Thad trusts no one. He loves no one and refuses to have friends. He reluctantly agrees to allow an older gay couple adopt him so he can get out of juvie, but doesn't plan to stick around long. Before he has a chance to run from his new home, he meets a fascinating boy who shows him there is far more to Blackford, Indiana than he could possibly imagine. It is only in Blackford that Thad's life truly begins.
In the #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s first book, the troublemaking team of Bruno and Boots wages war—and school will never be the same. The basis for the movie now streaming on TubiTV Bruno and Boots are always in trouble. So the Headmaster, aka “The Fish” decides it would be best to separate them. Bruno must now room with ghoulish Elmer Dimsdale, plus his plants, goldfish, and ants. And Boots is stuck with nerdy, preppy, paranoid George Wexford-Smyth III. Of course, this means war. Because Bruno and Boots are determined to get their old room back, no matter what it takes. Praise for the Bruno & Boots series “Korman has a unique talent for creating genuinely funny, roll-on-the-floor, laugh-out-loud books. All of his many books are bestsellers, a testament to his popularity with kids.” —Quill & Quire “A hilarious series.” —Booklist “Korman’s vibrant dialogue and breakneck action are the highlights of this merry romp . . . Laughs are as plentiful as [Bruno and Boots’s] misadventures.” —Publishers Weekly
Something wicked has been preying on Sunnydale students -- and whatever it is, its methods are pretty gruesome. Buffy locates some human bones that have been picked clean, and knows that she's dealing with an unearthly evil. Some help from the Scooby Gang would be ideal, but they've run into trouble of their own. Oz and Xander are literally (perhaps unnaturally) mesmerized by a hottie new chick band headlining at the Bronze, and Willow has been captured by Sunnydale's latest resident carnivores. What they need is the Slayer. But in order to help her friends, Buffy must first dust a vampire -- one that has an urgent interest in Joyce Summers, the unique ability to resist sunlight, and an open invitation to the Summers' house...
M.J., her partner Gilley, and their client, the wealthy, de-lish Dr. Steven Sable, are at his family's lodge, where his grandfather allegedly jumped to his death from the roof-although Sable says it was foul play. But the patriarch's isn't the only ghost around. The place is lousy with souls, all with something to get off their ghoulish chests. Now M.J. will have to to quell the clamor-and listen for a voice with the answers...
Time to take this show on the road. The dark, creepy road with the haunted house at the end. It’s not that Julian minds his new job. It’d just be nice if it didn’t come with so many murders. Especially when those murders end up with his not-quite-boyfriend talking to ghosts. Or, in this case, a ghoul. Their road trip to Colorado in the name of bonding for the new show Bump in the Night takes an unexpected side trip to Budding, Texas: Home of the Wandering Ghoul and a half-dozen missing person cases in the last ten years. Not exactly the best slogan for the tourism board. Just another day at work. Oscar takes it in stride, even as he’s juggling some strange shifts in his abilities and Ezra’s increasingly distant behavior, but when the Wandering Ghoul makes an up close and personal appearance one afternoon, it might be too much even for Oscar to handle. Between trying to understand the sudden changes in his abilities and whether or not a relationship with dedicated skeptic Julian is worth the possible heartache, Oscar has an undead fanboy who won't take no for an answer. They really should have just taken a plane.
A brave girl flees a ghoul while trying to save her city in this lively companion to Goblin Secrets, the National Book Award winner that Kirkus Reviews calls “humorous, poignant, and convincing.” Kaile lives in Zombay, an astonishing city where goblins walk the streets and witches work their charms and curses. Kaile wants to be a musician and is delighted when a goblin gives her a flute carved out of bone. But the flute’s single, mournful song has a dangerous consequence: it separates Kaile and her shadow. Anyone without a shadow is considered dead, and despite Kaile’s protests that she’s alive and breathing, her family forces her to leave so she can’t haunt their home. Kaile and her shadow soon learn that the troublesome flute is tied to a terrifying ghoul made from the bones of those who drowned in the Zombay River. With the ghoul chasing her and the river threatening to flood, Kaile has an important role to play in keeping Zombay safe. Will Kaile and her shadow be able to learn the right tune in time? Set in the delightful and dangerous world of Goblin Secrets, Ghoulish Song is a gripping adventure laced with humor and mystery from National Book Award–winning author William Alexander. His “graceful prose weaves an engaging fantasy that embraces the power of music” (Publishers Weekly).
Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Film Science, grade: 2,0, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Institute of English Studies), course: English Linguistics and Literature: Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Movieland, language: English, abstract: This term paper focuses on the application of film making techniques in Tim Burton's adaption of Alice in Wonderland and how they helped him to realize his vision of Alice in Wonderland. In order to introduce the techniques in the movie this paper gives background information on the director Tim Burton and an overview of the plot. The technical part starts with an introduction of film making and leads to green screen filming and how it works. To show how Burton realized his vision these techniques are explained and analysed on certain scenes of Alice in Wonderland. Finally all the impacts are concluded in the last part of this term paper.
Borderline is a particularly difficult diagnostic category - by definition something marginal, something in-between, something that changes but remains approximately and recognizably the same, in the words of one contributor to these pages. Offering solid support to their fellow practitioners, a group of clinicians share a wide range of approaches to the population of seriously disturbed children labelled borderline. Editor and child psychiatrist Kenneth S. Robson, citing the inherent instability of the diagnostic process in childhood, cements the case for gathering the array of authoritative perspectives represented here - among which are descriptive, biochemical, neurological and psychodynamic.
When a party commemorating the anniversary of a gruesome killing at the infamous Boy Meets Girl Inn ends in a bloodbath, Noelle Dixon’s diary becomes the key piece of evidence. But the cryptic entries suggest there’s more to the bizarre case than can be rationally explained.
"The picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's classic tale set in modern times and told as he would have done-- had he dared. ... Dorian Gray is a young, college freshman, attending his first semester at Indiana University. There he meets Caleb Black, who becomes his obsession. While pursuing Caleb, Dorian acts on the advice of an older acquaintance, Seth, who encourages him to indulge in all life has to offer. Dorian's world is filled with delights; it is a buffet of sexy, young college boys all Dorian's for the taking. While Dorian satisfies his desires and lust, he grows ever closer to his destiny and the truth of the portrait that calls to him from the darkness."--P. [4] of cover.
