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Growing up, I learned three things early: how to stay out of trouble (mostly), how to take a joke (even when I was the joke), and how to survive situations no kid should have to navigate with a straight face.

This book is a collection of stories from a childhood where discipline was creative, money was scarce, and laughter was often the only thing that kept everything from falling apart. School hallways, sickrooms, family rules, and hard lessons collide in moments that are equal parts absurd and unforgettable.

Told with humor that doesn't apologize and honesty that doesn't waver, these stories find comedy in the chaos and truth in the mess. Some moments will make you laugh out loud. Others might make you wince, then laugh anyway.

This isn't a feel-good story. It's a feel-real one. For anyone who grew up fast, learned sarcasm before self-confidence, and figured out early that humor is a survival skill, this book will feel like home.

Milow can't speak. Her father took her voice before she ever had a chance to use it, leaving her trapped in silence and haunted by memories no one should ever endure. Every day is a reminder of what was taken from her, and every moment is a quiet battle to survive the shadows of her past.

When she arrives at a new foster home, Milow expects nothing. Just another place where she doesn't belong and isn't loved. But then she meets Ashby, her new foster brother, who has lived through his own hell. Somehow, he sees her, and without words or judgment, he understands her in a way no one else ever has.

Growing up together, their bond deepens into something unbreakable. Ashby becomes her protector and the one constant in her life. They spend years leaning on each other, but childhood doesn't last forever, and that closeness starts to shift into something more complicated and intense.

As they grow older, the world gets crueler. The bullying Milow has endured her whole life never lets up, and it only becomes heavier. At the same time, the pressure on Ashby keeps building as school and swimming demand more from him.

Milow has to decide how much of herself she can risk in a world that has never treated her gently, while Ashby has to choose what he's willing to sacrifice to reach his goals.

But after everything, they know one truth: no matter what it costs, they will always choose each other.

CLOSE TO YOU is an epic and emotional coming-of-age novel that deals with heavy topics.

This book is not meant for sensitive readers.

"Bursts with the complexity, drama, and warmth of Call the Midwife."--Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich and Wreck

Set in the 1960s before Roe, a poignant and powerful novel in the vein of Lessons in Chemistry and Big Little Lies, about the friendship among a group of suburban housewives--and a fifteen-year-old unwed mother--who help one another navigate their personal challenges, their marriages, and their pregnancies...both wanted and unwanted.

In 1965 America, women can't have their own bank accounts, credit cards, or sign their own leases; divorce is scandalous and difficult; and abortion is illegal.

Every Tuesday, a group of suburban housewives share advice and confidences at their weekly card game. When prim and proper Lily Berg, a doctor's wife, discovers she's pregnant with their second child, she follows her friend Becca's suggestion and takes in Betsy, a pregnant teen from the local home for unwed mothers. Betsy, who's never met anyone Jewish before, is to live with the Bergs for six months, help with babysitting and housekeeping, and then leave to have her own baby--agreeing never to contact the family again.

But things quickly get complicated. Lily not only opened her home to the teenager, she's opened her heart. Meanwhile, Becca, who is pregnant with her fourth, devises a scheme to get a legal, therapeutic abortion; and Lily's sister, Rose, discovers the man she married isn't who he purported to be, and turns to Lily and her husband for help.

Moving and atmospheric, In the Family Way captures the experiences of women on the cusp of liberation as they struggle with their own complex feelings about being wives, mothers, and women with their own dreams and ambitions.

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK - INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Wreck is a delight. What an absolute joy to be reunited with Rocky and her family, the characters we all fell in love with in Sandwich. Newman's prose is laugh-out-loud funny. It's also profound. I couldn't stop reading, even though I didn't want it to end."--J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of The Cliffs

"Wreck is the kind of book that pulls up a chair, pours the wine, and dives deep--equal parts hilarious, sharp, and achingly sincere. I didn't just read it--I felt known by it. A luminous, laugh-out-loud triumph."--Alison Espach, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding People

The acclaimed bestselling author of Sandwich is back with a wonderful novel, full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn't go as planned.

If you loved Rocky and her family on vacation on Cape Cod, wait until you join them at home two years later. (And if this is your first meeting with this crew, get ready to laugh and cry--and relate.)

Rocky, still anxious, nostalgic, and funny, is living in Western Massachusetts with her husband Nick and their daughter Willa, who's back home after college. Their son, Jamie, has taken a new job in New York, and Mort, Rocky's widowed father, has moved in.

It all couldn't be more ridiculously normal . . . until Rocky finds herself obsessed with a local accident that only tangentially affects them--and with a medical condition that, she hopes, won't affect them at all.

With her signature wit and wisdom, Catherine Newman explores the hidden rules of family, the heavy weight of uncertainty, and the gnarly fact that people--no matter how much you love them--are not always exactly who you want them to be.

Althea Ralston:

Author.

Professor.

Icon.

Liar.

Fifteen years ago, Lila Parks was a bright, eager student at Havenport University-handpicked and mentored by the legendary Professor Ralston.

Lila believed in Ralston's message.

She trusted her.

Worshipped her.

