Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of AlexandriaYou are invited to the Alexandria Academy . . . Twelve year old Shad Hadid has never quite fit in. The other kids at school dont understand him, so he spends most of his time alone, cooking for his teta and daydreaming of opening his own Arabic bakery full of tasty treats. But when Shad is attacked by a shadowy monster, he learns his late baba was an alchemist with the ability to mix charms, elixirs, and mistsand hes one too! Then Shad receives an

Sometimes controversial and always provocative

then again for good measure

When little brother Jack hurts his foot

Margaret’s daughter

VCU Cabell First Novel Award * Shortlisted

you have to make everyone successful or [make] everyone own the failure

oedipal child

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\" -- Joyce Carol Oates

Told with gripping intensity

can these two vulnerable lovers find the strength to believe in happily ever after

Thor Erikson has been sent from the Krewe of Hunters to investigate several grotesque killings