The Mostly Invisible Boy (Casey Grimes)
The Mostly Invisible Boy (Casey Grimes)

Author: Aj Vanderhorst

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-08

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13:

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★ Silver, Wishing Shelf Book Awards! ★ Bronze, Readers' Favorite International Awards Contest! This "wildly imaginative" (Book Pipeline) "splendid conception" (Kirkus) from upstart author AJ Vanderhorst celebrates the transformative power of courage, tenacity and a little skill with a battle-axe. Set in an alternate USA where monsters prowl, this debut novel is told from the perspective of mostly-invisible-but-still-hopeful Casey Grimes. Eleven-year-old Casey is stubbornly friendly, but he's eternally the new kid at Vintage Woods Middle School. Students look right through him-and they're not faking. Casey doesn't know why he's mostly-invisible, but when he scales a colossal oak, he discovers a fortress in its branches. The forgotten sentry tree marks the border between his safe, suburban life and a fierce frontier. Casey and his little sister Gloria infiltrate Sylvan Woods, a secret forest society devoted to ancient, wild things. Sky-high footpaths. Survival sewing. Monster control. Shockingly, people here actually see Casey-but being seen isn't enough. He wants to belong. Keeping his identity hidden--while struggling to prove he fits--is hard enough, but Butcher Beasts have returned to Sylvan Woods after a hundred years. Trickery is under siege. As the monsters close in, and the fearsome Sylvan Watch hunts Casey down, he and his newfound friends must unearth abandoned magic, buried at the forest's roots...or be devoured along with everyone else, Sylvans and civilians alike. A fast-paced middle grade fantasy/adventure book with all the monsters kids could ever hope for.

Trauma Practice
Trauma Practice

Author: Anna B. Baranowsky

Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Publishing

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780889374713

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An essential reference and tool-kit for treating trauma survivors - now updated andeven more comprehensive.Trauma Practice, now in its 3rd edition, is back by popular demand! Filled with newresources, this book based on the tri-phasic trauma treatment model is a guide for bothseasoned trauma therapists and newer mental health professionals seeking practicalapproaches that work.Clearly written and detailed, Trauma Practice provides the reader with an array of techniques,protocols and interventions for effectively helping trauma survivors. TraumaPractice will help you address the (cognitive, behavioral, body-oriented, and emotional/relational) aftermath of trauma using impactful care approaches. In addition to presentingthe foundations of CBT trauma treatment, the authors also provide step-bystepexplanations of many popular and effective CBT techniques developed throughthe lens of phased trauma therapy. Interventions include Trigger List Development, 3-6Breath Training, Layering, Systematic Desensitization, Exposure Therapy, Story-TellingApproaches, as well as new approaches inspired by recent research on neuroplasticitysuch as Picture Positive, Corrective Messages from Old Storylines, and Thematic Map.Completely new sections are devoted to forward-facing trauma therapy, and clinicianself-care. This is a manual that you will find useful everyday in your trauma practice.

Natural Playscapes
Natural Playscapes

Author: Rusty Keeler

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 9780942702477

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This book will inspire you to create extraordinary outdoor places for young children without highly complex play contraptions surrounded by a sea of wood chips or gravel... Places for children that tickle the imagination and surprise the senses...Places for young ones of all abilities to discover themselves and the world around them... Natural places where the entire space is filled with art, hills, pathways, trees, herbs, open areas, sand, water, music, and more... Where children find places to run, climb, dig, pretend, and hide, with opportunities to bellow or be silent. This magnificent 316-page resource contains close to 500 color photographs and illustrations.

Trickery School
Trickery School

Author: A. J. Vanderhorst

Publisher:

Published: 2022-03-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781959502067

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Classes have begun. Please don't die.In this "gripping fantasy adventure" (The Wishing Shelf Book Awards), Casey Grimes begins his studies at Trickery School, one of America's premier monster-control academies. But classes like Extreme Climbing and Land Creature Defense are the least of his worries. He realizes a mysterious enemy is after him-more cunning than a Bog Creep or Hyena Toad. And this secret adversary is playing for keeps.Twelve-year-old Casey Grimes almost died fighting the Butcher Beasts. On the bright side, he's no longer invisible. Even better, he's enrolled at Trickery School in the heart of Sylvan Woods-a secret forest society in charge of keeping monsters out of the suburbs.The campus is gorgeous, the classes are crazy, and Casey and his little sister Gloria have good friends: Luci and Robert and Jake. But Casey quickly realizes he has bigger problems than surviving Land Creature Defense and Extreme Climbing.Magic is causing controversy at Trickery. It's back on the curriculum after a hundred years and everyone knows Casey is responsible. Even worse, someone is out to get him, someone more cunning than a Bog Creep or Hyena Toad.As the shadow enemy closes in, Casey races to discover why he's being targeted. Solving the deadly mystery will take all the courage and tenacity he's got.A fast-paced middle grade fantasy/adventure book with all the monsters and magic kids could ever hope for.

Crooked Castle
Crooked Castle

Author: A. J. Vanderhorst

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-08-23

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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When Brook, an orphan with a knack for survival, is dumped on a deadly island--by a beast that shouldn't exist--all she knows is she's far from her group home in Weed, California. And haunted by a past that stays just out of reach.

Tears of a Tiger
Tears of a Tiger

Author: Sharon M. Draper

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-07-23

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 1442489138

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The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

The Ballad of Booster Bogg
The Ballad of Booster Bogg

Author: Ellen B. Jackson

Publisher:

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781934860076

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Everyone in town loves a visit from Booster Bogg--a rambling dog who became his own owner.

Laura Monster Crusher
Laura Monster Crusher

Author: Wesley King

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0143197827

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Lord of the Rings meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Duff in this funny, fast-paced tale of middle-school monsters, self-image, and, oh yeah, actual monsters that want to kill everyone. Laura Ledwick is... well... large. The kids at school don't let her forget it, and call her by various names: Laura Largebottom, Laura Lardo, Lots of Laura--you get the idea. When Laura's family moves to the next town over before eighth grade, she expects more of the same. What she doesn't expect are the snake-like yellow eyes watching her from the forest. Or the mysterious rattling in her closet. Or finally making real friends for the first time. Or handsome uber-nerd Liam R. Kelp, who might just be the cutest boy to ever wear a Science Is Cool T-shirt. But when Laura finally discovers the source of the rattling, things take on a whole new level of weird. It turns out Laura has just been given the most important job in the world: Monster Crusher. Her role is simple: protect the earth from the horrors beneath their feet. Eighth grade is about to get a lot more interesting.