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The French Impressionist

Rebecca Bischoff · Amberjack Pub
Pages: 259
Format: Print book

Rosemary is fifteen and gloriously free, on her own for the very first time. Part of an exchange program for aspiring artists, she arrives in southern France with one goal: she doesn't plan to leave, ever. She wants a new life and a new identity. But her situation, crafted from lies...
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Ashes

Ilsa J. Bick · Egmont USA
Pages: 465
Format: Hardcover

It could happen tomorrow . . . An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions.Alex hiked into the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what...
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The Brilliant Death

AMY ROSE CAPETTA · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

For Teodora DiSangro, a mafia don's daughter, family is fate. All her life, Teodora has hidden the fact that she secretly turns her family's enemies into music boxes, mirrors, and other decorative objects. After all, everyone in Vinalia knows that stregas - wielders of magic - are figures...
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150 Great Science Experiments: Ingenious, Easy-To-Do Projects Explore And Explain The Wonders Of Science And Technology

CHRIS OXLADE · Armadillo
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Find out how things work in how-to experiments for 8- to 12-year-olds, with 1300 pictures.
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5 Steps to a 5: AP Biology 2018

MARK ANESTIS · McGraw-Hill Education
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Get ready to ace your AP Biology Exam with this easy-to-follow, multi-platform study guide5 Steps to a 5: AP Biology introduces an easy to follow, effective 5-step study plan to help you build the skills, knowledge, and test-taking confidence you need to achieve a high score on the exam....
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Sea Witch

SARAH HENNING · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Wicked meets The Little Mermaid in the captivating origin story of the sea's most iconic villainess, perfect for fans of Heartless and Dorothy Must Die.Ever since her best friend Anna died, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing town. Hiding her talents, mourning her loss, drowning...
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Maybe a Fox

Alison McGhee · Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook on CD

Worlds collide in a spectacular way when Newbery and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt and Pulitzer Prize nominee and #1 New York Times bestseller Alison McGhee team up to create a fantastical, heartbreaking, and gorgeous tale about two sisters, a fox cub, and what happens when...
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Bleeding Kansas

Richard Reece · Essential Library
Format: Book

Presents a history of the border war preceding the American Civil War that was waged over whether Kansas would join the Union as a slave state or a free state.Title: Bleeding KansasAuthor: Reece, RichardPublisher: Abdo GroupPublication Date: 2012/01/01Number of Pages: 112Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary...
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Storm-Wake

LUCY CHRISTOPHER · Chicken House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Moss has grown up on the strangest and most magical of islands. Her father has a plan to control the tempestuous weather that wracks the shores. But the island seems to have a plan of its own once Callan -- a wild boy her age -- appears on its beaches. Her complex feelings for Callan shift...
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Malala Yousafzai: Teenage Education Activist Who Defied the Taliban

Cathleen Small · Cavendish Square Publishing
Format: Book

Malala Yousafzai is the teenage Pakistani education activist who stood up to the Talibanand survived. Learn about her life growing up in Pakistans beautiful but troubled Swat Valley and her incredible story of perseverance in the face of violence.
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The Lost Saint

Bree Despain · EgmontUSA; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When Grace Divine receives a frightening phone call from her brother Jude, whom she then cannot find, she knows she must turn to her supernatural powers, even though it threatens her relationship with her boyfriend Daniel.
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The Library of Fates

ADITI KHORANA · Razorbill
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A romantic coming-of-age fantasy tale steeped in Indian folklore, perfect for fans of The Star-Touched Queen and The Wrath and the Dawn No one is entirely certain what brings the Emperor Sikander to Shalingar. Until now, the idyllic kingdom has been immune to his many violent conquests....
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Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space

Tam E O'Shaughnessy · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 153
Format: Print book

Selected for the 2016 National Science Teachers Association's Outstanding Science Trade Books ListYears before millions of Americans tuned in to watch her historic space flight aboard the Challenger in 1983, Sally Ride stayed up late to watch Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk...
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The People and Culture of the Shawnee

Cassie M Lawton · New York
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

The Shawnee have lived for many centuries in North America. Their nomadic lifestyles brought them from the East Coast to the Midwest, and eventually to the South. Over time, their way of life changed. Today, the Shawnee continue their traditions and customs. This book explores the history...
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