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Basher Science: Climate Change

Simon Basher · Kingfisher; Har/Pstr edition
Format: Hardcover

Do you know your carbon cycle from your carbon footprint? Can you tell your greenhouse effect from your green house? And what exactly is a tipping point? If any of these questions leave you confused, then Basher Science: Climate Change is the book for you. From El Nino and hurricanes to deforestation...
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Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More

Dustin Hansen · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Find out about the fast and furious growth and evolution of video games (including how they are quickly taking over the world!) by looking at some of the most popular, innovative, and influential games ever, from Pong, the very first arcade game ever, to modern hits like Uncharted.Learn...
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Fanny in France: Travel Adventures of a Chef's Daughter, with Recipes

Alice Waters · VIKING
Pages: 184
Format: Print book

From famed chef Alice Waters, a treat for anyone who loves France, food, adventure - or all three!Fanny is a girl who knows a lot about food and cooking since she's grown up in and around the famous restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. When Fanny's mother, Alice Waters,...
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The Night We Said Yes

Lauren Gibaldi · Harper Teen
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A fun, romantic read, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Susane Colasanti! What happens when Matt and Ella reunite one year after their breakup? Are second chances really possible?Before Matt, Ella had a plan. Get over her ex-boyfriend and graduate high school - simple as that. But Matt...
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The American Heritage Student Dictionary

Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 1068
Format: Print book

The American Heritage Student Dictionary is the authoritative reference work for students in grades 6-10. Published in a completely revised new edition in 2012, with thousands of new words and senses, it now has been updated further for 2016, making it an ideal guide to the words today's...
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The Wolf Keepers

Elise Broach · Henry Holt
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Twelve-year-old Lizzie Durango and her dad have always had a zoo to call their home. Lizzie spends her days watching the animals and taking note of their various behaviors. Though the zoo makes for a unique home, it's a hard place for Lizzie to make lasting friends. But all this changes...
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A Week of Mondays

Jessica Brody · Farrar
Pages: 454
Format: eBook

When I made the wish, I just wanted a do-over. Another chance to make things right. I never, in a million years, thought it might actually come true... Sixteen-year-old Ellison Sparks is having a serious case of the Mondays. She gets a ticket for running a red light, she manages to take...
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D-Day: The Allies Strike Back During World War II

Terry Miller · Franklin Watts
Format: Book

Eisenhower called it "the Great Crusade," but the Battle of Normandy was a nightmare for the rookie soldiers who fought it. Be there if you dare as they storm the beaches, facing assault from every side in a fight for freedom unlike any the world had seen before.
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And the Trees Crept In

Dawn Kurtagich · Little
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

A stunning, terrifying novel about a house the color of blood and the two sisters who are trapped there, by "The Dead House" author Dawn Kurtagich When Silla and Nori arrive at their aunt's home, it's immediately clear that the "blood manor" is cursed. The creaking of the house...
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Carve the Mark

Veronica Roth · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 468
Format: Print book

Fans of Star Wars and Divergent will revel in internationally bestselling author Veronica Roth's stunning new science-fiction fantasy series.On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape...
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This is Not the End

Jesse Jordan · Medallion Pr Inc
Pages: 450
Format: Print book

James Salley is turning sixteen, and it's not going well. His family's too busy to care, the local bully creates new tortures daily, someone appears to be following him, and he's just learned that he's the Antichrist.All James ever wanted out of life was for Dorian Delaney...
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Under a Painted Sky

Stacey Lee · Speak
Pages: 4
Format: Print book

A powerful story of love, friendship, and sacrifice, for fans of Code Name Verity. "This moving novel will captivate you." - Buzzfeed.com All Samantha wanted was to move back to New York and pursue her music, which was difficult enough being a Chinese girl in Missouri, 1849....
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Flying

Carrie Jones · a Tor Teen Book
Pages: 252
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Carrie Jones introduces sassy alien-hunting cheerleader Mana in Flying, the launch of a sparkling new YA Science Fiction series.People have always treated seventeen-year-old Mana as someone in need of protection. She's used to being coddled, being an only...
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I Am the Traitor

Allen Zadoff · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The Program has sent Boy Nobody on countless missions, instructed to kill whichever target he was given. But now, after going rogue, he is on his own mission to rescue his friend Howard, who was captured by The Program. Boy Nobody manages to free Howard as well as Tanya, a mysterious girl...
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Girl Against the Universe.

Stokes Paula. · Harper Teen
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

From the author of The Art of Lainey and Liars, Inc. comes a fresh, contemporary story about one girl's tragic past and a boy who convinces her that maybe her luck is about to change. Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen or Jenny Han.Maguire knows she's bad luck. No matter how many charms she buys...
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