FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY An engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United States When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying in faraway New York. Before she gets the reunion her father promised her, war breaks out in Liberia. The family is forced to flee their home on foot, walking and hiding for three weeks until they arrive in the village of Lai. Finally, a rebel soldier smuggles them across the border to Sierra Leone, reuniting the family and setting them off on yet another journey, this time to the United States. Spanning this harrowing journey in Moore’s early childhood, her years adjusting to life in Texas as a black woman and an immigrant, and her eventual return to Liberia, The Dragons, the Giant, the Women is a deeply moving story of the search for home in the midst of upheaval. Moore has a novelist’s eye for suspense and emotional depth, and this unforgettable memoir is full of imaginative, lyrical flights and lush prose. In capturing both the hazy magic and the stark realities of what is becoming an increasingly pervasive experience, Moore shines a light on the great political and personal forces that continue to affect many migrants around the world, and calls us all to acknowledge the tenacious power of love and family.

What if everything you ever knew was a lie? Your whole life conjured by another? Would you know the truth if you saw it? Could you believe the impossible? Embrace a world just beyond your dreams A place of mystery & wonder..... John and Tom were lost in a world Tom felt was never their own. Their peaceful secluded lives would become chaos in a flash of memories long buried in the mind of a child on the verge of an awakening. Across the void, Lynkara must reach out to her brothers and bring them to an unimaginable homecoming on the eve of annihilation by the darkest powers her world has ever known. Together with a band of new found friends they must search out and acquire the twelve SWORDS OF POWER bestowed to the ruling families of all the countries on their world by the Creator himself. A few brave souls will join the quest to save themselves and their world from the coming darkness. However, Lord Camas of Jahanna refuses to give up his power and forges an unlikely alliance with Prince Reven of Amador. For a deadly price he will unleash his monstrous hordes upon the rest of the world. Together they will rage an unending war that will encompass the face of Astridia in chaos and bloodshed for years to come. With the uneasy alliance in place Lord Camas calls on the Dark magic's of old and the Ancient dragon TOPHET, whose very name means Death. He was conjured by the black warlock Kemmal in the bowels of Hell itself to conquer the entire world.

Claudette Spelling has accidentally released Diablique and his henchmen and they have taken over the universe. It is the job of the judges to rescue every living creature from the evil regime. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done. It will be up to the newest set of judges to repair the damage caused by Ms. Claudette's blunder. To do this they will have to go to a planet inhabited by dragons and dinosaurs. In every region, they will face a different set of problems and dangers around every corner. Their journey will take them over a giant gorge filled with man-eating flying reptiles; into a cave packed with T-rex to save a young runaway; up a tower to face the invincible rainbow dragon; land them in the middle of a war between the two species and much more. Will the children survive and if so, how?

Rebecca Barnhouse weaves Norse gods, blood feuds, and a terrifying dragon into this spectacular retelling of the end of the Old English poem Beowulf. When he was a baby, Rune washed up onshore in a boat, along with a sword and a pendant bearing the runes that gave him his nickname. Some people thought he was a sacrifice to the gods and wanted to send him right back to the sea. Luckily for Rune, King Beowulf disagreed. He lifted the boy from the boat and gave him to Amma, a wisewoman living on a farm far removed from the king’s hall, to raise as she saw fit. Sixteen years later, Rune spends his summers laboring on the farm. And at King Beowulf’s request, he comes to the hall each winter for weapons training. But somehow he never quite fits in. Many people still fear he will bring a curse on the kingdom. Then a terrible thing happens. On a lonely crag on a mountain that belongs to the giants, someone awakens a dragon. It is time for Rune to find the warrior inside himself and prove to the doubters once and for all that he is a true hero.

Dragon is captured and put in a zoo undersea by the Atlanteans. After fighting one of the guards, Dragon ends up on a chain gang with ManEater and Gator digging more undersea tunnels. Gator and Dragon fight, collapsing a wall and freeing the Lava Lords.

Philip’s teacher gives the class an impossible assignment. He calls it a “scavenger hunt/research project.” Philip blames it on his classmate Cecil, who asked for harder work to do. Philip and Emery team up, and thanks to a combination of inspiration, good luck, and hard work come up with a project the likes of which neither his class nor his teacher has ever seen.

Robert Stanek’s KEEPER MARTIN'S TALE introduced readers to RUIN MIST and the chronicles of the lost ages of the HUNDRED WORLDS penned by Keeper Martin. The Ruin Mist books have gone on to become worldwide bestsellers and have been translated into many languages. THE GUARDIANS OF THE DRAGON REALMS presents a new journey into RUIN MIST, telling an epic fantasy adventure story of tragedy, betrayal, hope, ice, and fire. Whether you are a new reader or already a fan, you can begin your journey into RUIN MIST and the HUNDRED WORLDS right here. Don’t miss the other books, which are now available in special 10th anniversary editions: Keeper Martin's Tale, Kingdom Alliance, Fields of Honor, Mark of the Dragon, and Dragons of the Hundred Worlds. Myth. Legend. Dream. A kingdom torn apart and left for crows. Those exiled plot their return. The conquerors, to exterminate the rebels who remain. Memories born in fire have been cleansed with ice. New heroes born while ancients perish. The Guardians of the Dragon Realms collects three previously published Ruin Mist adventures: The Dragon, the Wizard & the Great Door; A Legacy of Dragons; and Memories of Fire.