children

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When I was your age

original stories about growing up
Collection of stories written by authors of books for children and young adults, set in the time and space of their own childhoods and providing true and fictionalized accounts of the places, relationships, and emotions of children.

Children of the sea

Ruka is drawn to the aquarium where her dad works and the two strange boys, Umi and Sora, that she meets there, and soon all three are caught up in the mystery of the disappearance of fish from all over the world.

Children of the sea

Brothers Umi and Sora discover they are not the only ones deeply connected to the ocean, but when a mysterious man--a wunderkind--lures Sora away by promising him answers, Umi falls into a deep depression and Ruka helps her new friend find his brother.

The adventures of Daniel Boom, a.k.a. Loud Boy

After Daniel discovers that the evil Kid-Rid Industries is plotting to make children behave themselves by doctoring a special "improved" mac and cheese meal, Loud Boy and his friends put their superpowers--bad habits--to the test to stop the evil chef.

Adventures in awesomeness

Check out what life is like for the very young heroes of Sidekick Elementary as they head into space, get their report cards, transform into monkeys, fall in love and more.

Children working the fields

2019
Text and photographs present the true accounts of migrant children field workers of the twentieth century.
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Once more we saw stars

2019
"Two-year-old Greta Greene was sitting with her grandmother on a park bench on the Upper West Side of Manhattan when a brick crumbled from a windowsill overhead, striking her unconscious. She is immediately rushed to the hospital . . . begins with this event, leading the reader into the unimaginable. But although it begins with the anguish Jayson and his wife Stacy confront in the wake of their daughter's trauma and the hours leading up to her death, it quickly becomes a narrative that is as much about hope and healing as it is about grief and loss. Jayson recognizes, even in the very midst of his ordeal, that there will be a life for him beyond it--that if only hecan continue moving forward, from one moment to the next, hewill survive what seems un-survivable"--Provided by publisher.
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Women and children in slavery

2020
Every aspect of slave women's lives--from the clothes they wore, the food they ate, and even the people they married--was controlled by their owners.
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Wraith

2018
A graphic novel that explores the twisted background of Charlie Manx, the villain of the author's novel NOS4A2, and expands on Manx' world, the nightmarish Christmasland.
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Barking with the big dogs

on writing and reading books for children
2018
Shares the author's choice of writing for children instead of adults, including a collection of her essays and speeches.
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