What do you do after decades of longing when you finally find your perfect match, only to discover that he has Stage Four cancer?Dare to Love is far from a traditional memoir or tale of loss. It is at once a beautiful love story, a remarkable journey of exuberant living in the face of uncertain future, and a triumph of spirit.With unwavering honesty and beautiful tenderness, Jane opens her heart and lays herself bare, recounting the beauty...

With multiple starred reviews, don't miss this humorous, poignant, and original contemporary story about bullying, broken friendships, social media, and the failures of communication between kids. From John David Anderson, author of the acclaimed Ms. Bixby’s Last Day.In middle school, words aren’t just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever....

It was about 13,000 years ago that the First Americans, people who came from Asia, worked their way past the melting glaciers of the last Ice Age and began spreading across North, Central, and South America - lands previously unscarred by humans and teeming with mammoths, giant bison, saber-toothed tigers, and beavers the size of a cow. But it's only recently that scientists have pieced together the elusive, compelling saga of that epic migration. And the more we learn about them, the more...

‘Harriet’s Eternal Tears’ is an emotionally uplifting drama of a mother’s love and loss during the First World War, when her two sons went out to face the uncertainties of conflict. Harriet is happy in her close-knit community until the horrors of war descend on her. Her two sons, David and Emrys, go off to fight despite Emrys only being sixteen. He soon discovers that joining the cyclist battalion is not the fun that he had expected. As the story unfolds, a chance meeting with suffragette...

The beloved author of Posted and Ms. Bixby's Last Day returns with the first book in a coming-of-age sci-fi duology about Leo, a kid trying to navigate the galaxy in order to save his family—and, possibly, the planet Earth.When scientists discover a rare and mysterious mineral buried in the Earth’s crust, they have no idea that it just happens to be the most valuable substance in the entire universe. It’s not long before aliens show up to our litt...

The student will learn that whether God's people receive blessings through obedience or punishment from disobedience, God's glory will prevail in the end.

From the beloved author of Posted comes a powerful, poignant, and unexpected coming-of-age story about the rules in life that box us in—and the determination it takes to break out.From the moment Kassandra Conner leaps from the diving board to the moment she hits the water, everything feels in control.The rest of her life does not.St. Lawrence Academy is supposed to have everything Kass's old school didn’t: safe hallways, small classes, and...

What would you do if the person you loved betrayed you in the worst way possible?Domini Parrino's life is fantastic. She has a loving husband, son, and lifelong best friend. And her business is booming. Life couldn't be better.However, her perfect world is about to come crashing down around her. She has a viper in the nest—her cheating husband.Now his terrible secret is out. He's betrayed her in the worst way possible. And now he’s going to pay the ...

**Explosive, revealing, and intelligent, The Red Circle provides a uniquely personal glimpse into one of the most challenging and secretive military training courses in the world.Now including an excerpt from The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program**BEFORE HE COULD FORGE A BAND OF ELITE WARRIORS... HE HAD TO BECOME ONE HIMSELF.Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his...

This is both the life of Giacomo Casanova and a chronicle of eighteenth-century Europe. Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was born the son of a moderately poor acting family at a time when the stage carried enormous social stigma. Yet in his own lifetime he achieved celebrity across Europe, rubbing shoulders with numerous of the eighteenth century's greatest men and women, from Frederick the Great to Catherine the Great, from Voltaire to Albrecht von Haller, from Pope Benedict XIV to Pope Cleme...

New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceA funny, heartwarming, and heartbreaking contemporary story about three boys, one teacher, and a day none of them will ever forget.“Kids won’t just love this book. They need it.” —Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of The School for Good and Evil“Each page crackles as we embark on the greatest adventure of all.” —Gary D. Schmidt, Newbery Honor winner and author of Okay for NowEveryone knows there are d...

A lively, accessible introduction to the asymmetrical relationship between the United States and Mexico, one of the most formative international relationships in geopolitics today.The border between the US and Mexico is the world's longest between a wealthy industrialized nation and a part of the Global South. The economy, society, culture, and politics of the two nations have become inextricably linked.As the United States continues to assert its considera...