This multicultural thriller for YA and adult readers is about three families across two cultures. It's about the power of music, the impacts of extremism, an ancient true story - and taking the risk, even when it's big, of thinking for yourself.
"Humans are responsible for the extinction of animal speciesand other changes to our planet. Sometimes these changes arecaused by the most insignificant-seeming decisions. When theresidents of your small Florida town allowed some Burmese pythons to go free into the Everglades,they didn't consider that unlike in their natural habitats, here in the United States, these snakes have no natural predators and limited prey. Your safe suburban town is aboutto be surrounded by renegade snakes who have spent the last several years quietly eating all of the mammals they can find in the swamp. They had enough to eat for awhile. But now they are hungry. And you might be their next snack!"--Publisher's description.
A comprehensive biography of Alexander the Great that includes a timeline, glossary, and a number of photographs and illustrations documenting his life, conquests, allies, and enemies.
After his mother and sister move out, thirteen-year-old Casey begins to realize that his father's drinking problem is more than he can handle and that the intervention his aunt suggests may be the best way to help.
The reader must decide what is the best thing to do to help some runaway slaves who have made it as far as Randolph, Vermont, but have been captured by bounty hunters.
In a world exploding with cannon fire and the cries of wounded soldiers, the reader is suddenly captured by a Confederate officer. How the story ends depends on the choices the reader makes.
A biography of Alexander the Great that includes a timeline, glossary, and a number of photographs and illustrations documenting his life, conquests, allies, and enemies.
After his mother and sister move out, thirteen-year-old Casey begins to realize that his father's drinking problem is more than he can handle and that the intervention his aunt suggests may be the best way to help.
