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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Greek Athlete!: Races You'd Rather Not Run
Michael Ford · Childrens Pr; Revised edition
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This best-selling series engages readers of all levels by making them part of the story. Readers will become the main character and can revel in the gory and dark sides of life throughout important moments in history. Perfect resource for reluctant readers with: Humor and history tied... |
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Isabel's War
Lila Perl · Lizzie Skurnick Books
Format: Hardcover
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In a stunning new novel completed just before her death in 2013, award-winning author Lila Perl introduces us to Isabel Brandt, a French-phrase-dropping twelve-year-old New Yorker who's more interested in boys and bobbing her nose than the distant war across the Pacific—the one her parents... |
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Johnstown Flood: A Choose Your Own Ending Historical Fiction Adventure
John Mullarkey · Magic Wagon
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Up2U Adventures--where the ending is Up2U! On May 31, 1889, the rains flooded Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Sarah Beth, her mother, and Vincent--a boy she likes--struggle to save what they can from the flooding. At the same time, her father is working to clear the railroad tracks into town.... |
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Katfish
Obert Skye · Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Rob Burnside's life is in ruins. After his escapades with Pinocula and his resulting outrageous lies, everyone is fed up with him. In this Creature from My Closet book by Obert Skye, Rob needs help. And his science laboratory closet is there to give him a hand. Meet Katfish, a mashup... |
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Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly
Gail Carson Levine · HarperCollins; Reissue edition
Format: Book
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Bestselling author of Ella Enchanted and fairy-tale master Gail Carson Levine helps you make magic with your writing!In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her tricks of the trade. She shows how you can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings,... |
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One for Sorrow: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn · Clarion Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Annie, a new girl at school, is claimed as best friend by Elsie, a classmate who is a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other friends and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie. Elsie dies... |
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Body Bizarre
Mason Crest Publishers. · Mason Crest
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover
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Provides information on bizarre phenomenon involving the human body, including a man with blue skin, a man who eats live frogs to cure his coughs, and a man who can charge lightbulbs with his ears.Title: Body BizarreAuthor: Ripley's Believe It or Not! (COR) Publisher: Mason CrestPublication... |
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Nebraska: The Cornhusker State
Patrick Perish · Bellwether Media, Inc., 2014.
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
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Nebraska is an agricultural kingdom. Its farms and fields blanket the prairies and plains. Discover how the early sodbusters thrived in an almost treeless landscape to create the Cornhusker State we know today. Students will also learn about native wildlife, local festivals, and more. |
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Otis Dooda: Downright Dangerous
Ellen Potter · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 215
Format: Hardcover
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After surviving the crazy events of his first weeks in New York City, nine-year-old Otis Dooda is starting out at a brand-new school. He would love to make a good impression, but life in Tidwell Towers is never that easy. With his disgusting seatmate, the possible impending alien invasion,... |
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How To Train Your Dragon: How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
Cressida Cowell · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 366
Format: Hardcover
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In Hiccup the Viking's misadventures, the stakes have never been higher, and it's friend versus foe to decide the fate of the world. In this, the penultimate title in the amazing story arc that began with How to Train Your Dragon, Hiccup is faced with a personal dilemma against... |
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Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Jeffrey Brown · Scholastic
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Jeffrey Brown takes readers to a middle school in a galaxy far, far away....This incredible, original story captures all of the humor, awkwardness, fun, and frustrations of middle school--all told through one boy's comics, journal entries,... |
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Texas
John Hamilton · ABDO & Daughters
Pages: 48
Format: Print book
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Welcome to Texas, the Lone Star State! Students will explore Big Bend National Park, attend a Dallas Cowboys football game, visit NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, and more as they learn about Texas's history, plants and animals, industries, sports, cities, famous people, and more... |
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Molly Moon & the Monster Music
Georgia Byng · Harper
Pages: 311
Format: Print book
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Molly has developed even more amazing powers in the sixth and final hypnotic installment of the New York Times bestselling Molly Moon series - perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Pseudonymous Bosch!Molly Moon can hypnotize or morph into anyone she chooses, travel through time, read minds... |
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Gift horse
Terri Farley · Avon Books
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
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When Samantha rescues a beautiful draft horse from an auction, she is sure he will be perfect to groom for resale. |
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Walt Disney: Drawn from Imagination
Bill Scollon · Disney Press
Format: Hardcover
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Walt Disney is undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in American history. What child doesn't grow up watching Disney films and reading Disney stories? With Walt Disney: A Biography for Kids, young readers can learn about the man behind the mouse. They'll learn that Walt... |
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