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Exploring the way our choices and relationships are shaped by the menace and beauty of the natural world, Megan Mayhew Bergman's powerful and heartwarming collection captures the surprising moments when the pull of our biology becomes evident, when love or fear collides with good sense, or when our attachment to an animal...

Today's top authors for teens and young people come together to share their stories about bullying--as bystanders, as victims, and as the bullies themselves--in this moving and deeply personal collection. Lauren Oliver, R. L. Stine, Ellen Hopkins, Carolyn Mackler, Kiersten White, Mo Willems, Jon Scieszka, Lauren Kate, and many more contributed 70 heartfelt and empathetic stories from each corner of the schoolyard. In addition, Dear Bully includes resources for teens, educators, and parents, and suggestions for further reading.

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When Ashley's boyfriend, Jared, invites her to accompany him to a deserted beach, she thinks he has taken her to the perfect place to watch the sunset. Unfortunately, she could not be more wrong. Moments later, he overpowers her in a fit of anger, stopping her beating heart and sending her plummeting into a world of darkness. But it is not over. It is just the beginning.

Now immersed in the world of the afterlife, Ashley transforms into a supernatural being determined to get revenge on Jared and find the motivation behind his brutal and bizzare actions. But Ashley becomes a new...

More than ever, Americans rely on independent special districts to provide public services. The special district -- which can be as small as a low-budget mosquito abatement district or as vast as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- has become the most common form of local governance in the United States. In Governing the Tap, Megan Mullin examines the consequences of specialization and the fragmentation of policymaking authority through the lens of local drinking-water policy. Directly comparing specific conservation, land use, and contracting policies enacted by...