The Yellow House Mystery, A Graphic Novel #3 (Boxcar Children Graphic Novels)
Age 7-10 years
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden discover that a mystery surrounds the run-down yellow house on Surprise Island. The children find a letter and other clues that could lead them on the trail of a man who vanished from the house.
After the death of a close friend, Elly, Sable, Barbara Ann, and Beth gather at her house for a weekend to sort through her personal papers, as well as to come to terms with what their own lives have become.
A woman makes love to an Indian dying of snakebite, miraculously restoring him to life and engendering a daughter named Eva"so she will love life." Thus begins Allende's latest novel, a magnificent successor to The House of the Spirits and Of Love & Shadows. Set in a Latin American country, it relates Eva's picaresque adventures.
It's just after midnight. Winnie has gone to bed and is snoring when Wilbur is woken by a strange noise. He discovers a baby dragon. The clattering wakes Winnie and she's not happy about a baby dragon in her house. Winnie goes onto the roof to look for his mother. But how will she catch the attention of a mother dragon flying past?
The Oath：The Obama White House and the Supreme Court(Audio+epub)
From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determined to change the course of the nation—and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue. One is radical; one essentially conservative.
