Books with author Steve Almond

CARMEN DOUBLE-CHECKED the co-ordinates he'd been given, then brought the ship out of hyperspeed. He stared out the viewscreen at light-years and light-years of absolutely nothing.He scowled. This was the place. This was where they said he'd find it. It had to be here.Bastion depended on it.And Bastion was everything that was left.A rip-roaring, quick-read space adventure, full of action, terror, betrayal, and mutant zombie nightmares!

This delightful collection of poems for children has a wide range of subjects. The first poem, 'The Word Wizard', tells us all to put our wizard hats on, catch the spinning words and write them down. Thus, the young readers are involved from the outset. Some poems could be sung or even danced! The second poem, 'Sunrise', could inspire a painting. These poems which include the natural world, ancient tales of adventure, nonsense type poems, will all stretch the imaginations of their young readers, their parents and teachers. 'Talking with Dancing Hands' is especially poignant. There is something for everyone here and this fun, uplifting and heartfelt collection is greatly to be recommended.

A self-professed candyfreak, Steve Almond set out in search of a much-loved candy from his childhood and found himself on a tour of the small candy companies that are persevering in a marketplace where big corporations dominate.From the Twin Bing to the Idaho Spud, the Valomilk to the Abba-Zaba, and discontinued bars such as the Caravelle, Marathon, and Choco-Lite, Almond uncovers a trove of singular candy bars made by unsung heroes working in old-fashioned factories to produce something they love. And in true candyfreak fashion, Almond lusciously describes the rich tastes that he has loved since childhood and continues to crave today. Steve Almond has written a comic but ultimately bittersweet story of how he grew up on candy-and how, for better and worse, the candy industry has grown up, too.Candyfreak is the delicious story of one man's lifelong obsession with candy and his quest to discover its origins in America.