The Orange Houses Paul Griffin Tamika Sykes is a high school student who hates to wear her hearing aids, loves the rhythm of a guitar, works hard in class, and draws pictures void of people. Fatima is a refugee living in NYC all alone, with dreams of visiting the Statue […]
Shadoweyes Ross Campbell Have you ever wished that you could be a superhero? That you could wipe out all the bad in the world? That you could make other people happy and be happy? That you could be the answer to pain and loneliness? Unfortunately, we’ve learned from many of […]
A Room on Lorelei Street Mary E. Pearson Zoe feels pretty alone in the world. She has some good friends, but she doesn’t get to spend much time with them. She and school don’t seem to get along all that well. She spends most of her time waitressing at Murray’s, […]
Lost & Found Shaun Tan Three beautifully illustrated tales tell simple stories of life as it truly is, was, or could be. “The Red Tree” offers hope to a little girl who feels all alone in a big, confusing world. “The Lost Thing,” without a home, finally finds a place […]
The Great and Only Barnum : the Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum Candace Fleming Did you know that P. T. Barnum — the “Barnum” in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — didn’t become involved with circuses until he was 60 years old? Did you […]
The Hotel Under the Sand Kage Baker Ship-wrecked and alone, Emma finds a young man – a ghost – named Winston who tells her the story of his life as a Bell Captain at the Grand Wenlocke Hotel. This was a very special hotel, erected by a very special wealthy […]
