The story begins with a boy named Noor, born on a cold, dark night in a remote village, having lost both of his parents at birth. His mother passed away during childbirth, and his father had died in an accident before he was born. Noor was raised by his loving grandmother, Hajjah Amina, who, despite her old age and frailty, gave him all the love and care she had.Noor's family lived in deep poverty, but the love his grandmother gave him filled his life with warmth and hope. He often...

What they thought was global warming was something far more sinister.Natural disasters caused by otherworlders relentlessly dot the planet. Devon has to do the one thing he fears the most, trust someone.He enlists the help of Gina Lawrence, a purchaser, and Joshua Dougan, a software developer and together they set out to save humanity from unseen otherworlders.The altered enter the rift, as the conflict between humans and otherworlders grows. Devon,...

Nearing fifty and recently out of a toxic relationship, Gem assumes romance is a thing of his past, something for guys in their twenties. Then he meets Gregg, who makes him think twice about this assumption.Gregg takes him on a nostalgic date through their shared cinematic past, visiting a museum that recreates sets from classic eighties coming of age films. As they tour the exhibits, which feels like traveling through time, they share laughter, swap stories, and it feels like two ...

This collection of sports quotes is meant to inspire and motivate the sports lovers in all of us. Start the day off with a smile by reading a sports quote a day every day of the year or just in one sitting.The quotes are from celebrities, comedians, athletes, coaches, politicians, and just about anybody who has an opinion on sports.This book also makes a terrific gift for young athletes.Sports do not build character. They reveal it. ~ John Wooden

Themes: Animals, Dogs, Nonfiction, Tween, Emergent Reader, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Dogs are popular pets. But some dogs do much more than play fetch. From herding on farms to helping in classrooms, working dogs have many different jobs. Search and rescue dogs sniff out people buried in...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.They were the most learned men in Jerusalem — hand-picked for one quiet task: to investigate the rumors that the Messiah had come, and to make sure nothing came of it.A Pharisee who footnoted his prayers. A Sadducee who forecast catastrophe before breakfast. A tax collector assigned to audit the miracles, who could never make the numbers work. For three years they surveilled, assessed, and filed their reports — and missed him, g...

Themes: Courage, Family Bonds, Fiction, Tween, Emergent Reader, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Danny's family is full of superheroes. His mom is Stunner. His dad, Raven. And his sister, Marta, Vanish. Each has their own gift. Danny is Fish Boy. But in landlocked Arizona, there is not a lot of...

Themes: Technology, Nonfiction, Tween, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Esports is more than just professional gaming. There are hundreds of contests, serious cash prizes, and millions of fans. Pro gamers have been working hard since the 1970s to build their skills and win big. The esports indu...

Themes: Cyber Crime, Hacking, Nonfiction, Tween, Emergent Reader, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Look out! Your computer data is not safe. There are hackers who will steal it. Sell it. Or destroy it. The hackers are getting smarter. They leave little trace as to their identities. And there ar...

The magnificent new novel from the award-winning author of The In-Between World of Vikram Lall (“This beautiful novel . . . is proof that fictional truth can illuminate an epoch in history like nothing else”—The Boston Globe).In the aftermath of the brutal violence that gripped western India in 2002, Karsan Dargawalla, heir to Pirbaag—the shrine of a mysterious, medieval sufi—begins to tell the story of his family and the shrine now destroyed. His tale opens in the 1960s: young Kar...

Two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji returns with a powerful new novel about grief and second chances, tradition and rebellion, set in vibrant present-day Delhi.Munir Khan, a recent widower from Toronto, on a whim decides to visit Delhi, the city of his forbears. Born in Kenya, he has lost all family connections, and has never visited India before.While sitting in the bar of the Delhi Recreational Club where he's staying, an attractive woman joins his...

While in a remote region of the Great Range of the Himalaya, the author and his companions experienced three encounters with individuals they believe to have been the fabled Ri-iha-mo, the "mountain celestials" of ancient legend. Experience these extraordinary encounters for yourself and explore the profound message conveyed by the Ri-iha-mo.Throughout the Himalayan regions of Asia, there have endured remarkable accounts of "celestial beings" who, having arrived from "anot...