Let's face it: when it comes to mothers and their daughters, things can get a little . . . complicated. Momplicated, you might say.Whether your relationship with your mom has been wonderful or stressful, redeemed or broken, close or nonexistent, it's one of your life's most important and defining connections. Its effects have probably followed you into adulthood.If you have conflicting feelings toward mom—or if you wish you could get past some of the baggage that h...

A perfectly revolting introduction to germs!Kids get up close and personal with germs (ew!) in this entertaining, thoroughly researched exploration of the science and history of these tiny creatures. In gross detail, this book covers what germs are, how we get sick, how the immune system works and the best ways to stay healthy. There’s information on the deadliest past plagues and pandemics. And how germs may be helpful for cleaning the environment and solving crimes. Who knew crea...

This is a book of border crossings, with Vladimir Azarov on the move, exploring inner architectures of luminous vibrancy: the madness of a king who wants to be a swan, Michaelangelo chiselling a heart that beats into his David, Tsar Peter with his three pet dwarfs acting as generals in the army, Vera Zasulich who became the world's first woman terrorist, Robinson Crusoe hunting for the footprints of Friday, Michael Jackson pretending he is Marcel Marceau as he woos Marlene Dietrich in Pari...

Dr. James Verraday is a professor of forensic psychology specializing in eyewitness recall and criminal profiling. He's a brilliant original thinker with a passion for social justice and a very antagonistic relationship with authority, especially the police force. So when Detective Constance Maclean appears in Verraday's lecture hall at the end of one of his classes, he bristles. But the body of a young woman has just been found in a cranberry bog south of Seattle, and Maclean is convinced...

If the Allies cannot send the German U-boats to the bottom of the Atlantic, all hope of winning WWII will be lost.Sixteen-year-old Bill O'Connell is a new recruit in the Royal Canadian Navy, assigned to a ship that hunts for Germany's feared U-boats. With the European mainland under Nazi occupation, safe ocean passage is critical — but the Germans are building U-boats faster than the Allies can sink them, and Britain is starved of supplies.Every gallon of a...

Celebrate Indigenous thinkers and inventions with this beautifully designed, award-winning interactive nonfiction book—perfect for fans of Braiding Sweetgrass.Corn. Chocolate. Fishing hooks. Boats that float. Insulated double-walled construction. Recorded history and folklore. Life-saving disinfectant. Forest fire management. Our lives would be unrecognizable without these, and countless other, scientific discoveries and technological inventions from Indig...

When an English teacher turns up dead on school property one May morning, everyone at Ridgeview Alternative School is shocked.Everyone, that is, except Jordan, Nick, and Chloe.Months earlier, these three ambitious twelfth graders land in Clifford “Call Me Cliff” Lowell’s Comparative Literature classroom with big dreams of university scholarships and rewarding careers, only to discover that the well-respected educator is actually a sexual predator with a long list of victims...

Nothing at the Superior Thinking and Advanced Research Academy is as it seems — and Amanda Forsythe, its newest, brightest student, is about to discover why.Amanda Forsythe, an independent-minded eleven-year-old with a stratospheric intellect, enters her school’s science fair with a project on interstellar travel. Despite its brilliance, the project loses and Amanda is humiliated — that is, until she is approached by two scientists from the STAR Academy. The Academy is an elite boa...

Far too often the student of Scripture is confused when trying to explain the importance and relevance of baptism. This book hopes to clearly define what baptism is and what it is not, using Scripture as the ultimate voice of reason and truth.

A charming, funny middle-grade novel that combines action, adventure, science, and a big dose of satire from a talented voice in children's literature.It takes a lot to get four kid geniuses together, even when they're all alumni of the now-shuttered Superior Thinking and Advanced Research Academy. Eleven-year-old leader-of-the-pack, Amanda Forsythe, needs to escape the cluthes of her manicacally entrepreneurial father, determined as he is to captialize on Amanda's fame for outsmar...

This book about the science of smells takes a funky subject and makes it fascinating — and hilarious! It starts with the basics, from the reason why things stink to how our sense of smell works (hint: it has to do with the six million scent receptors way up inside our noses). Then come some specifics such as how and why smells are closely linked to memories, descriptions of some of the stinkiest stinks on Earth and information about the chemicals that smells are made of. (Young readers fin...

Helen Kiser becomes an overnight hero when she jumps into a frozen river to save a child that has broken through the ice. As the child's medical bills come to light, she is asked to do a dance benefit to raise money. A past Helen had kept a secret will now collide with her present and future as the famous dancer Logan Day teaches her to dance. Logan sees past Helen's anxiety to the real pain she hides. With God's help he gently helps Helen deal with innocence lost. He also helps Helen face...