BFFs Grace and Lola try to unravel the mystery of romance with a plan to observe, study, and analyze the ways of love at their middle school in the first book in this addictive graphic novel series.BFFs Grace and Lola talk about everything related to romance—and have lots of questions: What about the mysterious allure of the popular girl at school? And the rebellious goth with the reputation? And boys. They don’t quite understand what makes some school romances soa...

This addictive graphic novel series for tweens continues as Grace and Lola discover more of the complexity of romantic relationships!Grace has made a HUGE decision: she’s going to confess her feelings to Abe. But when Grace arrives to tell him, she overhears him talking to a girl on the phone, who cannot be “just a friend!” Grace teams up with Lola to investigate this mysterious new girl, and they immediately go to Charlie, the girl who kn...

In this second book in the addictive graphic novel series for tweens, Grace and Lola uncover more truths about romance and friendship at home, at school, and on an island holiday.BFFs Grace and Lola are back in volume two of The Love Report. Grace tries to adjust to her parents' split, but dividing her time between two homes is no fun; Lola and Grace help Adele find a place to stay–an old factory–to escape her evil stepmother; and Lola wants to help Felici...

Monsters. They are not always easily spotted, and often easily misunderstood. Sometimes, the monsters must be slain—and sometimes, they must be saved . . .In this collection of ten folkloric fantasy and science fiction stories, you will find a motley crew of characters facing off against monsters or accepting the monstrous within themselves, including:~a ruthless mermaid who must make a deadly choice to free her little sister from a dangerous mistake;~a gal...

Encounters. Whether with magic or science, expected or unexpected, they can change our minds, our destinies, even our world…In this collection of twenty-two short tales, journey across multiple genres alongside various characters, including:~ a mother who gathers dragon scales to provide for her family despite a perilous jungle and her own self-doubt;~ a young half-human, half-mermaid girl on the search for her father with murderous soldiers on her ...

Released from a Maryland prison after nearly twenty years served for a crime he committed during high school, Matt is reunited with his younger sister, Jenny. Matt has to prove to his parole officer, his family, and himself, that he can survive as a free man for the first time in his adult life, while facing the challenges of re-entry into a world that drastically changed during his sentence.Knowing that reaching the first year without retuning to prison is critical to Matt's long-...

Tide & Scale is a thrilling anthology meant to awaken the explorer in all of us. These stories are filled with pirates and mermaids on journeys from the depths of the sea to the far reaches of space. For all intrepid adventurers who wish to brave the dangerous waters, we bid you welcome into the deep blue.Beware: sirens lurk here...but so does hope.

"Who are you, Sam?" Unfortunately for Sam, the answer is: a lonely, single, closeted, mid-thirties woman with no close friends and no romantic prospects who feels stalled in her own life. Entirely convinced that she is unworthy of love or happiness after surviving decades of emotional neglect and bullying, Sam knows she needs to make changes, but is held hostage by her own history, which complicates her attempts to take control and start her second act.For most people it's...

Death takes the lead in this collection of eight disparate tales, exploring how the loss of loved ones affects us, how surviving close calls with death shape us, how the fear of death motivates us, and how we can be either lifted up or let down by our communities in dealing with lingering grief. The genres vary between stories, including science fiction, magical realism, and suspense.My Life with Death: A child becomes friends with Death and later serves a...

One day Memento Mori realises that he is a character in a book who has the power to travel from one book to another. He decides to strike against evil writers who sentence their characters to death. He persuades Romeo and Juliet that suicide is not the best solution and that when they are adults they will remember these days with laughter. To save many others from an untimely death he travels to the Reichenbach Falls to push Professor Moriarty to his death.Memento Mori's efforts to...

Gatiin kee qarshii baankii keessa jiruun,hojii ati hojjattuun ,ykn yaada namoota birootin waan madaalamu sitting fakkaataa? Addunyaa yeroo hundumaa milkaa'ummaa Kenyan numadaaltu kana keessatti,eenyummaa eenyummaa Kenya is a dhugaa argachuu qabna."Kitaaba gatiin kee meeqa jedhu kanaan barreessaa Darajjee Beekaa eenyummaa kee is a dhugaa fi gatiikee akka beektuuf karaa siif saaqa. Kitaaba kana keessattiDhugaa waa'ee eenyummaa keetii sibarsiisu

This witty and well-argued graphic novel is a must-have for anyone wanting to learn what power "we the people" actually have in a democracy.Why the people?Is democracy actually the best form of government? Does it ever work like it’s supposed to?Join Lin and Julie in the middle of an airport, as they wonder aloud how America can ever be a democracy when citizens seem to disagree about everything. With them, we are whisked through political history, an...