The War Against The Assholes

The War Against The AssholesMike Wood is a teenager at a decidedly unprestigious Catholic school in Manhattan, accustomed to solving problems using brawn rather than brains. One day, his nerdy classmate Hob Callahan persuades him to read a mysterious old book of unknown authorship, The Calendar of Slights. On the face of things, the book is a guide to performing clever card tricks; but in fact, it is a test for recruiting new members to join a secret cell of radical magicians.

when she's stuck at the boarding school for crazy drop-outs where her parents teach

" -- Mark Sanborn

cheerful nurse

must leave her rural home to work in a factory in the south of China

and draw her together with the boy she was destined to fall in love with

wide world he will face triumphs and setbacks

and Donna Tartt had telltale signs of success all over their pages

with just one centurion by his side

--Melissa de la Cruz

his sons Tom and Richard Blackaby first establish the biblical case for the idea of experiencing God at home

Set before Star Wars: A New Hope

Nikki Maxwell has been writing in a diary since the start of the school year