![]() ![]() ![]() Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. Includes illustrations from celebrated artist Jon Klassen. And once it is uttered, can it be taken back?Ĭelebrated author Kenneth Oppel creates an eerie masterpiece in this compelling story that explores disability and diversity, fears and dreams, and what ultimately makes a family. So when a mysterious wasp queen invades his dreams, offering to “fix” the baby, Steve thinks his prayers have been answered.Īll he has to do is say “Yes.” But “yes” is a powerful word. ![]() Worries about his sick newborn baby brother who is fighting to survive, worries about his parents who are struggling to cope, even worries about the wasp’s nest looming ominously from the eaves. But for Steve, it’s just another season of worries. Illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen.įor some kids summer is a sun-soaked season of fun. Steve just wants to save his baby brother-but what will he lose in the bargain? Kenneth Oppel’s ( Silverwing, The Boundless) haunting gothic tale for fans of Coraline, is one of the most acclaimed books of the year, receiving six starred reviews. “ The Nest leaves a lasting mark on the memory.” - The New York Times Book Review ![]()
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It is revealed that the actual Others are beings that are quite similar to humans and discovered the Earth some time ago. ![]() Ringer went through an alien process that made her become a Silencer herself. ![]() ![]() But with mentorship from February Waters, RSVD’s president (with plenty on her mind), and gradual support of her peers, Charlie slowly not only becomes a capable signer but becomes enmeshed in a vibrant world of deaf culture. She has a cochlear implant that frequently is on the fritz and causes her physical pain, and she lacks any signing fluency before her enrollment at River Valley School for the Deaf (RSVD). Sara Nović’s remarkable new novel, aptly titled True Biz, is a masterful and unique addition to the coming-of-age canon chock-full of the titular stuff.Īt the center of this novel is Charlie, a young deaf woman thrust as a HS junior into a boarding school for the deaf. The most compelling novels don’t shy away from this mess if anything, they embrace it and its many lessons. This messy work often involves many missteps and mistakes as characters journey into the biggest questions of life. ![]() ![]() The term true biz is American Sign Language (ASL) slang that can be translated as: “seriously,” “literally,” “deadass,” “no kidding,” or “real talk.” The best coming-of-age tales are full of true biz, showing us young people grappling with their identities, ambitions, and communities. ![]() ![]() She accompanies him to Bengaluru, where Kabir eventually meets his paternal grandparents. She teaches Kabir, who has a Hindu mother and a Muslim father, about caste dynamics and survival on the streets. Armed with faith, instinctive wits, and the ability to run fast, Kabir escapes danger and meets Rani, a teenage girl from the marginalized Kurava, or Roma, people who is traveling with her parrot. ![]() When Kabir is deemed too old to stay and is sent out into the world all alone, separated from his wrongfully imprisoned mother, he decides to search for the family of the father he has never met to try to save his mother from her unjustly long sentence. ![]() A young boy is forced to leave the Chennai jail that is the only home he’s ever known. ![]() ![]() But if they succeed, they each get ten million dollars to spend however they want.Challenge accepted! They rent cool cars, go to Disney World, buy pizza for the whole school-and that's just the beginning! But money can't buy everything or fix every problem. ![]() ![]() A penny doubled every day for thirty days is $5,368,709.12! So that's exactly how much money Laura Friendly challenges Felix and Benji to spend. Because twenty dollars is like a penny to a billionaire, right?But a penny has value. They're totally going to return it-but not before Benji "borrows" twenty dollars to buy hot dogs. A wallet that belongs to tech billionaire Laura Friendly. And they don't have anything to talk about. From the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl.Felix Rannells and Benji Porter were never supposed to be field-trip partners. How would you spend five million dollars in 30 days? A billionaire's wallet, a bizarre challenge, and an unlikely friendship send two kids on a wild adventure. ![]() ![]() ![]() When and how did the idea for the book arise? “And what about our society-what about tech culture-set him up for a downfall?” “Why couldn’t someone of this stature, of this wealth get help? What exactly happened?” asks Sayre. Along the way, they probe bigger questions about work culture and mental health. In their new book, “Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh,” Wall Street Journal reporters Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre tell the full story of Hsieh’s life and the shocking circumstances of his death at age 46. It’s why he located his company’s headquarters in Las Vegas, why the Zappos office had a petting zoo and a bowling alley, and why he assigned some employees the title of “fungineer.” But Hsieh’s quest for joy at work hid something far darker in his personal life. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh was widely regarded by his tech peers and employees as a fun-first visionary. Interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. T his is 10 Questions, a new column in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their recently released books. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you want to learn more about Bookshelves specifically, please read the Bookshelves FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). 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It’s an old story - of family honor, revenge, disaster - and it’s a good one. Think of Noah or Gilgamesh or any soggy group of humans and dogs huddled together, waiting out an apocalyptic act of God or weather. It feels fresh and urgent, but it’s an ancient, archetypal tale. “Salvage the Bones,” the 2011 National Book Award winner for fiction, is a taut, wily novel, smartly plotted and voluptuously written. She’s stuck in shabby Bois Sauvage, a predominantly black Mississippi bayou town in the direct path of a hurricane they’re calling Katrina. Esch can’t lie down in the dirt and pretend to be someone else or anywhere else. But Manny, the boy who put the baby inside her, won’t look at her anymore. ![]() ![]() ![]() When the boys used to take her down in the dirt or in the back seats of stripped cars in her front yard, she could escape briefly, pretend to be Psyche, Eurydice, Daphne, her favorite nymphs and goddesses from the Greek myths. 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