Books with title In the Company of Crazies

Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade on October 3, 1993. With devastating injuries, he was taken prisoner by a Somali warlord. With revealing insight and emotion, he tells the story of what he saw, how he survived, and the courage and heroism that only soldiers under fire could ever know.

Thirteen-year-old Mia Singer thought that she had it all under control. Sure, her grades were slipping a little bit (well, really, more than a little), and she couldn’t explain her occasional compulsion to shoplift, but things weren’t that bad. Then the sudden death of a classmate affects Mia in a way she can't quite define—and she goes one step too far. At their wits' end, Mia's parents place her in an “alternative” boarding school. Away from her parents and surrounded by trees, space and students whose problems she can't completely comprehend, Mia has no choice but to learn about herself. With insight and sympathy, Nora Raleigh Baskin focuses on the universal feeling of being a misfit, showing that sometimes the path home is as unexpected as it is challenging.

Winner of a Benjamin Franklin Award. Pastel colors and deceptively simple rhymes soothe and calm as wonderful, magical polar bears serve tea, or picnic on the moon. Why is it so pleasant in the company of bears? The Bears always see the real you, and treat you special. No need to pretend anymore, just be your real self. Warm fuzzies, over-sized book, museum quality illustrations.

Thirteen-year-old Mia Singer thought that she had it all under control. Sure, her grades were slipping a little bit (well, really, more than a little), and she couldn't explain her occasional compulsion to shoplift. The sudden death of a classmate affects Mia in a way she can't quite define, but then she goes one step too far. Her parents place her in an "alternative" boarding school. Away from her parents and surrounded by trees, space, and students whose problems she can't completely comprehend, Mia has no choice but to learn about herself.With insight and sympathy, Nora Raleigh Baskin focuses on the universal feeling of being a misfit, showing that sometimes the path home is as unexpected as it is challenging.

AGARTHA, A PLACE OF MAGIC AND MYSTERY, A PLACE THAT FEW PEOPLE EVER VENTURE TO HOWEVER, ONE AFTERNOON, MELISSA, A 20-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT, STUMBLES ACROSS A MYSTERIOUS DOOR IN HER BACKYARD OBSCURED BY VINES. CURIOSITY ENCOURAGES HER TO INVESTIGATE. SHE BEGINS TO TEAR THE VINES AWAY AND DISCOVERS THAT THE OLD LOCK ON THE WOODEN DOOR IS UNHINGED. SHE CAREFULLY OPENS IT AND TO HER SURPRISE, SHE IS SUCKED THROUGH THE DOOR BY A WHIRLWIND, TOSSED INTO A WORLD UNLIKE HER OWN. A WORLD FULL OF MAGIC, FAERIES, ELVES, AND WIZARDS. AN OMINOUS EVIL HAS DARKENED THE LAND OF AGARTHA AND IT IS BENT ON DESTROYING THE INNOCENT CREATURES THAT LIVE THERE. THE DARKNESS WILL CROSS OVER TO OTHER WORLDS, UNLESS MELISSA CAN STOP IT. JOIN HER AS SHE HELPS THE ELVES DEFEAT AN EVIL JINN AND FIND HER LONG LOST MOTHER. LOVE AND ADVENTURE AWAITS HER IN THE LAND OF AGARTHA…category: fantasy/romanceages: 14 & over

Thirteen-year-old Mia Singer thought that she had it all under control. Sure, her grades were slipping a little bit (well, really, more than a little), and she couldn't explain her occasional compulsion to shoplift. The sudden death of a classmate affects Mia in a way she can't quite define, but then she goes one step too far. Her parents place her in an "alternative" boarding school. Away from her parents and surrounded by trees, space, and students whose problems she can't completely comprehend, Mia has no choice but to learn about herself. With insight and sympathy, Nora Raleigh Baskin focuses on the universal feeling of being a misfit, showing that sometimes the path home is as unexpected as it is challenging.

Through diary entries, notes and photographs, In the Company of Whales explores Alexandra Morton's efforts to better understand the habits and behaviors of the killer whale off Canada's west coast. As a fascinating introduction to the life of a scientist working in the field, the book will entertain and inspire readers young and old. After fourteen years of studying Orca in the wild, Morton continues to delight in the challenge presented by these magnificent mammals.

At thirteen, bookish Veronica Reid lives in a world inside her head, even if she isn’t entirely successful at resisting the intrusions of the world outside. It’s bad enough that she has to wear awful new glasses; it’s downright disastrous that she’ll have to spend the summer at Laughing Willows Trailer Park with her obnoxious younger brothers and unhappy mother. She can’t imagine anything worse. Lonely and bored, she begins to observe the activities of the local crows, even as she gradually finds a community among the odd denizens of Laughing Willows. When violence erupts, she finds unexpected strength both inside herself and in the people—and the crows—around her. LGBTQ interest.. YA crossover.