Gravebooks

Return to the world of Nightbooks . . . if you dare. Dead stories—and dead witches—are back to haunt Alex and Yasmin. To find a happy ending, Alex will have to write it, in this sequel to Nightbooks from acclaimed author J. A. White. Alex thought he was done with witches. But when Natacha, the witch who held him captive for scary stories, appears again one night, Alex realizes he’s trapped in a nightmare—literally. She’s found a way to enter his dreams with a new, terrifying familiar named Simeon. And they once again want Alex to write. Transported to a story graveyard with best friend Yasmin, Alex will have to complete an original scary story each night. But what does Natacha plan to do with his finished stories? And what makes a story good enough? While Natacha might have control of the beginnings, only Alex has the power to write the ending. Readers can delight in a spooky story while also exploring the craft of writing alongside Alex. As he writes his own scary tales, he learns about plot twists, active characters, identifying originality, and accepting feedback, as well as dealing with writer’s block—making this an ideal book to read for fun or use in classrooms.

The late Middle Ages provide us with a fascinating religious landscape. The quest for new religious ideals and intense spirituality can be observed in movements such as the Modern Devotion and the Franciscan Observance, marking the late fourteenth and fifteenth century with new institutional dynamics and the formation of a variety of religious communities. The dissemination of these new religious ideas and ideals profited from the advent of the printing press. It is these subjects that Koen Goudriaan, professor of Medieval History at VU University Amsterdam, has studied for decades. This volume, edited by Anna Dlabačová and Ad Tervoort, presents a collection of eleven of his best essays. It focuses on three themes: the institutional parameters of late medieval religious movements, the cult of remembrance, and the interaction between religious movements and the early printing press. Together, these essays provide a representative sample of Goudriaan’s substantial contribution to scholarship on late medieval history.

A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This thrilling contemporary fantasy from J. A. White, the acclaimed author of the Thickety series, brings to life the magic and craft of storytelling. Alex’s original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he’ll run out of pages to read from and be trapped forever. He’s loved scary stories his whole life, and he knows most don’t have a happily ever after. Now that Alex is trapped in a true terrifying tale, he’s desperate for a different ending—and a way out of this twisted place. This modern spin on the Scheherazade story is perfect for fans of Coraline and A Tale Dark and Grimm. With interwoven tips on writing with suspense, adding in plot twists, hooks, interior logic, and dealing with writer’s block, this is the ideal book for budding writers and all readers of delightfully just-dark-enough tales. * Summer 2018 Kids' Indie Next List * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nomination * 2019-2020 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award * 2020 Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee * Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year 2019 (9-12) * 2020-2021 Missouri Association of School Librarians Truman Readers Award Preliminary Nominee * Texas Bluebonnet Award List 2020-2021 * South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee (2021-2022) * Plus return to the world of Nightbooks—if you dare—with J. A. White's follow-up, Gravebooks!

A BlueInk Reviews' notable book and a LoveReading's 'Indie Book we Love', Etty Steele Vampire Hunter's exciting story and unique characters make it a fantastic read for younger and older readers alike.

Neil Gaiman's perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book, has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he'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 teachings—such 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? The Graveyard Book is the winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, the Hugo Award for best novel, the Locus Award for Young Adult novel, the American Bookseller Association’s “Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book,” a Horn Book Honor, and Audio Book of the Year. Don't miss this modern classic—whether shared as a read-aloud or read independently, it's sure to appeal to readers ages 8 and up.

An archly funny, classic mystery adventure with a magic twist!

PrefaceThe Feeling of Being OneselfWim BlockmansPart I. Positioning by milieuShowing off One's Rank in the Middle AgesRaymond Van UytvenAttitudes and Social Positioning in Courtly Romances: Hainault, Fourteenth and Fifteenth CenturiesDanielle QuéruelGifts of Mourning-Cloth at the Brabantine Court in the Fifteenth CenturyRobert SteinSelf-Representation of Court and City in Flanders and Brabant in the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth CenturiesWim Blockmans and Esther DonckersMarriage and Noble Lifestyle in Holland in the Late Middle Ages Antheun JanseOn the Nature of True Nobility: views from Dutch Courtiers in the Early Fifteenth CenturyJeanne-Verbij SchillingsRich Men, Poor Men : Social stratification and Social representation at the University (13th-16th Centuries)Hilde De Ridder-SymoensAround Saint George: Integration and Precedence during the Meetings of the Civic Militia of the HagueFred J.W. Van KanOwnership of Graves in Medieval Parish Churches in HollandKoen GoudriaanPart II Visions and ProblemsLove and Marriage: Fictional PerspectivesAnnelies Van GijsenFunctions of Fiction: Fighting Spouses around 1500Wim Blockmans and Tess NeijzenVisual Comments of the Mutability of Social Positions and Values in Netherlandish and German Art of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth CenturiesHans-Joachim RauppThe Wearing of Significative Badges, Religious and Secular: The Social Meaning of a Behavioural Pattern Jos KoldeweijTreacherously Significant Woodcarving: Woodcuts in Dutch Language (Post)Incunabula as a source for Socio-Historical ResearchHanneke De BruinPart III. Positioning by social functionJan van Ruusbroec and the Social Position of Late Medieval Mysticism Geert WarnarThe Position of the Artist in the Fifteenth Century: Salaries and Social MobilityMaximiliaan P.J. MartensArtist and Patron: The Self-Portrait of Adam Kraft in the Sacrament-House of St. Lorenz in NurembergJohann-Christian KlamtRebels with a Cause : The Peasant Movements of Northern Holland in the Later Middle AgesPeter HoppenbrouwersTo appear or to BeWim BlockmansThe Authors.