“ This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. ” ― Rumi
Even in the confusion and dread of the post-9/11 world, the tightly knit Frayn family is fairly well insulated from the snipers, bomb threats, and natural disasters that plague Washington, D.C., a few years into the future.Then, in the moment it takes Cla
An ALA Notable Book and PW Best Children's Book of 2001 winner with a resilient 10-year-old heroine whom readers will love... now in an After Words edition!Alyssa Reed's life is a mess. Her parents can't stop fighting. Her mother won't stop crying. Alyssa
A rich and moving memoir of childhood illness and its aftermath by a member of the last generation of Americans to have experienced childhood polioJust after her eleventh birthday, at the height of the frightening childhood polio epidemic, Susan Richards
Do you remember middle school? Are you trying to forget, thank you very much?Well, these ten short stories will certainly remind young readers of the trials and tribulations of their everyday existence . . . and make them laugh out loud at the same time.F
Orphaned by a Terrorist Explosion that Killed their parents on an Italian train, Sam McWilliams and his three younger siblings create the dark, quirky Plum & Jaggers series of comedic sketches about a family of children whose parents are never at home
Blister is Susan Shreve's most popular character, and she's back to find out what happens when Cupid comes calling....Blister was there for Jonah when he was the new student everyone loved to hate. Blister was there for Jonah when he lied and said he was
Can the right pair of shoes make "anyone" feel beautiful?Franny is constantly embarrassed by two things in her life. One is her right foot, which curls in from a birth defect, so she has to wear ugly, heavy orthopedic shoes. And the other is her mother Ma
