by Barb Langridge | Sep 11, 2010 | Science Fiction
Fever grows up surrounded by Old Tech devices, raised by the Order of Engineers to see if the female mind is capable of rational analysis. Since the nature-tattooed Scriven overlords had been rousted from their rule over London and ruthlessly killed by the Skinners...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2010 | Fantasy
Thought dead by friends and family after the Rokk explosion, Jakkin and Akki spent a year hiding in the mountains and were captured by Trogs, sort-of humans who speak telepathically. The youngsters escape by hiding in a dead dragon’s carcass, then realize that they...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Elowyn and Kassay have been best friends–nearly sisters–since seventh grade. Kassey practically lives at Elowyn’s house–a huge mansion with BOTH parents at home–parents who dote on their only daughter and her best friend. Kassey, on the...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Okay, quick quiz…what animal can run faster than a pronghorn? What is a pronghorn anyway? Something that lives in Africa? Nope, try Wyoming. They live on the Wyoming steppe. Yep, steppe. They’re smaller than elk or deer but mighty fast little fellas. In...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Through the eyes of former National Park Service Ranger, Stephen R. Swinburne, we watch as a mother sea turtle sniffs the air, recognizes the spot along the Atlantic beaches that is her birthplace, and crawls up onto the shore to lay her eggs. Vividly, we experience...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Living in a world of pink petals, pagodas, school days, rice paddies, best friends, and glistening quartz stones, Soo is growing up in Korea in the time when there no line separates the North from the South. But the day came when that line was drawn and one by one her...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2010 | Picture Book
Looked around at your own community lately? For this neighborhood a very special day is in the making and as this young lady makes her way around her streets, she runs into a diverse, energetic, vibrant clan of people who live side by side and bring their uniqueness...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2010 | Non-Fiction
“Chiru are the only animals of their kind” opens this stirring picture book set on the Chang Tang plains in Tibet. These little animals who look a bit like antelope stand about as high as “a baseball bat”. Their wool is so soft and so warm that...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 9, 2010 | Science Fiction
Just how much has Katniss Everdeen lost since she first entered the Hunger Games? As the book opens, Katniss is being allowed a short tour of District 12 and is struggling with her future. Should she choose to become the Mockingjay? What has happened to Peeta? Is he...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 9, 2010 | Historical Fiction
“Based on true events! It’s the summer of 1916 and the Jersey shore is being terrorized by a Great White shark. Can 10-year-old Chet and his friends survive a swim in the local creek? In the summer of 1916, ten year-old Chet Roscow is captivated by the...
