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Like you, these 20 children experienced an unprecedented time and created a visual story of what it was like to live through a global pandemic. This ABC rhyming memoir marks a time in history where fear, growth, accomplishment, sadness, and learning are seen through the perspective of children. From the first page with the letter A, to the very end with the letter Z, children can share in the familiarity of each other's experiences. Whether it was staying home and navigating virtual school, or having simple joys like getting to see a family member for the first time in a year, children share the many ways they learned and grew.In A to Z and Covid 19 by Barrie Berson Frankel, we experience life in 2020 through the eyes of children. This book demonstrates how much was learned outside the classroom and beyond the books, and the lessons children ages 7-17 will carry with them as we all re-enter life in a post-pandemic world.

A ship is a paradox, both home and grave, wood and water, forward-venturing and anchor to the past: like magic and miracle, it transforms all who sail aboard her in ways unspeakable.In 2014, Cristina J. Baptista was one of 85 people selected to sail aboard the world''s last remaining wooden whaleship, the 1841 vessel Charles W. Morgan. The result of this 38th Voyage of the Morgan is Taking Her Back, a poetry collection that gives voice to the immigrant experience, particularly those of the Portuguese figures once called by anthropologists the "invisible minority." Combining historical records, news reports, literary allusions, myths, and personal experience, Taking Her Back reclaims the lost voices of the thousands of whalemen-often illiterate, mostly diminished-who kept so much of the world afloat.Ultimately, these poems illuminate, as sun reflecting upon the sea, the depths of a human history and the roots of a forgotten American past. Like lines of rigging linking parts of a ship, the poems in Taking Her Back connect the past, present, and possible future through a lens of antiquity and personal nostalgia-and a haunting space between them.

"e;Put me in a car with Bill Sibley on a road trip across the nation and everything will be just fine. His spectacular voice, his aptitude for creating instantly indelible characters in richly funny scenes, his perfect pacing and splendid particularity are dazzling and hypnotic. Storyteller supreme! Here We Go Loop De Loop lifted my mood entirely."e; - Naomi Shihab Nye, Young People's Poet Laureate, Poetry Foundation"e;Wonderful example of generous escapism and a book to be recommended."e;- Kirkus Reviews"e;A satirical small-town Texas comedy with welcome, surprising heart. Sibley's boisterous comic novel blends small-town satire and humanist warmth as it unspools its tales of isolated people learning to love. His prose is sharp and evocative. At its best, Here We Go... finds these snared coyotes daring to find new ways to love."e; - Booklife"e;Larry McMurtry meets A Midsummer Night's Dream. This is Sibley's best yet - a rollicking screwball comedy with a heart as big as Texas."e;- Steven L. Davis, Author, Past President, Texas Institute of Letters---A cowboy, an heiress, her brother's husband...and a badass 72 Mercury Montego. This is the story of a her loving a him - who's in love with another him - and that other him enduring an unrequited love for the original her. With a small-town Texas appreciation, this book is replete with humor, adversity, and the tenacity of survivors unwilling and unable to acknowledge defeat. Here We Go Loop De Loop by William Jack Sibley has greed, lust, sexuality, spiritual enlightenment, more lust, xenophobia, and the meaning of a life worth living, all woven into a single, outrageous knot in the insulated town of Rita Blanca, Texas. The author, a fifth-generation Texan and a resolute seeker of wisdom, truth, and the occasional virtuosic lie, with humor and reflection, has wrought a story of humanity through characters doing the best they can - just not terribly well.

