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Hundreds of years ago, the Spear family banished all dragons to the four corners of the Earth, where they posed no threat to human civilization. Today, the dragons are beginning to reemerge from exile. Thirteen-year-old Zach Spear's community is being terrorized by a dragon, but only he can actually see it. He has the gift of his ancestors: dragon sight. Saving the burning city is up to Zach, who must learn everything he can from his ancestors to defeat the dragon.

Lettie is surrounded by enemies. She has just buried her brothers from opposite sides in the Battle of Lexington, Missouri, in September 1861. The Union sergeant believes all Missourians are enemies and especially Lettie, since Wolfe, her fiance, rides with a bushwhacker gang working for the Confederacy. Her neighbors with Southern sympathies hate her because she freed her slaves and shares with them her hemp and tobacco harvests.

The Civil War has broken out in Missouri and Lettie Worthington won't take sides - though she has a brother fighting in each army and a fiancé with a guerrilla band sympathetic to the South. Not involved in the conflict, Lettie deals with her own struggles and hardships at home, and with the help of former slaves, she saves her family's hemp and tobacco farm. Upon learning that both brothers were in the Battle of Lexington, 20 miles west, she leaves the farm and paddles a skiff up the Missouri River to find them.

In 1879, three siblings - Virgil, Marcus, and Liberty Lander - are homesteading 160 acres in Nicodemus, an all-Black community in northwestern Kansas. Not prairie fires, cyclones, droughts, winter blizzards, loneliness, snakes, bugs, or harassment of a neighbor discourage them as they anticipate the time when their sharecropper parents from Kentucky can join them.

When Orange decides he needs to improve his Spanish skills, he and Jes head for Central America. A nervous little chihuahua begs them to help her find the Tacos Dorados, and the search takes them across Nicaragua. Together they encounter excitement, danger, and a little bit of Spanish vocabulary as they journey down the Rio San Juan. Laugh and learn with Jes and Orange in the Land of Lakes and Volcanoes.

Travel back to the late 1800s to learn more about the true adventures of Luella Agnes Owen, a female pioneer in the study of caves. Luella had to overcome many obstacles to reach her goal of becoming a scientist, but she succeeded. She became one of the world's leading authorities on caves at a time when such a career was unusual for a woman.

Dreams Rewritten is an eclectic collection of poetry written across the years from the perspective of a young college student, a husband and family man, and a mature and aging adult. Yates employs a range of poetic techniques from simple, descriptive poems to an experimental, highly creative voice.

Some people are just weird. They don't fit in - not at school, not at home, not with other kids no matter how hard they try. In the age of dwarves and dragons, outcasts end up as slaves, thieves, or worse. For the ones lucky enough to live in the land of Iasos, there is an alternative school - a last chance for the leftovers of society to find their path before it's assigned for them.

Her dad loves superheroes. He says superheroes are for real. She isn't sure, so she begins to watch for superheroes in her everyday life and discovers her dad may be right, and they may be closer than she thinks.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? What is that mysterious object in the sky? With the help of their friend, Grace, the family of foxes venture into the world of humans to solve the mystery. Curious will stop at nothing to figure it out. Catcher wonders if he can catch it. Cutie just wants to hide. A book to promote curiosity, imagination, and problem solving in young children.

Bones, a white cat, travels a city alone, seeing, both in nature and in the manmade world, many allegories for humankind. Along his journey he meets nine people whose lives, because of either the choices they made, or simply the choices that have befallen them, have brought them to Bones. He gives them the honesty that comes from an understanding that is far different from our own.

Tic Toc Autism Clock explains how autism may affect each of the child's senses and provides ideas for working through those sensitivity issues. The authors provide techniques parents can implement to teach the child through play, reading, language activities, social activities, and cooking. The listener will learn how to weave sensory interventions, communication strategies, behavioral techniques, and social skills into one cohesive 24/7 plan.

This collection of short essays, written over a period of years, pictures the true Ozarks and its people as Ellen Gray Massey has experienced them. While it captures the scene it also shows how the area has influenced her personal and professional life. From her childhood attending school in Washington, DC, and living all her adult years in the Ozarks, came the material and background to become a writer, her life-long ambition.

Twins Max and Mollie find beautiful and colorful treasures on the beach. Could they really have found diamonds and rubies? Where did these gems come from? Perhaps they were dropped from a pirate ship hundreds of years ago or were buried nearby in an old treasure chest. Discover the magic that happens when their treasures lead them to a wise old woman whose magical powers and stories teach Max and Mollie a valuable lesson in character building. A lesson that is far more valuable than any treasures they might find or any pirate's gold or diamonds.

In Transference, we meet Liv and Oliver, siblings with a bit of a psychic connection. But what they thought was merely a mental closeness could be so much more, and someone will stop at nothing to uncover their secret. With their family in jeopardy and their freedom on the line, the two must go farther than they imagined possible to save the ones they love. And each other. Angela McCubbins plunges listeners into a world they have only heard whispered about...the world of twin talk.

A gentle, caring, and loving story about the gift of giving that will foster happy emotions. It is a journey of two friends named Ican, the older, wiser daisy, and Ann, the younger, impressionable daisy, and the special friendship created. Ican's positive attitude and willingness to help everyone in his environment is truly something to admire and respect. Ann learns from her role model Ican that it is much better to give than receive.

It is said that a thing does not exist until we examine it, measure it. Fairy tales ask us what it means to be human, but it doesn't really answer the question. That is why we keep coming back to them, retelling them, exploring them again. Karen Nelson researched the stories in this collection in their many versions, often moving them forward in linear time or to other geographic locations, and retells them keeping their original themes and morals. Most notably, she looks at what might happen after the traditional closing of the original version.

Drew is a computer geek who loves to build things out of electronic scraps that other people throw away. He has developed an amazing new Robot that works on a unique power source all from parts he found while dumpster diving. Hope is a wealthy Hispanic girl with busy parents. She certainly never planned to dig in trash heaps for robot pieces, but Drew has shown her how fun and inspiring it can be. The two unlikely friends end up on a wild adventure while trying to save their sticky robot from a greedy scientist.

Travel back to 1916 with Ruth Bancroft Law to learn more about the early days of aviation in America. A remarkable pioneer, Law was one of the most daring, courageous, and successful aviators of her time. She set several records and inspired the nation with a bold and historic flight. In the process, she showed the world that women could be influential leaders and superb pilots.

Oodles and Skoodles of Friends is a remarkable book for children preschool to second grade. The energetic alliteration and rhyme capture the imagination and hold the attention of young children. There is an underlying theme of friendship and acceptance as children learn number concepts by counting a variety of friends.