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A collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.

"Alien invasion? At the end of 'Revenge of the EngiNerds' an alien appeared and it turns out he's the real deal. He explains he was sent to Earth as an envoy to scope things out for a planned massive, futuristic billboard--which will mean demolishing the planet! Here? On Earth? In their town? Not if the EngiNerds have anything to say about it. Time to save the day and the planet!"--Provided by publisher.

The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.

Huck tells of his adventures traveling down the Mississippi River on a raft with an escaped slave.

While venturing into the Australian outback with his uncle and Natalie, a biology student, Jayden finds himself placed in a difficult position when disaster strikes and he and Natalie are left in the outback to fight for their survival.

While venturing into the Australian outback with his uncle and Natalie, a biology student, Jayden finds himself placed in a difficult position when disaster strikes and he and Natalie are left in the outback to fight for their survival.

In January of 1986, Nick Hayes, a fifteen-year-old genius, discovers he has what is probably a terminal illness. At the same time, an even stranger thing happens--a girl, Mia, joins his Dungeons & Dragons-playing friend group, and immediately Nick notices a strangely familiar man with should-be-impossible abilities following him. The man warns Nick that Mia's life is in mortal danger, and only Nick can save her.

In the summer of 1986, Nick Hayes--a prodigy, boy-genius, cancer survivor, and even a time travel dabbler, and student at Cambridge University--has begun working with the renowned mathematician Professor Halligan. When he meets a stranger who seems nevertheless familiar, Nick begins to fear his activities have created a disruption in time. Now, Nick, his ex, Mia, and new fellow student Helen must work together to avert the apocalypse of time running out--literally.

Thirteen-year-old Martin, a new student at an alternative school for misfits and problem students, falls in with a group of boys with psychic powers and discovers something surprising about himself.

Hyakkimaru was born missing forty-eight body parts because of a deal his father made with demons to gain dominance in battle. He was raised by a doctor who gave him prosthetic body parts and helped him develop the special senses he uses now as he hunts for the demons, accompanied by the thief Dororo, to reclaim what is rightfully his.