title: Among a Thousand Fireflies
author:  Helen Frost 
description: K-Gr 3-This simple, delightful story of two fireflies finding each other among thousands is sure to enchant children. A female firefly flashes in the night, hoping against odds to find her match, and she is successful. Written in verse, the text is lyrical yet simple enough for even the youngest readers to enjoy and short enough to be shared aloud in a group setting. The photographs are breathtaking, with close-ups of fireflies flashing in the night, and complement the dreamlike tone. Panoramic shots of a forest filled with flashes provide different perspectives. Educators hoping to tie this book to science curricula will appreciate the note at the end, which offers a scientific explanation of how a firefly's flashes function in the wild. VERDICT This enthralling look at fireflies will be enjoyed by all who read it.-Ellen Norton, Naperville Public Library, Naperville, IL(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
zlib_text: Swan Song
  Robert R. McCammon
  
  For Sally, whose inside face is as beautiful as the one outside. We survived
  the comet!
  
  Contents
  Book One
  One
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  Two
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  11
  Three
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  17
  18
  Four
  19
  20
  21
  22
  23
  24
  
  25
  26
  Five
  27
  28
  29
  30
  31
  32
  33
  Six
  34
  35
  36
  37
  38
  39
  40
  Seven
  41
  42
  43
  44
  45
  46
  47
  Book Two
  Eight
  48
  49
  50
  51
  52
  
  53
  54
  Nine
  55
  56
  57
  58
  Ten
  59
  60
  61
  62
  63
  Eleven
  64
  65
  66
  67
  68
  69
  Twelve
  70
  71
  72
  73
  74
  Thirteen
  75
  76
  77
  78
  79
  80
  
  81
  82
  83
  84
  Fourteen
  85
  86
  87
  88
  89
  90
  91
  92
  93
  94
  95
  
  BOOK ONE
  
  ONE
  The Point of No Return
  Once upon a time
  Sister Creep
  Black Frankenstein
  The spooky kid
  King’s Knight
  
  1
  July 16
  10:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
  WASHINGTON, D.C.
  ONCE UPON A TIME we had a love affair with fire, the president of the United
  States thought as the match that he’d just struck to light his pipe flared
  beneath his fingers.
  He stared into it, mesmerized by its color—and as the fire grew he had
  the vision of a tower of flame a thousand feet tall, whirling across the
  