A Boy Called Bat by Elana K Arnold / Hardcover or Paperback - NEW BOOK Book Type:Hardcover

A Boy Called Bat by Elana K Arnold / Hardcover or Paperback - NEW BOOK Book Type:HardcoverThe first book in a funny, heartfelt, and irresistible young middle grade series starring an unforgettable young boy on the autism spectrum For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild animal shelter. But the minute Bat

A primal biblical epic flung into the future

this powerfully affecting historical novel-in-verse recreates a pivotal moment in US and world history

and beautifully balanced

and conflicting racial and cultural identities

Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing)

Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own

With these and other ruptures

Publisher: Hardcover - G

her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school

from Los Angeles to Sonoma

she'll soon confront questions about the nature of her own identity and the very essence of what it is to know another person

Publisher: Page Street Kids