Synopsis: Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom is a collection of some of her best and most empowering quotes. This is the ultimate keepsake for fans of Maya Angelou's beautiful poetry, as well as for anyone looking for a bit of in-the-moment inspiration to have in their back pocket.Some quotes from Maya Angelou:'If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.''You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can…

Synopsis: When high school senior Gaby faked a pregnancy as a project to challenge stereotypes, she also changed her life. Discover this compelling memoir from an inspirational teenage activist, now a Lifetime movie. It started as a school project, but it turned into so much more. Growing up, Gaby Rodriguez was often told she would end up a teen mom. After all, her mother and her older sisters had gotten pregnant as teenagers; from an outsider’s…

Synopsis: "Two products in one—the complete Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition and the Collegiate Thesaurus. 21 search options and more than 1,300 illustrations. Full text fits on most hard drives for extra convenience."\\\\\

Synopsis: "Pleasingly well written...Graced with a sound plot, a scary climax, and, above all, perceptive characterizations...A fine interweaving of fun and substance."SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALAlthea and Phineas Hall are spending a boring summer with their father until a rich old man donates the mysterious Vandemark mummmy and other antiquities to the college where their father is a professor, with instructions that only he is to care for them. When…

Synopsis: THE CLAY MARBLE In this novel, Ho tells the story of twelve-year-old Dava and her family, who leave their Cambodian farm after the Khmer Rouge collapses, and journey to a refugee camp near the border. There she befriends Jantu, another young refugee. Guerrilla warfare and the harsh realities of recent Cambodian history take their toll on the girls’ friendship and their lives. - Historical fiction by Minfong Ho - Also includes related readings:…

Synopsis: Los dos hermanos vuelven a vivir aventuras gracias a la casa mágica del árbol. En esta ocasión, Annie y Jack quieren liberar de un hechizo a Morgana, la dueña de la casa mágica del árbol. Para eso tienen que encontrar cuatro objetos. Ya han conseguido tres, así que solo les queda el último. Lo que no saben es que su búsqueda los llevará hasta la mismísima luna. La casa mágica del árbol puede llevarte a cualquier lugar. ¿A dónde irás hoy?

Synopsis: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was the most popular American poet of his time, and one of the most famous American poets of all time. It has been said that certain of his poems-the long narratives Evangeline and The Song of Hiawatha most notably-were once read in every literate home in America. A former teacher who fulfilled his dream to make a living as a poet, Longfellow taught at Bowdoin and Harvard, was eventually honored for his…

Synopsis: Mom held me around the waist, and I bent and kissed her. "I love you, honey," she said. "Love you, too." It was automatic. That's what I can't forget.When a heart attack takes her mom's life, Sarabeth suddenly loses the only family and home she has ever known. Cynthia and Billy, friends of her mother, take in Sarabeth to live with them and their baby in their tiny one-bedroom apartment. Before long it becomes clear to Sarabeth that she is a…

Synopsis: The ultimate single-volume reference guide to Greek and Roman mythologyAn ideal resource for students, teachers, librarians, writers, and readers of great literature, the Meridian Handbook has set the standard for over three decades as the classic guide to the myths of Greece and Rome. From Athena to Zeus, Abantes to Zninthe, the epic heroes and gods who inhabit the pantheon of great literature are covered in fascinating detail. Complete stories…

Synopsis: Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the…

Synopsis: The true story of the 1925 Nome, Alaska, diphtheria epidemic describes the hopeless plight of the patients, with a blizzard brewing and the much-needed serum seven hundred miles away, as teams of sled dogs and their drivers become the only hope for survival. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Synopsis: "Poetry with a distinct flavor: a skillfully mixed appetizer." --Kirkus Reviews (starred) Here are the sights, sounds, and smells of Latino culture in America in thirty-six vibrant, moving, angry, beautiful and varied voices, including Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Luis J. Rodríguez, Gary Soto, and Martín Espada. Presented in both English and Spanish, each poem helps us to discover the stories behind the mangoes and…

Synopsis: Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of…

Synopsis: Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, now a major motion picture.It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger."Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a…

Synopsis: "Richly textured....No one who loves the Tillermans--whose joys and troubles are as compelling as ever--will want to miss this."THE KIRKUS REVIEWSThere's only one thing Dicey Tillerman wants to do--and that's build boats. If she can make a success of doing what she loves, she can take care of the rest of the Tillerman clan, which includes her two younger brothers, her younger sister, and Gram, who took them all in when their mother abandoned…

Synopsis: "Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life."Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to arich man--any rich man, no matter how awful.But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call--by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all.Unfortunately, he is also the richest.Can a sharp-tongued, high-spirited,…

Synopsis: In the final days of World War II, Koreans were determined to take back control of their country from the Japanese and end the suffering caused by the Japanese occupation. As an eleven-year-old girl living with her Japanese family in northern Korea, Yoko is suddenly fleeing for her life with her mother and older sister, Ko, trying to escape to Japan, a country Yoko hardly knows. Their journey is terrifying—and remarkable. It's a true story of…

Synopsis: "Despite the dread Billy feels when returning to his hometown, he knows he owes it to Tina to see her off properly, that and even in death she can seduce him to her. Upon his return, Billy's past with his old friends - especially with the former wild man, present day Catholic priest Zal - floods his mind with classic machismo and rite-of-passage boyhood events. But some of their moments were a bit darker, and all revolved or involved Tina...…