Yuma Public Library

Tells the story of Barbara Thorson, an acerbic fifth-grader so consumed with fantasy that she doesn't just tell people that she kills giants with an ancient Norse warhammer - she starts to believe it herself. This book reveals the reasons for Barbara's troubled behavior, as she learns to reconcile her fantasy life with the real world. --

Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday, or flunk out of fairy tale school, just like his father before him. To succeed, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of beans that overnight, magically grow into a gigantic beanstalk reaching high into the sky. Desperate to be a hero, Jack climbs up the enchanted beanstalk into a magical and dangerous world, and with the help of some friends he learns the true meaning of heroism on his...

"Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he's called in to investigate a homicide at a local apartment, he is surprised at first to see that the victim appears to be a rather typical, milquetoast techie. But on closer inspection, he finds the victim is over seven feet tall. And even though he doesn't look a day over thirty, he is actually ninety years old. Clearly, he is a Titan-one of this dystopian,...