The Boy With Wings: Clash of the Superkids

The Boy With Wings: Clash of the Superkids
Author: Sir Lenny Henry
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2023-10-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 152906791X

Join Tunde on his next superpowered mission in The Boy with Wings: Clash of the Superkids, a hilarious, action packed story from Lenny Henry, illustrated throughout by Keenon Ferrell. Wings? Check. A super-cool, super-secret past? Check. An impossible mission to save the world from a super evil enemy? Check. When Tunde’s parents take him to a top-secret testing facility called The Complex, he’s nervous about meeting others like him who have super powers. But trying to make new friends is the least of his worries. There’s something much scarier going on. And it’s going take more than just the boy with wings to stop it . . . Now that flight isn’t an option, the only choice is to fight.

The Boy With Wings

The Boy With Wings
Author: Sir Lenny Henry
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2023-06-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524888230

It's Tunde's twelfth birthday and he's in for a surprise . . . he sprouts wings! Along with his friends, Tunde must save the world. Readers will adore Lenny Henry's first middle grade book, The Boy with Wings, that's packed with captivating illustrations by Keenon Ferrell. Plus, it includes an exclusive comic book adventure illustrated by Mark Buckingham! An ordinary kid is about to become an EXTRAORDINARY hero! Wings? Check. A super-cool, super-secret past? Check. An impossible mission to save the world from a fur-ocious enemy? Check. When Tunde sprouts wings and learns he’s all that stands between Earth and total destruction, suddenly school is the least of his problems. Luckily, his rag-tag group of pals have got his back, and with his new powers, Tunde is ready to fly in the face of danger. So what if he can’t even stand up to the school bully? He’s the boy with wings – this is his destiny. No pressure then. . . This illustrated book also includes an exclusive comic in the back!

The Boy With Wings

The Boy With Wings
Author: Lenny Henry
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2024-03-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 176156336X

Join Tunde on his next superpowered mission in The Boy with Wings: Clash of the Superkids, a hilarious, action packed story from Lenny Henry, illustrated throughout by Keenon Ferrell. Wings? Check. A super-cool, super-secret past? Check. An impossible mission to save the world from a super evil enemy? Check. When Tunde’s parents take him to a top-secret testing facility called The Complex, he’s nervous about meeting others like him who have super powers. But trying to make new friends is the least of his worries. There’s something much scarier going on. And it’s going take more than just the boy with wings to stop it . . . Now that flight isn’t an option, the only choice is to fight.

No Such Thing as Dragons

No Such Thing as Dragons
Author: Philip Reeve
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2015-01-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545829860

A thrilling adventure from award-winning master storyteller Philip Reeve! Ansel's new master slays dragons for a living. He says he's hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom-and he has the scars to prove it! But is Brock just a clever trickster in shining armor? Ansel is sure there is no such things as dragons. So what is the man-eating creature that lives in the crags of Dragon Mountain? As he and Brock climb the perilous ice-face to its lair, Ansel is about to discover the horrifying truth. A heart-pounding new fantasy with a brilliant twist from Philip Reeve, one of the world's greatest writers.

Access All Areas

Access All Areas
Author: Lenny Henry
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0571365132

** PRE-ORDER LENNY HENRY'S NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY RISING TO THE SURFACE NOW **Sir Lenny Henry rang up the Office for National Statistics to confirm something he'd been thinking about for a long time. They told him that only 29.5% of the United Kingdom's population is made up of white, heterosexual, able-bodied men; so, he wonders, why do they still make up the vast majority of people we see in our media?Joining forces with the former Chair of the Royal Television Society's Diversity Committee Marcus Ryder, he draws on decades of experience to reveal why recent efforts to diversify media have been thus far ineffective, and why they are simply not enough. With wit, humour and unflinching gravitas they analyse the flaws of current diversity initiatives, point out the structural and financial imbalances working against the cause, and provide clear solutions to get the media industry back on track.Access All Areas is an urgent, actionable manifesto that will dramatically shift the debate around diversity and the media.

