Introducing Alfonso Perplexon, hero of the epic fantasy tale Dormia!Alfonso Perplexon is an unusual sleeper. He climbs trees, raises falcons, even shoots deadly accurate arrows, all in his sleep. No one can figure out why.Then one evening a man arrives at Alfonso's door, claiming to be Alfonso's long-lost uncle Hill. This uncle tells a fantastical tale: Alfonso's ancestors hail from Dormia—an ancient kingdom of gifted sleepers—which is hidden in the snowy peaks of the Ural Mo...

The author of Welcome to the New World and Bad Paper discusses America's obsession with celebrity in this 2007 investigation.Why do more people watch American Idol than the nightly news? What is it about Paris Hilton's dating life that lures us so? Why do teenage girls—when given the option of "pressing a magic button and becoming either stronger, smarter, famous, or more beautiful" —predominantly opt for fame? In this entertaining and enl...

A journalist visits five of America's disaster-zone towns and the devoted residents who chose to stay despite hellish conditions.As a young reporter, Jake Halpern became obsessed with stories about "some outlandish and often hellish place inhabited by a handful of stalwarts who refused to leave." His fellow reporters joked with him and nicknamed him the Bad Homes Correspondent. But the more he learned about these people, the more he was drawn to them. Braving Ho...

Ever since returning from Dormia, Alfonso has enjoyed sleeping in a bed like anormal person. No more waking up at the top of a tree or the edge of a cliff. In fact,no sleepwalking at all. But then, while visiting France on a class trip, Alfonso feels that strange andfamiliar pull of sleep. Upon waking, he finds himself in the belly of a ship headedto Egypt. In his backpack are a few old books and a vial of medicine he stole whileasleep. Something is calli...

“A stunningly original fantasy world that will blow your mind." —Eoin Colfer, #1 New York Times-bestselling author"A delightful, redolent adventure—I couldn’t put it down! . . . I’ll never sniff a spice drawer the same way again." —Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Book of BoyImpossible Creatures meets The Inquisitor's Tale in this immersive middle grade fantasy advent...

Now in a full-length book, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in AmericaAfter escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family had reached a safe harbor, but woke up to the world of Donald ...

An upper-middle grade thriller by the New York Times bestselling Nightfall authors–perfect for fans of James Dashner’s Maze Runner books.Thousands of miles south of the island of Bliss, day and night last for 72 hours. Here is one of the natural wonders of this world: a whirlpool thirty miles wide and a hundred miles around. This is the Drain. Anything sucked into its frothing, turbulent waters is never seen again.Wren has spent most of he...

The dark will bring your worst nightmares to light in this gripping and eerie survival story!On Marin’s island, sunrise doesn’t come every twenty-four hours—it comes every twenty-eight years. Now the sun is just a sliver of light on the horizon. The weather is turning cold and the shadows are growing long.Because sunset triggers the tide to roll out hundreds of miles, the islanders are frantically preparing to sail south, where they will wait out t...

THE GROUNDBREAKING GRAPHIC NOVELA story about ordinary people navigating a strange land, in even stranger times.On the eve of the US elections, a Syrian family leave their world behind for a chance at the American dream. But as the first day of their new life dawns, they are greeted by the news of Donald Trump's victory. It's as if they arrived in one country, and woke up in another. What does that mean for their past, their future... their...

A New York Times– bestselling romp through the shady world of consumer debt collection by a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter.In Bad Paper, journalist Jake Halpern tells the story of Aaron Siegel, a former banking executive, and Brandon Wilson, a former armed robber, who become partners in a quest for "paper": the uncollected debts that are sold by banks for pennies on the dollar. As Aaron and Brandon learn, the wor...

After fourteen years of Day, comes fourteen years of Night. Don't get left behind.On Marin's island, sunrise doesn't come every twenty-four hours - it comes every twenty-eight years. Now the sun is just a sliver of light on the horizon. The weather is turning cold. The shadows are growing long. The dark is rising. And soon it will be Night.The eerie Evening sunset is causing the tide to begin its slow roll out hundreds of miles, and so Marin, along with her twin br...

The companion novel to the New York Times bestselling NIGHTFALLThousands of miles due south from the Polar North is is the island of Edgeland. Here, day and night last for 72 hours. And here is one of the natural wonders of this world: a whirlpool thirty miles wide and a hundred miles around. This is the Drain. Anything sucked into its frothing, turbulent waters is never seen again.Wren has spent most of her life on Edgeland, watching people bring their dead to the island's...