by Pam | Jun 7, 2016 | Blog, Books
A YA/teen graphic novel can make computer science education fun and easy?! The bad news is that roughly half of high schools don’t allow computer science classes to count as credit toward graduation. The good news is that now someone has made computer education...
by Pam | May 18, 2016 | Books, Featured
Thirteen-year-old Chris and his family are setting up a bungee jump in his backyard. It’s a real large-scale bungee jump off a bridge that connects his backyard to a small island owned by his family. Not only is it going to be the coolest attraction around, but...
by Pam | Feb 15, 2015 | Books
Just as sixteen-year-old Andreo, skilled in death-defying ironman events in wilderness regions, is about to compete in rugged Bolivia, he and his friend Raul (another Bolivian adoptee) begin to suspect that their adoptive parents have unwittingly acquired them...
by Pam | Feb 7, 2015 | Books
Montana-born Rex loves nothing more than to take his kayak out on a river, the faster and more powerful the better. When he gets the opportunity to tackle the well-named El Furioso in southwest Colombia, he is thrilled. He anticipates the river’s challenges, but finds...
by Pam | Feb 7, 2015 | Books
Twelve-year-old Max and his younger sister Marie love having an unspoiled island all to themselves. So when they learn it’s being turned into a paintball park, they’re torn between enjoying their schoolmates’ envy, and worrying about the game...
by Pam | Feb 7, 2015 | Books, Featured
Everyone knows that boys are falling behind in education. Largely left out of the discussion are parents of boys, who are most aware that their bright, eager sons hit an invisible wall somewhere near fourth grade, after which they become disengaged, discouraged, and...
