Books with author Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Meet fifteen-year-old Arie Trescott. As far as she knows, her life is dandy. Her grades are better than ever, she finally has time to hang out with her best friends, and her sixteenth birthday is just around the corner, meaning no more nagging her parents or her older brother, Sam, to take her everywhere once she gets her license. Her sophomore year is off to a fantastic start, or so she thought. During a night out with her best friends, a man is found in the woods. And it’s not just any guy either. He’s a werewolf hunter. And why is that such a bad thing for Arie and her family? Oh right: because Arie, and the rest of her family, are werewolves. And the hunter was one of a whole family of them, all coming into town with their eyes set on the whole Trescott pack.

Each literature teaching guide for the Hunger Games trilogy is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and includes strategic reading lessons that focus on both the individual volume and the series. There are over 50 separate strategies in the series for deeper understanding and meaning. In addition to lessons that focus on the standard elements of literature (plot, characterization, setting and mood, theme, diction, style, and narration), students are provided with the Choice Analysis Tool to help them gain a deep understanding of motivation in a complex and terrorized society. They are also offered the opportunity to use historical documents (e.g., the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence) as well as other works of literature and poetry to contextualize the trilogy. Each book also includes Writer’s Forums that guide students in writing while using the books in the series as a backdrop. A vocabulary feature in the final volume provides word study ideas for the entire series.

America comes of age--as seen through the eyes of its young foundersNat and Richard are two orphaned thieves on the streets of London. When John Smith offers them passage as laborers on a merchant ship bound for the New World they jump at the opportunity. What luck! The land of Virginia is rumored to be paved with gold. They will be rich! But quickly the boys learn the awful truth: blinded by greed and arrogance, the settlers of the new English colony at Jamestown are unprepared for the brutal reality of frontier life. Inadequate supplies, illness, petty squabbling, malarial summer heat, and bitter winter cold decimate the colony. Those who escape death are reduced to chewing roots and shoe leather to survive--and, in one horrific instance, cannibalizing a corpse.Yet by spring more colonists arrive, dreaming of paradise but finding a colony on the brink of starvation.Through it all Nat and Richard must fall back on their wits to survive.

Debutante by day. Murderess by night. Edinburgh's only hope.Edinburgh, 1844. Beautiful Aileana Kameron only looks the part of an aristocratic young lady. In fact, she's spent the year since her mother died developing her ability to sense the presence of Sithichean, a faery race bent on slaughtering humans. She has a secret mission: to destroy the faery who murdered her mother. But when she learns she's a Falconer, the last in a line of female warriors and the sole hope of preventing a powerful faery population from massacring all of humanity, her quest for revenge gets a whole lot more complicated. The first volume of a trilogy from an exciting new voice in young adult fantasy, this electrifying thriller blends romance and action with steampunk technology and Scottish lore in a deliciously addictive read.

Meet fifteen-year-old Arie Trescott. As far as she knows, her life is dandy. Her grades are better than ever, she finally has time to hang out with her best friends, and her sixteenth birthday is just around the corner, meaning no more nagging her parents or her older brother, Sam, to take her everywhere once she gets her license. Her sophomore year is off to a fantastic start, or so she thought. During a night out with her best friends, a man is found in the woods. And it’s not just any guy either. He’s a werewolf hunter. And why is that such a bad thing for Arie and her family? Oh right: because Arie, and the rest of her family, are werewolves. And the hunter was one of a whole family of them, all coming into town with their eyes set on the whole Trescott pack.

The Challenging Level of the Discovering Literature Series focuses on a variety of reading strategies to help students construct a meaningful literature experience as well as develop critical thinking and academic skills. An in-depth teaching guide for Neil Gaiman's Newbery Award–winning book This teacher guide helps students understand Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book by grouping by strands: Community Strand and Journey Strand, providing a reference to focus student attention. Each chapter analysis includes Journal and Discussion Topics, Vocabulary, and Chapter Summaries. Other features of the guide include: Strategy Pages, Testing, and the Writer's Forum, along with an answer key.

“Mary Elizabeth teaches us how to find our own true selves by helping us to return to that point of light before thought made us aware—for it is in not knowing that we know our sacredness.” — Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow)The story of Jumping Mouse, from the Native American tradition, is a compelling tale about the journey to acquire inner trust—the ability to trust the path of our own hearts. We travel along with Jumping Mouse as he is challenged by the stages and initiations one must face in order to trust within: paradox, ambiguity, betrayal, doubt, the leap of faith, the pull of consensus reality, and the subtleties of discernment.Juxtaposed with contemporary analogies and gentle teaching, the story guides us in our quest to learn when to, whether to, and how to trust. As Jumping Mouse journeys to the Sacred Mountain—the heart of his true self—and discovers that which gives his life meaning and purpose, we feel the reawakening of innocence and the birth of trust in the moment and in ourselves. And as he learns to totally trust the promptings of his heart, our spirits take flight and soar far beyond the pages of the book to the heart of our own truth.Here is a NEW EDITION with an experiential guide of rituals and ceremonies for individuals, couples, and groups.MARY ELIZABETH MARLOW is an international speaker and seminar leader, transpersonal teacher, storyteller, and intuitive counselor. She is author of Handbook for the Emerging Woman and co-author with Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) of Being and Vibration. Her books have been translated into eight languages. Mary Elizabeth is known for her intuitive ability to go straight to the heart of an issue. With the creative use of dreams, spontaneous drawings and 190 JUMPING MOUSE inner processes, she helps others decode the mysteries in identifying soul patterns (core patterns which repeat) and encouraging others to embrace their soul calling (their unique talents, gifts, and attributes). She serves as guide to many on their spiritual journey and empowers others with a new sense of their authentic selves.