Eugenics and propaganda are the way of the world. Each race sees themselves as superior. Anyone found deviant from the moral normality is locked away in asylums. Their status as human removed, they are called Almosts.Except for those few chosen to become Icarus contestants. These children must fight to become defined as human.Colby grew up normal, until he was discovered to be homosexual. His parents betrayed him by giving him away to an asylum. He is dehumanized and falls in...

Winner of the 2024 Golden Wizard Book PrizeWilliam’s life had been tragically altered as a youth, now his life is about to change once again.William thought that he and his little brother could now live in relative peace, using their gifts in secret while working on the ranch they stumbled upon as children. However, his existence will become jeopardized and he will have to find a way to make it through more tragedy.Zane was neglected by his father, pampered by his m...

Identical twins, Lily and Damien, live in a world they feel they don't fit in.Lily doesn't want to be the typical girl in the medieval world, wearing dresses, knitting, and attending royal courts. She wants to break conventions, she longs to be a fighter, a knight.Damien was sold to a knight, becoming a squire. He wishes to do more with his life, write and experience things, not be trapped as a servant to a knight and learn to battle.Because they are identical, Lily...

Winner of the 2024 Golden Wizard Book PrizeWilliam, Zane, and Two-Otters found a path beyond their diversity. Forged a bond and defeated a monster. They were now happy and free to live in their homemade tribe. The only problem, Two-Otters longed for his people. He still wanted to be recognized as a warrior in the Blackfoot tribe. William and Zane agree to help their brother find them. What they did not expect was to find themselves in the middle of a building conflict between the B...

William's life had been tragically altered as a youth, now his life is about to change once again.William thought that he and his little brother could now live in relative peace, using their gifts in secret while working on the ranch they stumbled upon as children. However, his existence will become jeopardized and he will have to find a way to make it through more tragedy.

The Art of the Filmmaker: The Practical Aesthetics of the Screen explores the filmmaker's intention and method, their creation and capture of the fiction on the screen, and their formulation of the elements of the frame as a designed address to the audience. Positing 'practical aesthetics' as a resource of visual communication central to cinematic art, this book examines the concepts fundamental to the selective processes of the filmmaker and offers the reader highly informed text...

A structured perspective on the crucial interface of director and screenplay, this book encompasses twenty-two seminal aspects of the approach to story and script that a director needs to understand before embarking on all other facets of the director’s craft.Drawing on seventeen years of teaching filmmaking at a graduate level and on his prior career as a director and in production at the BBC, Markham shows how the filmmaker can apply rigorous analysis of the elements of dramatic ...

2024 Golden Wizard Book Prize WinnerWilliam's life had been tragically altered as a youth, now his life is about to change once again.William thought that he and his little brother could now live in relative peace, using their gifts in secret while working on the ranch they stumbled upon as children. However, his existence will become jeopardized and he will have to find a way to make it through more tragedy.Zane was neglected by his father, pampere...

Mountains, travel, adventure Amelia Hammer wants it all. Instead, her globe-trotting parents have dumped her in tiny, boring Dunstone, Ontario, in the middle of winter with her grandmother and her geeky cousin Simon. Simon isn't having much fun either, saddled with a sulky stranger in black leather and with neon hair.And he has to be nice to her.But life in safe little Dunstone turns dangerously exciting when Mara comes to town. Amelia is enchanted by this tall, proud, fearless gir...

Prince Lucas and Clara discover a secret den of wolves in this fifteenth fantastical adventure of The Kingdom of Wrenly series.Dire wolves are among the rarest creatures in the Kingdom of Wrenly. They travel under the cloak of darkness, sleep during the day, and hunt in the deepest silence. The only proof that these beasts exist is what they leave behind: giant paw prints and haunting howls that echo on the wind. So, when Prince Lucas and Sir Clara find a lost dire...

In this seventh Henry Heckelbeck adventure, Henry’s friendly spy competition might expose his magical secret!It’s a spy versus spy world when Henry enters into a spying contest with one of his best friends, Max Maplethorpe. But will Max find out a little too much about Henry and his magical secret?With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Henry Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.