Then, everything fell apart.

Behind the curtain of Ralston's carefully crafted illusion, the truth was impossible to ignore: Lila's mentor built her empire on deception and betrayal.

Today, the world sees Althea Ralston as a legend. Lila only sees the lie.

When an invitation to celebrate Ralston's lifetime of achievement calls Lila back to Havenport, she knows she shouldn't go. But this might be her only chance to confront the woman who destroyed her.

Surrounded by thousands of Ralston's adoring fans and the ghosts of her past at Addison Hall, Lila begins to dig for proof of what she learned back then, of the monsters buried beneath that perfect smile. What she uncovers is darker-and far more sinister-than she ever expected.

To expose Ralston for what she truly is, Lila finds herself in a downward spiral of paranoia and suspicion, desperately searching for the key to toppling Ralston's meticulous house of cards.

But with every wrong turn, she finds herself closer to crumbling her own world instead.

Set against a gothic campus cloaked in ivy and secrets, this chilling, slow-burn suspense from two-million-copy bestselling author Kiersten Modglin explores the blurred line between manipulation and brilliance-and what it costs to finally speak the truth.

Pride, Pemberley, and Second Chances

When history-loving Olivia Bennett's teaching contract isn't renewed, she is considered her family's logical choice to care for her ailing grandmother in a tiny English village. While there, she soon finds additional work at nearby Hartbury Hall--one of England's great houses once used as Pemberley in a filmed production of Pride and Prejudice. The head gardener there, however, proves to be anything but the gentlemanly hero of that famous book. Little does she know that behind Liam Browne's brusque exterior is both a family tragedy and a legacy that demands truth and honor, creating a crisis that only Liv's vivacious determination can resolve. Along the way, she may just learn that appearances count for naught. . .and that love can be found in unexpected ways.

"From the first page to the last, this thriller is rock solid. Great story, with amped up characters."
-- Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series

"With Empty Boxes, Robin Acton offers the reader a macabre and gripping page-turner with a new twist around every corner. Intense and spine-tingling."
--Annette Dashofy, USA Today bestselling author of the Zoe Chambers Mysteries

It's only when she ends up in a box herself, struggling to breathe, that she finally discovers the truth about a sophisticated scheme -- but will she live to write about it?"

Pittsburgh crime reporter Rita Locke is investigating the murder of a funeral director when she learns he'd been burying empty coffins. Delving into his secrets, she uncovers a sinister plot of international proportions that takes her from western Pennsylvania to an offshore Caribbean medical school, where she becomes entangled in a web of deception that leaves her fighting for her life.

"Like nothing I witnessed in medical school. A gripping, unnervingly plausible page-turner that is creepy, sharp, and disturbingly real."
--Shira Shiloah, MD, author of Emergence

We're at an inflection point in data, where our data management solutions no longer match the complexity of organizations, the proliferation of data sources, and the scope of our aspirations to get value from data with AI and analytics. In this practical book, author Zhamak Dehghani introduces data mesh, a decentralized sociotechnical paradigm drawn from modern distributed architecture that provides a new approach to sourcing, sharing, accessing, and managing analytical data at scale.

Dehghani guides practitioners, architects, technical leaders, and decision makers on their journey from traditional big data architecture to a distributed and multidimensional approach to analytical data management. Data mesh treats data as a product, considers domains as a primary concern, applies platform thinking to create self-serve data infrastructure, and introduces a federated computational model of data governance.

• Get a complete introduction to data mesh principles and its constituents
• Design a data mesh architecture
• Guide a data mesh strategy and execution
• Navigate organizational design to a decentralized data ownership model
• Move beyond traditional data warehouses and lakes to a distributed data mesh

A remarkable blood-soaked stranger upends the lives of two Lake District ramblers; a lonely tavern offers its guests something much more disturbing than a post-walk pint; a night hike on the Fens takes a terrifying turn when the fog rolls in. From the darkly humorous to the chillingly sinister, tales of the haunted trail are as old as time. We have always travelled on foot and our worst fears have often accompanied us. Whether walking for pleasure or necessity, the ramblers of these classic stories trip across unseen boundaries, plotting routes towards the numinous, the uncanny and the plain evil. Featuring fifteen pieces from an intrepid band of writers including Robert Aickman, Charlotte Riddell, M. R. James and many more, this new anthology is a haunting trail mate, guiding you into the wild unknown.

A dark YA fantasy about learning to use your power and finding peace, from award-winning author Frances Hardinge

In a world where anyone can create a life-destroying curse, only one person has the power to unravel them.

Kellen does not fully understand his talent, but helps those transformed maliciously--including Nettle. Recovered from entrapment in bird form, she is now his constant companion and closest ally.

But Kellen has also been cursed, and unless he and Nettle can remove his curse, Kellen is in danger of unravelling everything--and everyone--around him . . .

Cosmos meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in Oliver's Great Big Universe, an original illustrated middle-grade fiction series that blends science with narrative from the Emmy Award-nominated creator of PBS's Elinor Wonders Why.

I know what you're thinking. What makes an average 11-year-old kid qualified to tell you anything about the universe?

