by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
Alex Sawyer and his fellow inmates should have known there was no way out of Furnace Penitentiary. Their escape attempt only lands them deeper in the guts of this prison for young offenders, and then into solitary confinement. And that’s where a whole new struggle...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Non-Fiction
A Place To Be Navajo is the only book-length ethnographic account of a revolutionary Indigenous self-determination movement that began in 1966 with the Rough Rock Demonstration School. Called Diné Bi’ólta’, The People’s School, in recognition of its...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
A showdown with the rat creatures and a secret ceremony by moonlight; revelations and battles: The Bone cousins are in the thick of it again! The thrilling BONE saga continues in book six. As war spreads through the valley, the Bone cousins join Gran’ma Ben and...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Picture Book
It’s okay to need some help. It’s okay to be a different color. It’s okay to talk about your feelings. From the bestselling author Todd Parr comes a reassuring book about being who you are. Told with Todd Parr’s signature wit and...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Picture Book
At bedtime Tiger recounts his day to his mother.—from the publisher 24 pages 978-0307100535 Ages 3-7 Keywords: bedtime, tiger, mothers, family life, 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Short Stories
Twelve remarkable folktales, culled from the black experience in Africa and America, are freshly retold in the thoroughly original voice of Julius Lester. Arranged by topic — Origins, Love, Heroes, and People — the tales combine universal themes and uncanny wisdom....
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Historical Fiction
As the fight for women’s suffrage heats up, Kathleen”Kat” Bowen gets to participate as her mother and her sister, and many others close to her organize and act to win the right to vote. January 19, 1917 The picket line has been going on for over a...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Historical Fiction
A strong-willed Quaker girl’s diary reflects her experiences growing up in the Delaware River Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763.—from the publisher 186 pages 978-0590134620 ...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Historical Fiction
The sister of a Marine fighting in a war she does not believe in, our zealous heroine must reconcile her life as anti-war demonstrator with that of her brother. An agonizing dilemma plagues these brother-sister diarists.He is a Marine stationed in Vietnam. She is at...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Picture Book
Opening this book is like sitting down in a canoe, taking up a paddle, and gliding out into the summer beauty of a hidden lake. In this picture book that is as refreshing and inviting as a perfect canoe day, a fawn peeks out from the trees as ducklings fan out behind...