Helping Howard explores the fraught lifetime marriage of a straight older man, his younger gay wife, and the daughter that survives them.An anti-romantic romance, this book tells the tale of The Author who awakens Howard into consciousness in order to become her accomplice in figuring out what happens next. Their ongoing dialogue pushes the story forward through quarrelsome, humorous, psychological cliffhangers. Playing with, and exposing, the creative process adds another dimension to the narrative as The Author creates a relationship with her main character, which in turn, reflects on who she is. Helping Howard is about people struggling with understanding their own barriers to achieving and sustaining intimacy. It's a complex story of human longing and unmet desire.--"e;Through the lens of Howard's life and relationships, the novel intriguingly focuses on the psychology of its characters and what they reveal about the Author... indeed, as Schloss unlocks the pathos of her players, the reader comes to know the Author best of all...As playfulness turns to poignance and back to playfulness again, the novel reads a bit like John Updike by way of French director Michel Gondry, with all the heartbreak and panache that entails."e; "e;A savvy postmodern novel that becomes an affecting confessional..."e;- Kirkus ReviewsFrom the moment the Author hustles Howard out of bed and into the kitchen to make breakfast, we know we're on a literary adventure like no other. The Author wants her story; Howard wants to understand who he is and what he's done with his one wild and precious life. By turns comic, poignant, lacerating and profound, HELPING HOWARD probes the complex and ever-changing nature of love, and seeks to understand, in the deepest way possible, the ties that bind. Schloss has written a remarkable story; hers is a nimble, inventive and wholly original voice. -Kitty Zeldis, author of Not Our KindWhat a gorgeous novel! Romantic, deeply humane, astonishingly clever and moving - this is a love story between author and character that continually makes one gasp, even as it delivers great truths. Thank you, Sally Schloss, for writing it. -Bonnie Friedman, bestselling author of Writing Past DarkIn Sally Schloss's insightful and engrossing novel, an Author writes a novel while regularly checking in with its real-life titular character. Howard is a kind and singularly tolerant man who has greatly compromised himself within his marriage. He nervously waits as the Author unveils each new phase of his life. Their ongoing conversation affords Howard-and the reader-a unique chance to see how his choices have at once enriched and undermined him. Schloss's writing is meticulous. -Patricia Grossman, author of Radiant Daughter.For those of you who delve into transactional dynamics as a profession this book is a fascinating must read. The characters engage in the all too typical tendencies of repeating the same patterns of behavior, thoughts, and feelings with their inevitable undesirable outcomes. The book sympathetically dramatizes how these underlying negative core beliefs affect these characters' lives over the course of their thirty-five-year marriage. -Robert Pazulinec Ed.D. Licensed Psychologist

Fifth-grader Dee Lanson has had it with Samantha''s weird stares! To make matters worse, Samantha wheedles her way into Dee''s friendship circle and flips everything upside down. Dee seeks revenge against her enemy and finds herself in the deepest trouble she has ever been in. On top of that, she''s bored at school and called to the principal''s office so often that the path leading there likely has her name on it! She must find her way out of trouble and win her friends back. But how? Meanwhile, the fifth-graders are competing in girls vs. boys kickball and softball games. Each team is determined to outscore the other. Things become pretty wild both on and off the field! At home, Dee mixes it up with her little brother, Joey. Will there be any peace? Gloppy is a heartwarming tale of friendships and forgiveness that will stick with a reader long after the last page has been turned.

It''s the year 2079. Narwhals, the last tusked animals still living in the wild on the planet, are being pushed to extinction by poaching in the Canadian Arctic. The poachers are, however, about to confront the most remarkable team of human and non-human investigators ever assembled. This story is told by renowned blind detective Peter Straw, who purports to use his "third eye" in catching bad guys. Straw and his intellectually augmented seeing eye dog, Watson, are hired by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to assist them in the investigation. As the result of recent advances in synthetic brain implants, the investigative team also includes Aristotle Jones, an augmented chimp, and Emma Fitzwater, an augmented porpoise. While How The Blind Detective and His Seeing Eye Dog Saved the Narwhals by Shawn Adair Johnston is whimsical and at times laugh-out-loud funny, it also describes a world that could be just over the horizon. A world in which blind men and women can be heroes. A world enriched by the intellectual augmentation of those animals closest to and most beloved by us.  

Even gods have secrets...On planet Vastire, worth is set by the sins of one's ancestors. Good families rise to the elite and the wicked fall into poverty. Unfortunately for sixteen-year-old Darynn Mark, his father incited a revolution. Now, Darynn scrounges his way through life in the slums. When Vastire is surrounded by an embargo, it gets even harder to survive. That all changes when an alien ship slips through the embargo, seeking Darynn with an offer: finish the revolution and the embargo ends. He might have a chance thanks to mysterious magic powers, and his two companions: clairvoyant crush Fyra and soldierly alien Kaylaa. Cutthroat killers, mystical beasts, Vampires, power-hungry priests and lords, and self-serving spies stand in their way. If the three of them can crack his father's secret, maybe they can end the embargo and save the poor. If not, another poor orphan will be added to the growing piles of dead.

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In a world of strange magic, dangerous creatures, and villainous wyverns, an ousted young queen struggles to regain her throne.Sophia Pendergast''s quest is complicated by deep-rooted misogyny embedded in her culture and religion. Her lover, a dashing young knight, offers her a life in obscure comfort, but she refuses to abandon her people to the usurper''s whims. To retake her throne and set prophecy on its path, she must embrace a long-denied secret and discover a prophecy''s hidden meaning.In S. L. Wilton''s Queen of Crows, we discover simple truths may not exactly be simple.

When the world is collapsing, how is survival possible?When a three-year-old stuffs paper into the toilet, it seeps through the ceiling onto the mahogany table to enrage his mother. Money tight, a girl does farm work in hot sun. A homeless man yearns for his childhood home. A young Merchant marine sails into the port city just A-bombed. Millions are stunned as planes slice into their tallest skyscraper.In Jean E. Verthein''s Bottled Cries at Sea, as events grow ever more gross and confounding, how do we cope?

