Booksmart meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel of overachieving, existential crises, growing up, and coming out, from the author of Girl Crushed and Never Have I Ever. Mary is having an existential crisis. She's a good student, she never gets in trouble, and she is searching for the meaning of life. She always thought she'd find it in a perfect score on the SATs. But by junior year, Mary isn't so sure anymore. The first time, it's an accident. She forgets to do a history assignment. She even crosses history essay off in her pristine planner. And then: Nothing happens. She doesn't burst into flames, the world doesn't end, the teacher doesn't even pull her aside after class. So she asks herself: Why am I trying so hard? What if I stop? With her signature wit and heaps of dark humor, Katie Heaney delivers a stunning YA novel the sprints full-force into the big questions our teen years beg--and adeptly unravels their web.
Jo Maeder was a not-so-young DJ on a decidedly youth-driven New York City radio station when a series of crises led her to do the unthinkable: move to the Bible Belt - "Greensboring," North Carolina -
Do you want to be a doctor? Find out what it's like to help people feel better in this inspiring board book that features a peek-through cover and surprise mirror ending This fourth book in the I Want to Be... series invites curious little ones to imagine themselves as doctors, from putting on a doctor's outfit and riding in an ambulance to using a stethoscope and X-ray machine to help their patients. Its positive tone and reassuring message can help ease anxiety around a child's first trip to the doctor, and the surprise mirror at the end provides a fun, interactive bonus
A one-of-a-kind story about empathy and friendship.When a robot asks a boy, “Can we be friends?” the boy replies, “I don't think so. You're a tin can.” The robot disagrees. After all, the robot can play music! Do math! Bake a cake! But the robot has no brain, the boy insists, and no heart. So surely it is a tin can. Is there anything the robot can do to change the boy's mind? To prove it's more than a piece of metal?This whimsical story considers what it takes to be like someone else. And, more important, what it takes to be a friend.In this one-of-a-kind story, a robot and a boy consider who - or what - makes a good friend.When a robot asks a boy, "Can we be friends?" the boy replies, "I don't think so. You're a tin can." The robot disagrees. And to prove that it is not a tin can, the robot shows the boy all that it can do: Play music! Do math! Bake a cake! But the robot has no brain, the boy insists, and no heart. So surely it is a tin can. Is there anything the robot can do to chang
Listen up y'all. Bernie Mac is back, and this here is his page-a-day prescription for a better life and career. You wanna be successful, don't ya? All you gotta do is read one page a day. So come on, let's start your edumacation right now. Are y'all ready to get yourself together? It's time for you to start livin' your best life, and all you gotta do is read one got-d*mn page a day. You think you can handle that? Sure you can. You can do anything you wanna do, but you never gonna hit a home run if you ain't steppin' up to the plate. You got yourself a dream? You got a vision? There ain't no sugarcoatin' it. The only one who's gonna make it happen is you, but this book is gonna help. It's alright-we all need a little help once in a while. I Don't Care if You Like Me, I Like Me is 365 days of Bernie Mac tellin' it like it T-I-Iz. You gonna be gettin' some of his best advice, his personal stories showin' y'all that what he's tellin' you works, and some commentary from Rhonda 'cu
Everything I Need I Get From You will fascinate aficionados, but even for someone who's never so much as logged on, it makes a rich and heartfelt explainer on the feelings and phenomena that thrive on the internet. --Jenny Odell, author of How to Do NothingA thrilling dive into the world of superfandom and the fangirls who shaped the social internet. In 2014, on the side of a Los Angeles freeway, a One Direction fan erected a shrine in the spot where, a few hours earlier, Harry Styles had vomited. "It's interesting for sure," Styles said later, adding, "a little niche, maybe." But what seemed niche to Styles was actually a signpost for an unfathomably large, hyper-connected alternate universe: stan culture. In Everything I Need I Get from You, Kaitlyn Tiffany, a staff writer at The Atlantic and a superfan herself, guides us through the online world of fans, stans, and boybands. Along the way we meet girls who damage their lungs from screaming too loud, fans rallying together to manipul
The Retirees Dilemma: “The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.” George ForemanAnnuities are complicated—Guarantees expensive and not used.Annuities are not refundable—Cha
Jenny Lee covered her first year of marriage in the painfully real and funny book I Do. I Did. Now What?! Now it's time for her to write about the real love of her life: Wendell. Her dog.*Do you tal
‘Patricia Bright is killing it right now’ Glamour‘One of Britain’s biggest YouTube stars’ Huffington Post‘I’m going to show you how to hustle like I do, using your head and heart. All it takes is thre
Why can’t I stop my students from being noisy as they leave my classroom? What can I do when a student is texting on their phone in my lesson? How can I stop a student from constantly tapping th
Why can’t I stop my students from being noisy as they leave my classroom? What can I do when a student is texting on their phone in my lesson? How can I stop a student from constantly tapping their pe
My teacher gave me an A... by mistake. What do I do? Teens face tough choices like this one every day. Help's arrived! Whether it's about the use of the internet (downloading music? copying homework p
Highly accessible and enjoyable for readers who love and loathe math.” BooklistA critical read for teachers and parents who want to improve children’s mathematics learning,What’s Math Got to Do with I
What do most people think of Idaho? Well, see, that's the problem - they don't think of Idaho. Despite its breathtaking natural beauty and the fact that it's crammed to the gills with eccentrics and f
A thoughtful book that explains to children what to do if they are ever separated from their parents in public.Lu is excited to go to the marketplace with Mama today. It's crowded, and she clings to Mama's red coat, but when she stoops for a second to pet the cutest little puppy, Mama is suddenly gone. She looks around quickly, but she can't find Mama. She does cross paths with a little boy, Roberto, who is also lost, and has been for a while. Luckily, Lu knows just what to do to help herself and, now, Roberto. She recites the steps they must complete while Roberto dries his tears. Though Lu advises Roberto to stay put and to call his father on his cell, Roberto cannot remember his father's phone number—and Lu refuses to go with a stranger to his car where the man says she can use his phone. The next step is to find the police, not because Lu and Roberto are criminals, of course, but because the police will help Lu find Mama and Roberto find his father. Lu and Roberto must fight the ur
Meet Marvin, a lovable monster with a twelve-stringed baby fang guitar, a rambunctious case of ADHD, and a diary to record it all. His teachers scold him, his parents don't know what to do with him, a
Marketing. It's a necessary, career altering technique that authors must know and most do not. What can an author do to create a "buzz" about themselves, their book and be successful?They can turn t
From the New York Times-Bestselling Author of On the Night You Were Born! The world is a wonderland waiting for you. How will you play in it?What will you do? This exclusive collection is a gift for t
Parents have two basic questions: "How is my child doing as a reader and a writer?" and "What can I do to help?" It's a challenge to answer these questions and explain literacy development in content-
It doesn't matter what you believe if what you believe isn't the truth...Have you ever stopped for more than 30 seconds and thought, Why are we here? Why am I here? Why do I get up every day and go to
