A child's hopes and dreams come alive on a swing set as she opens the doors of her climbing tower and delves into the depths of her own imagination.
Both elegiac and sensual, A Widow for One Year is a multilayered love story of astonishing emotional force. Praise for A Widow for One Year “Compelling . . .
"A mother has several questions when her son tells her there's a bear standing outside the front door of their eleventh-floor apartment"--
The story of a girl whose strange life in a mysterious lighthouse is turned upside down when her mother's murder leads her to a hidden door -- and a mission into an alternate world. For years, the door has stayed closed.
" ??? Publishers Weekly, starred review * "???this outstanding work of historical fiction provides readers with more than just an imagined biography.
When foreign terrorists smuggle a nuclear device into Canada, the U.S. government enlists 13 year old Hannah Hadley, a special agent in the CIA, to neutralize the threat and avert a nuclear disaster.
A Door in the Earth is the rarest of books, one that helps us understand living history through poignant characters and unforgettable storytelling.
Set against a stunning Scandinavian backdrop, a gritty novel of psychological suspense that asks the question how far would you go to hold onto what you have?
Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue represents the beginning of crime fiction. The mystery was first published in Graham's Magazine in 1841 and has been recognized as the first detective story.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master.
Young Cassie Logan endures humiliation and witnesses the racism of the KKK as they embark on a cross-burning rampage, before she fully understands the importance her family attributes to having land of their own.