The winding roads we endure in life are one of our greatest mysteries and unpredictable circumstances; we travel those roads fearlessly, unabashedly, and full-steam ahead in this journey-filled endeavor.This non-traditional book uses an unorthodox form of speculative non-fiction, speaking from numerous personas, with visceral language and intriguing storylines. It delves into the importance of perspective both individually and collectively, ranging from the receptivity of internal sentiments to the adventurous mystique of well-known historical figures.In The Unsolvable Intrigue: An Anthology of Poetry and Short Stories by D.C. Stoy, we experience an introspective dive into historical, fictional, and current-event-related topics, uniquely orchestrated in poetic form. This collection displays Stoy''s creative and ideological repertoire, prompting emotional discoveries and philosophical reconfigurations, challenging readers to expand their paradigms and increase their self-awareness.

The silver spoon lodged in George''s throat was choking the life out of him. The obsessive need for power and control of a global empire overshadows the Leibnitz family. Favored heir George struggles to reconcile the person he could become with the ruthless leader he is expected to be. A new world emerges when he meets the captivating M. On his journey, we find intrigue, betrayal, and mortal danger lurking behind the most unlikely doors.  In Twisted Silver Spoons by Karen Wicks, we experience the inner and outer struggle of a protagonist who defies expectations to find his voice and become his own man.

Go on. Take the ride.Riding coattails to a notorious street racer investigating the disappearance of her brother, Zap's humdrum existence is galvanized into a weird and wild ride of high-octane racing that leads him out of his home town, the megatropolis Troubadour, and into the unknown. On this journey Zap will encounter all manner of exotic places and outlandish people, including a vampyre television heartthrob, an A.I. housekeeper with a fetish for romcoms, dangerous assassins, and the ruler of the galaxy. Yet perhaps more intriguing than the rest...the androgynous girl (or boy?) that he so strongly gravitates to, and who jump-starts the chaos that lead to it all in the first place.James Callan's Neon Dreams is a narrative with an adrenaline surge, pedal to the metal from first page to last. Unapologetic and stimulant-riddled, it's a live wire on hot sauce.

If you knew one party would change your life in unimaginable ways, would you go? Senior year was supposed to be pointless and fun. For Rose Jackson, it turns into life or death when she and her bodyguard are taken as hostages to a remote island. As they struggle to understand their captivity and their growing feelings, circumstances introduce them to two very different captives: an insurance salesman and a delirious model. Trying to find a way off of Abaddon Island, our four unlikely heroes navigate complicit strangers and familiar evils. As they get to the bottom of the island's secrets, one question rises to the surface: "e;Can we live with the choices we've made?"e; Abaddon Illusion by Lindsey Bakken is a thriller about finding your identity in extreme circumstances and never letting go of the person you want to become.

"e;Time is the school in which we learn/Time is the fire in which we burn."e; - Delmore SchwartzA young couple finds themselves hip-deep in sex, social change, the Arts, Civil Rights, politics, warfare, and - ultimately - children, as they negotiate the paths of self-discovery spanning over fifty years and four continents.In the twelve stories of Richard Scharine's The Past We Step Into, we experience the America we remember, the America we want to forget, and the America we dream of achieving.

Three sets of twins attending the annual Twins Days festival are about to have their lives - and their whole universes - turned inside out.Teens April and May are there on their own for the first time. Along with elderly funeral home operators Jeff and Davis, and middle-aged fraternals Minnie and Max, they are split apart when something strange happens: Half go to a universe where twins are unheard of, so there's no festival going on. The others go to a different universe where almost everyone is a twin - so again, there's no festival.How did they get there? Does it have anything to do with the pains May has been having? How can they get back where they belong?In Twins Daze, a truly delightful debut novel, Jerry Petersen explores the issues of what is and isn't normal, and how society reacts to those who are different.

"e;The Museum of an Extinct Race"e; is a soul-shaking tale of faith and resurrection in the face of crushing persecution. The novel resonated with me long after I reached the last page."e;Claire Wachtel, Editor Emeritus, Harper-Collins--In a world too impossible to imagine... A future too possible.Adolf Hitler's Germany has won the war and conquered the world. He has succeeded in eliminating any vestige of Jews and Judaism. 70 years later, his successors realize Hitler's desire for a museum to memorialize that extermination. The Museum of an Extinct Race, told through the eyes of its two protagonists-Dano Adamik, a Czech native coerced into curating the museum, and Eva Novak, a museum docent with Jewish heritage-unveils a beaten, subjugated society, dominated by a self-proclaimed super race.Through emotionally charged scenes of an all-too-real, anti-civilization, the novel plunges us into a world absent of Jews and bereft of the ethical guidance of Judaism.