"In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile, the world's in meltdown--and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time. This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So: Where does family begin? And...

A very simple introduction to the summer season, when it occurs, and the weather associated with it. From snowball fights to summertime fun, our changing seasons form an important part of kids' lives. Our Seasons of the Year series offers young readers a first look at the four seasons through a combination of easy-to-read text and carefully selected photos. Glossary terms and sources for further information encourage kids to continue their investigations....

Originally born in an impoverished community, Charity's parents sought out the most educated man in the nearby New England town to raise their daughter. After being surrendered to a lawyer named Royall, Charity was raised comfortably by Mr. Royall and his wife. However, when Mrs. Royall tragically passes away, Charity's relationship with Royall is threatened. After his wife's death, Royall begins to feel sexually attracted to Charity, and when she...

Long, hot days, thunderstorms, and outdoor activities signal the beginning of summer. Animals are more active and vegetables are ready to pick. Eager students will find out how summer changes people, plants, and animals.

The grand finale of Karl Ove Knausgaard's masterful and intensely-personal series about the four seasons, illustrated with paintings by the great German artist Anselm Kiefer
2 June—It is completely dark out now. It is twenty-three minutes to midnight and you have already slept for four hours. What you will dream of tonight, no one will ever know. Even if you were to remember it when you wake up, you wouldn't have a language in which...

Early readers are introduced to the summer season. Simple sentences and bright pictures feature summertime activities.

A wordless story that depicts a young girl and boy's fun during the sun-filled months before the start of school.

When a woman loves, how far is she able to go with her actions? Can she be able to abandon herself to be the weapon of the person she loves and fulfill all her whims and desires? This is Love? And what happens when that illusion is broken into pieces?Elyana, she has all the answers, she was able to give everything for a man who said he loved her, she killed and stole, she used everything she had to give the throne to the man she loved, but when she...

What makes kids think of summer? Hot weather, swimming pools, and no school! But the season of summer is more than that! It's the time of the year in which many fruits and vegetables grow ripe and ready to harvest. It's when many trees and flowers fully blossom. In this book, readers learn about the heat and thunderstorms of summer in addition to other basics about the season. Full-color photographs illustrate the seasonal concepts and at-level text...