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He might make her nerdy heart pound like the drums at one of his football games, but Quin needs to get over star quarterback, Cage Rucker. For one thing, he has a girlfriend. For another, she didn’t come to college to find a guy, even if he is sweet and kind, and volunteers with kids on the weekend. She has bigger plans. Unfortunately, those bigger plans require one thing she doesn’t have—the ability to talk to people. And who’s good at talking to people? Cage Rucker.

Based on true accounts born into slavery, allowed to grow up with her owners' daughter, Molly was taught to read and write. After emancipation, Mary found it difficult to remain close to her childhood friend and struggled with many jobs throughout her life. At 60 years old, Mary became the first Black woman mail carrier and became known as "Stagecoach" Mary. Even though she frequented saloons, smoked cigars, and fought like a man, she was loved by the town of Cascade and given more privileges than a White woman.

Do you know why whales sing? Or why pufferfish puff up? Or how coral changes color? You will after you listen to this audiobook! From the creators of the popular podcast But Why comes a new nonfiction series for kids answering all their most curious questions! Featuring tons of sidebars and real...

Do you know why goats have rectangular eyes? Or why horses sleep standing up? Or if llamas are ticklish? After reading this book you will! From the creators of the popular podcast But Why comes a new nonfiction series for kids answering all their most curious questions! With lots of sidebars and...

The story is about Princess Snow, a five-year-old girl (go figure!) who lives with her parents in a gorgeous palace. One day, she meets an ice unicorn. She plays with the elegant animal and flies on its back to a magical place called Unicorn Iceland, where more ice unicorns live. There, she plays on slides, eats healthy ice cream, and does whatever a girl that age does.

I die every night in my dreams. Add to that the hallucinations of people I've never met and creatures that don't exist, and you can see why I don’t let anyone in. People don't take well to weirdos that can't tell reality from illusion. That all changed the day a dragon attacked. Yup, that’s right. A real-life, smoke-breathing dragon hunted me down in the middle of a school day.

Where is God when we are in the dark? Is God caught off guard when struggles happen? Why does it feel like I’m so alone? Does he hear my cry for help? Does he even care? In He Can Be Trusted, Melody Box tells her story of fighting a rare Stage Four cancer. Through this journey she is reminded that God is never caught off guard, that he has a plan, and that he is right beside you through your darkest moments.

From the author of Sharing the Mountain with Bigfoot series, Jada L. Roberts' Bigfoot Stories 2 is a collection of stories from eyewitnesses who had their own encounters with an unknown creature lurking in the woods that they called Bigfoot. These eyewitnesses have contacted the author and wanted to share their story. These reports are from ordinary men and women who have seen Bigfoot in the flesh and have told that their lives have been changed forever.

Like everyone, Will Miller has a dream. A dream of one day becoming the creator of his own TV show. But unlike most, Will is determined to transform his dream into a reality, even if that means going to the most extreme measures and having the most ambitious expectations. Ellie is a world-famous Hollywood actress, with her face on billboards and people screaming her name no matter where in the world she may find herself.

New school. New year. It’s all too familiar for military brat Sara Parker. After her dad gets deployed, the darkness in her mind is set free, wreaking havoc on every aspect of her life. Stuck in the bottom of a pit with no one to turn to, Sara’s world comes crashing down as everyone around her discovers her secrets, one scar at a time.

It was not really easy to go to school. By 1988 to 1989, I graduated from what is known as secondary school, then trying to either further with college or another institute of higher learning in the years 1990 to 1991, but I was told it would not be possible at all. As my mom's last child, no one was ready to take responsibility for my education, which I loved so much, but against all odds, and by the Grace of Baba God, and through the hard work of my Mom and I, education was achieved.

¡Cincuenta jóvenes espíritus afines que representan a cincuenta escuelas y estados de EE. UU. Han escrito ensayos que han sido combinados para crear un libro fascinante titulado, Diario de los Niños Atravesando COVID-19! ¡Autores juveniles, entre 7 a 13 años, elegidos de varias escuelas, pusieron los dedos en sus teclados y derramaron sus corazones para compartir sus experiencias personales durante el asalto de esta pandemia!

When a young White user and her party wander into a high-level zone, things quickly go awry. Now, in order to survive, she is forced to cultivate her strength in a hostile place filled with monsters lurking in every corner. Will Ayana obtain the strength she needs to survive or end up as another skeleton by the wayside?

Bliss Camden didn’t know what she was signing up for when the employment agency sent her to the Wylder Colt Ranch as a live-in housekeeper for best friends and ranch owners Levi Colt and Wylder Madison. The two rough, ready, and wild cowboys make her feel things she’s never felt before...things she shouldn’t feel about her employers. Wicked things.

We are part of the most incredible story that has ever been written and we have an important impact to make for God, others, and ourselves. It’s time to “wake up” and create waves of love, hope, truth, and freedom for those in our lives, families, and communities. In the context of her many adventures as a marine biologist, the author navigates many of life’s principles which help us take an honest look at ourselves and our role in God’s story. We all have the ability to make powerful choices.

Avery loves the prospect of visiting Scarya with her cousin and boyfriend. Adventure and romance surely await in this exotic country. Instead, war breaks out, and Avery ends up with an ancient sword everyone is dying to possess. Scarya isn’t just a foreign land - the more time Avery is trapped there, the more she learns about her past. Her ancestors originated in Scarya, and one of them brought an enchanted crystal with him to Scarya from space.

Rudy is a fun, loving and playful dog that enjoys being around his family and other dogs. This children's book about a beagle named Rudy will have you wanting to get your own puppy. Rudy loves to be in the outdoors, he loves to go on walks and is adored by his family. You will learn in this book that Rudy hates to be alone, even when he is sleeping. Rudy becomes a part of a happy family that adores his compelling personality and character. For a dog that is still a puppy, he is very smart and is quick on his feet.

What doesn't kill you...can still cause a lot of damage. After a deadly accident in Airborne School, Jan Wishart returns to West Point under a cloud of suspicion. She is branded a "witch" by some at the military academy and creepy things keep happening in her room. She's losing the single most precious commodity available to cadets: sleep, which inflames her already heightened anxiety level. Then, a masked intruder begins visiting her room at night. Or is she imagining that? Events escalate to the point of no return for Jan and her two best friends.

They failed to drive her out of the military academy, but one in three women are still leaving West Point. Jan Wishart fights for survival in her second year at the formerly all male citadel, where the women cadets continue to endure body shaming, sexism, and contempt from the higher ups. When one of her friends shows signs of abuse and later commits suicide, Jan's coming of age year gets even more complicated. The culture of hazing and harassment must be addressed...sometimes the best way to call attention to an issue is to leak it the press.

It's the cardinal rule of the girl code: never date a friend's ex. Laynie Duluth knows that Gideon Roth is completely off limits. After all, he and her best friend, Priya, dated for two years back in college. And there's no statute of limitations on the rules of girl code. Problem is, somebody forgot to tell Gideon. When Laynie wakes up in Gideon's hotel room bed, wrapped up in a naked, deliciously attractive Gideon after a night of explosive, earth-shattering, mind-blowing sex, she knows she's got to fess up and come clean with Priya.