New Releases by Patricia Hermes

Eleven-year-old Blessing has lived with her grandmother in a cabin in the Tennessee mountains since she was two years old, secure in a relationship of love and shared music, but now she has to accept that her grandmother is dying and that she must continu

Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get settled. Simultaneous.

Twelve-year-old Abbie struggles to accept her father''s desire to make a new home for his family on the Nebraska prairies of the late 1850s.

When her arch-rival, Tiffany Bianca, brings a rabbit to class for show and tell, seven-year-old Katie Potts decides she must have one also and lies to her Grandpa to try to get one. Original.

With her mother dead and her father an alcoholic who disappears for days at a time, Gabrielle must assume responsibility for her younger brother Will and herself, barely making ends meet and afraid to put her trust in anyone.

Amy (13) nimmt sich auf der Farm ihres Vaters in Kanada den zurückgelassenen Eiern eines bei Rodungsarbeiten getöteten Gänsepaares an. Die frischgeschlüpften Küken akzeptieren Amy als ihre Mutter. Als der Winter naht, beginnt erst Amys wahres Abenteuer.

One of the most intriguing questions facing modern science is the inner workings of the human brain. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a powerful tool used to study the human brain in action. The data produced from mapping the active processes within the brain present many challenges to statisticians, computer scientists, engineers and other data analysts, due to their complex structure and the ever-increasing sophistication of the scientific questions being posed by researchers. This book represents the first in-depth discussion of statistical methodology, which it couples with an introduction to the scientific background needed to understand the data. Starting from the basic science - where fMRI data come from, why they are so complicated, and the role statistics can play in designing and interpreting experiments - the book gives a detailed survey of the numerous methods that have been applied in the last fifteen years. The analysis of fMRI data features many of the major issues of concern in modern statistics, such as high dimensionality, multiple testing, and visualization. The array of techniques examined in the book ranges from the simple two-sample t-test and the general linear model to hierarchical spatiotemporal models, multivariate methods such as principal components analysis, and Bayesian approaches as they have been used in fMRI. Software, including descriptions of the most popular freeware packages and their capabilities, is also discussed. This book offers researchers who are interested in the analysis of fMRI data a detailed discussion from a statistical perspective that covers the entire process from data collection to the graphical presentation of results. The book is a valuable resource for statisticians who want to learn more about this growing field, and for neuroscientists who want to learn more about how their data can be analyzed.

While staying with her cousin for a couple of months, Amelia devises a foolproof plan to keep her parents from getting divorced and reluctantly enlists the help of Jason, the cutest boy in school.

Katie is having a difficult time in school, and is worried about the upcoming Valentine''s Day party.

When Tiffany does not invite Katie to her Halloween party, the resourceful seven-year old decides to create her own spooky fun by secretly turning a shed into a haunted house. By the author of Mama, Let''s Dance. Original.

Since their introduction to the market, millions of award-winning Uglydolls have been sold in special shops all over the world. From plush dolls to books to stationery and beyond, the Uglydolls have taken both their universe and ours by storm. This wall calendar is filled with the charismatic creatures bringing their own strange reality to everyday situations.Includes bonus stickers!

The Cousins'' Club meets at Jennifer''s and Amy''s house during winter vacation.

As she struggles to make ends meet while maintaining her family''s dignity, eleven-year-old Genevieve faces the possibility of turning in a slave for the bounty.

Vada has problems with her new stepmother and her friends.

To prove to her parents that she is grown up enough to babysit, Alex tries to stay out of trouble for two weeks.

Cousins Meghann and Marcie dread the thought of spending the summer with their cousin William almost as much as they dread feeding one of their clients, a snake named Althea.

Always moving to a new home in a new town, Sam longs for a sense of permanence in her life, and when she moves to her grandfather''s ranch in Colorado, she hopes that it will become the home of her dreams.

KT''s friendship with her two best friends is threatened when KT is selected for the talented and gifted program at school.

Abandoned by their mother after the death of their father, three youngsters are determined to keep their situation a secret so that the authorities will not split them up and send them to foster homes.

In this sequel to "Kevin Corbett Eats Flies," Bailey runs for class president hoping that popularity will secure her place in her current foster home.

Kevin and his friend Bailey conspire to prevent Kevin''s father from moving himself and Kevin once again.

Despite the assurances of her best friend, Leslie, fifteen-year-old Allison is convinced that she is too ordinary and unattractive to be special to anyone, especially when the boy she likes most of all suddenly becomes involved with Leslie.

After she switches schools in the middle of the year and goes to stay with her grandparents, eleven-year-old Jeremy''s life is further disrupted when her parents announce from overseas that they are adopting a new baby sister for her.

Interviews with parents and teenagers explore some of the myths and realities of suicide examining such aspects as motives, warning signs, effects on others, and prevention.

Tracy''s long friendship with unconventional Kelly is strained when Tracy''s new friends put pressure on her to choose between them.

A fourteen-year-old girl living with her father describes becoming an incest victim.

Emily likes to play baseball and tease her brother, but her happy life is interrupted when her brother has a fatal accident.

Terrified that the death of the grandmother who was their guardian will separate them, twelve-year-old Mark decides to run away with his retarded younger brother.

A 10-year-old girl staying with her grandparents for the summer is appalled to discover that her parents'' prolonged stay abroad means that she must start in a new school and somehow hide the fact that she is an epileptic.