Adolescence and Poverty

Adolescence and Poverty
Author: Peter B. Edelman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1991
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780944237328

The current situation for poor adolescents in the United States is reviewed in this collection of essays, and some strategies and insights for policymakers are presented. The essays of this volume cover the basic interactions of adolescence and poverty from theoretical and anecdotal perspectives. Critical issues of education and employment are discussed, and separate assessments of the difficulties facing poor girls and poor boys in adolescence are provided. After an introduction by Peter B. Edelman and Joyce Ladner, the following essays are included: (1) "Growing Up in America" (R. Coles); (2) "The Logic of Adolescence" (L. Steinberg); (3) "The Adolescent Poor and the Transition to Early Adulthood" (A. M. Sum and W. N. Fogg); (4) "The High-Stakes Challenge of Programs for Adolescent Mothers" (J. S. Musick); and (5) "Poverty and Adolescent Black Males: The Subculture of Disengagement" (R. L. Taylor). (SLD)

Mischief and Magic (Puppies of Blossom Meadow #2)

Mischief and Magic (Puppies of Blossom Meadow #2)
Author: Catherine Coe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2021-01-07
Genre: Friendship
ISBN: 9781407198675

Three best friends are transported to Blossom Meadow where they become adorable puppies -- and a whole host of cute animal friends.

Who am I, again?

Who am I, again?
Author: Lenny Henry
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0571342620

Sir Lenny Henry is one of the country's best-loved comedians with a career spanning over forty years. Here he writes about his youth for the first time.You might think you know Lenny Henry. Think again.'Glorious.' NEIL GAIMAN'Touching and affectionate.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, SUNDAY TIMES'Heartfelt . . . honest.' OBSERVER'Moving, powerful and very funny.' MAIL ON SUNDAYIn 1975, a gangly black sixteen-year-old apprentice factory worker from Dudley appeared on our TV screens for the first time. He had no idea he would go on to become a national treasure. Here at last, Sir Lenny Henry tells the revealing and very funny story of his rise to fame.Surviving a tough family upbringing, along with the trauma of finding out the truth about his father at a young age, Lenny beat the odds. With a riotous warmth and his trademark energy, in Who Am I, Again? he tells the heart-breakingly honest and inspirational story of his youth.AN i BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'So appealing . . . Witty, charming and engagingly self-aware.' i 'Funny, warm and self-deprecating.' THE TIMES'A raw, touching memoir.' GUARDIAN'An endearing memoir . . . He's a skilful storyteller.' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Enjoyable and endearing.' DAILY EXPRESS

The Aurelia Curse (Dragon Rider #3)

The Aurelia Curse (Dragon Rider #3)
Author: Cornelia Funke
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2022-06-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338215566

Dragons, myth, and magic unite in the third installment of Cornelia Funke's bestselling Dragon Rider series. Ben and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean -- a creature who can bring either light or darkness to whoever it first meets. A new peril has emerged in the world of Fabulous Creatures. One that could cause the disappearance of their kind. Luckily, all of our favorite characters are back--Ben and Firedrake, his wonderful dragon friend, plucky Guinevere and the Greenbloom family, Sorrel the irrepressible brownie, the miniature man Twigleg and a host of new Fabulous Animals and sturdy helpers. But the threat is real and qucikly encroaching. A villian from the family's past is seeking revenge. And all the while, the mysterious Aurelia, the most fabulous and powerful creature of all, moves across oceans to its final destination, introducing a new underwater world to enjoy.

The Blazing Unicorn

The Blazing Unicorn
Author: Alice Hemming
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781684643639

An evil king, a fearsome warrior, a fight for freedom. If you were granted three wishes, what would you wish for?For Marie, that dream becomes a reality when she stumbles across a magical unicorn deep in the forest. But when Marie - who is kind and trusting in nature - surrenders her wishes to her cruel father, he enslaves the unicorn with a demand for never-ending wishes.Years later, the Kingdom of Quessia has slowly fallen into poverty and ruin under the rein of King Jacob. A spiteful and careless king, Jacob is disliked by all of his subjects, but little does he know that a revolution threatening his throne and his life lies just around the corner...Will King Jacob keep the Blazing Unicorn enslaved forever and retain his throne? And will Marie ever be able to right the wrongs of her past?