Abby Sher

Publisher Annotation: What do Beyoncé and Blue Ivy and Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst have in common? What about Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton and Karen E. Laine and Mina Starsiak Hawk? They're all incredible mother-daughter duos who have used their creativity, cleverness, and unique talents to do something remarkable-and they are all featured in Rebel Girls Powerful Pairs: 25 Tales of Mothers and Daughters. Readers will celebrate the...

Eleanor "Lenny" Rosenthal-Hermann is struggling to cope with her father's cancer, her best friend moving across the country, and her sister moving off to college. In this sea of uncertainty, dreams of romance with Dr. Ganesh may become her anchor. Okay, he's almost twenty years older than her, but he's about the only person who hasn't given up hope for finding a cure for her dad. When she sends Dr. Ganesh some very private selfies, the end of the...

Until the age of ten, comedian and writer Abby Sher was a happy child in a fun-loving, musical family. When her father and favorite aunt pass away, Abby fills the void of her loss with rituals: kissing her father's picture over and over each night, washing her hands and counting her steps, collecting sharp objects that she thinks could harm innocent pedestrians. Then she begins to pray. At first she repeats the few phrases she remembers from synagogue,...

Celebrate the power of women's activism, learning about clever tactics and successes in the area of conservation and environmentalism with new and favorite tales from the "Goodnight stories for rebel girls" collections.

Just in time for the holidays comes the perfect winter break read! This fun, sweet, wintertime book is filled with humor and romance.The picturesque montain ski lodge is the perfect place to spend winter break...if you have a boyfriend! Otherwise, that cozy leather couch in front of the crackling fire looks a lot less inviting. Good thing that there are lots of cute, blond, sweater-wearing ski instructors around to choose from....This fun, sweet...

In 2032, when sixteen-year-old Vali's mother is detained by the Deportation Forces, Vali must flee Vermont with her little brother, Ernie, hoping to reach their Taia Luna in the sanctuary state of California.

"50 Irresistible True Accounts of Love in the Twenty-first Century. A young woman wryly describes a relationship that races from start to finish almost entirely via text messages. A Casanova is jilted after an idyllic three weeks and learns the hard way that the woman is, well, just not that into him. An overweight woman in a sexless marriage wrestles with the rules of desire. A young man recounts the high-wire act of sharing the woman he loves with...