"A breathtaking picture book featuring a Korean girl and her haenyeo (free diving) grandmother about intergenerational bonds, finding courage in the face of fear, and connecting with our natural world. Dayeon wants to be a haenyeo just like Grandma. The haenyeo dive off the coast of Jeju Island to pluck treasures from the sea-generations of Korean women have done so for centuries. To Dayeon, the haenyeo are as strong and graceful as mermaids. To give...

There's more to Wesley Falls than meets the eye, but for six high school students, it's home. Kelly, the new girl and rule-follower. Maddy, the beauty and church favorite. Padma, the brains and top of the class. Casey, the jock and star football player. James, the burnout and just trying to make it to graduation. And Jia, the psychic, who can see the future. When these six are assigned to work on a summer group project, their lives are...

"Breasts and Eggs paints a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan and recounts the intimate journeys of three women as they confront oppressive mores and their own uncertainties on the road to finding peace and futures they can truly call their own. It tells the story of three women: the thirty-year-old Natsu, her older sister, Makiko, and Makiko's daughter, Midoriko. Makiko has traveled to Tokyo in search of an affordable breast enhancement...

Kyoto, Japan, 1948. Noriko "Nori" Kamiza will not question why her mother abandoned her, or her confinement to the attic of her grandparents' imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her shameful skin. The illegitimate child of a Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover, Nori is an outsider from birth. Her grandparents take her in only to conceal her, fearful of a stain on the...