Cloud's Rider anatomy

Cloud's Rider anatomyOn a distant planet, all the native creatures communicate telepathically, projecting images which drive humans to madness. As a result, the people live in walled cities and owe their lives to the nighthorses, equines who can bond with certain riders and provide a telepathic "buffer". But one savage winter, young Danny Fisher and his nighthorse Cloud lead the survivors of a deadly telepathic attack to shelter high in the snowbound mountains only to

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A conversation-starter about anxiety and other emotions around school

and very funny look at Hope's life and times on the occasion of his 100th birthday

But on one special day

Integrating insights from the worlds of psychology

there is a perfect little town not found on any map: Wink

and of the tenacity and astonishing courage required to defeat it

Even their own kind betray each other in the name of safety and protection

Knight always gets what he wants

In broad desert daylight

Valenti sheds light on the value--and hypocrisy--around the notion that girls remain virgins until they're married by putting into context the historical question of purity

providing a fascinating observation of the ways in which relationships are gendered