This work explores the diverse landscape of Mennonite literature and arts across North America, including fiction, poetry, film, and critical analysis. It delves into the cultural and thematic elements that define Mennonite storytelling, highlighting the unique perspectives and experiences of Mennonite communities in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Through this examination, the book sheds light on the rich tapestry of Mennonite creative expression and its significance in contemporary literature and art.
Award-winning digital media star Zach King brings his unique brand of magic to the first installment of a lively, fun-filled trilogy about Zach, a middle schooler in search of his magical powers while navigating the crazy, confusing world of public school. Everyone in Zach King's family has a magical power. His father can turn back time, his sister can turn invisible, and his mother can transform any object into something else. And Zach...well, he hasn't found his magical power yet and his family is growing worried that he's been "skipped. So his parents decide to stop homeschooling him in magical arts and send him instead to a regular middle school with regular kids. To Zach, it's the worst news ever. Who wants to be ordinary when everyone around them is extraordinary? But Zach quickly learns that going to regular school with regular kids isn't all that bad. Who knew having real friends would be so much fun? And just when Zach least expects it, he discovers a pair of magical snapbacks that might just be the magical thing he's been looking for his whole life. The only thing standing in his way is the school bully, Tricia Stands. She's determined to make sure Zach doesn't get more popular than she is, and so she plans a prank so awful, so evil, it could cause the biggest disaster Horace Greeley Middle School has ever seen
Eleven-year-old Zach is settled at his new school, but is still waiting for his own powers to come back. When they do, his life is about to get a lot more complicated . . .
