"... a memoir of an immigrant family coming to America, as told by a lifelong misfit who forged from his imagination an essential literary voice and, against all odds, a place in the world."--

Father Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met, a man who lounges in boxer shorts, loves action movies, and whose constant jamming on the guitar reverberates "like a whole band dying in a plane crash in 1972." His daughter is an irreverent poet who long ago left the Church's country. When an unexpected crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents' rectory, their two worlds collide. In Priestdaddy, Lockwood interweaves...

Highlights the life and literary career of Stephenie Meyer. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, text-related questions, and color photographs.

Presents photos and information about young-adult author Veronica Roth, writer of the "Divergent" series. Discusses Roth's time in college, her initial ideas for the books, and her struggle to get published. Includes a glossary, index, Common Core connection, and resources for further information.

"What happened was this: Jenny Slate was a human mammal who sniffed the air every morning hoping to find another person to love who would love her, and in that period there was a deep dark loneliness that she had to face and befriend, and then we are pleased to report that she did fall in love, and in that period she was like chimes, or a flock of clean breaths, and her spine lying flat was the many-colored planks on the xylophone, but also she was...

Provides a brief biography of African American writer Kwame Alexander, chronicling his childhood, education, and writing career. Includes color photographs, critical thinking questions, poetry activities, a glossary, and further resources.

Presents a humorous collection of stories about the author's relationships with the opposite sex told chronologically, from his first kiss to getting engaged.

"Author and artist Cindy Copeland comes of age, discovers new talents, and finds her voice as a cub reporter at her local newspaper during the Watergate era"-- Twelve-year-old Cindy has just dipped a toe into seventh-grade dramawith its complicated friendships, bullies, and cute boyswhen she earns an internship as a cub reporter at a local newspaper in the early 1970s. A (rare) young female reporter takes Cindy under her wing, and Cindy soon learns...

Spanning one year of the author's life, this is the intimate memoir of a boy's coming to consciousness in small-town Missouri.

"From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling memoir about unlocking and embracing her creativity--and how it saved her life"--