After moving to a new town, Jonah, an eleven-year-old with a big imagination, reinvents himself as a talk show host, hoping this will somehow bring his absent father back
Part of the 8-book Tamora Pierce reissue for Fall 2006, this title in the Circle of Magic quartet features spellbinding new cover art. Coincides with the release of WILL OF THE EMPRESS in trade pb.Fou
Watcher Adam Sarno, who possesses a video camera that he can use to rewind time and reality, focuses the lens at a particular event before stepping into the picture himself
Young Graciela spends time with her remarkable cat, Pip, who is able to speak in Spanish, in an animal fantasy tale that introduces basic Spanish vocabulary to young readers. Reprint.
From the Newbery-award winning author of Holes"Everyone take out your spelling books," said Mrs. Jewls. "It's time for arithmetic."Sue is so excited for her first day at Wayside School. But things a
Out on the road helping Eddie practice for his driving test, Scott, Winks, and Cassie are horrified when Eddie accidentally hits and kills a pedestrian, and the four friends are soon keeping a terribl
Chronicles the life and accomplishments of baseball star Roberto Clemente, from his youth in Puerto Rico, through his record-breaking career in Pittsburgh, to his tragic death during a mission of merc
The hugely popular early chapter book series re-emerges with a new look! Brand-new eye-catching cover art brings a modern feel to this classic monster series for young readers.The kids in the third gr
When tests reveal that Brian is dyslexic, the young boy must work with a tutor and figure out new ways to learn, and through it all Brian learns that being different is not necessarily bad
Attending college in the hope of escaping their difficult home lives, two Mexican-American brothers share ambitious dreams, until the outbreak of the Vietnam War forces them to choose between fighting
Based on real accounts by Hiroshima survivors, the fictional story of twelve-year-old Sachi follows her witness to the devastation in her city as a result of the bombing and describes her healing proc
The hugely popular early chapter book series re-emerges with a new look! Brand-new eye-catching cover art brings a modern feel to this classic monster series for young readers.There are some pretty we
Mayhem breaks out in the fifth grade when the Venice Menace bullies his classmates into letting him become a regular guest on "Kidsview," the school's radio program
From the Newbery award-winning author of HolesEverything in Mrs. Jewls's class has gone topsy-turvy...again. The report cards are scrambled, the pop quiz won't pop, and watermelons are falling out th
A new addition to the Murphy series features the zany antics of troublemakers Roger Friday and Marsha Cessano, in a mixed-up and out-of-control adventure about real kids and real fun. Reprint.
Shows that Eugenie Clark's childhood fascination with fishes led her to become an ichthyologist, the director of a marine laboratory, and a professor of zoology and recounts her adventures as she trav
Feeling upset because she failed a surprise math quiz, Karen cheats on the next few math tests, but she begins to feel guilty about the lies she must tell to keep covering up the situation
Daniel, a composite character fashioned to reflect the experiences of millions of children during the Holocaust, describes his family's lives in pre-Nazi Frankfurt, their deportation to a ghetto, and
An award-winning dramatic thriller finds a young girl confronting her fears and making heroic efforts at the terrifying scene of a crashed 747. Reissue.
A magical rowboat transports five adventurous kids back in time to the eve of the Battle at Trenton where they get a first-hand lesson on the American Revolution. Through encounters with Hessian soldi
Young Pedro, a boy who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his voyages, recounts in his journal the sights he sees and the adventures and dangers he encounters on the trip. Reprint.
A host of season-specific images and activities include steaming mugs of cocoa, fall leaves, sleigh-riding, running in the rain, playing baseball, and trick-or-treating
Whether testing their own sleuthing abilities by working against the clock or enjoying the intrigue of unraveling the case, readers get lots of spine-tingling mystery in these thrilling puzzlers.
Assembled on the pages of this anthology are 13 original short stories by the best known writers of the genre: Christopher Pike, R.L. Stine, A. Bates, D.E. Athkins, Lael Littke and Pat Windsor---just
Kristy's Krushers, a softball team on which Kristy and her stepsister Karen play, loses its chance to march in the Stoneybrook parade when Homerun Karen experiences a batting slump
After spending four years with relatives in the South, a fifteen-year-old girl accepts the idea that slaves are property and is horrified to learn when she returns to the North that her home is a stat
Left alone after the deaths of her father and brother who take opposite sides in the War for Independence, and fleeing from the British who seek to arrest her, Sarah Bishop struggles to shape a new li
Karen contracts a severe case of sibling jealousy when her family adopts baby Emily and she is no longer the little sister, but she soon realizes that being someone's big sister can be just as much fu
