My Brother S Song

Fifty years after Where the Wild Things Are was published comes the last book Maurice Sendak completed before his death in May 2012, My Brother's Book. With influences from Shakespeare and William Blake, Sendak pays homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he credited for his passion for writing and drawing. Pairing Sendak's poignant poetry with his exquisite and dramatic artwork, this book redefines what mature readers expect from Maurice Sendak while continuing the lasting legacy he created over his long, illustrious career. Sendak's tribute to his brother is an expression of both grief and love and will resonate with his lifelong fans who may have read his children's books and will be ecstatic to discover something for them now. Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic and Shakespearean scholar Stephen Greenblatt contributes a moving introduction.

In My Brother's Song, Scotty's suicide leaves his family and his god family devastated. The Combs and the Hall children grew up as best friends as did their fathers. This tragedy is causing conflicts among the parents, while the young people just want answers. Garland, the youngest son of Scott and Sarah Combs, is not convinced the death was a suicide. His sweetheart, Hannah Hall, supports him as he strives to find any piece of evidence that can prove Scotty did not take his own life. They decide to follow Scotty's trail of the last two years of his life and, as they seek information, they begin to find themselves in harm's way. A web of deception is slowly being untangled and the two young people, despite the danger and the possibility that what they find will not support their belief that Scotty's life was taken from him, are determined to find what led to his death.

My name is Kaia. I’m frozen because of what happened. I’m trapped because of what I saw. Can someone help me to grow again? Kaia is frozen when her brother dies, but can an unexpected friend help her to grow again?

This unique study of Turkmen women and their folk songs looks at religion, ritual and family as seen through the eyes of the women and their songs.