Explains the history and causes of Sudan's civil war and the crisis in Darfur that followed through written correspondence between two children, one from Northern Sudan and the other from Southern Sud
Presents information about vampires, looking at traditional and modern lore about their characteristics, vampires in literature, and some of the historical figures thought to be vampires.
Discusses the history of Iran along with the current political situation, and includes a few letters between an Iranian-American girl living in Los Angeles and an Iranian boy living in Tehran.
Presents information about space aliens and ufos, looking at sightings of them, aliens in literature, some of the controversial evidence for them, and some of the ways that strange phenomena can be ex
From gigantic lizards to hideous-looking mutants, monsters come in all shapes and size. In Monsters, young students will read hair-raising stories of dangerous monsters as they discover how these fear
In this spine-tingling book of haunted houses and mysterious thumps in the night, children will follow the trail of ghosts through history--from Sleepy Hollow to the Chinese Ghost Festival. Thrill-see
