Sixth-grader Gabe, a middle child, is unsure of himself and how he fits in his family and the rest of his world. Both his brothers have learning disabilities, does he? Is he a "difficult child, " as the book his mom has suggests? Or, does he simply need to find his place?

Exiled for a year from her Romany gypsy community in 1948 West Texas, 18-year-old Mala Reinhart, who has been denounced for her true abilities to predict the future, documents her experiences in a journal that is discovered 60 years later by three neighborhood women who find hope and help in Mala's words.

"Set in Manchuria in the aftermath of the Asian Pacific War. The central character is Kuki Kyūzō, whose settler parents relocated from Japan to the Manchurian puppet-state as the Japanese empire expanded. Kyūzō's father, a factory technician, dies shortly after he is born. In the course of Japan's defeat and the Soviet Union's occupation of Manchuria, Kyūzō's mother is seriously wounded, forcing him to remain behind with her rather than evacuate...

"This collection of poetry explores an immigrant woman's lived experiences, from coming out to a deeply religious mother, to idolizing the "bad boy" of the NBA, to understanding how to relate to her ever-changing Chinese-Canadian identity. A meditation on family, food, and falling in love, Escape Artist reveals how the stories of immigrants in Canada contain both universal truths and singular nuances."--

"Eight female writers from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe explore the beauty, pain, and complexity wrapped up in their Caribbean identities. A collection of poems and short stories translated from French"--

In the garden grew a pea plant. Every pea looked like every other pea and lived happily. Except one. There was one pea who didn't want to be just like the others. "En un jardín crecía una planta de guisantes. Se parecían unos a otros y vivían tranquilamente. Todos menos uno. Había un guisante que no quería ser como los demás."--Publisher's description.

Poprzez głęboko osobiste rozmowy Oprah Winfrey i dr Bruce Perry badają, jak to, czego doświadczamy we wczesnym dzieciństwie, wpływa na to, jakimi ludźmi się stajemy. Zachęcają nas, byśmy przestali skupiać się na: „Co jest z tobą nie tak?" albo „Dlaczego zachowujesz się w ten sposób", na rzecz pytania: „Co ci się przydarzyło?". Wielu z nas doświadcza nieszczęść, które mają trwały wpływ na nasze zdrowie fizyczne i emocjonalne....

Divergent: An "action-adventure set in a future world where society has been divided into five distinct factions. Not fitting into any group, Tris, a Divergent, is targeted by a faction leader determined to eliminate all Divergents"--Container. Insurgent: "Tris searches for answers and allies in this action-packed second adventure. On the run and targeted by ruthless faction leader Jeanine, Tris fights to protect the people she loves, and races to...