Books with author Elizabeth Cage

Spanning forty-five years, The Place of a Father follows the journey of a woman, separated from her father and her country at a very young age, as she strives to follow her heart and live her life to the fullest. Taken from Massachusetts to France as a toddler, she will migrate back to the place she calls home, the United States, at the age of twenty-one. Despite being absent, her father is a central theme influencing not only the person she becomes, but also many of her life choices. As he appears and disappears from her life, the author struggles to find a balance between acceptance and her yearning for a father's love. Only a twist of fate will reward her faith in destiny, when she finally reunites with her long-lost father. Together, they embark on a journey of healing and discovery that will take them to the beautiful shores of Baja, Mexico. "I did not realize how much I had missed my father until we met again!"

This charming reference introduces young readers to the wider world by exploring languages, landscapes, weather, animals, capital cities, mountains, deserts, and other landscapes and landforms, and more. It encourages kids to get play with activities such as creating a mini-rainforest in a bottle and singing a simple song in Spanish. More than 100 colorful photos are paired with kid-friendly and age-appropriate maps along with basic facts about each continent. This book will quickly become a favorite at storytime, bedtime, or any other time.

From pigeon pizza parties in New York City to koala street crossings in Australia, wild animals all over the world show us how they live in cities, interact with humans, and strut their street smarts in this new reader from National Geographic Kids.Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, this new leveled reader dives into the amazing ways animals have adapted to a more crowded world. Kids will learn about all kinds of unexpected animal sightings and find out how these creatures behave. And they'll learn how to stay safe and keep animals unharmed during urban animal encounters.National Geographic Readers' expert-vetted text, along with brilliant images and a fun approach to reading, have proved to be a winning formula with kids, parents, and educators. Level 2 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for kids ready to read on their own, perfect to encourage the scientists and explorers of tomorrow!

The dangerous and poignant odyssey of a tenacious young girl who boldly traverses the Texas frontier as she seeks to avenge her mother's deathEarly one morning in the remote Hill Country of Texas, a panther attacks a family of homesteaders, mauling a young girl named Samantha and killing her mother, a former slave -- whose final act is to save her daughter's life. Samantha and her half brother, Benjamin, survive, but she is left traumatized, her face horribly scarred.Narrated in Benjamin's beguilingly plainspoken voice, The Which Way Tree is the story of Samantha's relentless determination to stalk and kill the notorious panther and avenge her mother's death. In this quest she and Benjamin, now orphaned, enlist a charismatic Tejano outlaw and a haunted, compassionate preacher with an aging but unstoppable tracking dog. As the members of this unlikely posse hunt the panther, they are in turn pursued by a hapless but sadistic Confederate soldier with a score to settle. In the tradition of the great pursuit narratives, The Which Way Tree is a breathtaking tale of revenge against an implacable and unknowable beast. Yet with the comedic undertones of Benjamin's storytelling, it is also a timeless story full of warmth and humor and a testament to the enduring love between a sister and brother in an adventure whose legend will last a lifetime.

Io Mira is skilled at two things: exploration and trouble-making. She takes pride in her expertise, and spends her days sneaking around the deepest corners of the isolated, white-walled city she calls home, stealing food and provoking the guards, pushing the boundaries of her encapsulated existence though she knows that there is no outside world to speak of.The Governors – oligarchical rulers of the city – present all citizens with a choice when they reach the age of fourteen: sight or prosperity. Live a life of luxury without ever seeing the world around you, or live a life of servitude with your vision intact. Become a Plenty, or become an Optic. It’s a senseless ultimatum, Io knows, just another absurd exercise of the Governors’ power over the citizens they claim as their own, but still the decision must be made.So Io chooses sight.A few days later, she wakes up in the darkness with a chip in her head, an involuntary participant in a government program to test a system of vicarious sight. Super-Plenties, Governors who have made the virtuous decision to set an example by sacrificing their vision, are afforded the opportunity to gain it back again through the eyes of another. It is in this moment, her self-assurance shattered, that Io meets her new family: Ruth, the elderly Super-Plenty to whom she will grant her sight, and James, Ruth’s six-year-old companion.Despite her every intention to hate them, Io’s heart is won over by James’ youthful devotion and Ruth’s active decision not to take control of her vision. For six years, they live in uncommon peace, quietly eluding the Governors’ notice and reveling in the hope and freedom that manage to flourish even under the Governors’ stringent regime, all the while hiding the fact that the chip in Io’s brain goes unutilized. But in the space of just a few weeks, with little explanation, the Governors begin to roll out a series of rules and regulations that quickly diminish what little freedom the citizens already cling to. Decreased rations, earlier curfews, and a series of increasingly violent encounters between Optics and government guards threaten the tenuous stability of the city.As tensions rise, fueled by rash agitators, ignorant leaders, and inequality both systemic and systematic, Io finds that the peace and contentment she once took for granted are slipping quickly away. Something is changing within the walls of the city, born of impossible external forces that at times seem out of even the Governors’ control. One afternoon, Io stumbles upon Daniel, a young man beaten to the edge of death by the guards, memoryless but convinced that he has somehow come from outside the city. On impulse, Io takes him in, risking her life for the sake of a stranger and raising the suspicions of the most powerful of the Governors.The stories Daniel tells challenge Io’s certainty with powerful new questions about the city in which she lives. As the consequences of her decisions spin her world out of control, she struggles to face a new reality: something is changing within the walls of the city, but maybe she never truly knew it to begin with.

Join best friends, Aidan and Gabe on an adventure of a lifetime, as they track down dragons, run into dangerous creatures and discover the power of a mysterious sword.Aidan and Gabe’s world is under attack. Their only hope it to find the mystical Dragon of Light, Salvator. With his help and that of the other Dragons of Light, Aidan and Gabe’s world can be put to right.The power of the dragons can keep the evil creatures at bay, but first Aidan needs to find them all. Can Aidan and his friends overcome the challenges thrown in their way and hold together?Does Salvator really exist and will he help them? Find out in this first book, Dragons of Light - Salvator.This is the first book in the series of the Dragons of Light.It is an adventure and fantasy book for kids aged 9 to 12 and beyond.Your children will not be able to put it down!Book 2 Coming Soon!! Along with a hardcopy option for book 1.

"Sue, the Boo-Hoo Moo Cow" is an "udderly" ridiculous, silly, rhyming children's book about a moo cow named Sue who liked to wear one red shoe. Chaos ensues when the farmer decides that enough is enough, but finds that removing the shoe is really quite tough. Laugh out loud as the farmer flies into the lake, the cow climbs up a ladder, 101 chipmunks get skunked, and the hen house gets just a little bit flatter!In no time, kids will have the book memorized and want to read it again and again! It's great for story time, bedtime, anytime! And best of all, it blesses kids with the best medicine for a cold or a rough day--laughter!