Following introductory chapters that place these works in the context of Austen's life as an author and the literature of her time, each story/play/skit is presented with explanatory notes and a detailed critical commentary.
Welcome to America, where every fifteen minutes a person is killed with a gun. In eight short play written by teens for teens, the winners of the 2022 ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence competition contend with the way this statistic shapes young…
Selected from submissions received across the country by award-winning playwrights Lauren Gunderson, David Henry Hwang, Tarll Alvin McCraney, Robert Schenkkan, and Kren Zacarias, these seven powerful short plays written by teens for teens confront…
To celebrate their 85th year, the3rd grade classes of Nicole Evans, Janna Nelsons, Becky Guana, Biannca Mendoza, and Jeef Tuttle combined their talents to create a book about New Mexico culture and history, Albuquerque history, and the history of…
Set in a tropical backyard, Bella The Caterpillar examines the process of metamorphosis from a child’s perspective. Paramo’s cast of characters emanate from a child’s mind, where insect friends are there to help a caterpillar discover more about her…
One old scientist that is passionate with the ancient science of alchemy creates during one of his experiments a giant, evil snake that threatens our planet, as we know it. Will the scientist and his new friend, a teenager named Cody, manage to…
Hours of Idleness was the first volume of poetry published by Lord Byron, in 1807, when he was 19 years old. It is a collection of mostly short poems, many in imitation of classic Roman poets.