Seventeen-year-old prankster Maxwell Connors tries to maintain his identity in a mid-twenty-first century world where the children of his elite corporate town of New Middletown are treated with a drug to turn them into obedient, well-mannered citizens.
Aliens have conquered the earth, and one teenager finds herself a pawn between those who wish to overthrow their masters and those who have had their spirits broken.
Illustrations and easy-to-read text pay homage to the strength, character, and worth of a child.
The Good Children
The lessons they recall are inspiring, instructive, and illuminating. And the books they remember resonate as influential reading choices for families.
Blue Monster loves having brand-new things.
As it builds on the personal narrative of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Gather Together in My Name, this book confirms Maya Angelou’s stature as one of the most gifted autobiographers of our time.
A story of Williamsburg' in colonial times.
Two lives, two worlds, two versions of modern history; each with their loves and losses, their sorrows and triumphs. Jo Walton's My Real Children is the tale of both of Patricia Cowan's lives...and of how every life means the entire world.
But Samaya’s mother is determined to instill self-love and influence her both by what she says and what she does. In this book, Samaya reveals the events that lead her to acknowledging that All Hair Is Good Hair.
It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985.