Modern history unearthed as a boy becomes an innocent victim of corruption in Bolivia''s crime world, where the power of family is both a prison and a means of survival.
Florida Girl is a personal and historical depiction of a way of life that was typical for many African Americans families whose existence in this country began with the shackles of slavery continuing into the Civil Rights era of the nineteen sixty's.
"e;Eschewing sappiness in favor of sparse but vivid prose, McSherry documents his first few decades with four siblings, very little money, and two parents whose respective mental illnesses intensified as the years progress Although his story is certainly unique, McSherry's book has much to say about the nobility and struggle that characterize every individual life.
Thirteen-year-old Josh McCullen expects an adventure when he joins his twelve friends on a boating trip along the Pacific coast, but he never anticipates being lost at sea.
On the universal quest for personal independence and for fulfillment of growing-up dreams, a small-town Minnesota boy turns to raising runt piglets as a way to earn spending money of his own.
Spring 2013 Kids' Indie Next ListFor Ruby Pepperdine, the center of everything is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors in her donut-obsessed town of Bunning, New Hampshire, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigis hug.
When high school senior Noah Gallagher and his adopted teenage sister, Lo, go to live with their grandmother in her island cottage for the summer, they dont expect much in the way of adventure.
A New York Times Bestseller Nicolette's awful stepsisters call her ';Mechanica' to demean her, but the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother's knee.
Grace Pizzelli is the average one, nothing like her brilliant older sister, Emily, who works for Rasmussem, creators of the worlds best virtual reality games.
Twelve-year-old June Farrell is sure of one thingshes great at making piesand she plans to prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition.
