesday. Now I’m an eleven-year-old boy...Loki the mighty trickster god has been banished by Odin to live on Earth as an eleven-year-old school boy. Forbidden from revealing his AWESOME godly powers, Loki must do enough good deeds to earn his place back. As he records the truth in his magical (judgemental) diary, it seems like Loki might be a lost cause...BONUS CONTENT: Loki-style "facts" about his fellow Norse gods and a short story from Thor.There’s a whole world of Loki to read:A Bad God’s Guide to Being GoodA Bad God’s Guide to Taking the BlameA Bad God’s Guide to Ruling the WorldA Bad God’s Guide to Making EnemiesA Bad God’s Guide to Causing ChaosAlso i

The first book in a hilarious, fast-paced and super readable new fantasy adventure series from the New York Times bestselling author of The House at the Edge of Magic."Wonderfully inventive, brilliantly funny, warm-hearted and magical." Andy Shepherd, author of The Boy Who Grew DragonsWhat happens if the Chosen One doesn't want the job?When Tassie is announced as the Chosen One, destined to save the day, she knows there's been a mistake. She's nothing like the mild-mannered child described in the prophecy! Besides, being the Chosen One sounds like ZERO fun.If Tassie wants to dodge her destiny, she needs to find a new Chosen One - and fast! Along with her best friend, a griffin called Spin, she embarks on a quest through magical lands in a race against the clock. Unfortunately, she's never been on time for anything...Prepare for dizzying dragon rides, sneaky elves and bad-tempered orcs, as Amy Sparkes combines the wit and eccentricity of Terry Pratchett's young fiction with the unlikely

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules comes another incredible summer romance about holding onto memories, making new ones, learning to let go, and unexpectedly falling in love. Olivia Lupo feels stuck. All her friends have gone on to their first year of college while she's still at home with her family. There's a good reason though, her beloved grandmother, Annie, has dementia, and Olivia can't bear the thought of being so far from home when Annie needs her the most. So when her stepmother asks the family to spend three weeks of the summer on Martha's Vineyard, Olivia plans to say no...until she discovers an old box Annie filled with photos and memories from her own time there. Olivia decides to follow in her grandmother's footsteps and spend some time on the island that Annie describes as magical. When she arrives, she meets Connor, a boy from her past who really wants to be a part of her present... and future. Olivia's never thought about foreve

New York Times bestseller and TikTok sensation Elle Kennedy brings you the first in the sexy Off-Campus series that everyone is talking about.Soon to be a streaming show!She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy...Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she's carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush's attention, she'll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice...even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date....and it's going to be oh so goodAll Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he's worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he's all for it. But when one unexpected kiss lead