For nearly 2,000 years the secret of Rome’s missing Ninth Legion has been shrouded in mystery, its ultimate fate argued over by generations of historians. The loss of an entire Legion – numbering around 5000 men – has been spun variously from a catastrophic defeat to an almost supernatural “mass vanishing”.“The Eagle Has Fallen” is an unravelling of that mystery. We reveal how the loss of the Ninth Legion was a truly catastrophic event: the devastating news was suppressed by Hadria...

American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner: Best Middle Grade Book! Brian Young's powerful debut novel tells of a seemingly ordinary Navajo boy who must save the life of a Water Monster—and comes to realize he's a hero at heart.When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Na...

An unmissable companion to Healer of the Water Monster, which won the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award, this novel by Navajo author Brian Young tells the story of two contemporary young Navajo heroes—and one water monster—who must learn to work together to save their present world from the lasting hurts of their people’s past.Edward feels ready to move in with his dad’s girlfriend and her son, Nathan. He might miss having his dad all to himself, but even i...

History has often ignored the influence in modern Quebec of family dynasties, patriarchy, seigneurial land, and traditional institutions. Following the ascent of four generations from two families through eighteenth-century New France to the onset of the First World War, Patrician Families and the Making of Quebec compares the French Catholic Taschereaus and the Anglican and English-speaking McCords.Consulting private, institutional, and legal archives, Brian Young studies...

INTO FRAGILE SILVERS is a unique collection of poetry spanning over two decades. Each work represents a picture of life, as seen through the eyes of Brian Young, who has been writing poetry, essays and short stories since the early 1980’s. Brian’s unique writing style has developed and grown significantly over the years, as well as his unique perspectives of life, love, loss, hope, betrayal, family, friendship and personal growth. With words, elaborate images take shape and atmospheres are...

The Dolus invasion rolled over the unassuming Kingdom of Larista leaving ghost towns in its wake. It brought death and destruction in abundance and left the people of Larista without their king or his heirs. It left the kingdom reeling with the realization that they weren't alone on their isolated side of the Maker's Mountain but instead part of a world that desperately wanted and needed the life giving water they took for granted.One of the king's sons, the Prisoner Prince Alexand...

Creating Wealth (If It Is so Easy, Why Do so Few Do It?). So many people ask this question I feel it deserves an answer.We hope that this book explains the physiological reason why people struggle to move on. Of course, this is impossible unless some action is taken toward creating a better life.Many struggle to see opportunities when in fact they are surrounded by them.Why is this? This book sets out with the hope of helping people sort out what is anchoring them t...

A black wave of terror has passed over the thriving kingdom of Larista. Mysterious invaders have swept over the land, laying waste to everything in their path and leaving ghost towns in their wake. No one knows where they came from and no one knows their purpose.Tasting nothing but defeat after defeat after, the light of hope is fading in the kingdom; but the guerilla forces resisting the invasion have received new information. The news has provided a small glimmer that could possi...

BrianYoung’s powerful debut novel tells of a seemingly ordinary Navajo boy who mustsave the life of a Water Monster—and comes to realize he’s a hero at heart.WhenNathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajoreservation, he knows he’s in for a pretty uneventful summer, with noelectricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and withhis uncle Jet, though it’s clear when Je...

An unmissable companion to Healer of the Water Monster, which won the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award, this novel by Navajo author Brian Young tells the story of two contemporary young Navajo heroes—and one water monster—who must learn to work together to save their present world from the lasting hurts of their people’s past.Edward feels ready to move in with his dad’s girlfriend and her son, Nathan. He might miss having his dad ...

Michael L. Printz Award WinnerAmerican Indian Youth Literature Award WinnerFeaturing the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of interconnected stories serves up laughter, love, Native pride, and the world’s best frybread.The road to Sandy June's Legendary Frybread Drive-In slips through every rez and alongside every urban N...

In these hilarious stories by some of the top authors of middle grade fiction today, each young character is coping with a minor superpower—while also discovering their power to change themselves and their community, find their voice, and celebrate what makes them unique.Everyone knows that superheroes are supposed to have awesome powers like strength or invisibility or flight. But what happens when you’re a mostly regular kid . . . who’s just a little bit super?In these hi...