New Releases by Kathleen Ryan

This book examines changes in the concept of literacy, including, specific characteristics of evaluating literacy, predictors of literacy efficiency, and ethical concerns. It also examines the implications and applications for instruction, assessment, and professional development.

The book draws from literary, psychological, and sociological perspectives to discuss and to illustrate how these perspectives contribute to instructional practices in Young Adult Literature. The focus is on young adult identity development as it is integrated into reading literature and contributing to the young adult reader’s personal growth. The suggestions for instruction range from complete lessons to mini-lessons as well as to student-developed lessons that encourage participation and responsibility of the student in his/her own learning. There is a section on integrating media, technology and literature in instruction. And finally, a look at implications and applications for assessment and curriculum.

Assessing Dyslexia guides readers through the design, administration, and interpretation of dyslexia assessments. Grounded in research on the linguistic and neural foundations of dyslexia, as well as the clinical outcomes of reading and writing processes, this concise volume provides a comprehensive framework for assessment, diagnosis, and intervention. Utilizing detailed examples to illustrate methodology and concepts, this book is critical reading for students looking to deepen their understanding of assessment, literacy, and the written language challenge.

The Dark Ages Clan Novel Saga is a 13-volume series of novels set in the world of Dark Ages: Vampire, released by White Wolf from 2002 to the end of 2004. The series begins with Dark Ages Clan Novel 1: Nosferatu and ends with Dark Ages Clan Novel 13: Tzimisce. Inspired by the original modern-day Clan Novel Saga for Vampire: The Masquerade, this series begins with the end of the original Vampire: The Dark Ages era and continued into the time-frame of Dark Ages: Vampire. The 13 novels are written from the POV of one clan each during the turbulence that swept through the mortal and Cainite societies of Europe following the fall of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade. These novels, unlike the original Clan Novel Series, are chronological, happening one after the other rather than overlapping. Dark Ages Clan Novel #4 Assamite: ANY PORT IN A STORM Andreas has an offer for the vampires fleeing the destruction in thirteenth-century Constantinople: a way out of the East and passage to the safer lands of Western Europe. But Andreas is not just a merchant, he is a priest of the snake god, a Follower of Set intent on uncovering the heretics in his own clan. If certain refugees need to be sacrificed for that to happen well, such is the cost of faith.

Waverly, Kieran e Seth lutam para sobreviver a bordo da New Horizon e derrubar seus inimigos antes que seja tarde demais. Waverly e os demais membros da Empyrean se espalharam, e sua nave lar foi destruída. A missão deles para resgatar seus pais não saiu conforme o planejado, e agora estão em uma desvantagem ainda maior: presos com seus inimigos na New Horizon, tentando encontrar uma maneira de sobreviver. Kieran foi posto sob as asas de Anne Mather, mas ela está realmente tentando fazer as pazes, ou simplesmente usando-o para construir o próprio poder? Enquanto isso, Waverly conhece um velho misterioso que quer ajudá-la a derrubar Anne Mather, mas quanto mais Waverly coopera com ele, mais perigosa é a sua posição, e mais problemas com Kieran ela tem. A situação de Seth é ainda pior. Depois de sair da Empyrean por conta própria, com apenas uma vaga estratégia a guiá-lo, ele se torna um fugitivo a bordo da New Horizon. Ele está fazendo o que pode para desafiar o poder de Anne Mather, mas está muito ferido e ficando cada vez mais doente. Será que Seth vai viver o suficiente para ajudar Waverly a derrubar seus inimigos? E Waverly vai encontrar uma maneira de reencontrar seus amigos antes que seja tarde demais? Nada é certo, e cada momento é um risco no emocionante final da saga Em busca de um novo mundo.

Hesha Ruhadze tiene todo cuanto un Seguidor de Set podría desear: dinero y mansiones, influencia e información, leales servidores y un socio (menor) de confianza. Hesha tiene una fe perfecta, las bendiciones de su dios, una visión clara y un férreo autocontrol. A todo el mundo se le acaba la suerte alguna vez. En una tienda de antigüedades de Manhattan, Hesha encuentra una pista hacia un premio que le ha eludido durante muchas vidas: el Ojo de Hazimel. Al amanecer, todo aquello por lo que ha luchado durante siglos de existencia vampírica se le está escapando de entre los dedos. El Setita no se da cuenta de que su casual descubrimiento en Nueva York es otro hilo de la misma telaraña que lleva el Ojo a las manos de uno de sus propios agentes, sólo para que se pierda de nuevo. ¿Pero hay algo que de verdad sea casual en el tenebroso mundo de los Vástagos?

