Back Ages 9-12 | March Newsletter

SelectReads News
Dearreader template
  Ages 9-12  
Creepella von Cacklefur #4: Return of the Vampire: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure
Creepella von Cacklefur #4: Return of the Vampire: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure

Geronimo Stilton · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Breakout star Creepella von Cacklefur is back in another fur-raising adventure A mysterious old friend of Grandpa Frankenstein shows up one night on the doorstep of Cacklefur Castle. He's a vampire . . . and he needs the von Cacklefur family's help. His ancient castle has been infested...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The enemy above
The enemy above

Michael P Spradlin · Scholastic Press
Format:  Print book : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats

In 1942 twelve-year-old Anton, his family, and their small community of Ukrainian Jews are hiding from the advancing Nazis troops, and from the Gestapo, in a web of underground caves, and one officer in particular, Major Karl Von Duesen, is determined to catch or kill every Jew he can find--but...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Animal Gymnastics
Animal Gymnastics

Isabel Thomas · Heinemann Raintree
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Who would win the Olympic gold medals if all the competitors were animals? Each book in the series covers a different type of Olympic sport, while each chapter looks at a different event. Primarily intended as high-interest reads, the books contain information relating to biology, and allow...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce

BreAnn Rumsch · ABDO Publishing
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

- Historic Photographs- Primary Source Documents- Timeline- Fast Facts- Benefits and Perks- Chart of All Presidents' Terms
Read More check catalog
 
 
Commander in Cheese #3: Have a Mice Flight!
Commander in Cheese #3: Have a Mice Flight!

Lindsey Leavitt · Random House
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Being a mouse in the White House is fun. Flying on the president's plane is even better! If you are a mouse, then you might know about Ava and Dean Squeakerton. They are kind of famous, for mice. That's because Ava and Dean and the rest of their family live in the White House....
Read More check catalog
 
 
Urban Biologist Danielle Lee
Urban Biologist Danielle Lee

Kari Cornell · Lerner Publications
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

After earning degrees studying animal behavior, Danielle Lee wanted to share her love of science with young people. Through urban outreach she has brought budding scientists into professional labs. She's walked them through the steps of the scientific method. And she's shown them...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Who Was Alexander the Great?
Who Was Alexander the Great?

Kathryn Waterfield · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Alexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was...? series!When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great king of Macedon, wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This, of course, was not the case....
Read More check catalog
 
 
Back Burn
Back Burn

Carl Bowen · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 109
Format: Print book

While training new members for the FIRESTORMERS the worlds newest, most elite wildfire fighting crew a group of recruits goes missing inside a massive blaze. Their trainer, former special operations soldier Heath Rodgers, blames himself for their mistakes. If the new recruits are going...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Building Robots: Robotic Engineers.
Building Robots: Robotic Engineers.

Daniel R Faust · Rosen Publishing Group
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

This volume is sure to excite readers as they learn about career opportunities in the field of robotic engineering. This career-based book looks at what robotic engineers do, the different kinds of jobs within the field, and notable engineers who have advanced robotics. This career incorporates...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Minecraft: Redstone and Transportation
Minecraft: Redstone and Transportation

James Zeiger · Cherry Lake Pub.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Read More check catalog
 
 
Warriors: Power of Three #3: Outcast
Warriors: Power of Three #3: Outcast

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins; Revised edition
Format: Print book

Erin Hunters 1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues in Warriors Power of Three—now featuring fierce new art. The third book in this third series, Warriors Power of Three 3 Outcast, brings more adventure, intrigue, and thrilling battles to the epic world of the warrior Clans.A...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The House of Months and Years
The House of Months and Years

Emma Trevayne · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

A girl must stop the Boogeyman living in her home from stealing her family's warmest memories in this haunting, atmospheric novel from the author of Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times and The Accidental Afterlife of Thomas Marsden.When her distant aunt and uncle die, Amelia Howling...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Fire and Glass
Fire and Glass

Marty Chan · Clockwise Press
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

A fourth floor that is only pretending to be a storage room, stairs that lead to an abyss, and a goth djinn with an attitude who likes to play with fire: Krystina finds more than she bargained for when she moves to a new school. The adventures of the Keepers of the Vault are just beginning....
Read More check catalog
 
 
#26 High Five, Mallory!
#26 High Five, Mallory!

Laurie B Friedman · Darby Creek
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Mallory is excited to start fifth grade. She just got a cell phone, and Mary Ann's in her class. But is fifth grade going to be a disaster, a fun adventure, or a little of both?
Read More check catalog
 
 
Using physical maps
Using physical maps

Rebecca E Hirsch · Lerner Publications
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Physical maps show landscape features. They also often show land elevation, or how high the land is above sea level. But how do you use physical maps? Read on to learn all about these unique maps!
Read More check catalog