Tyler Jamison, a reporter, goes to Castleton Island off the coast of Washington to try and pry the secret of what went on in the McKenna family during the summer eight years before. The three sisters and their father won an around the world challenge in their sailboat that summer, but seem haunted by the journey's aftermath. Tyler has a secret of his own, however, which could destroy his growing attraction for one of the sisters.

In the late 1970s twelve-year-old Dara joins a refugee camp in war-torn Cambodia and becomes separated from her family.

Augie Schuler is desperate for love, the kind "normal" families provide. And when she meets Sunny Yamagata and her family, Augie knows she's found what she's looking for in spite of cultural differences. Together, the two girls pursue the fanciful dreams of youth and a sometimes humorous search for God beneath the bright California sun. When the dark days of World War II and the Japanese internment camps tear them apart, they vow never to forget each...

The biography of a uniquely American place that has endured through wars great and small. ago. Though the plantation is gone (only 243 acres from 8,888), the house and its information is great. Most notable was the short and steep flight of steps the family had called the "slave staircase", which would provide clues to the extensive but little-known story of Northern slavery.

"Renowned theater director Cordelia Thorn is working to restore a historic theater in downtown Minneapolis that she and her actress sister, Octavia, recently bought. Cordelia has a vision for the playhouse's future, but the more she learns about the building, the more fascinated she becomes by its past. Nicknamed "The Old Deep and Dark" because of the Prohibition-era double murder that occurred in the basement--then a speakeasy--there are a wealth...

Our K-12 school system is an artificial product of market forces. It isnt a good fit for all-or even most-students. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others, pushes children into a rigid set of grades with little regard for individual maturity, and slaps "disability" labels over differences in learning style.Caught in this system, far too many young learners end up discouraged, disconnected, and unhappy. And when they...

Two childhood friends are reunited in an emergency room years after an argument separated them. As adults, they revisit youthful dreams and rebuild their friendship on a trip to Paris. Annotation:

"Ilaria Tuti's thriller debut explores a remote community in northern Italy--a place of secrets, eerie folktales, and primal instincts. In a quiet village surrounded by ancient woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a man is found naked with his eyes gouged out. It is the first in a string of gruesome murders. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a detective with a background in criminal profiling, is called to investigate. Battaglia is in her mid-sixties,...

What started as a request for an out-of-print book evolved into a 20-year friendship between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York, and Frank Doel, a used-book dealer in London

An illustrated collection of poems about a variety of elementary school experiences.