"The colonists of Xon 9 are dying. The Imminent Darkness has unleashed its ultimate weapon: a bio-contagion that is a ticking time bomb of death. Ka Waylon must save them. But first, she must break out of a maximum security prison. Then, if she survives that, she must travel to the Land of Metal and retrieve the final Elemental stone. Metal has many secrets. The Metal queen and the tribes of her land: the Fulgurs and the Tonitrui--should not be trusted....

"After retrieving and destroying the first Elemental stone, Ka Waylon is ready to head back to the Elemental Abyss and take back what's rightfully hers: the Earth stone. Racked with guilt over the scars her friend Li now has to bear, and with Fire coursing through her veins, she's more determined than ever to restore her fractured personality. But her ambitions change when she discovers her mother fatally wounded. Soon, Ka is left reeling with the...

"When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan."--

Splish and splash along with Baby on a day filled with water and fun.

"Meet Drip, a little drop of water. Follow along as it travels through the water cycle in this beautifully illustrated board book for the very young. From a droplet of water in the river to a cloud in the sky, Drip journeys across the earth and sky in a fun, informative board book that explores the cycle of a raindrop. A die-cut throughout the book emphasizes how nature is full of changes-but begins and ends with a tiny drop of water."--