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Award-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write.When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words blacked out, he thinks it must be a mistake. But then when he and his friends discover what the missing words are, he's outraged.Someone in his school is trying to prevent kids from reading the full story.But who?Even though his unreliable da...

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A fun collection of one-minute mysteries and brain teasers.

When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.

This book introduces the workings of the central nervous system to biomedical science and veterinary students. It provides structural and functional insight into how the system might fail and how damaged components can be recognized. The discussions are based on a generalized mammal, withspecific references to humans and domestic animals. The author emphasizes an economical approach, one that enables beginners to grasp essential principles qui...

Dreck verbirgt alles - vor allem die verdorbene Wahrheit, die droht, ausgegraben zu werden ... An der Spitze der Familie Hemmings steht ein reiches Ehepaar - alte knauserige Bauern aus einer amerikanischen, weißen Vorstadt. Sie verwehren ihren eigenen Nachkommen das Vermögen, das sie zu Lebzeiten anhäuften.Aber nicht nur Kartoffeln schlugen auf ihrer Farm Wurzeln, sondern auch Hass, Neid und Rassismus. Amy Sarig King gehört laut der New York ...

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The 11th novel from acclaimed, award-winning author King takes a surreal and searing dive into the tangled secrets of a wealthy white family in suburban Pennsylvania as five teenage cousins struggle with the failures and racial ignorance of their dysfunctional parents and grandparents.

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A heartbreaking and mindbending story of a talented teenage artist's awakening to the brokenness of her family from critically acclaimed award-winner A.S. King.Sixteen-year-old Sarah can't draw. This is a problem, because as long as she can remember, she has "done the art." She thinks she's having an existential crisis. And she might be right, she does keep running into past and future versions of herself as she wanders the urban ruins of Phil...

In this truly original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of society's definitions, Printz Honor author King asks readers to question "everything"Nand offers hope to those who will never stop seeking real love.

Kann man vergessen, was war? Muss man verzeihen, um den anderen zu retten? Wie viel Mut braucht die Wahrheit? Vera hasst Charlie. Aus tiefstem Herzen. Obwohl er einmal ihr bester Freund war. Obwohl sie seine dunkelsten Geheimnisse kannte. Obwohl sie ihn so geliebt hat. Und doch ist sie die Einzige, die weiß, was in jener Nacht wirklich geschah. Der Nacht, in der Charlie starb.

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