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{"id":7325027729467,"title":"The Good Bacteria","handle":"the-good-bacteria","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn crisp, intimate, and uncluttered language, award-winning and critically acclaimed poet Sharon Thesen gives us a layered meditation on energy and endings: the irrepressible energy of life; and the end of the natural world, of home, of love, youth, and safety.Thesen's talent is for catching beauty at the periphery of things -- a glimpse of neighbour's yellow dress, a tube of polysporin, a blue-and-white tin awning the mind momentarily mistakes for a lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThesen's voice -- musical, personable, alive to joy and despair in equal measure -- reminds us of the kind of spiritual yearning that can surprise any of us, even in our most mundane moments. With nods to predecessors who searched for the Ideal in the local -- Frank O'Hara, Robert Creeley, S. T. Coleridge, and John Berryman -- \u003cem\u003eThe Good Bacteria\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful addition to Sharon Thesen's considerable achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T10:37:41-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T10:37:41-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43252613808187,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887847462","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Good Bacteria - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887847462","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn crisp, intimate, and uncluttered language, award-winning and critically acclaimed poet Sharon Thesen gives us a layered meditation on energy and endings: the irrepressible energy of life; and the end of the natural world, of home, of love, youth, and safety.Thesen's talent is for catching beauty at the periphery of things -- a glimpse of neighbour's yellow dress, a tube of polysporin, a blue-and-white tin awning the mind momentarily mistakes for a lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThesen's voice -- musical, personable, alive to joy and despair in equal measure -- reminds us of the kind of spiritual yearning that can surprise any of us, even in our most mundane moments. With nods to predecessors who searched for the Ideal in the local -- Frank O'Hara, Robert Creeley, S. T. Coleridge, and John Berryman -- \u003cem\u003eThe Good Bacteria\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful addition to Sharon Thesen's considerable achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325026680891,"title":"Swithering","handle":"swithering","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo swither means to suffer indecision or doubt, but there is no faltering in these poems. There is no uncertainty in line or sound or image, only in the themes of flux and change and transformation that thread through this powerful third collection. Robin Robertson has written a book of remarkable cohesion and range that calls on his knowledge of folklore and myth to fuse the old with the new. From raw, exposed poems about the end of childhood to erotically charged lyrics about the ends of desire, from a brilliant retelling of the metamorphosis and death of Actaeon to the final freeing of the waters in Holding Proteus, these poems are bright epiphanies of passion and loss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T10:14:39-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T10:14:39-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249745133627,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887847394","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Swithering - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887847394","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847394.jpg?v=1736349198"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847394.jpg?v=1736349198","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979555516475,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.643,"height":605,"width":389,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847394.jpg?v=1736349198"},"aspect_ratio":0.643,"height":605,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847394.jpg?v=1736349198","width":389}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo swither means to suffer indecision or doubt, but there is no faltering in these poems. There is no uncertainty in line or sound or image, only in the themes of flux and change and transformation that thread through this powerful third collection. Robin Robertson has written a book of remarkable cohesion and range that calls on his knowledge of folklore and myth to fuse the old with the new. From raw, exposed poems about the end of childhood to erotically charged lyrics about the ends of desire, from a brilliant retelling of the metamorphosis and death of Actaeon to the final freeing of the waters in Holding Proteus, these poems are bright epiphanies of passion and loss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eRobin Robertson is from the northeast coast of Scotland and now lives in London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Robertson, Robert","Imprint":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eHouse of Anansi Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","NumberOfPages":"96","Publisher":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eHouse of Anansi Press Inc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325023797307,"title":"Gun Dogs","handle":"gun-dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is a Gun Dog? An uncontrolled creature purportedly under our control? These poems strain at the lead. The torque is felt in the line, the verb, the wild thinking in metaphor. The maturity of James Langer's vision reveals itself here in the cumulative effect of his rhetoric. He won't land on his quarry -- Love, Forgiveness, Respect of Place, Clarity of Memory. He will, however, attain wisdom within these poems, a measured equanimity that can be traced back to the Stoics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese lines are like those of Les Murray, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, and Robin Robertson. Here is a debut from a genuine, fully formed talent whose poems reach the sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T09:07:15-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T09:07:15-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43252624326715,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887848223","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Gun Dogs - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":118,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887848223","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title "],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is a Gun Dog? An uncontrolled creature purportedly under our control? These poems strain at the lead. The torque is felt in the line, the verb, the wild thinking in metaphor. The maturity of James Langer's vision reveals itself here in the cumulative effect of his rhetoric. He won't land on his quarry -- Love, Forgiveness, Respect of Place, Clarity of Memory. He will, however, attain wisdom within these poems, a measured equanimity that can be traced back to the Stoics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese lines are like those of Les Murray, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, and Robin Robertson. Here is a debut from a genuine, fully formed talent whose poems reach the sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eJames Langer is the poetry editor for \u003cem\u003eThe Fiddlehead\u003c\/em\u003e. His first collection, \u003cem\u003eGun Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 2009, and his work has appeared in numerous literary journals including \u003cem\u003eTickleAce\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003elichen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArc\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGrain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEvent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFiddlehead\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Newfoundland Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAntigonish Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRiddle Fence\u003c\/em\u003e. Originally from Trinity Bay, he now lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Langer, James","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"112","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7324953313339,"title":"Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Corduroy Kid","handle":"tyrannosaurus-rex-and-the-corduroy-kid","description":"\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" class=\"row avoid-break\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" class=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" id=\"productCardFullText\" class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdl