In this story of an extended family, three grandmas accidentally buy the same book for their granddaughter, and they then launch into a gift-purchasing battle for supremacy. The well-intentioned grannies race all over the Internet and town to buy the best present, the one that will win the affections of the child. The poor postman is the one left with delivering gifts of clothes, toys, DVDs, and trinkets until the little girl's home is packed to the rafters with stuff. Finally the little girl emerges as the voice of reason and points out she cannot wear or play with all of the stuff being...

Even in one of the wealthiest districts in America, Douglas County School District, Colorado, a little corner is reserved for the disinterested, discouraged, and deemed "at-risk" student. Night high school Eagle Academy, operating for over 16 years without its own building, has served nearly a thousand students on whom many others had given up hope. Anthonette Klinkerman served as an English teacher for a decade, and in this book presents some of the hard-to-believe stories, improbable triumphs, and amusing anecdotes from within those borrowed walls. Alternative education just means a...