The House of Night is no ordinary school—and not just because it's for vampyres. It's a place where magic, religion, folklore, and mythology from multiple traditions merry meet and meld to create something incredible and new.In Nyx in the House of Night—a 2-color illustrated companion to the House of Night series—some of your favorite YA authors, plus a few experts, help you navigate the influences behind the House of Night series in a guide that would get even Damien's seal of approval.Travel with P.C. Cast as she gets her first tattoo in Ireland, climbs the ruins of Sgiach's castle, and discovers the lore that led to the Isle of Skye vampyres. Read Kristin Cast's defense of women in history and mythology who, like Zoey, have made a practice of juggling multiple men. Sit in on a vampyre lecture by Bryan Lankford, the real-life basis for House of Night instructor Dragon Lankford, on the parallels between Wiccan and vampyre circle rituals. Tour Tulsa's House of Night landmarks with local Amy H. Sturgis.Plus:•Karen Mahoney on Nyx and other goddesses of the night•John Edgar Browning on vampires in folklore, fiction, and reality•Jana Oliver on tattoos and other Marks•Ellen Steiber on feline familiars•Yasmine Galenorn on priestesses and goddess worship•Jordon Dane on Zoey's Cherokee heritage•Jeri Smith-Ready on the Raven Mockers and Kalona's less than heavenly inspiration•Christine Zika on the connection between Nyx and the Virgin Mary•Triniy Faegen on the Greek version of the Otherworld Nyx in the House of Night also includes an appendix of character names that reveals the myth behind Zoey's last name, which House of Night cats have ties to Camelot, Egypt, and Middle-earth, and more! Read more

"If I could pick one book to hand to every teen—and adult—on earth, this is the one. True or False is accessible, thorough, and searingly honest, and we desperately needed it." —Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda A former CIA analyst unveils the true history of fake news and gives readers tips on how to avoid falling victim to it in this highly designed informative YA nonfiction title. "Fake news" is a term you’ve probably heard a lot in the last few years, but it’s not a new phenomenon. From the ancient Egyptians to the French Revolution to Jack the Ripper and the founding fathers, fake news has been around as long as human civilization. But that doesn’t mean that we should just give up on the idea of finding the truth.In True or False, former CIA analyst Cindy Otis will take readers through the history and impact of misinformation over the centuries, sharing stories from the past and insights that readers today can gain from them. Then, she shares lessons learned in over a decade working for the CIA, including actionable tips on how to spot fake news, how to make sense of the information we receive each day, and, perhaps most importantly, how to understand and see past our own information biases, so that we can think critically about important issues and put events happening around us into context.True or False includes a wealth of photo illustrations, informative inserts, and sidebars containing interesting facts and trivia sure to engage readers in critical thinking and analysis.This title has common core connections. Read more

Go deeper into the home of the Hunger Games with the creator of the best-known fan map of Panem What does Panem look like? How does Panem define race? How do Panem's districts reflect the major themes of the trilogy? What allusions to our world are found in Panem names like Finnick, Johanna, Beetee, Cinna, Everdeen, and Mellark? The Panem Companion gives fresh insight into Suzanne Collins' trilogy by looking at the world of the Hunger Games and the forces that kept its citizens divided since the First Rebellion. With a blend of academic insight and true fan passion, V. Arrow explores how Panem could have evolved from the America we know today and uses textual clues to piece together Panem's beliefs about class, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexuality, and more. Includes an extensive name lexicon and color-illustrated unofficial map Read more

The perfect book for all student journalists, this young readers adaptation of the New York Times bestselling She Said by  Pulitzer Prize winning reporters' Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey will inspire a new generation of young journalists.  Soon to be a major motion picture!Do you want to know how to bring secrets to light?How journalists can hold the powerful to account?And how to write stories that can make a difference?In Chasing the Truth, award-winning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey share their thoughts from their early days writing their first stories to their time as award-winning investigative journalists, offering tips and advice along the way. Adapted from their New York Times bestselling book She Said, Chasing the Truth not only tells the story of the culture-shifting Harvey Weinstein investigation, but it also shares their best reporting practices with readers. This is the perfect book for aspiring journalists or anyone devoted to uncovering the truth. Praise for the New York Times bestseller She Said: “Exhilarating…Kantor and Twohey have crafted their news dispatches into a seamless and suspenseful account of their reportorial journey.”— Susan Faludi, The New York Times “An instant classic of investigative journalism...‘All the President’s Men’ for the Me Too era.”— Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post “A vibrant, cinematic read.”—Jill Filipovic, CNN “Deeply suspenseful.”—Annalisa Quinn, NPR Read more

