The children of Tigris have extraordinary telekinetic gifts-but are these special powers a blessing or a curse? On Tigris, children develop telekinesis beginning at the age of five. By the time they're pre-teens, though, their special abilities peak, then slip away as they reach maturity. Being able to "teek" gives them power-even over most adults-until they gradually become regular teenagers, no longer special, no longer with authority and status....

Running Its CourseJosh is an overachiever whose only competition is Erin, his coach's daughter. Erin is striving to win at all costs until she finds out that she might have feelings for Josh, and Jane, Erin's best friend, is struggling with her identity and balance of friends and family. In a twisted, true to life story, these characters find out more about themselves, each other, and their beliefs.AcademiaWhen Shane accepts a scholarship to the University...

Purple Muffins Author BeeKels ArtOrigins The color red is special. Like fire, the color brings energy to any blank canvas. A white wall can become brilliant. A red flower can become a beacon to one who is lost in a grassy plane. The color blue is special. Like water, the color lifts up the eye. On a beach, the horizon can stretch for miles with the bluest of water. The sun can blend into the clouds rising in the morning...

"Amaryllis Fox's riveting memoir tells the story of her ten years in the most elite clandestine ops unit of the CIA, hunting the world's most dangerous terrorists in sixteen countries while marrying and giving birth to a daughter"--

Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till's lynching. Before then, she had "known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil. But now there was...the fear of being killed just because I was black." In that moment was born the passion for freedom and justice...

In this coming of age memoir, we follow young Danny Davis living in rural Oregon during the Great Depression and see through his hopeful eyes what he believes is the path to simply living a good life. Early tragedy orphans him, but the love and support of a multinational extended family leads him to a remarkable invention at thirteen years old, that sets the entire family up for life financially. The characters woven through Danny's story will make...

Jason has known Sophie since pre-school, although Sophie didn't even know who he was, until their second year of high school. When Jason's father leaves after having an affair, he turns to food for comfort. Sophie is quick to spot his weight gain and ensures that the next few years of his life are hell. Jason has one thing to look forward to though, college. It's a chance to start fresh and create a cooler version of the person he used to be. He spends...

Der dreizehnjährige, bisexuelle Jason verliebt sich Kopf über Fuß in den zwölfjährigen Max, den süßen, gutaussehenden neuen Jungen in der Nachbarschaft. Was passiert, wenn Max bei ihm übernachtet?

"At nine years old, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh watched from her home in New Jersey as two planes crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. That same year, she heard her first racial slur. At age eleven, when the United States began their invasion in Iraq and the television was flooded with anti-Muslim commentary, Amani felt overwhelmed with feelings of intense alienation from American society. At thirteen, her family took a trip to her...

UNREST tells the story of seventeen-year-old Annie Patterson, plucked from her comfortable existence in the American Midwest, to travel with her mom and siblings to join her lieutenant colonel father in Tehran, Iran. It's the late 1970s, and unbeknownst to the Patterson family, Iran is on the verge of phenomenal and unprecedented change. Initially, culture shock envelopes Annie as much as the black robes that cloak the people milling in the airport,...