Books with author Mark Wilson

What do the images on Alabama’s state seal stand for? How is Alabama’s state government organized? How did the modern civil rights movement start in Alabama? You can find the answers to these questions in Uniquely Alabama. This book contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts and features that help make Alabama a one-of-a-kind place. Inside, you will also find information about Alabama’s unique state symbols. You can learn how to make Alabama mud pie and find out how Alabama got its name. And, you will find out how cotton helped the state to grow.

What do the images on Mississippi’s state seal stand for? How is Mississippi’s state government organized? Where in Mississippi can you find trees that are 30 million years old? You can find the answers to these questions in Uniquely Mississippi. This book contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts and features that help make Mississippi a one-of-a-kind place. Inside, you will also find information about Mississippi’s unique state symbols. You can learn how to make Mississippi mud cake and find out about Mississippi’s music traditions, folklore, and legends. And, you will find out why Mississippi is nicknamed the Magnolia State.

JAMES AND ALEX have barely anything in common anymore—least of all their experiences in high school, where James is a popular senior and Alex is suddenly an outcast. But at home, there is Henry, the precocious 10-year-old across the street, who eagerly befriends them both. And when Alex takes up running, there is James’s friend Nathen, who unites the brothers in moving and unexpected ways.From the Hardcover edition.

The premise of the marvelous mashup is simple. Take elemental bits and pieces of history and modern pop culture and remix them. Author Melissa G. Wilson brings readers her own version of this entertaining art form with her book series History Mashups for Teens. She takes two famous figures separated by time and circumstance, mixes up their stories, and explores the unlikely similarities that present themselves as their lives unfold. In this edition of Mashups for Teens, Wilson dishes on Sleeping Beauty and Beyoncè. One is animated, the other real. One is a fairytale princess, the other an American idol. Yet, these two iconic beauties have more in common than most imagine. To the world, they both appear to be the quintessence of happily ever after. In reality, each overcame adversity, heartache and disappointment to rise to greatness. Think you already know everything you need to know about Sleeping Beauty and Beyoncè? Not so fast. Included is an entire chapter of juicy facts that may surprise you. Like this pop-culture mashup? Check out all the books in the History Mashups for Teens series.

What do the images on Mississippi’s state seal stand for? How is Mississippi’s state government organized? Where in Mississippi can you find trees that are 30 million years old? You can find the answers to these questions in Uniquely Mississippi. This book contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts and features that help make Mississippi a one-of-a-kind place. Inside, you will also find information about Mississippi’s unique state symbols. You can learn how to make Mississippi mud cake and find out about Mississippi’s music traditions, folklore, and legends. And, you will find out why Mississippi is nicknamed the Magnolia State.

JAMES AND ALEX have barely anything in common anymore—least of all their experiences in high school, where James is a popular senior and Alex is suddenly an outcast. But at home, there is Henry, the precocious 10-year-old across the street, who eagerly befriends them both. And when Alex takes up running, there is James’s friend Nathen, who unites the brothers in moving and unexpected ways.From the Hardcover edition.

The premise of the marvelous mashup is simple. Take elemental bits and pieces of history and modern pop culture and remix them. Author Melissa G. Wilson brings readers her own version of this entertaining art form with her book series History Mashups for Teens. She takes two famous figures separated by time and circumstance, mixes up their stories, and explores the unlikely similarities that present themselves as their lives unfold. This mashup dives into literary masterpieces of the King of Sonnets and the King of Horror and discovers uncanny parallels in their life stories. What could William Shakespeare and Stephen King, born hundreds of years apart, have in common? You may be surprised. Discover shared themes, eerie connections and key turning points in their careers. Looking for a juicy scandal? You’ll discover that both writers wrestled with debauchery and dark matters. If you like this literary remix, check out all the History Mashups for Teens!