class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdd class=\"col-sm-11\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarked by the signature qualities of invention, wit, and streetwise humour that made Simon Armitage's reputation,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eengages deeply with some of the most pressing oppositions of our time. Man versus monster; conflict versus conversation; age versus youth; humanity versus its environment; utopia versus what we're living through now. This is a combative and moving book and an answer to anyone who's ever accused poetry of receding into irrelevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" class=\"row avoid-break\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" class=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" id=\"productCardContentItems\" class=\"card\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-07T16:57:59-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-07T16:57:59-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249796350011,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887847615","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Corduroy Kid - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":109,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887847615","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847615.jpg?v=1736287107"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847615.jpg?v=1736287107","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24978905661499,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.645,"height":2550,"width":1644,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847615.jpg?v=1736287107"},"aspect_ratio":0.645,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847615.jpg?v=1736287107","width":1644}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" class=\"row avoid-break\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" class=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" id=\"productCardFullText\" class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdl class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdd class=\"col-sm-11\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarked by the signature qualities of invention, wit, and streetwise humour that made Simon Armitage's reputation,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eengages deeply with some of the most pressing oppositions of our time. Man versus monster; conflict versus conversation; age versus youth; humanity versus its environment; utopia versus what we're living through now. This is a combative and moving book and an answer to anyone who's ever accused poetry of receding into irrelevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" class=\"row avoid-break\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" class=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-58a8df22=\"\" id=\"productCardContentItems\" class=\"card\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eSimon Armitage has won numerous awards for his poetry. He lives in West Yorkshire, UK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eVisit Simon Armitage's website:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.simonarmitage.com\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Armitage, Simon","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"112","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7298521202747,"title":"Marcel with a Splash","handle":"marcel-with-a-splash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarcel was born with webbed toes and an extra chromosome in this tender exploration of a child’s life with Down syndrome. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Marcel is born, the first thing the midwife notices is his webbed toes. Otherwise, he eats, he sleeps, he eats again, just like any baby. And then the doctors start to notice Marcel’s almond-shaped eyes, weak muscle tone and unusually shaped ears. They come to a conclusion: Marcel has Down syndrome. Marcel’s parents don’t know what to do with this medical terminology, so they bury it in the bottom of the garden, where it can grow in its own time and they can keep an eye on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Marcel doesn’t care about words yet. He grows and learns, taking to life like a fish in water. In many ways, Marcel is just like any child. He loves to laugh, be silly with his friends and go swimming during summer vacation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarcel with a Splash\u003c\/em\u003e goes beyond medical terms and the accompanying prejudices to discover Marcel himself. Inspired in part by her experiences as the mother of a child with Down syndrome, artist and author Julia Sørensen takes us on a poetic stroll between naps, chromosomes and tall grass, through Marcel’s beautiful, ordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk and answer questions about unknown words in a text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk and answer questions about key details in a text.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-08-26T10:37:25-04:00","created_at":"2024-08-26T09:15:07-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 3 - 6","By (author) Sørensen Julia","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7","Childrens Starred Reviews","Diversity","Groundwood Books","Human Rights and Activism","Illustrated by Sørensen Julia","Lexile measure AD810L","Picture Books","pub date: 2025-02-04","Stories of Resilience","Translated by Tanaka Shelley"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":2299,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41816912756795,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773069838","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Marcel with a Splash - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":2299,"weight":392,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781773069838","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41816912855099,"title":"EPUB, fixed","option1":"EPUB, fixed","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773069845","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Marcel with a Splash - EPUB, fixed","public_title":"EPUB, fixed","options":["EPUB, fixed"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773069845","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":41816912887867,"title":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","option1":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773069852","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Marcel with a Splash - Kindle, Fixed Layout","public_title":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","options":["Kindle, Fixed Layout"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773069852","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_292f2e41-a4cf-42a3-8b09-39a0e75527e9.jpg?v=1737864360","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2125ed8a-2a97-4814-b020-57619ccb7d4a.jpg?v=1724678307","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_11d4fcd4-9b05-4292-9428-67bf4747f164.jpg?v=1724678309","\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6478763e-2382-4a5e-ab1b-42c5edaba59b.jpg?v=1724678311"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_292f2e41-a4cf-42a3-8b09-39a0e75527e9.jpg?v=1737864360","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover: Marcel with a Splash, by Julia Sørensen and translated by Shelley Tanaka. 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No Vacancy
With the help of her Catholic friend, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl creates a provocative local tourist attraction to save her family’s failing motel.
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ages 13
and up
/ grades 8
and up
Lost Girl Found
In war-torn Sudan, a girl must make heart-rending choices as she fights for survival and a chance at a future.
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ages 8
to 12
/ grades 3
to 6
Blue Mountain
A young bighorn must lead his herd on a perilous journey over the Rocky Mountains when their territory is threatened.
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The untold story of the Jewish investigator who pursued and captured one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious war criminals.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
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No Ordinary Day
Deborah Ellis, author of The Breadwinner, brings us another feisty young heroine, Valli — an orphan with leprosy who lives on the streets of Kolkata.
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O Cadoiro
O Cadoiro is an astonishing exploration of lyricism by one of our greatest poets.
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ages 13
to 18
/ grades 7
to 12
Cleaning Up
Cleaning houses is just a way for Jess to earn money for college – until she finds a hidden diary in the trashed bedroom of a fancy country house.
