Books with author Marc Alexander

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTABLE BOOK OF 2012IRISH TIMES BOOK-TO-READ FOR 2012ATLANTIC BOOK AWARD WINNERFINALIST FOR THE GILLER PRIZE AND THE FRANK O'CONNOR AWARDA GLOBE & MAIL, QUILL & QUIRE, AND AMAZON.CA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"Engrossing, thrilling and ultimately satisfying: each story has the weight of a novel." —The EconomistThis was the day after Mike Tyson bit off Evander Holyfield’s ear. You remember that. It was a moment in history – not like Kennedy or the planes flying into the World Trade Center – not up at that level. This was something much lower, more like Ben Johnson, back when his eyes were that thick, yellow color and he tested positive in Seoul after breaking the world-record in the hundred. You might not know exactly where you were standing or exactly what you were doing when you first heard about Tyson or about Ben, but when the news came down, I bet it stuck with you. When Tyson bit off Holyfield’s ear, that cut right through the everyday clutter. —from "Miracle Mile"Two runners race a cargo train through the darkness of a rat-infested tunnel beneath the Detroit River. A drugstore bicycle courier crosses a forbidden threshold in an attempt to save a life and a young swimmer conquers her fear of water only to discover she's caught in far more dangerous currents. An auto-worker who loses his family in a car accident is forced to reconsider his relationship with the internal combustion engine.Alexander MacLeod is a writer of "ferocious intelligence" and "ferocious physicality" (CTV). Light Lifting, his celebrated first collection, offers us a suite of darkly urban and unflinching elegies that explore the depths of the psyche and channel the subconscious hopes and terrors that motivate us all. These are elemental stories of work and its bonds, of tragedy and tragedy barely averted, but also of beauty, love and fragile understanding.

Strange, a little vicious, surviving, Rose gets by. People approach her for help; she is amazed when her powers respond.Kids are kidnapped, prostituted, gnawed?! Confronting the source of the problem, Rose finds herself in a bloody, screaming fight for her life, turning into a mindless zombie, awaiting her new master. Rose doesn’t quit, she gets mad. Can she find enough rage to survive? Travels from despair to hope, with laugh out loud humor sprinkled liberally throughout.

Thea returns to the Wandless Academy only to discover her friends are as out of sorts as she is. It’s only when she discovers that she is an elemental mage—a mage so rare that only four other wizards in history had similar talents—that the pieces start falling in place. Now Thea is called on by the Federal Bureau of Magic to unlock a mysterious white cube that may hold the secrets of more than just one elemental mage. However, the Alphiri are naturally curious and are looking to steal an elemental mage from the pages of history that could upset the balance between humans and Alphiri. The great Nikolai Tesla, a quad-elemental mage, has somehow survived death itself and both the Alphiri and the Federal Bureau of Magic are searching for him. But can Thea bring her friends together one more time to save Nikolai Tesla from being made a slave to the scheming Alphiri?

A favorite classic returns—with fabulous full-color art!Anthony is tired of being bullied. So Blackboard Bear is a good friend to have when the other children don’t want to play fair. He knows how to teach them a lesson and how to make Anthony feel much, much better.First published more than thirty years ago, the popular Blackboard Bear books were instantly celebrated for their spare, consummate portrayal of universal childhood experiences. Now Martha Alexander has created charmingly detailed full-color illustrations from her original three-color artwork—readying this delightful classic about friendship for a whole new generation of young fans.

In the Minecraft world of Sinharia, Herobrine is lost between the future of his race and the future of the world. After losing the war to the Endermen, King Njeri is determined to get revenge. This turns out to be his greatest mistake. A failed mission that carried Herobrine through the mountains of Prishur, the plains of Carmatosur, and the Forests of Raintaria has led him straight into the hands of the Endermen. The Endermen will not rest until Sinharia is ridded of all Mortals.

With a spare narrative and inviting watercolors, Martha Alexander tells a charming new tale of a boy and his beloved Blackboard Bear - who has some creative ideas about sharing.Share? Why? But you’re mine! When the other children want to play with Anthony’s bear, Anthony doesn’t have to think twice about his response: NO, NO, NO. Anthony won’t be bullied into sharing his friend. But could Blackboard Bear himself have the perfect solution to Anthony’s problem?