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Mongolia
Ruth Bjorklund · Children's Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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Situated directly between China and Russia, the country of Mongolia long had close ties to its larger neighbors. However, since the early 1990s it has become increasingly independent, and many Mongolians have worked to rediscover a national culture that existed long before Chinese or Russian... |
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Alcatraz
Michael P. Spradlin · Sleeping Bear Pr
Pages: 253
Format: Hardcover
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With the nation reeling from the recent terrorist attacks, Q and Angela leave Chicago and arrive in San Francisco. Their parents are determined to continue the Match tour but for safety's sake, they have decided to send Q and Angela to boarding school. Not happy at the thought of being... |
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Time Voyage (Return to Titanic)
Steve Brezenoff · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
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On the first day of their spring break, best friends Tucker and Maya discover a ""Special Collection"" of Titanic artifacts at the local museum. But the artifacts have more power than they know. When they touch a magic ticket, Tucker and Maya find themselves transported... |
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Josh Baxter Levels Up
Gavin Brown · Scholastic Press
Pages: 172
Format: Hardcover
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Josh Baxter is sick and tired of hitting the reset button. It's not easy being the new kid for the third time in two years. One mistake and now the middle school football star is out to get him. And Josh's sister keeps offering him lame advice about how to make friends, as if he needs her help... |
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The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable
Aaron Blabey · Scholastic Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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The Bad Guys next mission? Rescue 10,000 chickens from a high-tech cage farm. But they are up against sizzling lasers, one feisty tarantula, and their very own Mr. Snake...who's also known as "The Chicken Swallower." What could possibly go wrong?Get ready to laugh up your lunch... |
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Thurgood Marshall
Rebecca Carey Rohan · Cavendish Square Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Print book
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Thurgood Marshall is best known for being the first African-American Supreme Court justice. However, he also was the lawyer who successfully overturned Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which desegregated public schools. Court cases that Marshall presided over are analyzed in this... |
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A Refugee's Journey from The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ellen Rodger · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
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Eight-year-old Etienne and his family live in The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) . Kidnapped by a rebel army and forced to be a child soldier, Etienne finally escapes and is sent to a camp for freed child soldiers. He is reunited with his family who then flee the country, arriving... |
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Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic
Jason Segel · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book
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Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic is the sequel to the hilariously scary New York Times bestselling novel Nightmares! by multitalented actor Jason Segel and bestselling author Kirsten Miller. You thought the nightmares were over? You better keep the lights on! Charlie Laird has a dream... |
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U.S. Presidents
Ken Jennings · Little Simon
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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Become a presidential pro with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy! champ and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings.With this book about U.S. Presidents, you'll become an expert and wow your friends and teachers with clever facts: Did you know that Abraham Lincoln made... |
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Jubilee!: One Man's Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace
Matt Tavares · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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An exuberant picture book applauds the man behind the National Peace Jubilee the largest and loudest concert the world had ever seen or heardAs a young boy growing up in Ireland Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore loved music the louder the better This love of music followed him to Boston in where... |
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Blossom the Flower Girl Fairy
Daisy Meadows · Scholastic (Us), 2016.
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Here comes the bride!Rachel's Aunt Angela is a talented wedding planner. She's organizing the biggest wedding Tippington has ever seen -- and she needs Rachel and Kirsty's help!Rachel and Kirsty are put in charge of the bride's flower girls. But when Jack Frost's goblins... |
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Game Time, Mallory!
Laurie Friedman · Darby Creek Pub
Format: Print book
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Mallory cant wait to play in her towns new girls basketball league! What could be more fun than trying something new and being on a team? But Mallorys basketball career gets off to a rocky start. None of her friends are on her team. And no matter how much she tries, she cant make a basket.... |
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Journey on a Runaway Train
Gertrude Chandler Warner · ALBERT WHITMAN
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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In this all-new very special mini-series, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations -- all around the world! After finding a painted turtle figurine, the Aldens are introduced to the Silverton family and Reddimus... |
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The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
Dana Alison Levy · Delacorte Press
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
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"Fans of Beverly Cleary's Quimbys, Judy Blume's Hatchers, and, more recently, Jeanne Birdsall's Penderwicks will fervently hope that more Fletcher misadventures are yet to come." - School Library Journal, Starred The start of the school year is not going as the Fletcher brothers... |
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Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City
Will Mabbitt · Viking, published by Penguin Group, 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Fetch her, my foul creepers. Bring me the one called Mabel Jones . . .What do you do when you survive a pirate kidnapping, a milk-drinking contest with a giant grizzly bear, and a stint inside the belly of a whale? If you're Mabel Jones, you d everything you can to avoid another UNLIKELY... |
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