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Murder Is Bad Manners

Robin Stevens · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 307
Format: Hardcover

Two friends form a detective agency - and must solve their first murder case - in this "sharp-witted debut" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that is the first adventure in a brand-new middle grade mystery series set at a 1930s boarding school.Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are best...
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African Americans in the Civil War

Kari A Cornell · Essential Library
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

This title examines the experiences of African Americans during the Civil War, including enslaved people, free men and women, and those who contributed to the Union war effort. Gripping narrative text, historic photographs, and primary sources make the book perfect for report writing. Features...
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In Her Wake: A Ten Tiny Breaths Novella

K.A. Tucker · Atria Books
Format: Print book

Before you knew him as Trent in Ten Tiny Breaths, he was Cole Reynolds - and he had it all. Until one night when he makes a fatal, wrong decision ... and loses everything.When a drunken night out at a Michigan State college party results in the death of six people, Cole must come to terms...
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Never Always Sometimes

Adi Alsaid · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 313
Format: Print book

Never date your best friend Always be original Sometimes rules are meant to be broken Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be cliché high school kids - the ones who sit at the same lunch table every day, dissecting the drama from homeroom and plotting their campaigns...
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The Winner's Crime

Marie Rutkoski · Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Following your heart can be a crimeA royal wedding is what most girls dream about. It means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about...
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The Story of the Denver Broncos

Nate Frisch · Creative Education
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

No professional sports league in America can match the popularity of the National Football League, and no books can match the drama and excitement of NFL Today! This hit series has been fully revised and updated to encapsulate the origins, stars, and unforgettable moments of all 32 NFL teams,...
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Quidditch Through the Ages

Kennilworthy Whisp · Arthur A. Levine Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

The most checked-out book in the Hogwarts Library, and a volume no Quidditch player or Harry Potter fan should be without!If you have ever asked yourself where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, or why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers...
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Scarlett Undercover

Jennifer Latham · Little
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Meet Scarlett, a smart, sarcastic fifteen-year-old, ready to take on crime in her hometown. When Scarlett agrees to investigate a local boy's suicide, she figures she's in for an easy case and a quick buck. But it doesn't take long for suicide to start looking a lot like murder.
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And Then the Sky Exploded

David A Poulsen · Dundurn
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

When Christian learns his great-grandfather helped build the A-bombs dropped on Japan, he wants to make amends ... somehow. While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project,...
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Draw 50 Boats, Ships, Trucks, and Trains: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Submarines, Sailboats, Dump Trucks, Locomotives, and Much More...

Lee J Ames · Watson-Guptill
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

Draw 50 Boats, Ships, Trucks, and Trains teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Celebrated author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw dozens of modes of transportation from throughout history, such as a Viking ship and the Santa...
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Kansas

Deborah Cannarella · Childrens Pr; Revised edition
Format: Book

The third series of America the Beautiful is back in a revised edition. The books in this series are bursting with fascinating facts, updated statistics, and brand-new full-color photographs. America the Beautiful's dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography, history, people,...
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The Wicker King

Kayla Ancrum · Imprint
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The Wicker King is a psychological young adult thriller that follows two friends struggling as one spirals into madness.Jack once saved August's life ... now can August save him?August is a misfit with a pyro streak and Jack is a golden boy on the varsity rugby team -- but their intense...
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Let's Get Lost

Adi Alsaid · Harlequin Books
Pages: 338
Format: Paperback

Five strangers. Countless adventures.One epic way to get lost. Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most. There's HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing...
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WARP Book 3 The Forever Man

Eoin Colfer · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Riley, an orphan boy living in Victorian London, has achieved his dream of becoming a renowned magician, the Great Savano. He owes much of his success to Chevie, a seventeen-year-old FBI agent who traveled from the future in a time pod and helped him defeat his murderous master, Albert...
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