Charles Waters has 30 days to live. Those days pass in a blur and he dies a quiet, unnoticed death.He opens his eyes back in the doctor's office as he is told, "I'm sorry to say, but you have 30 days to live."Thus begins The Many Short Lives of Charles Waters, who has to live the same 30 days over and over while he finds out what it is to be alive.The Many Short Lives of Charles Waters is the 12th book in the Middle Falls Time Trav...

**What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade novel in verse, two best-selling BIPOC authors tackle this hot-button issue.A perfect book for future changemakers and activists seeking contemporary stories about systematic racism and empowering kids ages 10+ to fight for justice in their communities.**In Rye, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, people work hard, kids go to school, and football is big on Friday nights. A...

**A SCOTT O’DELL AWARD WINNER • Inspired by the true story of the survivors of the last American slave ship in 1860, this powerful portrait of a pivotal moment in history gives a new, complicated meaning to the American dream.“A haunting, beautifully told history.”—NPR“A book that should be both taught and treasured.”—Bookpage, starred review**The year is 1859, and though the trans-Atlantic slave trade has been banned for more than fifty years, the enslavem...

In Rye, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, people work hard, kids go to school, and football is big on Friday nights. An eighth-grade English teacher creates an assignment for her class to debate whether Rye’s mascot should stay or change.Now six middle schoolers get involved in the issue that already has the suburb turned upside down with everyone choosing sides and arguments getting ugly.At the center of this story about human rights and Native sovereignty, there are ...

Iadorre (E-Ah-Door): a magical land that lies at the corner of your heart and a place where the dreams of children of all ages come true. Iadorre is a subtle reminder to parents on how to connect their children with positive values of consistency, sportsmanship, respect, awareness and confidence.

Iadorre (E-Ah-Door): a magical land that lies at the corner of your heart and a place where the dreams of children of all ages come true. Iadorre is a subtle reminder to parents on how to connect their children with positive values of consistency, sportsmanship, respect, awareness and confidence.

Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse.In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands along the Alabama R...

When an entire army retreats, Common Smith VC must turn the tideSpring, 1922. The Greek army is retreating from Turkey and Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish dictator, intends to have their convoy sunk. The resulting chaos will help a defeated Germany and Russia, unless someone intervenes.'C', the mysterious head of the British Secret Service, knows that Britain is already far too stretched, the French have their own problems, and America has retreated into isolation.As always in such si...

This is the story of a pioneering Austrian naturalist and iconoclast who pointed the way to a completely new understanding of the vast potential of natural energy. By studying fish in streams and by closely observing the natural water cycle, Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) was able to solve basic problems of energy transformation. He saw that modern man, without realizing it, was destroying the earth and sabotaging his own cultures by working against Nature. All the prevailing methods of en...

USA TODAY Bestseller | ECPA BestsellerA riveting story of heroism, heartache, and the power of love to heal all wounds by New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin that combines the intrigue of John Grisham with the heart-wrenching emotion of Nicholas Sparks.Murphy Shepherd is a man with many secrets. He lives alone on an island, tending the grounds of a church with no parishioners, and he's dedicated his life to re...

In a society obsessed with celebrities, baby Muffin's death is big news. Was it cot death, or something more sinister? Everyone wants to know - including the police. The bereaved parents, celebrity couple Jodee and Chazz, live in curate Callie Anson's parish, and Callie becomes involved with the funeral arrangements in spite of the disapproval of the vicar and his wife.Detective Inspector Neville Stewart is called away from his honeymoon to investigate the case, with disastrous pers...

With his characteristic raw and minimalist style, Charles Bukowski takes us on a walk through his side of town in Hot Water Music. He gives us little vignettes of depravity and lasciviousness, bite sized pieces of what is both beautiful and grotesque.The stories in Hot Water Music dash around the worst parts of town – a motel room stinking of sick, a decrepit apartment housing a perpetually arguing couple, a bar tended by a skeleton – and depict t...