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Reluctant reader or not, students are quickly swayed by enticing illustrations. And what better or more popular illustrations than tattoos? ...

Stay With Me , the newest book from popular Passages Academy visiting author Paul Griffin due to be released this fall, follows the intense ...

"Remember this, my little one. This is war. This is what took your father, sister and brother from us... When you grow up you must nev...

A couple of sentences per page give the reader intriguing bits of clear information in this 32-page paperback book. The text is supplemente...

Light Yagami, a teenage boy, discovers a supernatural notebook that grants him the ability to kill anyone whose name and face he knows. The...

Motivating young male readers can be a daunting task, but Jon Scieszka’s Guys Write for Guys Read offers a sparkling and robust antidote. S...

What I like most about comics is that I don’t have to use my imagination in the way that I would reading a "regular" book. The il...

Looking for new and innovative ways to spice up traditional curriculum? Ester K. Smith's How to Make Books is a hands-on guide to inve...

After Kristina returns to her mom’s from reuniting with her wayward father, she is left disheveled, uncertain, scattered and addicted. Now s...

"I will never give up... I promised to succeed no matter the odds against me. And you know why? Because that is my way of living."...

Please join us in waving a virtual and temporary goodbye to co-editor and teammate Anne Lotito Schuh as she takes a leave of absence. She wi...

In Ashanti’s first sentence, she lets readers know that she writes poetry and reflections in a journal, and has for a very long time. In her...

“Poems are like clouds on a June morning or two scoops of chocolate ice cream on a sugar cone in August . . . something everyone can enjoy. ...

“Writing is re-writing,” author Janet Tashjian said repeatedly during her Skype visit to Boys Town on March 30, 2011, as her face and voic...

One of the most frequent requests I’ve received over the years (well, probably second to demands for urban/street/realistic fiction) is for ...

Have you ever seen a googly-eyed glass squid, aka Teuthowenia pellucida? A vampire squid ? A glowing sucker octopus? Passages students ha...

“Women’s place is in the House-- and in the Senate.” juxtaposed a few pages away from “I love being a girl because I like making guys turn ...

Get ready to enter a time warp as you open this book and step into New York City in the 1980s. Photographer Shabazz, who grew up in Brooklyn...

Graphic novel, historical fiction, and fantasy all rolled into one eye-catching and compelling read, Bayou tells the story of Lee Wagstaff,...

Always a hit with the dog lovers among us, this book is compact and concise, making it the perfect resource for quick reference. While it ha...