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Victoria: Portrait of a Queen
Catherine Reef · Clarion Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Catherine Reef brings history vividly to life in this sumptuously illustrated account of a confident, strong-minded, and influential woman. Victoria woke one morning at the age of eighteen to discover that her uncle had died and she was now queen. She went on to rule for sixty-three years,... |
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StarTalk Young Readers Edition
?? ?? · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Now abridged for YA audiences, this beautifully illustrated companion to celebrated scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson's popular podcast and National Geographic Channel TV show is an eye-opening journey for anyone curious about the complexities of our universe.For decades, beloved astrophysicist... |
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Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
Michaela DePrince · Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"Michaela is nothing short of a miracle, born to be a ballerina. For every young brown, yellow, and purple dancer, she is an inspiration!" - Misty Copeland, world-renowned ballet dancerThe extraordinary memoir of Michaela DePrince, a young dancer who escaped war-torn Sierra Leone... |
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The Post-cold War World
Bailey Maxim · Rosen Education Service
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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The postCold War era began with a decade of conflicts often mediated by the United States as the world's only remaining superpower. The September 11 terrorist attacks, however, marked the dawning of a new era. The United States became preoccupied by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,... |
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Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World's Favorite Treat
Kay Frydenborg · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Chocolate hits all the right sweet--and bitter--notes: cutting-edge genetic science whisked in with a strong social conscience, history, and culture yield one thought-provoking look into one of the world's most popular foods. Readers who savored Chew on This and Food, Inc. and lovers... |
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Spain
Elizabeth Kohen · Marshall Cavendish
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Diversity is the spice of life, and the highly regarded Cultures of the World series celebrates just that by providing stimulating observations on the varied life styles of far-ranging countries. |
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Longbow Girl
Linda Davies · Chicken House/Scholastic Inc., 2016.
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, the brave and beautiful longbow girl, Merry Owen, discovers a river that takes her back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII. While there she finds she must compete in an archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from being seized... |
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Forest of a thousand lanterns
Julie C Dao · Random House/Listening Library
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Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her. Growing up as a peasant in a forgotten village on the edge of the map, Xifeng longs to fulfill the destiny promised... |
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Golden Boys
Sonya Hartnett · Candlewick Press
Pages: 238
Format: Print book
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With masterful nuance and vividly drawn characters, Sonya Hartnett's novel visits a suburban neighborhood where psychological menace lurks below the surface.Colt Jenson and his younger brother, Bastian, have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father,... |
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Germany
J. DuBois · Marshall Cavendish
Pages: 144
Format: Book
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Diversity is the spice of life, and the highly regarded Cultures of the World series celebrates just that by providing stimulating observations on the varied life styles of far-ranging countries. |
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Nexus
Scott Westerfeld · Simon Pulse
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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X-Men meets Heroes when New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld teams up with award-winning authors Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti in the final book of an explosive trilogy about a group of teens with amazing abilities.After the shocking conclusion to Swarm, the zeroes are scattered,... |
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Foodprints: The Story of What We Eat
Paula Ayer · Annick Press
Format: Print book
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The everyday choices we make when it comes to food don't just have an effect on us -- they also affect other people and the planet. Today's teens are more attuned to what they eat and where it comes from than any generation before them. But there's still more to know. Foodprints... |
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No Good Deed
GOLDY MOLDAVSKY · POINT
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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He's not asking for much. All Gregor Maravilla wants to do is feed all of the starving children on the planet. So when he's selected to join Camp Save the World, a special summer program for teenage activists from all over the country to champion their cause, Gregor's sure he's on the path... |
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The Human Genome
Megan Mitchell · Cavendish Square Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Print book
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The Human Genome explores the science and the history behind the specific sequences in our DNA that make us human. Reaching all the way back to the 1850s when Gregor Mendel used his pea plant experiments to solve the mystery of trait inheritance, this book maps out each theory that laid... |
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