Am I famous scientist? No.

Am I a super-genius at everything? Not really.

Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle school--new friends, new classes, new everything. But at least there's one thing that still makes sense: science! Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns--like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs, and most important, how the Big Bang is basically just like a fart in the school hallway. (Also, there are time-bending black holes, exploding supernova stars, and aliens! Well, there could be aliens.)

Oliver finally feels like he's starting to figure things out . . . but can he stay out of the principal's office or catch a break from his annoying sister?

With laugh-out-loud humor and cartoon-style illustrations from the bestselling writer and creator of PHD Comics, Jorge Cham, Oliver's Great Big Universe is a STEAM-themed, diary-style series following an 11-year-old who's taking on the whole universe--if he can survive middle school first.

2nd grade reading books

Support your child's reading journey with the Spectrum Grade 2 Reading Workbook!

Spectrum's second grade reading books are a great way for your child to learn reading skills through a variety of activities that are both fun AND educational!

Why You'll Love This Second Grade Workbook

• Engaging and educational reading passages and activities. Nonfiction and fiction passages with activities to identify main idea and story structure help inspire learning into your child's classroom or homeschool curriculum.
• Helping your child along the way. Lesson reviews test your child's knowledge before moving on to new and exciting lessons. Parent support pages are included at the beginning of each chapter with helpful definitions, tools and tips, and a skills list to provide a spectrum of support for your leaner. An answer key is included in the back of the 2nd grade workbook to track your child's progress and accuracy.
• Practically sized for every activity. The 192-page reading comprehension 2nd grade workbook is sized at about 8" x 11"--giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise.

About Spectrum

For more than 20 years, Spectrum resources have provided a spectrum of support to meet the individual needs of learners! Whether it is at home or in the classroom, Spectrum's research-supported instruction and activities provide additional practice with grade-level concepts to reiterate skills, support existing curricula, and close learning gaps.

The Spectrum Grade 2 Reading Workbook Contains:

• Illustrated activities with lesson reviews
• Answer key
• Parent support pages at the beginning of each chapter

6th grade reading books

Support your child's reading journey with the Spectrum Grade 6 Reading Workbook!

Spectrum 6th grade reading books are a great way for your child to learn reading skills through a variety of activities that are both fun AND educational!

Why You'll Love This Reading Comprehension Grade 6 workbook

• Engaging and educational reading passages and activities. Nonfiction and fiction passages with activities to identify story structure and key ideas help inspire learning into your child's classroom or homeschool curriculum.
• Helping your child along the way. Lesson reviews test your child's knowledge before moving on to new and exciting lessons. Parent support pages are included at the beginning of each chapter with helpful definitions, tools and tips, and a skills list to provide a spectrum of support for your leaner. An answer key is included in the back of the workbook to track your child's progress and accuracy.
• Practically sized for every activity. The 192-page reading comprehension grade 6 workbook is sized at about 8" x 11"--giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise.

About Spectrum

For more than 20 years, Spectrum resources have provided a spectrum of support to meet the individual needs of learners! Whether it is at home or in the classroom, Spectrum's research-supported instruction and activities provide additional practice with grade-level concepts to reiterate skills, support existing curricula, and close learning gaps.

The Spectrum Grade 6 Reading Workbook Contains:

• Nonfiction and fiction passages with lesson reviews
• Answer key
• Parent support pages at the beginning of each chapter

Aria and Nainai are back in this sweet and magical middle-grade, full-color graphic novel about a mysterious ancient monster and the quest to set it free

Aria thought her life would go back to normal when she left her nainai's boba shop--and the monster living below it--behind in San Francisco.

But while Aria and Nainai may have stopped the Big One, the aftershocks from her summer adventure are far from over. Each night, the monster visits Aria's dreams, calling her back to the caves below the city. Stranger still, Aria's discovered a newfound ability to manipulate water . . . but her powers aren't quite under her control.

So Aria convinces her parents she needs another visit with Nainai, and she packs her bags and heads back to San Francisco.

Beneath the boba shop, Aria and Nainai learn the monster's secret--he needs their help to return home. Can Aria learn how to harness her new powers (and a whole lot of boba) to bring the monster back to the sea, or will it be trapped under the city forever?

More from the Super Boba Cafe series:
Super Boba Cafe

This is a key resource for early childhood educators, especially those inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach or other inquiry-based, social-constructivist models. It answers the important question teachers face when they come up against challenges in their work with children: "What do I do now?"

Join bestselling botanical artist Leila Duly on an all-new adventure for adult colorists. Color 10 stunning floral scenes, then unfold to reveal a spectacular 5-foot-long frieze!

Experience a unique coloring adventure with this stunning, hand-drawn floral frieze.

Join Leila Duly on an adventure to floral perfection. With 10 stunning floral scenes (each carefully drawn from nature), this gorgeous concertina package holds a secret ready to charm beginner and advanced colorists alike. Pick up your pens and unfold this beautiful book to reveal a sensational 5-foot-long continuous frieze. With high-quality art paper and an innovative foldout format, Floralicious takes coloring to the next level.