![]() ![]() The Marrow Thieves is currently being adapted into a TV series and it was named one of Time magazine's top 100 YA novels of all time. Her other books include Red Rooms, The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy, A Gentle Habit and Empire of Wild. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline was defended by Jully Black on Canada Reads 2018.Ĭherie Dimaline is a Métis author and editor. But what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. The Indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Jessica Hincapie is a Hispanic poet from South Florida. ![]() She graduated from the Vermont College of Fine Arts with an MFA program in Writing for Children & Young Adults. ![]() She is also the Founder and Creative Director of The Writing Barn in Austin, Texas and host of The Porchlight podcast, which includes the popular Courage to Create series. A former educator, Bethany is an in-demand speaker and mentor who speaks and teaches across the country about writing, creativity, resilience, and privilege. Maya Angelou, and Hard Work But It’s Worth It: The Life of Jimmy Carter. Her books have been included in numerous “best of” lists such as A Mighty Girl’s Best Books of 2018 and Kirkus’ Best Books of the Year. Bethany Hegedus’ picture books include the award-winning Grandfather Gandhi and Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story, both co-written with Arun Gandhi (grandson of Mahatma Gandhi), as well Alabama Spitfire: The Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird, and the recently released Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People: Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'A hilarious exploration of mathematical mendacity. ![]() And in the modern world of big data and misinformation, Huff remains the perfect guide through the maze of facts and figures that are designed to make us believe anything. So instead of believing every statistic you see or rejecting numbers entirely, learn the language of statistics and the common ways in which it is misused and. ![]() With over one and half million copies sold around the world, it has delighted generations of readers with its cheeky takes on the ins and outs of samples, averages, errors, graphs and indexes. How to Lie with Statistics is the result - the definitive and hilarious primer in the ways statistics are used to deceive. Fed up with politicians, advertisers and journalists using statistics to sensationalise, inflate, confuse, oversimplify and - on occasion - downright lie, he decided to shed light on their ill-informed and sneaky ways. 02 How does he know The sample should be representative and adequate to allow a reliable conclusion. In 1954, Darrell Huff decided enough was enough. How to talk back to a statistic To detect a mistake, problem, or evil intention, always ask these five basic questions: 01 Who is telling There must be no partiality, bias, or conflicts of interest on the part of those responsible. gave me a peek behind the curtain of statistical manipulation, showing me how the swindling was done so that I would not be fooled again' Tim Harford 'Perhaps the most popular book on statistics ever published. 'A great introduction to a crucial topic' Bill Gates ![]() |