Khalil Ravana siempre ha sido un don nadie que ha ido dando tumbos por la vida, un ladrón sin posición ni poder... hasta ahora. En Calcuta, la suerte le permitió sobrevivir a una tormenta que aniquiló a su clan y, hoy, el azar lo ha situado en el centro de otra tormenta... esta vez en Nueva York, cerca de las letales batallas de los Vástagos para hacerse con el control del Este de los Estados Unidos. A esta ciudad también ha llegado Leopold, un Toreador que, misteriosamente, posee grandes poderes... incluso sin el Ojo de Hazimel. Pero, por primera vez, Khalil juega con ventaja. Armado con secretos, un aliado misterioso, una ardiente sed de venganza y una rehén a la que salva de la muerte, este Rom intentará arrebatar a los neoyorquinos (tanto de la Camarilla como del Sabbat) todo lo que pueda, incluida la sangre de sus Antiguos.

""The people in the town desperately needed a miracle, because they couldn''t fix their problem, no matter how hard they tried. Then one day a boy and a dragon met-and everything changed.""

Depois de Brilho, a saga nas estrelas continua... Após uma fuga desesperada da nave inimiga, Waverly e as outras meninas sequestradas conseguiram voltar para a Empyrean. Mas o clima por ali não poderia estar pior. Kieran, o menino gentil e sonhador que Waverly amava, assumiu o posto de capitão e passou a agir como um tirano de sangue-frio, deixando a Empyrean sob uma tensão sinistra. Seth Ardvale, líder brilhante e arqui-inimigo de Kieran, foi trancafiado na prisão, sem julgamento. As crianças prodígios que mantêm a nave funcionando estão revoltadas com o autoritarismo do líder. Para completar, uma explosão faz soar o alarme de mais uma ameaça. Eles não estão sozinhos. A tripulação aterrorizada terá que lidar com um inimigo pior do que a New Horizon, ou o delírio de Kieran. Seth descobre um passageiro clandestino na nave, que se move silenciosamente, deixando rastros de sangue por onde passa. O criminoso quer vingança. E só Waverly é a chave para entender seu ódio e impedir que ele detone sua bomba-relógio.

Explore effective ways to enhance the wellness and independence of older adults across the wellness-illness continuum. From an overview of the theories of aging and assessment through the treatment of disorders, including complex illnesses, this evidence-based book provides the comprehensive gerontological coverage you need to prepare for your role as an Advanced Practice Nurse. Understand how to easily identify factors that may affect the wellness of your patients and their families. Plus, enhance your critical-thinking skills with real-world case studies that bring concepts to life.

"Waverly, Kieran, and Seth struggle to survive on board the New Horizon--and take down their enemies before it''s too late"--

Piégés sur une Terre à l''agonie, les derniers survivants n''ont qu''une issue : envoyer deux vaisseaux - l''Empyrée et le Nouvel Horizon - à la recherche d''une planète hospitalière. Quand l''équipage du Nouvel Horizon se retourne brutalement contre l''Empyrée, l''expédition tourne au cauchemar. Adolescents d''à peine seize ans, Kieran et Waverly doivent faire face à une situation hors du commun. Alors que tous les adultes ont disparu lors de l''attaque, des luttes de pouvoir éclatent entre les jeunes restés à bord. Tandis que deux camps s''affrontent, de sérieux dysfonctionnements perturbent le vaisseau. Qui en est responsable ? Waverly et ses amis ? A moins qu''un intrus ne se soit introduit à bord... Avec Spark, Amy Kathleen Ryan propose une suite éblouissante à Glow, le roman qui a fait son succès, ménageant son suspense avec une précision diabolique.

Movement has been made in recent times to generalize the study of degree sequences to k-edge-colored graphs and doing so requires the notion of a degree vector. The degree vector of a vertex v in a k-edge-colored graph is a (kx1) column vector in which entry i indicates the number of edges of color i incident to v. Consider the following question which we refer to as the k-Edge-Coloring Problem. Given a set of column vectors C and a graph family F, when does there exist some k-edge-colored graph in F whose set of degree vectors is C? This question is NP-Complete in general but certain graph families yield tractable results. In this document, I present results on the k-Edge-Coloring Problem and the related Factor Problem for the following families of interest: unicyclic graphs , disjoint unions of paths (DUPs), disjoint union of cycles (DUCs), grids, and 2-trees. Specifically, in Chapter 1, I characterize the degree vector sequences of k-edge-colored unicylcic graphs, and in Chapter 2, I characterize degree sequences of factors of fixed DUPs, fixed DUCs, and fixed graphs with maximum degree at most 2. In Chapter 3, I characterize degree vector sequences of 2-edge-colored fixed DUPs and fixed DUCs, and in doing so, I show that one restricted case for each is NP-hard. Finally, I characterize degree sequences of grid factors in a subset of cases in Chapter 4 and degree sequences of partial 2-trees in Chapter 5.

