The Fire Agent

The Fire AgentA sweeping, unforgettable debut novel of espionage, war love, and tragedy that redefines our understanding of the first half of the twentieth century. Ernst Baerwald, the scion of an aristocratic German Jewish family, is a gifted linguist, a talented musician, and a fearless idealist at the dawn of the twentieth century. His work in Milan and then Japan for what will become the German chemical company IG Farben, which is developing a chemical compound

Though he can't explain it

Your child will be enchanted by the bright images and fun pop-ups of their new Christmas friends through a winter wonderland

Blend mundane and magical action to ensure success

I hate that man

Perhaps a wandering gamekeeper

political tensions mount

comes a graphic novel about two sisters—one who embraces her Taiwanese culture and one eager to do away with it—who rebuild their bond at a Taiwanese American summer camp

Olive is leaving her friends and all of their exciting vacation plans behind to visit her dad at his new apartment in the city

Great for inquisitive kids and science-loving adults

and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a psychopath

a billionaire entrepreneur plans to stretch the boundaries of ethics as never before

I hope you'll come back to it year after year