They call it the Academy. A secluded, cliff-top mansion overlooking the rugged Pacific coast. A school for children gifted -- or cursed -- with extraordinary minds. Children soon to come under the inf
Cassie Winslow is sixteen.??She has just lost her mother in a terrible accident.??Now, lonely and frightened, she has come to live with the father she barely knows and his new family in tiny False Har
This reflection on the situation in the countries of the global South examines their shared but diverse experiences of the hard facts of poverty and exclusion in the world of capitalist globalization.
Something is happening to the children of Eastbury, Massachusetts. Something that causes healthy babies to turn cold in their cribs. Something that strikes at the heart of every parent's darkest fears
The serene existence of the inhabitants of picture-perfect Secret Cove is shattered by the one-hundred-year anniversary of a young woman's unspeakable act, and young Melissa Holloway becomes the unwil
Nestled at the foot of a mesa where the Kokati Indians still practice their ancient rituals in their isolated pueblo, the small town of Borrego becomes the focus of an insidious force that has targete
Villejeune, Florida. A secluded little town at the edge of a vast, eerie swamp. Far from prying eyes. Far from the laws of civilization. Here folks live by their own rules -- dark rites of altars and
For a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered Nathaniel's name in wonder and fear.??Some say he is a folktale, created to frighten children on cold winter nights.??Some swear he is a
The old mill has been silent for a hundred years, its dread secrets locked from view. Still, the people of Westover, Massachusetts, remember . . . and whisper of that terrible day when horrifying flam
