From the New York Times bestselling author of The Name of This Book Is Secret comes a darkly funny story about a boy who wants the world to disappear. This fantastical quest for comfort and belonging was called “a surprisingly powerful, formula-breaking coming-of-age story” by the New York Times.Mickey is angry all the time: at his divorced parents, at his sister, and at his two new stepmoms, both named Charlie. And so he can't resist the...

Empty Crows: A Descent into DreamtimeFrom the Liminal Depths of the Mind Emerges a Flock of Words :Raphael Simons, a renegade musician turned a surrealist Poet / shaman , invites you to descend into the dreamtime jungles, These poems are not written, but conjured. They rise from the liminal spaces where sleep and wakefulness intertwine, where the rational mind surrenders to the irrational. What you find within these pages is not the poet's world, but your own, mirrored back...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Name of This Book Is Secret comes a darkly funny story about a boy who wants the world to disappear. This fantastical quest for comfort and belonging was called “a surprisingly powerful, formula-breaking coming-of-age story” by the New York Times.Mickey is angry all the time: at his divorced parents, at his sister, and at his two new stepmoms, both named Charlie. And so he can't resist the...

The Adventure of Red Robin in the African forest, the beautiful forest of Africa is full of flowers and is always peaceful and quiet. All you can hear are the very soft voices of insects. Unexpectedly, a young beautiful bird comes from Europe and she passes by, As she passes, she doesn't hear any sound or movements of birds, and she stops for while and listens. The atmosphere make's Lullaby thinks a loud in her songful bird voice the nature of the forest is very rare, suddenly there is bir...

'A magical debut that you will devour' Guardian'Stunning . . . I am still blown away. An exquisite story' Publishers Weekly'Hands down the best book I've read this year' Melinda SalisburyIt's the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom.The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara's life for as long as she can remember. Towar...

"You are not small. You are part of something vast."In a quiet corner of the world, a tiny dust particle rests in stillness—until one day, it begins to move. Carried by unseen currents, it travels across forgotten rooms, silent streets, and distant skies. Along the way, it encounters things discarded, overlooked, and lost—yet each holds a hidden story, a quiet dignity, and a forgotten meaning.What begins as a journey through space ...

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl is the first in a frighteningly good new series based on the popular YouTube sensation The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Network, created by Paige McKenzie.In that place where you're more asleep than awake any more, I hear something else. A phrase uttered in a child's voice, no more than a whisper: Night Night*.*Something freaky's going on with Sunshine's new house . . . there's the chill that wraps itsel...

Dad, I just want to know how to not become a hashtag**. In this gripping read, biracial siblings Reed and Olive hadn’t planned on navigating racial inequality or being roughed up by police on the subway, but as they face the truths and pains of being a person of color, they also lean into knowing their rights and fostering conversations about change and acceptance.**“In Come Home Safe, Brian Buckmire has crafted a story that looks the reality of p...

Perfect for fans of Jerry Spinelli and Gary D. Schmidt, this heartfelt coming-of-age story will make you believe in the power of second chances.Eleven-year-old Sam Brattle is already having the worst Christmas ever – his dad’s bakery is going bankrupt and his mom is spending the holidays with her new family. To make things worse, Nickel Bay Nick, the anonymous Good Samaritan who leaves hundred-dollar bills around Nickel Bay at Christmastime, is a no-show, so this year the ...

Jack is trapped in a dark vault. It is a vault that Mary has created in her mind; a place where she puts all the words that have hurt her over her lifetime, and Jack has been charged with being the caretaker of the hurtful words. One day a door opens in the vault and light pours in. A Man invites Jack out of the vault. It is Jesus. He is offering rest to Jack and Mary. What does that mean? How will that help Jack and Mary? Jack accepts Jesus’s invitation and leaves the vault. Jack follows ...

For fans of Rebecca Stead and Jennifer L. Holm, this is the perfect middle grade summer beach read.Twelve-year-old Shayne Whittaker has always spent summers on the Maine coast, visiting her grandmother Bea and playing with her BFF Poppy. Both Shayne and Bea are collectors, in their own ways: Shayne revels in golden memories of searching for sea glass and weaving friendship bracelets with Poppy, while Bea scours flea markets for valuable finds, much of which she add...