From foundations in critical thinking skills to practical tools and real-life perspectives, this book empowers young adult readers to be independent media users.The Media and Me is a joint production of The Censored Press and Triangle Square Books for Young Readers.During the recent presidential election, “media literacy” became a buzzword that signified the threat media manipulation posed to democratic processes. Meanwhile, statistical research has shown that 8 to 18 year-olds pack more than eleven hours with some form of media into each day by “media multitasking.” Young people are not only eager and interested to learn about and discuss the realities of media ownership, production, and distribution, they also deserve to understand differential power structures in how media influences our culture.The Media and Me provides readers with the tools and perspectives to be empowered and autonomous media users. The book explores critical inquiry skills to help young people form a multidimensional comprehension of what they read and watch, opportunities to see others like them making change, and insight into their own identity projects. By covering topics like storytelling, building arguments and recognizing fallacies, surveillance and digital gatekeeping, advertising and consumerism, and global social problems through a critical media literacy lens, this book will help students evolve from passive consumers of media to engaged critics and creators. Read more

“This should be mandatory reading for every teen." -Dr. Wendy O'Connor LMFT, PsyD, Licensed Family TherapistThe perfect gift to help a teenager get happy, be successful, and make good decisions.Being a teen ain't easy. And unfortunately, there aren't any classes to help navigate through those teen years. Luckily, Dad's Great Advice for Teens provides 25 short pieces of unorthodox Great Advice, filled with humor, wisdom, and inspirational quotes, to help teens:Build confidenceBe productive with their timeDevelop close relationshipsMake good decisionsTake smart risksFollow their passionTrust their gutTake action toward their goalsCreate new, positive habitsStay positive when problems ariseMake a difference in the worldThe most respected teen coaches and therapists recommend this book as a must-read manual for teens with all the wisdom that every teen needs to know about friends, social media, drinking, smoking, vaping, dating, sex, parents, peer pressure, dealing with gossip, and being happy.Get the bestselling book that teens (and parents) are raving about.Dad’s Great Advice for Teens is a great birthday or graduation gift for teenage girls and teenage boys from Dad, Mom, or anybody. It’s the perfect self-help survival and success guide for teens looking to build positive habits and get an edge up.This version of the book includes bonus material from:Dad’s Great Advice for College StudentsDad’s Great Advice for EveryoneDad’s Great Advice for New DriversTake action now to get happy and successful… Read more

¿Alguna vez te has parado a pensar en cómo se representa a las mujeres en el cine?Si los cuentos y los mitos nos enseñan cómo entender el mundo… ¿qué nosdicenlas películas y las series sobre nosotras mismas?Villanas, madres, vírgenes o damiselas en apuros. ¿Las mujeres no podemos ser nada más?El cine y la televisión, históricamente dominados por hombres, se han basado en la mirada masculina que ha invisibilizado a las mujeres y ha impedido la diversidad: mujeres con distintos cuerpos, racializadas, lesbianas, trans. En su lugar han quedado limitadas a arquetipos o percibidas como un accesorio en la ficción perpetuando una visión muy restrictiva e irreal de cómo somos.¿Quiénes han contado las historias en pantalla? ¿Qué violencias hemos normalizado en el cine? ¿Cuál es la presencia e importancia de las mujeres detrás de cámaras? ¿Cómo está cambiando la ficción en la actualidad?Sandra Miret, divulgadora y analista fílmica feminista, revisa el imaginario con el que crecimos y cómo este ha dado forma a nuestra visión del mundo. Con un enfoque fresco y una mirada incisiva, nos invita a preguntarnos:¿Es la pantalla nuestro reflejo, o somos nosotros reflejo de lo que vemos en ella?¿Qué encontrarás en este libro?-Cuatro partes que analizan y desmontan la representación de las mujeres en películas y series, delante y detrás de la cámara.-Con un enfoque fresco, una crítica feminista sobre la importancia que tiene el modo en que nos vemos representadas y cómo influye en nuestra percepción de nosotras mismas.-Un texto divulgativo, profundo y plagado de contenido sobre las películas y series más relevantes de las últimas décadas: ideal para aprender y reflexionar sobre lo que vemos en la pantalla de forma amena y sencilla. Read more

