Books with author Kate Cunningham

In Red Moon, White Moon, Connell Maxwell realized early on in life that school had a strict hierarchy: the bullies and the bullied. Unfortunately, he was doomed to be a member of the latter group. He always wondered if it was his friends who put him there, but, deep down he had another suspicion, his odd birthmark. It was the one thing he felt caused him the most embarrassment and rejection in the world. He went through great lengths to hide it from others not realizing it was the key to his destiny. Connell was a fifteen year old sophomore at Chamberlain High School. For him and his fellow outcasts of the school’s student population, the mighty Chief’s Head was their safe haven. It was the only place in school where the popular kids would not terrorize their prey because of the fear of being seen there. Little did he know this would also be the place where he would be introduced to another group of exiles: the ones from Horror and Things. Ever vigilant, Connell resisted their theories of his birthmark and his purpose in life. His strenuous code of cynicism left no room for trust, friendships, or patience. However, this new group of misfits, who were shrouded in secrecy, had a plan to convince him to accept his fate. Filled with everyday struggles a young adult faces such as intimidation, acceptance, fear, and love. Red Moon, White Moon follows Connell through a plethora of distress and chaos, leading up to the final climactic realization that may lead him to his own demise.

Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a video game designer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.

On a dark December night, Boston patriots dumped a fortune in tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party was the most daring protest against British taxes in the history of the Thirteen Colonies. This title explores the event and its impact on the developing United States. It also highlights the roles of Founding Fathers such as John Hancock and Samuel Adams in planning and executing the Tea Party.

The Better Together series presents an introductory look at some of nature's most exciting cooperative pairs. Goby Fish and Pistol Shrimp explores the close mutualistic relationship between the two aquatic creatures. Sidebars encourage readers to engage in the material by asking deeper questions or conducting individual research. Full color photos, a glossary, and a listing of additional resources all enhance the learning experience.

Through 'The Ginormous Series' children learn how to communicate their problems and work through their feelings. These picture books are a loving, cuddly, engaging collection of children's books showing pets discussing their 'life handling' problems and how they solve them together. A great addition to any child’s home collection or teacher’s read-aloud library. Encouraging thought-provoking conversation between adult and child. ~~ Looking for a way to help children face bullies? ~~ Have them follow along on the adventures of Ginormous Jo and her dog friends as they learn to face bullies in her dog neighborhood. When Ginormous Jo notices that her friend Muttley is very down. He doesn’t seem to want to do their normal play activities. Jo is worried, and finally gets Muttley to bravely tell her why he won’t go outside. The dogs down the street are bullying Muttley. ~~ Will Muttley stand up to them? Or will it take some help from his friend Jo first? ~~ This is a great read-aloud for the whole family or for a class working on beginning of the school year skills. Children will learn the techniques on how to stand up to a bully. This is the fourth book in the Ginormous Jo collection. ~~ ABOUT AUTHOR S C CUNNNGHAM ~~ Owned by 3 dogs and a cat, Cunningham normally writes suspense thrillers. As respite from her crime novels, she creates children’s picture books, each with a theme to gently teach our precious young, and help start thought-provoking conversations between adult and child. ~~ She is an ex-model, British born of Irish roots, that married a rock musician and has worked in the exciting worlds of music, film, sports celebrity management and as a Crime Investigator and Intelligence Analyst for the Police. She supports causes for: Veterans, MH, Child and Animal Protection. ~~ www.sccunningham.com ~~ @sccunningham8

Discover how maps were first created and how they have changed throughout history.Learning to read maps can help us find our way in the world. Maps are also important tools for understanding history, foreign lands, and a host of other subjects. Readers (Grades 3-5) will learn how to use lines of longitude and latitude, decipher map legends, and use a compass to orient a map in the real world.

The Better Together series presents an introductory look at some of nature's most exciting cooperative pairs. Goby Fish and Pistol Shrimp explores the close mutualistic relationship between the two aquatic creatures. Sidebars encourage readers to engage in the material by asking deeper questions or conducting individual research. Full color photos, a glossary, and a listing of additional resources all enhance the learning experience.

Seventeen-year-old Brin has spent the last ten years protecting her thirteen-year-old sister, Tess. They were just children when a mysterious plague killed their parents, along with the majority of human life on Earth. The world they knew was gone, and Brin and Tess were on their own. When they found The Republic, a settlement of over 3,000 people living in what was once Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Brin knew it wouldn’t be forever. She agreed to go along with the settlement’s unusual rules . . . it was a sacrifice she was willing to make for Tess. But she always knew the day would come when Tess would be expected to make that same sacrifice. And that’s something Brin can never allow. It would be too horrible, too terrible, too wrong. Now, with Tess’s fourteenth birthday just a few months away, Brin learns that powerful people in The Republic may not let them leave. The world is very different now, with very different rules, and Brin and Tess are valuable assets. When sixteen-year-old Megan is locked up for refusing to join the colony, Brin realizes that time is running out. She enlists the help of nineteen-year-old Cole, a colony newcomer who has his own concerns about the way things are being done in The Republic. Cole and his friend Al are willing to risk their own lives and safety to help Brin, Tess, and Megan escape. But can they make it on their own? And is the world they find beyond The Republic a better place, or just another trap from which they’ll have to escape? Is self-sacrifice the greatest proof of love, or does love demand an even more difficult commitment? And is the preservation of the human race worth the sacrifice of personal freedom and choice? Or is our very humanity defined by our sense of self and our need for autonomy?

Fia Crombie has been living two lives; the problem is she doesn’t know it yet. But with the world as she knows it on the brink of destruction, she’ll need to learn the truth or lose everything.At sixteen, Fia has lived on the outside looking in. Her only friend is her neighbor, Jason, despite the fact that he gives new meaning to the word ‘unreliable’. To make matters worse, Fia has started having the dream again; a reoccurring nightmare of being trapped in a city consumed by fire. When Jason tells her he discovered something strange in the woods near their home, she agrees to investigate only to be ripped from everything she knows and thrown into the world from her nightmare.Fia wakes in a parallel life with parents and friends she has never met, and magical powers that should be impossible. While she struggles to get a handle on her new life, the city is attacked and Fia is kidnapped. Her captors ransack the city of Athnos looking for the Source that holds extraordinary power and binds the worlds together. In her struggle to escape and save Athnos, Fia must call on a forbidden power and ultimately make the sacrifice of a lifetime.