BROUGHT TO THE USA WHEN HE WAS A FEW MONTHS OLD AND VERY SICK TO JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL, MD THEY SAVED HIS LIFE, WENT TO SCHOOL AT MOUNT WASHINGTON SEMINARY, BALTIMORE, MD WHEN HE WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD WENT TO AUGUSTA MILITARY ACADEMY IN FT DEFIANCE, VA; AS A TEENAGER HE WAS TAKEN TO EUROPE AND PLACED IN SEVERAL PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND, HE BECOME A LANGUAGES PROFESSOR, BEFORE WWII HE RETURNED TO EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA WITH HIS FATHER. HE ENJOYED SPORTS: TENNIS HE COMPETED AND WON SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EUROPE AND WAS AN INSTRUCTOR IN EL SALVADOR, AS WELL AS A TEACHER IN LANGUAGES, HE ALSO LOVED SKIING, SWIMMING AND SOCCER. HE WROTE AND COMPOSED HUNDRED AND HUNDRED OF POEMS IN FIVE (5) LANGUAGES.

BROUGHT TO THE USA WHEN HE WAS A FEW MONTHS OLD AND VERY SICK TO JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL, MD THEY SAVED HIS LIFE, WENT TO SCHOOL AT MOUNT WASHINGTON SEMINARY, BALTIMORE, MD WHEN HE WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD WENT TO AUGUSTA MILITARY ACADEMY IN FT DEFIANCE, VA; AS A TEENAGER HE WAS TAKEN TO EUROPE AND PLACED IN SEVERAL PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND, HE BECOME A LANGUAGES PROFESSOR, BEFORE WWII HE RETURNED TO EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA WITH HIS FATHER. HE ENJOYED SPORTS: TENNIS HE COMPETED AND WON SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EUROPE AND WAS AN INSTRUCTOR IN EL SALVADOR, AS WELL AS A TEACHER IN LANGUAGES, HE ALSO LOVED SKIING, SWIMMING AND SOCCER. HE WROTE AND COMPOSED HUNDRED AND HUNDRED OF POEMS IN FIVE (5) LANGUAGES.

"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book

“Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind.” – Cincinnati Enquirer The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

The true story of a boy who sets out with absolutely nothing to find his mother who went to the US from Honduras to look for work.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed journalist that "informs the heart. [This] meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape" (The New York Times). "Alex Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the subiect of urban poverty."—Chicago Tribune The story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.