Encountering Enchantment

Encountering Enchantment
Author: Susan Fichtelberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2015-09-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

The most current and complete guide to a favorite teen genre, this book maps current releases along with perennial favorites, describing and categorizing fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction titles published since 2006. Speculative fiction continues to be of consuming interest to teens, so if you work with that age group, keeping up with the explosion of new titles in this category is critical. Likewise, understanding the many genres and subgenres into which these titles fall—wizard fantasy, alternate worlds, fantasy mystery, dystopian fiction, science fantasy, and more—is also key if you want to motivate young readers and direct them to books they'll enjoy. Written to help you master a complex array of genres and titles, this guide includes more than 1,500 books, most published since 2006, organizing them by genre, subgenre, and theme. Subgenres growing in popularity such as "steampunk" are highlighted to keep you current with the latest trends. The guide will serve three audiences. Of course, you can turn to it as you help your teenage patrons select the books and genres that will interest them most. Teen readers, whether devoted fans or newcomers, can use it themselves to find titles and subgenres they might like. In addition, the guide will help teachers and parents match students with the right books.

Sword of Doom

Sword of Doom
Author: James Jennewein
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-07-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781436169066

The Girl is Murder

Get Those Guys Reading!

Get Those Guys Reading!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2012-05-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.

The Germanic Tribes, the Gods and the German Far Right Today

The Germanic Tribes, the Gods and the German Far Right Today
Author: Georg Schuppener
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000513181

The Germanic Tribes, the Gods and the German Far Right Today deals with the question of how right-wing extremists in German-speaking countries adapt and adopt elements from the history, culture, and mythology of the Germanic tribes. It provides the first in-depth study of the adoption of these historical motifs by right-wing extremists. Using linguistic and historical perspectives, and drawing on both publicly accessible material and sources gathered by the intelligence services, the book delineates the influence and impact of Germanic tribal history and culture within extremist subcultures. The author demonstrates that references to the Germanic peoples, their history, culture, and mythology, are even more widespread among contemporary right-wing extremists than they were in the interwar National Socialist era. This book will be of interest to researchers of right-wing extremism, German politics, and social movements.

Finn at Clee Point

Finn at Clee Point
Author: Richard Knight
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Boys
ISBN: 9781846864001

Finn lives in a small fishing village and loves his simple, rough-and-tumble life: listening to the gulls, savouring the salty smells of the market. But when he befriends the Finer family, the bonds of friendship and familial loyalty are tested. He must teach the town a lesson of his own.

RuneWarriors: Sword of Doom

RuneWarriors: Sword of Doom
Author: James Jennewein
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780061449406

In the fortress of King Eldred the Moody, Dane the Defiant receives honors and a magical rune sword that belonged to his father, but he also finds treachery that sends him and his friends on a quest to retrieve the sword from a thief who hopes it will lead to a fabled treasure.

13th Age Glorantha

13th Age Glorantha
Author: Rob Heinsoo
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-07-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781568825007

Roleplaying in Glorantha for the 13th Age rules system.

RuneWarriors

RuneWarriors
Author: James Jennewein
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2009-06-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061957410

It's the eve of the Festival of Greatness and Dane has a big problem. He's yet to choose his nickname. Dane the Dangerous? Dane the Despicable? He can't decide. But when Dane sees his proud father shamed by the evil tyrant Thidrek the Terrifying, Dane's indignation earns him a moniker that sticks—Dane the Defiant! And when Thidrek kidnaps Dane's beloved Astrid in hopes of trading her for the ultimate power of the gods, Dane defiantly goes after him like a bat out of Valhalla. Braving treacherous seas, deadly creatures, and a lovestarved Frost Giant, Dane and his rowdy band of Norseboys embark on an epic quest to end Thidrek's reign of terror and take their place among the greatest Viking heroes of all time.