In this fun and informative YA Non-fiction title, Dustin Hansen, author of Game On!, a self-confessed video game addict with over 20-years experience in the gaming industry, examines the storytelling skills shown in some of the most beloved and moving games of all time.We all know that video games are fun, but can a video game make you cry? Can it tell you a powerful love story? Can a video game make you think differently about war? About the environment? About the choices you make?Whether it's playing through blockbuster-esque adventures (Uncharted, God of War, The Last of Us), diving deep into hidden bits of story and lore (Red Dead Redemption II, Bioshock, Journey) or building relationships that change the fate of the world itself (Persona 5, Undertale), video games are bringing stories to life in ways that are immediate, interactive and immersive. Focusing on some of the best, most memorable, experiences in gaming, The Greatest Stories Ever Played, examines the relationship between gaming and storytelling in a new way. Read more

A provocative follow-up to the bestselling What's for Lunch?, Eat This! zooms in on fast food marketing to children — an immense industry worth billions of dollars. Andrea Curtis shows how fast food companies push their unhealthy food and beverages by embedding their sales pitches in everything from Snapchat filters to movies, from videogames to school curriculum. An exploration of media literacy and food literacy, Eat this! looks at what exactly marketing is and touches on the latest strategies aimed at kids, including product placement, advergames, cartoon and celebrity endorsements and school fundraising. On each page spread, Andrea Curtis provides research-based insights into all aspects of the fast food industry and, perhaps most importantly, offers kids examples and ideas about how they can push back — taking charge of their own health and well-being. Read more

Paul Fleischman offers teens an environmental wake-up call and a tool kit for decoding the barrage of conflicting information confronting them.We're living in an Ah-Ha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never before seen. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking – suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world. This book explains it. Not with isolated facts, but the principles driving attitudes and events, from vested interests to denial to big-country syndrome. Because money is as important as molecules in the environment, science is joined with politics, history, and psychology to provide the briefing needed to comprehend the 21st century. Extensive back matter, including a glossary, bibliography, and index, as well as numerous references to websites, provides further resources. Read more

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Kate March, the most loveable, outrageous girl sleuth is the genre's NEWEST SENSATION!"This sparkling series starter delivers a confounding mystery, authentic historical details, and a spirited journalist . . . wonderfully cinematic scenes that vividly evoke Roaring '20s Hollywood. The mystery itself is complex and satisfyingly resolved." ~Kirkus Reviews“Excellent storytelling! Adams’s telling of Hollywood’s Roaring 20’s is a refreshing fun read…Well written, vivid characters and setting make this book come to life! A story for any age group, follow Kate on her capers and learn about the dark, titillating time period of this historical story. Unputdownable! I only hope there's more!”~LOUISE, AMAZON REVIEWER“This is an awesome book that was read super super quickly; I’d definitely recommend this to any lover of mystery and history.” ~K. MACHIA, NETGALLEY“This book was a fantastically plotted mystery! Scandalously delicious: Miss Fisher meets Nancy Drew crossed with China Blues. Such a fun and sassy murder mystery…kept me guessing the whole time…Speak Easy had me laughing one moment and on the edge of the seat the next. The amazing mix of humor and suspense will have you flipping the pages...I can’t wait to read more of this author's works.” ~R. MAZUMDER, NETGALLEY“A delightful noire mystery set in the early 1920s with a heroine with a fresh voice. I thoroughly enjoyed Speak Easy and look forward to more from this series.”~ L.M.TOLLEFSON, GOODREADS --5 STARS“I find the 1920's fascinating and this book gives you awhirlwind ride…Showing that time and place through the lens of a young woman getting ready to go out into the world and trying to decide who she wanted to be made it even more interesting …This book was excellent …I look forward to reading more in this series!”~NETGALLEY REVIEWThe Roaring Twenties. A ghastly murder. A failing family newspaper business. What more could lure Katharine Ann March into playing hooky and risk missing her own high school graduation?As a budding reporter and amateur sleuth, Kate has the audacity to, not only wear boy's clothing, but to trespass into the male habitat of the newspaper business. While her best friend, Addy, prefers they go Modern by becoming flappers, Kate set her sights on saving the family newspaper by plunging headfirst into the most sensational murder scene in Hollywood history.Famed film director, William Desmond Taylor, has been shot in the back, and Kate has the inside scoop. Her dear friend and famous film star, Mary Miles Minter, fancied herself in love with Mr. Taylor. With Mary's help, Kate is set to bring a new angle to the story. Easy peasy.But not so fast.Suspicious, late-night visits to Taylor's home, drug connections, false identities, and family secrets prompts Kate to try and solve the murder herself, much to the annoyance of the Los Angeles Police Department.And then something wholly unexpected captures Kate's attention; her neighbor and childhood friend, Nicky Masino, has returned from the Great War no longer the boy she once knew. Mysterious and explosive, Nicky is haunted by his past. After joining the LAPD, Nicky warns Kate to stay away from the Taylor murder case.Why should Nicky care? And who are the two shadowy thugs following him? Could Nicky somehow be involved in the murder? Why is he so adamant Kate stop investigating?Undaunted by the warnings, Kate and Addy charge unceremoniously into dangerous schemes involving salacious gambling dens, the notorious Cocoanut Grove, and speakeasies; not to mention the dark and seedy underbelly of Paramount Studios. A spectacularly wild time is had by all until Kate lands on the wrong end of a murder charge. Read more

