When he is sent to Guangdong

Fred Wood's Melting Ice is an engrossing read about how many dedicated individuals have contributed to the social and spiritual development of Alaska

hands-on activities

Filled with romance

and betrayal

The Graveyard Book Landscape When he is sent toBod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual placehe's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachingssuch as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead?