It's time for another adventure in Fairy Hill!Fairy Hill is a magic forest where fairies live, play, and have lots of sparkly adventures in this Level 1 reader series! Ruby, Luna, and May are best friends. These young fairies are all looking forward to earning their big wings from the Fairy Queen. But first they each have to do something extra kind or brave. In book #2, a magic shell goes missing! Without it, the glow globes that light up Fairy Hill will all go dark -- and the Fair...

What are the real boundaries between reality and fantasy? And again, what can truly be defined as reality and what fantasy? This book has no other purpose than to offer the reader a total immersion in the fiction of a reality (or in a realistic fantasy?) that at first glance may appear almost surreal, characterized by shocking and disturbing details and for this very reason intriguing, which we are convinced will keep you glued until the end. It might even seem like a fantasy story with a ...

A searing memoir in verse about surviving the sex industry.Body Shell Girl is Rose Hunter's unflinching account of her first two years in the sex industry in Canada. In 1997, seeking a temporary solution to financial woes, Rose enters a Toronto massage parlor, naively believing she can control her experience and quickly leave. Instead, she finds herself grappling with a strange world, exploitation, and the shattering of her dreams.Through raw and e...

A change of venue from south of I-10 to Missouri has no effect on Detective 'Cadillac' Holland's ability to ruffle feathers, break rules, and bring a disturbing surfeit of firepower into play to right a wrong...several, in fact.A phone call out of the blue from and old military school classmate - and a disconcerting visit from that classmate's sister - leads Detective Holland to inadvertently stumble upon yet another global issue: antiquities theft. In his usual fashion, he manages...

When two mermaid sisters learn of the legendary Shell of Magic, they leap into a challenging and magical quest.Dive into an enchanting underwater world with Livi and Lexa, two fearless mermaid sisters! Joining them on their adventure are Aria, the sea unicorn, Finn, the merpup, and Ollie, the octopus. One day, Lexa hears about the legendary Shell of Magic which can grant a wish to whoever possesses it. Together, the mermaid sisters and their merpu...

Rosamunde Pilcher's beloved saga of one family's passions and heartbreaks – plus an interview with the author‘A deeply satisfying story written with love and confidence’ Maeve BinchyRecovering from a heart attack, Penelope Keeling discharges herself from hospital and returns to her cosy Cotswolds cottage. Fiercely self-sufficient, she values her independence above everything – but fears that others wish to take it from her…...

Jules Whittier is starting to regret the promise she made to her grandmother on her deathbed. The motel is even more dilapidated than it looked like in the pictures and it turns out that renovating it includes working with her estranged cousins Maddie and Gina—the same cousins who caused her to fail at running the last motel. But there’s no getting around the stipulations in Gram’s will, and Jules needs to make a success of the Beachcomber, not only because of the promise she made but also...

Longlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Non-Fiction Crown 2026'Britain in the 1920s and 1930s pops to life in this often very witty chronicle of that jittery time' The Times'Alwyn Turner is the master of funny, engaging social history' Sunday TimesAfter the calamity of the Great War, there was a desire in Britain for escapist fun - the lights of the Jazz Age, radio comedies and the pictu...

Deep into the 21st century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants, and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging technoscape, the cover-ops agents of Section 9 are charged to track and crack the most dangerous terrorists, cybercriminals, and ghost hackers the digital future has to offer. Whether dealing with remote-controlled corpses, lethally malfunctioning micromachines, or cop-killer ...

Co-authored by Laney Sammons, a leading expert on the Guided Math framework, this essential classroom resource helps teachers successfully plan, organize, implement, and manage Guided Math Workstations. These effective and easy-to-implement workstation tasks help students practice, review and maintain mathematical concepts and skills during Guided Math Workshop. By implementing Guided Math Workstations, grades 6-8 students will develop a deep conceptual understanding of math, acquire compu...

Everyone knows that you are supposed to “follow your dream.” But where is the road map to help you discover what that dream is?You have just found it. In Springboard, award-winning author and teacher G. Richard Shell helps you find your future. His advice: Take an honest look inside and then answer two questions:What, for me, is success?How will I achieve it?You will begin by assessing your current beliefs about success, including the hidden influences of fa...

Introduce young readers to the well-known story of Sam-I-Am and his green eggs and ham. Green Eggs and Ham: An Instructional Guide for Literature was created to support this playful best-seller and add rigor to your students' explorations of rich literature. This resource provides tools and tactics to help teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more!