That was, until last year, when she joined her school’s theatrical group and fell for their mysterious star, Roman Cavalero. Now, the British teen’s Type A skills are being put to the test as the Edgemoor Players venture out on an unchaperoned extra credit orienteering trip on their local moor. Faced with dangerous snowy conditions,…
In distinct contrast to the general run of introductions to volcanoes, which tend to be full of melodramatic images and tales of widespread disaster, this survey goes for cute. Wagstaffe does acknowledge the perils of being anywhere near an erupting volcano’s gigantic emissions of gas and flows of lava and ash, pyroclastic or otherwise, but…
Working with artists Horner and Staehle, as he did for Hidden Pictures (2022), Rekulak uses illustrations to support a paranormal thriller plot. Penny Padgett, a 27-year-old cartoonist living in Philadelphia, has published three beloved graphic novels about her life with her cat, Popcorn, and is working on a fourth when Popcorn darts out the window…
Larkspur Lee, a first-year American student on scholarship, is well aware of the precariousness of her situation at Université Meurdrac. Without social standing or family connections, Lark must use her fierce ambition and hard-earned knowledge of alchemy to survive. When the opportunity arises for a coveted apprenticeship with the immortal Petronelle Flamel, she grabs the…
Award-winning Scottish historian Pettegree offers an abundantly detailed history of bookselling, spanning the past 600 years. As far back as Greek and Roman times, there was a market for handwritten texts, and, even before the invention of printing, doctors, lawyers, and clergymen collected relevant tomes. Gutenberg’s invention, though, fueled the start of a book industry…
Evoking the excitement of discovery in his illustrations, Litchfield illuminates events both above ground and below with sparkles and broad beams of light. Walking through the woods to get away from the increasingly troubling war news in 1940, young Marcel Ravidat finds some unusual holes—which, as he learns when he returns with three friends to…
Rod Serling’s name is inextricably linked to The Twilight Zone (1959-1964), the groundbreaking science-fiction show he created; accordingly, journalist Sepinwall, author of TV (The Book), titles many chapters of his biography after celebrated episodes that offer sharp insights into Serling’s life. “A World of His Own,” for instance, named for an episode about a playwright…
In London, Tom Branimir’s reputation as a journalist precedes him. Over the years, he’s increasingly devoted his career to writing exposés about fraudsters who push bogus health remedies and scam their followers. His cynical outlook and ruthless coverage have even earned him the nickname “King of Cancel Culture.” So he’s not expecting to find inspiration…
Setting her tone with the opening header “Weirdness All the Way Down,” marine biologist Scales highlights a select menagerie of strange-looking ocean fauna, from giant and colossal squid (which are actually different species) to bubblegum corals, E.T. sponges, and jellies called “larvaceans” enveloped in floating “snot palaces.” Beginning at the bottom, where in places the…
This globe-spanning guide begins in Canada and circles the world in a generally easterly direction—leaving out the polar regions but fetching up at last with entries for Vanuatu and New Zealand. Each of the just under 200 single-page stops along the way presents a crowded but easily navigable mix of distinctive landmarks (portrayed in photos…