Books with title Look Look Outside

Daniel’s ready to talk. And his friends Krystina and Jeremy are ready to help. But is it too late? Set in separate but simultaneous lunch periods at two different high schools, the teenagers are faced with acknowledging what drove them apart. At his new school, Daniel speaks to the Gay-Straight Alliance about the bullying and depression that forced him to move. He looks back fondly at the bond he formed with Krystina and Jeremy in history class and the trauma he faced from anonymous text messages. At his former school, Krystina and Jeremy are setting up for their first GSA meeting while grappling with the guilt of not doing more to help their friend. For the first time Daniel has an appreciative audience, but his friends face an empty room. The narratives intertwine as Daniel gains more confidence in his queer identity and Krystina and Jeremy try to assess their boundaries as straight people who want to create a safe space. By talking about mistakes, abuse, a suicide attempt and a move, the teens find comfort in perspective and power in numbers.

Finn, a fennec fox cub, has never left the safety of his den. He can't wait to see the world outside. But Mother and Father won't let him go--the desert is a dangerous place! What will happen when he can't resist the temptation to take a peek outside? Perfect for reading aloud to your child. Or let your early reader practice sounding out words. Recommended for ages 2-6. Free gift inside!

10-year-old Lee lives with her family and about a hundred thousand others in a dome that keeps them safe from all the dangers of the Outside. Usually, every day in the dome is pretty much exactly like all the others, but lately, Lee has been feeling restless and unsettled in a way she has never experienced before. Finding out that she is about to become a big sister adds to the disturbances of her usually strict routines, and one night, Lee sees something she was not supposed to. A yearning for something different leads to Lee being forced to spend an entire day in the dangerous and toxic Outside. Can she survive all alone in the wilderness? And what would be worse, being all alone or discovering that she is in fact not alone at all?

At fourteen, Fergy is tired of his family’s lifestyle. He’s tired of living in a van with his parents, J. P. and Gussie, and his younger sister, Ooma. He’s sick of peddling honey and pamphlets of his father’s writings. And most of all he hates stealing things, even though J. P. says it’s all right to “reclaim” necessities from society. Fergy listens to J. P. talk about the evils of “the system,” and gradually Fergy realizes that he no longer believes or respects his father. In fact, Fergy longs more than anything to be a part of that system! One day, when Fergy’s father steals a motor home from an elderly couple who have befriended them, Fergy knows the time has come to act. He’s fed up, and he has to escape. Early one morning, with Ooma in tow, Fergy runs away. Gussie’s wealthy parents live in Boston, and Fergy hopes that if he can find them he and Ooma can have the “regular and normal” life he longs for. How Fergy comes to grips with his relationship with his parents and his own expectations makes a provocative, at times painful, but always absorbing story about a boy’s determination to make a better life for himself.

Like the garden it portrays, Outside is a baroque wonderland waiting to be explored, a shimmery place of texture, luminosity and colour where time stands still and memories are born. Two internationally acclaimed creators-author Libby Hathorn and artist Ritva Voutila have coupled their dazzling imaginative powers to capture the wonder of childhood in this homage to the magic of a garden.

Like the garden it portrays, Outside is a Baroque wonderland waiting to be explored, a shimmery place of texture, luminosity, and color, where time stands still and memories are born. Two internationally acclaimed creators—author Libby Hathorn and artist Ritva Voutila—have coupled their dazzling imaginative powers to capture the wonder of childhood in this homage to the magic of a garden. Outside is a dazzling wonderland waiting to be explored. It takes the reader on a lyrical, magical journey which captures the sense of wonder that children feel while discovering the simple beauty of the outside world around them.

Fifteen-year-old Elijah Spalding can't drive a car, but, by quirk of law, he can fly an air car, specifically, the rare 2057 T-Bird air car. When Elijah learns that there is a pristine '57 T-Bird air car in the forbidden land of Elisia, he finds a way to slip through the electronic curtain put in place 100 years ago to wall off the Elisians from the civilized world. After an accident leaves him stranded in Elisia, Elijah struggles with his identity as an outsider, both literally and emotionally, as he helps a young Elisian princess save her kingdom.