Collected here for the first time, the first three young adult novels of M.E. Purfield. A Pentecostal girl not only questions her faith when she meets a Buddhist punk in her school but also what it means to be family in jesus freakz + buddha punx. A guitarist bored with her art runs off to New York to live with her father and join the circus brewing in a time of great cultural change in Breaking Fellini. Delicate Cutters documents a teen girl's struggle...

Haven Terra is still recovering from an internship that brought her literally to the brink of hell when a trip to New Orleans leads to more trouble. There, while taking part in a student volunteer program, Haven and her friends Dante and Lance run across an enclave of devils known as the Krewe. These shape-shifting devils are more reckless and vicious than any Haven, Lance, and Dante have encountered. Yet the friendssoon discover that their French...

Four young boys stumble into a strange land where hungry dinosaurs roam free. They meet a young girl, Aquilia, and the adventure begins. Pterodactyls have stolen the jewel that drives her village power generator. Time is running out. If the generator power jewel is not replaced soon, the generator will self-destruct. To save her village from cerain doom, the unlikely quintet must venture across dangersous waters to an island controlled by the dinosaur...

Imagine a world with no air to breathe, how would you live? This is the tale of Tamarind Prassad, a lady with a secret that could make the world glad She had a hidden science from her clever parents; they made a machine called Groccolli that could create artificial life forever. Groccolli was an android, a living robot that used the fur of tiny robots called groccolions, which were fluffy and looked like veggie lions They could talk to humans with...

The years immediately following World War I gave rise to several concepts, one of which was women's suffrage, a movement that would catch fire in different countries around the world at different times in history. For America, that movement began in World War I and carried into World War II. This book explores the events of the movement, ideas that led to its formation and execution, how the key players in this era took great strides to accomplish...

Wie überlebe ich bloß die Pubertät? Ganz schön tricky, wenn der Körper auf einmal verrücktspielt, das Leben zur einzigen Gefühlsachterbahn mutiert und sich die Sache mit der Liebe als furchtbar kompliziert herausstellt! Henriette hat dies alles einmal gründlich untersucht und trägt ihre Ergebnisse in diesem Buch als Blogeinträge, Checklisten und kleine Interviews zusammen – mit vielen Tipps und Tricks für alle Mädchen, die bald 13 werden....

Discover the story of Mary Anning, the world's best-known fossil hunter. As a baby, Mary was struck by lightning, then as a little girl she found a fossilised sea monster, the most important prehistoric discovery of its time. This spectacular tale of a little girl who dared to be different and who followed her dreams will inspire young children. Beautiful illustrations and narrative text help children to learn how Mary discovered new fossils...

Eric: Loves surfing, has killer abs, an even better smile, and a heart of gold. Joe: A sarcastic goofball who gives great advice, which no one ever takes. Zach: Sophisticated college boy, wise in the ways of French painting as well as other French things. A California girl like Cassidy Jones should be out on the beach, not stuck in summer school! But her life heats up when she meets the worldly and romantic Zach – she can't stop thinking about him,...

Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Medal Winner! The mysterious, creaking house in Allie's neighborhood has always been a source of fear and curiosity. When Allie, her sister Marie, and her best friend Ryan are swept away on a wild Halloween night, they uncover a startling truth about the grouchy man that lives there. Will they survive the night and make it out unscathed, or will they be caught in the midst of a terrifying discovery?

In this exciting teenage scientific adventure, Zarya sets out on a magical journey to find the parents she never knew. In the process, this 15-year-old fights against the same powers that once silenced her father.Her dedication and persistence to find out what happened to her parents antagonizes a powerful and ruthless organization, headed by chief military officer, Gerik.Through developing "Sochi", her Artificially Intelligent flying Airboard, Zarya...