Uses the case of a 6th grade classrm in a small US town to systematically consider how pre-adolescent middle-school children develop a knowledge & understanding of the conventions of art & how they use this knowledge to create artful representations.

Kylie Washington’s business is failing, and there isn’t much she can do about it. Short of living in her car and eating scraps for the rest of her life, she has to take the Hunters' offer. She has her father to think of, he made the paper what it was.​ Curtis has loved Kylie his entire life—but she loves Daniel. Stepping back from the beauty has been the hardest thing he’s ever done. But he will help her and her father even if he has to beat her butt to make it happen.​ But someone else wants the Washington building too. There is something inside that he wants badly enough to kill for—even his own father. ​ Vaughan isn’t going to take ‘no’ for an answer, and if Kylie does say it, he had already decided to kill her and take it anyway.​ Kylie and Curtis fight each other at every turn. When one says ‘no,’ the other says ‘yes.’ That is until Vaughan LaMancusa steps into the picture, and they work together to keep their families safe. But will it be enough? Will they live happily ever after?

You said I killed the person you loved the most, so what did I count for? If she said that beating was a form of love, then what was shaming for five years? It said that when one reaches the depths of love, they will naturally see flowers bloom. Then, when would it be? Mu Xiaoyan, Love Ling An Jun, was not afraid of being buried! Not fearing inhuman abuse, He was not afraid of hopelessness either. Because, I only believe that one day, I will love you and you will be touched

Taken from over twenty years of personal journals, this book tells the story of one woman's journey into recovery through self-exploration and holistic health.

Become a bartender at The Vixen's Den, they said. The owner isn't really a vampire, they said. It'll be fun, they said. And suddenly I'm neck deep in a world I've never really believed in, no matter what my crazy Great Aunt Mabel used to say. Seriously, I have more than enough drama in my life already, without adding an irresistibly mesmerizing nightclub owner to the mix. My boss—a man with a penchant for trouble and the echo of tragedy lurking behind his dark gaze. My new coworkers appear to be universally insane. My deadbeat ex is in trouble with a capital "T," and if history is any indication, he'll do his best to drag my son and me right along with him. In other news, I'm also being hounded by creditors who seem to think you can make money appear in someone's bank account by threatening them over the phone. (Though to be fair, if that approach worked, I'd be all for it. Spoiler alert—it doesn't.) To top it all off, while my back was turned, I've somehow become a chess piece in a cold war between supernatural factions. Just because magic supposedly runs in my family doesn't mean I know the first thing about Fae or demons or vampires or any of this craziness. But it looks like I'm gonna have to learn. Because now they're coming after the thing I hold most dear — my son. And I'll do anything to get him back. Watch out, paranormal world. Hell hath no fury like a mother's wrath. * * * Vampire Bound is a new urban fantasy romance series by R. A. Steffan, set in the same world as the bestselling series The Last Vampire. Download the complete series collection today, and enter a world shared by humans, fae, demons, and vampires. It's a place where the supernatural threatens the mundane, nothing is as it seems, and love will either be the world's downfall—or its salvation. This collection contains the following books: Vampire Bound: Book One Vampire Bound: Book Two Vampire Bound: Book Three Vampire Bound: Book Four Forsaken Fae: Chapter One Sneak Peek

I hugged my sisters and they fit against my sides like two jigsaw pieces that would never fit anywhere else. I couldn?t imagine ever letting them go again, like releasing them would be to surrender the best parts of myself. Three sisters share a magical, unshakeable bond in this witty high-concept novel from the critically acclaimed author of Audrey, Wait! Around the time of their parents? divorce, sisters April, May, and June recover special powers from childhood?powers that come in handy navigating the hell that is high school. Powers that help them cope with the hardest year of their lives. But could they have a greater purpose? April, the oldest and a bit of a worrier, can see the future. Middle-child May can literally disappear. And baby June reads minds?everyone?s but her own. When April gets a vision of disaster, the girls come together to save the day and reconcile their strained family. They realize that no matter what happens, powers or no powers, they?ll always have each other. Because there?s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.