New Releases by M. T. Anderson

Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father''s conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.

A gothic tale becomes all too shockingly real in this mesmerizing magnum opus by the acclaimed author of FEED. It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother — a princess in exile from a faraway land — are the only persons in their household assigned names. As the boy''s regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians'' fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments — and his own chilling role in them. Set against the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Anderson''s extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. The first of two parts, this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.

Rhyming text tells of a sea serpent that plays off the coast of Massachusetts the summer of 1817, and is hunted upon its return the next year.

Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as a part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as a part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at The End of the World until Mr. Constantine Shimmer, "Professional Visionary," builds an inn and an amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have "Fun Without End!" Jr Lib Guild.

When two boys stay with an eccentric relative at his mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old-fashioned board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure.

" Le plus génial avec l''interface c''est qu''elle sait toujours exactement de quoi on a envie - parfois même avant qu''on le sache soi-même. " Comme celle de tout être humain, la vie de Titus est en permanence conditionnée par son interface, un émetteur implanté dans son cerveau dès sa naissance. Jusqu''au jour où il rencontre Violet, incroyablement belle mais surtout étonnamment libre. Capable de penser par elle-même, elle veut résister à ce pouvoir qui contrôle les agissements et les désirs des hommes. Mais bientôt, l''interface de Violet se dérègle... Titus va affronter une vérité à laquelle rien ne l''a préparé... Un puissant roman d''anticipation entre humour noir et émotion.

In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.