This is a story of two boys, one white, and the other black, who forge an unusual friendship amidst the bigoted times of 1831 New Orleans, Louisiana. When their friendship is nearly destroyed by an adolescent power struggle, their beloved Mammy Callie helps them to see how the difference in their social status can be used to help instead of hurt one another, leading to a stronger bond between them. Later, as young adults, they flee with their family to escape the racial violence around them. In search of social justice and love under British rule in Chatham, Canada, they uncover a mystery that challenges everything they believe in. Written in lyrical and passionate prose, author Marlowe has written a family saga spanning decades that is filled with multidimensional characters and rich settings. - from description on website (shaughnmarlowe.com).

Penny and Nick find adventure as they help fellow runaway orphan Ben in his search for his father.

Poetry. In her sixth collection, LION'S PAW, Guggenheim fellow and Four Quartets Prize finalist Kathleen Peirce extends her reach toward the realms of birth and afterlife and finds them liminal places. These are otherworldly poems immersed in earthly intricacies altered by the poet's intimate gaze, about encounters in the presence of folded velvet, Eden, ice, a sheep's locks, a wall of glass, each enlarged by loss and faithfulness. To show what it means to create while being created, these poems "pull the curtain back, or down." Eternity is here, as is the momentary. Though loyal to solitude, Peirce is in conversation with lovers, childhood, travelers, music, and language itself. "Are you with me?" she asks.

The big lion has a thorn in his paw and needs help getting it out. All the other animals are too busy with their own affairs to take time to help lion--all except the tiny little mouse.

Aesop's Fables, attributed to the legendary storyteller Aesop from ancient Greece, comprise a collection of succinct and timeless moral tales. These fables feature animal characters, each symbolizing human qualities or foibles, and they convey essential moral lessons through engaging and straightforward narratives. Their hallmark characteristics include simplicity, accessibility, and universal themes that explore human behavior, ethics, and wisdom across a wide range of scenarios. These fables remain enduring classics, such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," continuing to captivate readers of all ages by imparting moral wisdom through memorable storytelling.

In this captivating, suspenseful memoir, white lion conservationist Linda Tucker describes her perilous struggle to protect the sacred white lion from the merciless and mafia-like trophy-hunting industry, armed only with her indomitable spirit and total devotion. Her story begins in 1991 with a heart-stopping misadventure in the Timbavati Reserve of South Africa. Tucker—then a successful advertising executive—and a group of fellow travelers found themselves surrounded by a pride of angry lions. There was no way out, night had fallen, and the battery in their only flashlight was beginning to flicker. Miraculously, a local medicine woman, with two youngsters in tow, passed, trancelike and fearless, through the lions and escorted them all to safety. For Tucker, that life-threatening experience became a life-changing one. She abandoned her career, left Europe, and returned to Timbavati to track down the medicine woman who had saved her: Maria Khosa. Upon seeing Tucker again, Khosa only smiled and said, “What took you so long?” She had been expecting her, and there was so much to do. Under Khosa’s shamanic tutelage, Tucker learned of her sacred destiny: to be the “keeper of the white lions,” believed to be angelic beings sent to Earth to save humanity at a time of crisis. Khosa also prophesized that the queen of the white lions—the embodiment of the mother of Ra, the sun god—would soon be born, on a day and in a place considered holy by Westerners. On December 25, 2000, in the little South Africa town of Bethlehem, a snowy white lion cub, Marah, was born. From the moment of her first meeting with Marah, Tucker’s story immediately takes off into battle, as she dedicates her every waking moment to prying Marah and her siblings from the grips of the trophy-hunting industry. Compellingly written in the intimate style of a journal, Tucker describes with unflinching honesty her fears, doubts, hopes, and dreams, all the while unfolding for us an unforgettable tale of adventure, romance, spirituality, and most of all, justice.