Fifteen-year-old Lee Carter has never had an easy life, but he never imagined this Lee and his brother and sister find themselves forcefully removed to a realm of endless shadow and mysterious magic. They face werewolves, vampires, a great curse in medieval England and the commanding magic of long lost artifacts. Luckily they have made powerful allies such as Amelia Earhart and the notorious pirate King Long Ben Avery. Yet they still must face potent foes that have disappeared from our history and now lurk in the grayness of The Shadow Realm. "The Into the Shadow Realm series is a...

Understanding the Whole Student presents a holistic approach to multicultural educational issues by viewing them in terms of the student as a physical, psychosocial, cognitive, ethical, and spiritual being. Conversely, these levels of a student's being cannot be seen apart from the student's cultural identities. This unique book demonstrates that, in a pluralistic democracy, good teaching and deep learning must be multicultural and must look at the student as a whole being, not just as a future worker in a transnational corporate economy as is currently the case with both neo-liberal and...