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...

The author of the Walter Award-winning Man Made Monsters and the Caldecott Medal-winning Chooch******Helped delivers a thriller that reads like Holes for a new generation—a murder mystery interwoven with Cherokee history and culture.The hills of northeastern Oklahoma. 1968. Cynthia and her family have moved onto their grandfather's ranch ...

Twelve-year-old Mary and her Cherokee family are forced out of their home in Georgia by U.S. soldiers in May 1838. From the beginning of the forced move, Mary and her family are separated from her father. Facing horrors such as internment, violence, disease, and harsh weather, Mary perseveres and helps keep her family and friends together until they can reach the new Cherokee nation in Indian Territory. Featuring nonfiction support material, a glossary, and reader response questions, this ...

A working time machine, a fortune in wartime gold, and a soldier caught between two centuries: Roger Johnson's high-velocity adventure races from a Civil War battlefield to a driverless future.Union artillery captain Daniel Hilton is guarding a fortune in wartime gold when a machine out of nowhere tears him from a Civil War battlefield and hurls him a century and a half into the future. There he becomes the captive of Jessica Rothman—a ruthless young tech heiress w...

All aboard for an exciting adventure!Ethan loves trains-big trains, small trains, fast trains, and old trains. So when Mom tells him they are going to the train museum, Ethan can hardly contain his excitement.At the museum, Ethan discovers a giant black steam engine and imagines himself as a real engineer. He climbs aboard, explores passenger cars, discovers a shiny red caboose, and sees a mail train where letters were once sorted while the train was moving.But the ...

Eighteen-year-old Sammy O'Donnel has always been in the wrong place at the wrong time. This misfortune put a hideous scar on his face and led him to witness his girlfriend's betrayal, but one split second decision finally puts him in the right place. He stumbles across a mysterious bar that doesn't belong in his neighborhood. Sammy finds that the patrons in this bar all fit very specific criteria, and only those that fulfill it can even enter – including Sammy.When Sammy gets the op...

Stewart Rogers has made 100,000 cold calls…and lived to tell about it. Now, in Lessons from 100,000 Cold Calls, this veteran sales pro shows salespeople how to cold call their way to success.Compiling his lessons and techniques into an easy-to-useguide, Rogers shows salespeople how to:-Set realistic, yet challenging goals-Build a master database of sales prospects-Write simple yet powerful scripts-Build immediate and intimate trust by phone

Eugene Peterson may be the most influential theological writer in the church today. Yet because most of his career has not been in academia there is not much critical engagement with his work. Here some of the finest scholar-pastors we have describe the way Peterson has inspired and infuriated on the way to (hopefully) more faithful pastorates.

Award-winning author Andrea L. Rogers presents a fresh new vampire romantasy where a girl who was only ever supposed to be a pawn for the rich and immortal, learns a blood-bound, centuries-old secret… and dares to change her destiny.For centuries, the vampires and the Renfeild family have had a deal. The Refield's offer up their first-born daughters and the vampires keep their family in wealth and power. This closed system allows the vampires to move through a world that might othe...

African American Political Thought offers an unprecedented philosophical history of thinkers from the African American community and African diaspora who have addressed the central issues of political life: democracy, race, violence, liberation, solidarity, and mass political action. Melvin L. Rogers and Jack Turner have brought together leading scholars to reflect on individual intellectuals from the past four centuries, developing their list with an expansive approach to politic...

This insightful book offers a comprehensive guide to integrating mindfulness across legal education, from law school leadership to professional identity formation. Leading scholars and practitioners explore how mindfulness enhances attention, resilience, wellbeing and emotional intelligence.Chapters showcase innovative approaches to teaching, learning and leadership, illustrating the role of mindfulness in supporting cognitive performance and professional integrity. With practical ...

Each day begins with a choice. Before the rush of responsibilities takes hold, there is a window of opportunity to ignite creativity, harness focus, and lay the foundation for a life that thrives on purpose and innovation. "Wake Up and Create" delves into the transformative potential of mornings, showing how this crucial part of the day holds the key to unlocking extraordinary productivity and vision.The book presents a methodical approach to turning mornings into ...