Teenagers Waverly and Kieran were the first boy and girl born in space, and the first to fall in love. Cruelly wrenched apart when the enemy ship the New Horizon attacked the Empyrean, they have finally been reunited. Now the young crew on board the Empyrean must chase down the other ship in the race to save their parents. But Kieran''s leadership methods have raised suspicions, and Waverly questions if this could really be the same handsome loving boy she was torn from such a short time ago. Meanwhile she finds herself drawn ever closer to the wild and unpredictable Seth, despite the accusations Kieran has levelled against him...

Waverly, Kieran and Seth are in a race against time – and with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, there''s no room for mistakes... After a desperate escape from the enemy ship, Waverly has finally made it back to the Empyrean. The memory of home has been keeping her alive for the past months... but home is nothing like she left it. Forced to leave their captive parents behind on the New Horizon, she''s returned only to find that Kieran has become a strict leader and turned the crew against Seth. What happened to the Kieran she thought she knew? Now Waverly''s not sure whom she can trust. And the one person she wants to believe in is darkly brilliant Seth, the ship''s supposed enemy. Waverly knows that the situation will only get worse until they can rescue their parents – but how? Before they have time to make a plan, an explosion rocks the Empyrean, and Seth and Waverly are targeted as the prime suspects. Can they find the true culprit before Kieran locks them away... or worse? Will Waverly follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk? Now more than ever, every step could bring them closer to a new beginning – or a sudden end. Spark is book two in Amy Kathleen Ryan''s thrilling young adult science fiction series Sky Chasers.

Abstract: This qualitative research study examined the experiences of students who have been academically successful within a large, urban school district, specifically the Boston Public School District. The study sought both to uncover specific factors within individuals, homes, schools, and communities that promote academic success and to capture the experiences and voices of students who have been academically successful in their first seven years of formal schooling.A three-part series of in-depth interviews of thirteen Boston Public Exam School seventh grade students, who also attended the Boston Public Schools for elementary school, yielded the primary data for the research study. In addition, interviews with the parents of student participants as well as administrators at Boston Latin School offered supplementary perspectives. All data were transcribed and analyzed using a three-part sequence of developing participant profiles, conducting cross-case comparisons, and identifying thematic connections.The study yielded five findings related to academic success among urban students. Family involvement, persistence, reading, use of work strategies, and participation in additional learning opportunities emerged as factors that participants claimed have promoted academic success among the student participants. Although the individual findings from this research study may each promote some degree of academic success on their own, collectively the five factors seem to create a web of support that has contributed to the academic success of the students in this study. Many elements of these findings confirm existing research on academic achievement. A number of implications for practice as well as suggestions for future research arise from the findings of this study.

What if you were bound for a new world, about to pledge your life to someone you''d been promised to since birth, and one unexpected violent attack made survival-not love-the issue? A ship heading for New Earth is halfway through its incredible journey across the galaxy. On board, sixteen year olds Waverly and Kieran are part of the first generation born in space. They are in love. They believe their future is written in the stars. They have never seen a stranger before... ... until the day they are wrenched apart and suddenly find themselves fighting for their lives. Glow is the most riveting series debut since The Hunger Games.

Part of the first generation to be conceived in deep space, fifteen-year-old Waverly is expected to marry young and have children to populate a new planet, but a violent betrayal by the dogmatic leader of their sister ship could have devastating consequences.

Zen and Xander are sisters—truly, madly, deeply sisters, and this is their last summer together. Zen is the "good" girl with a black belt in karate and a newfound penchant for kicking heads. Xander is a wild scientific genius with a self-destructive streak a light-year long. They have three things in common: they’re brown-eyed blondes, they’ve noticed the boy next door has turned into a hottie, and they miss their mom, who died almost a year ago. These sisters are surviving just fine—except Zen keeps getting into fights that are harder and harder to finish, while Xander spirals into a vortex of late-night parties, scary men, and drugs. What’s worse, Xander has scholarships to the most coveted universities in the country, but she’s about to ruin everything. Should Zen keep trying to protect Xander, or finally let her go?

Kristi, a sophomore in an alternative high school, is aware that nearly everyone dislikes her--even those obsessed by her large breasts--but begins to doubt her psychic insights after learning long-held family secrets and some classmates'' true feelings.

After the death of her beloved older brother, fifteen-year-old Anna is forced to spend the summer with her grandfather in Wyoming, where she babysits for a traumatized young boy, learns secrets of her grandfather''s past, and encounters a grizzly bear who seems strangely familiar.

During the winter of 1877, a Harvard student who can no longer cope with hiding his homosexuality joins a classmate on a journey through America''s industrialized cities and slums at a time when few had rights and many faced poverty and desperation.

This dynamic full-colour text actively engages students in their exploration of Canadian law and its social, political, and global ramifications. Canadian and International Law connects the historical roots of law to issues in contemporary society. Developed and tested by highly experienced teachers, subject specialists, and students for maximum classroom applicability. This text is sufficiently rigorous for university prep, yet has been designed to meet the language and interests of grade 12 students.