Leapfrog Press imprint: 26 books

Kiska’s home in the Aleutian Islands is a peaceful paradise until Japan invades in 1942. Soon after, a U.S. naval ship arrives to evacuate everyone in her village to an internment camp almost 2,000 miles away-where they are forgotten. Informed by true events, this is the story of a teenage girl who steps up when her people need a hero.

"A beautiful and moving story of courage and love."-Ray Bradbury Praise for The Great Death: "An amazing story."-Frank McCourt "Gripping and poignant. . . . An unforgettable survival tale."-Horn Book "A beautiful, poignant story."-Elie...

Praise for Squiggle and Billy and the Birdfrogs: "The characters are exceptional, weird, true to life, funny, scary, different, and definitely perk the story . . . an exceptional job. . . . Children will truly enjoy this book."-Midwest Book Review "Billy survives by the...

"Klin is an insightful interviewer and a marvelous writer. We were delighted to have the opportunity to publish the interview with Howard Zinn from Something to Say."-The Bloomsbury Review The fusion of art and politics is axiomatic in much of the world. In America, their relationship...

"Honestly strange and strangely honest. . . . Remarkably compelling and powerful. Weaver's authenticity of characters, situations, and bygone eras emanates from sheer originality of style. This amazing novel is a stellar achievement-gritty, funny, fresh, and bold. It will make your eyes bug out...

“The power of Raphael’s stories comes from his passion for telling the truth, however painful.”—Hadassah Magazine “His characters are voices of reason, observers rather than judges. The prose is poetic, the sex scenes sweat with passion.”—Los Angeles Times When Lev Raphael...

--Differs from nearly all other dinosaur fiction in that the reader is brought into the past rather than dinosaurs being brought to our time. --Unlike most other dinosaur fiction, Hell Creek portrays the Cretaceous Period with great realism, so the reader feels that he/she is actually there. --The...

Graziano is contracted to publish four more titles in a similar genre, including The Seclusion Zone, The God Machine, and two yet-to-be announced titles.

“What child hasn’t wondered what it would be like to magically transform into a favorite animal? Squiggle, another great read from Wurge, takes us on such an adventure and will encourage children to use their imaginations, while teaching valuable life lessons.”—Jo Gilmour, teacher and children’s...

“Exciting—edge of your seat—nail-biting—page turning . . . one of the funniest books ever written. Ignoring, perhaps redefining, logic, B.B. Wurge has fashioned an unbelievable story that ultimately makes perfect sense. Wurge has a voice that is unique and fresh among writers of children’s...

• Current events, in particular climate change underpinning food and water shortage and shrinking livable land for humans, are creating unprecedented conflict, war, displacement, and mass migration of humans. This collection personalizes global-scale catastrophe by taking brief looks into the everyday...

“Marvelously original. . . . Zlotsky has done for conjoined twins what Günter Grass did for midgets in The Tin Drum. . . . A weirdly hilarious Russian fairytale composed with the comedic zeal of Gogol and the rhetorical brilliance of Nabokov.”—Lee Siegel, author of Love in a Dead Language “Pure...