"As a young girl, Katya Geller learned from her mother that math was the answer to everything. Now, approaching forty, she finds this wisdom tested: she has lost the love of her life, she is in the middle of a divorce, and has just found out that her mother is dying. Half-mad with grief, Katya turns to the unfinished notes for her mother's last textbook, hoping to find guidance in mathematical concepts.With humor, intelligence, and unfailing honesty,...

A story about a young boy who gets angry and picks on someone else provides questions for a discussion on bullies.

A story about a girl who starts to feel bad when she is away from her mother for the first time provides questions for a discussion of moods.

Traditional Chinese edition of The Cuckoo's Calling, the novel by Robert Galbraith, the alter ego of J.K. Rowling. But the outstanding mystery stands on its own merit. "After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office. Then John Bristow walks...

A story about a young girl who makes up exaggerated stories provides questions for a discussion about lying.