Now fans of Stephenie Meyer and Melissa Marr have a new author to devour . . . Zara collects phobias the way other high school girls collect lipsticks. Little wonder, since life's been pretty rough so far. Her father left, her stepfather just died, and her mother's pretty much checked out.
Nine-year-old Oskar Blum is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweler, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies, Beatles memorabilia, state quarters, miniature cacti and coral. When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, his inward journey towards some kind of peace takes him on an odyssey through the five boroughs of New York, as he attempts to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father's closet.
Washington Square by Henry James (graded reader, level: pre-intermediate)
Catherine Sloper, an insignificant, plain girl, will one day inherit a substantial fortune from her father. When her overwhelming passion for a handsome fortune hunter transforms her dull existence, Catherine's distinguished father, her interfering aunt and her selfish lover all play with her feelings to satisfy their own needs, and succeed in breaking her heart.
Anook, the young polar bear, is a princess who lives with her father and two sisters their icy castle. Anook is the youngest princess and the clumsiest, which is something her sisters never let her forget. Kids follow Anooks story as she grows from a tiny tongue-tied cub into a brave and noble bear who is tricked by her wicked sisters and rejected by her aged father.
The Ultimate Survival Guide For The Single Father is a straightforward, no-nonsense guidebook for single dads of all backgrounds struggling to meet the challenge of raising a child. Individual chapters address a wide range of issues and concerns from coping with divorce and separation, to dealing with domestic chores, to cooking nutritious meals fast and easy, to taking care of one's health and financial matters, to balancing home responsibilities with a career, and much more.
