Charlotte, a fourteen-year-old, embarks on an adventurous quest to uncover the truth behind the legendary lake monster, Dottie, using her new drone. This engaging novel captures the excitement of exploration and the determination of a young girl as she seeks to prove the existence of the elusive creature at Dorothy Lake. Perfect for middle-grade readers, it combines themes of curiosity and bravery with the thrill of modern technology.
The story revolves around Jen, a teenager who discovers a life-altering secret about her family: her biological father is not the man she has known as her dad. This revelation creates tension and challenges within her family, forcing Jen to navigate her emotions and the implications of this hidden truth. As she grapples with her identity and relationships, the novel explores themes of family, trust, and the complexities of love.
A young teen embarks on a camping trip with his family, only to become increasingly convinced that they are being stalked by a Bigfoot. This high-interest novel captures the suspense and adventure of his growing paranoia, as he navigates the challenges of adolescence alongside the thrill of the unknown in the wilderness.
Thirteen-year-old Mark navigates the challenges of adjusting to life in a small town while living with his grandmother. The story captures his experiences, including the long school bus rides that become a backdrop for his personal growth and new friendships. This engaging narrative is tailored for middle readers, offering relatable themes of adaptation and resilience.
National Bestseller If the man you love went missing, how far would you go to find him? Someone is watching Piper, and she thinks she knows who it is: the bushman. But there's more than one danger lurking in this temperate rainforest. Poachers are taking down old growth trees and jeopardizing plans for a park, a project Piper is passionate about. When she pressures her husband, Ben, a natural resources officer, to identify the culprits, he takes his drone into the wilderness to track them down. And then, just as a snowstorm hits, he goes missing. Refusing to believe her husband is gone, Piper begins a desperate search for him, one that continues long after the rescue team has given up. But as she begins to uncover what really happened to Ben, Piper is pursued by a stalker who may have taken her husband's life and now threatens to take hers.
The story follows Iggy, a middle schooler whose internet podcast becomes a source of embarrassment for his family. As he navigates the challenges of adolescence and the consequences of his online presence, Iggy learns valuable lessons about self-expression, responsibility, and the impact of his words. This engaging narrative captures the trials of growing up in a digital age, making it relatable and thought-provoking for young readers.
Focusing on mission statements and strategic thinking, the author emphasizes their significance in shaping a museum's framework. By offering practical examples of vision, values, and other essential components, the text guides readers through current practices and future possibilities in the field.
The book explores the intersection of biological factors with social, psychological, and environmental influences on criminal behavior. It presents recent research and studies that highlight how biological perspectives can be integrated into broader discussions about criminality, offering a comprehensive understanding of the complexities behind criminal behavior. This updated edition emphasizes the importance of considering multiple influences to grasp the underlying causes of crime.
In this short novel, a single mother and her teenage daughters have a hard time finding a home.
Type Tells Tales focuses on typography that is integral to the message or story it is expressing. This is type that speaks - that is literally the voice of the narrator. And the narrator is the typographer. This can be quite literal, for example when letters come from the mouth of a person or thing, as in a comics balloon. It can be hand lettering, drawn with its own distinctive peculiarities that convey personality and mood. Precedents for contemporary work might be in Apollinaire's calligram 'Il pleut' or Kurt Schwitters' children's picture book The Scarecrow, or in Concrete Poetry, Futurist 'Words in Freedom' or Dadaist collage. Seeking out examples in the furthest reaches of graphic design, Steven Heller and Gail Anderson uncover work that reveals how type can be used to render a particular voice or multiple conversations, how letters can be used in various shapes and sizes to create a kind of typographic pantomime, and how type can become both content and illustration as in, for example Paul Rand's 'ROARRRRR'. Letters take the shape and form of other things, such as people, faces, animals, cars or planes. There are examples of how typographic blocks, paragraphs, sentences and blurbs can be used to guide the eye through dense information.