A young girl who longs to study but must run the household and look after her siblings after her mother’s death gets an invaluable gift from her brother. One day…

Most people hear the word vampire and they think of shady, nocturnal characters with capes and pointed teeth. But that’s all pretend…right? Wrong! Blood-thirsty creatures are real–but not in the…

Augusta’s pirate-captain father insists that pirates must be rotten, sneaky, and brainy. But Augusta prefers fanciness to foulness. Despite the crew’s opposition, she sets out to prove that a successful…

This book explores how youth appropriate the arts, media, and literacy as resources that enable them to express their identities and engage in social and cultural engagement, and implications for…