By a nine-year-old, for nine-year-olds (and younger kids), this is a frenetic tale of hapless crabs launched (both literally and metaphorically) into space to support a penguin's scheme to overthrow the rulers of Mars. A chaotic ride of puns, crabs, other animals, crazy names, a surprising number of food references, a plant pot-based prison break, and a villainous velociraptor defeated largely by vegetables.

The gods have vanished.Foul things prowl the wilds.A war setting the world ablaze.The great kingdoms of Castan and Sora enter the fifth year of bloody strife, and pull the lands between them into uneasy alliances.The monarchs, sick of war, have tasked the emissaries to travel the long road and bring peace to the land. But their quest is fraught with danger, and dark forces are on the move. Not all wars are fought on the battlefield, and the emissaries will l...

Just when you thought there was no cure for an ailing healthcare system, Our Health Plan will change your mind entirely. Chronicling the journey of a single community through the labyrinth of local healthcare in its efforts to effect change, proponents focus on the most economically disadvantaged and vulnerable-the Medicaid population, as well as reaching out to the commercially insured, creating a revolutionary Coordinated Care Organization, or CCO, in the process. Harnessing the...