Behind the Glare: Unpacking the Media’s Sexualization of WomenThis book is a bold exploration of image, identity, and resistance.Why does the media constantly reduce women to their bodies? Why are girls taught to be pretty before they’re taught to be powerful? And what does it cost us—all of us—when worth is measured in skin and likes?In Behind the Glare, we pull back the curtain on a culture that profits from the sexualization of women and girls. Through history, storytelling, media analysis, and personal reflection, this book exposes the systems that shaped how we see women—and how women see themselves.From the golden age of Hollywood to the age of Instagram, from pop culture icons to everyday influencers, we break down the myths and messages that have shaped a global gaze. But this isn’t just a critique—it’s a guide for unlearning, healing, and reclaiming.Whether you’re a parent, educator, creator, student, or simply someone tired of being told your body is your only currency, this book is for you.Real beauty isn’t in the glare of a spotlight. It’s in the clarity of truth. Let’s step out of the frame—and rewrite the story. Read more

Unlock the secrets of real-life spycraft with Spy Skills for Teens, where you'll learn how to gather intelligence, master the art of influence, and protect yourself like a true operative. From decoding body language to navigating social situations with confidence, this book equips you with the tools you need to thrive in every aspect of life. Ready to appy these spy secrets in your own life? Read more

You want to make movies, but don't know how. Maybe you've made YouTube or Tik Tok posts, but now youwant to build your skills and make your own narrative movies.But where to begin? How do I do it? What do I need.You'll find all these answers and more. Let's get started! Read more

Are today's kids becoming a "disconnected generation"? In this insightful book, we explore the pervasive negative effects of social media on young minds. From sleep disruption to the rise of anxiety and depression, children are grappling with the unintended consequences of their online presence. "Disconnected Generation" sheds light on the dangers of cyberbullying, the obsession with likes and followers, and the risks posed by unrestricted access to technology. Offering guidance to parents and guardians, this book provides practical strategies to create a healthy digital environment and help kids forge meaningful connections in an increasingly connected world. Read more

We live in an era of misinformation, much of it spread by authority figures, including politicians, religious leaders, broadcasters, and, of course, apps and websites. In this second edition, author John Grant uses ripped-from-the-headlines examples to clearly explain how to identify bad evidence and poor arguments. He also points out the rhetorical tricks people use when attempting to pull the wool over our eyes, and offers advice about how to take these unscrupulous pundits down. Updated to include a chapter on fake news, Debunk It serves as a guide to critical thinking for young readers looking to find some clarity in a confusing world. Read more

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Oprah Winfrey has been called the Queen of All Media for good reason?during her more than thirty-year career, she has left an indelible mark on radio, television, film, theater, magazines, and books. One of the most influential people today, Oprah is also a committed humanitarian. Read more

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