Nicky's Compass Goes South: When the Secret Lab Kids head off to rescue some stranded hikers with the aid of Nicky's cell phone compass her battery fizzles out and the team must return to the lab and build a conventional compass. Gem of a Deal: When a con artist purchases Nicky's granny's house for a fake gemstone necklace, the Secret Lab Kids must learn about minerals in order to save granny from ruin.

"Understanding maps are an early elementary skill that captures the imaginations of young learners and encourages them to use their knowledge in their community. One of the primary map skills is one that learners can practice in their daily lives: the application of the concepts of the cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west. This brightly designed book is a perfect way to introduce these essential terms to budding readers. Accessible...

"Ending Reeva's life, and in the same instant annihilating his own, had condemned him in the end to the shadow existence he had fought so hard to avoid -- inspiring compassion in some, derision in many more, and ripping forever from his grasp all that he had strived so hard to win." -- Back cover.

A young, black gangster in South Africa slowly discovers the meaning of compassion after finding an infant in the car he has stolen and realizes he has killed the child's mother.

"From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, comes a wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .45 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this...

Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times....

In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France tells his origin story for the first time. With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan reveals what it was like to grow up gay in a traditional South Asian family, as one of the few people of color in South Yorkshire, England. He illuminates his winding path of coming of age, finding his voice (and style!), and marrying the love of his life―a Mormon cowboy from Salt Lake City....

The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.

"Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time and no state showed any interest in what was happening to the children. Suzanne fought her parents, longing to return to England and to education and...