Zeke and his brother Anthony are being constantly bullied on the school bus and at school but are afraid to tell their teachers and the school dean, Mr. Witherspoon. They have been warned by the bullies what happens to snitches and are certain the bullies will carry out their vicious threats. When Mr. Witherspoon learns of the problems between the boys and the bullies, he calls them into his office. Zeke and Anthony are filled with dread and are more terrified of the dean than they are of the bullies, as rumors circulate about what lurks behind Mr. Witherspoons dark glasses and the disappearance of one of the students at Berkshire Xavier School. But upon the sudden return of the missing student, Sherman Buckley everyone is forced to deal with the tragedy of bullying and the consequences of their silence. Frustrated and angry at the bullying, the name callings, the bathroom wedgies, being beaten up on the school bus, Zeke and Anthony finally take a stand. But when their courage and strength failed to ward off the bullies, Zeke begins to seek super powers from a crystal bottle. As he seeks divine help, he is faced with a life changing decisionhe must decide whether to get revenge or to forgive.

With these sound books and a little patience, potty training can be easy and rewarding for both parent and child. Each book includes a progress chart and a PVC sound button of an authentic toilet flush, which allows children to become familiar with the sound and dispel any fears. Full color. Consumable.

Hatberry Shoeberry In my canoebery Under the bridge And over the dam Looking for berries Berries for jam They're off... a boy and an endearing, rhyme-spouting bear, who squires him through a fatastic world of berries. And their adventure comes to a razzamatazz finale under a starberry sky. Children will want to feast again and again on Bruce Degen's exuberant, colorful pictures and his rollicking berryful rhymes.

Cody Mack's misdeeds land him in a reformatory school, where he soon discovers that the principal and teachers are actual monsters with a sinister plan to alter the boys' brains.

In this tightly plotted debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams.

Juniper Berry's parents are the most beloved actor and actress in the world—but Juniper can't help but feel they haven't been quite right lately. And she and her friend Giles are determined to find out why. On a cold and rainy night, Juniper follows her parents as they sneak out of the house and enter the woods. What she discovers is an underworld filled with contradictions: one that is terrifying and enticing, lorded over by a creature both sinister and seductive, who can sell you all the world's secrets bound in a balloon. For the first time, Juniper and Giles have a choice to make. And it will be up to them to confront their own fears in order to save the ones who couldn't. M.P. Kozlowsky's debut is a modern-day fairy tale of terror, temptation, and ways in which it is our choices that make us who we are.

A beautiful and uplifting non-fiction picture book from Katie McCabe and trailblazing civil rights lawyer and activist Dovey Johnson Roundtree, We Wait for the Sun. In the hour before dawn, Dovey Mae and Grandma Rachel step into the cool, damp night on a secret mission: to find the sweetest, ripest blackberries that grow deep in the woods. But the nighttime holds a thousand sounds—and a thousand shadows—and Dovey Mae is frightened of the dark. But with the fierce and fearless Grandma Rachel at her side, the woods turn magical, and berry picking becomes an enchanting adventure that ends with the beauty and power of the sunrise. A cherished memory from Dovey Johnson Roundtree’s childhood, this magical experience speaks to the joy that pulsed through her life, even under the shadow of Jim Crow. With Grandma Rachel’s lessons as her guiding light, Dovey Mae would go on to become a trailblazer of the civil rights movement—fighting for justice and equality in the military, the courtroom, and the church. With warm, vibrant illustrations from Raissa Figueroa, We Wait for the Sun is a resonant, beautiful story told through one exquisite page turn after another. A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2021 Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids List of 2021