"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces blackbirds to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

It's 1940 and the London Blitz is raging. Bryan Hale and Bluebird Squadron fight on into the autumn of 1940, chasing down the new threat of 'Jabo' hit-and-run raids by bomb-laden enemy fighters over the capital's rooftops. Bryan's chance encounter in a London pub with Jenny, an acquaintance from his school-days, starts them both down the road to a relationship that neither wants or can afford. But the deadly perils of London's Blitz ignite a passion...

Lonan was barely surviving, while trying to keep a roof over his head. He was abandoned by his parents and taken in by Mr. Willock, a barkeep in Dublin. He was taught to steal, fight, and survive. One day, three ravens tell him tales of Gods, Titans, and magic. Thrown into the fray, how will Lonan survive being the child of a God? Will he embrace his duty, or turn his back on destiny? And who, or what, is the mysterious force behind the disease plaguing...

Describes the physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of various blackbird species.

"New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey delivers his next delectable, erotic romance...They call themselves the Blackbirds. Kwanzaa Brown, Indigo Abdulrahaman, Destiny Jones, and Erica Stockwell are four best friends who are closer than sisters, and will go to the ends of the earth for one another. Yet even their deep bond can't heal all wounds from their individual pasts, as the collegiate and post-collegiate women struggle with their...

The fires of the Second World War are beginning to burn down, but legendary Canadian aviatrix Sharon Lacey is not out of danger just yet. Complications enter the young ace's life as deep-seated racial and class prejudice, potential fifth columnists and even her own killer code of honour threaten her hard-fought reputation, while a new and wonderful secret might also prove to be her undoing. Meanwhile, across the Channel in Fortress Europe, new weapons...

Hercule Poirot is about to tuck into a very traditional English supper with his old friend Bonnington when a lone diner sparks his interest. Like clockwork, the man has eaten at the restaurant on Thursdays and Tuesdays for the last ten years, but no one on the staff knows his name. When "Old Father Time," as they have fondly nicknamed him, suddenly stops coming, Poirot believes that he might have picked up the one essential clue that could shed light...

Four and Twenty Blackbirds is a collection of word portraits of the people, places, and events populating the author's universe. These essays are sometimes feisty, sometimes funny, always tender, and recognizable as deeply human.

Sara May Blackburn has always been an odd girl. Plagued by mysterious powers her whole life, Sara heads to New York to seek Miss Brook at the Linton School for Girls. But the school is shrouded in strangeness, and the more secrets Sara discovers, the more dangerous and challenging her studies become. Sara must reveal the forces that seek to control her power. Join Hellboy creator Mike Mignola as he partners with celebrated author Angela Slatter...