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A Son's Gift is an inspiring true story, a beautiful tale of grief, but ultimately, of love and strength. Nicky, a witty, intelligent, and clever 13-year-old, is diagnosed with a rare childhood bone cancer. However, this book is about more than just cancer and its treatment and the fight to survive. It's about more than just a mother and her son, who accepted his mortality at such a young age, and the strength and love between two loving souls. It's about more than just death. This book is about life.

An NPR Best Book of the Year “You will devour these beautifully written—and very important—tales of honesty, pain, and resilience” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls) from fifteen brilliant writers who explore how what we don’t talk...

Fourteen-year-old Letsi wants to know why the labyrinth is forbidden. Tragedy forces her to move in with her wealthy aunt, where the labyrinth consumes her thoughts and gives her hope for a new adventure.

When 14-year-old Ash is forced to move, the world as he knows it turns upside down. Soulville is a strange town, and the house his mom inherited from a distant relative should be condemned. It's spooky. Possibly haunted.

This book shows how schools can - and must - develop expertise in "learning variation" (understanding how different kinds of minds learn) and apply this knowledge to classroom instruction in order to address the chronic learning challenges and achievement gap faced by millions of students. Barringer shows how using what we know about learning variation with a focus on discovering learning strengths, not just deficits, can help schools create plans for success for those students who often find it elusive.