Synopsis: OUT OF HIDING. INTO DANGER.Luke Garner is an illegal third child. All his life has been spent in hiding. Now, for the first time, Luke is living among others. He has assumed a deceased boy's identity and is attending Hendricks School for Boys, a windowless building with cruel classmates and oblivious teachers. Luke knows he has to blend in, but he lives in constant fear that his behavior will betray him. Then one day Luke discovers a door to the…

Synopsis: Meet the Super SHEroes of History, the women who have shaped history and society since ancient times.Greta Thunberg was only fifteen years old when she started School Strike for Climate in Sweden. Today, she leads a global opposition to climate change. Activist Wangari Maathai promoted the planting of 51 million trees in her native Kenya. Read about the bravery and courage of these and more women who have taken a stand against exploitation,…

Synopsis: "Mindy Kim loves food ... When a local pizza place advertises a trivia competition, Mindy can't believe that the big prize is unlimited pizza for a whole year! Mindy is confident she and her dad can take the top spot. But Dad is worried he might not understand all the cultural references. And he wants Mindy to know that the most important thing is to always try your best, even if you don't win"--

Synopsis: Book four in the hilarious and action-packed Total Mayhem series from New York Times bestselling author Ralph Lazar, starring Dash Candoo, an ingenious problem-solver, with fantastic friends and a bottomless backpack of brilliant gadgets.For Dash Candoo, every day is... WILD!Dash and his friends Rob and Greta are used to unusual things happening at their school, Swedhump Elementary. But even they pay attention when their invisible principal, Mrs…

Synopsis: Book four in the hilarious and action-packed Total Mayhem series from New York Times bestselling author Ralph Lazar, starring Dash Candoo, an ingenious problem-solver, with fantastic friends and a bottomless backpack of brilliant gadgets.For Dash Candoo, every day is... WILD!Dash and his friends Rob and Greta are used to unusual things happening at their school, Swedhump Elementary. But even they pay attention when their invisible principal, Mrs…

Synopsis: Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the Children's Blizzard of 1888 in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series.Eleven-year-old John Hale has already survived one brutal Dakota winter, and now he's about to experience one of the deadliest blizzards in American history. The storm of 1888 was a monster, a frozen hurricane that slammed into America's midwest without warning. Within hours,…

Synopsis: From New York Times bestselling illustrator Mike Lowery comes a wild and hilarious Graphix Chapters series featuring the amazing Bug Scouts! "Raise your leg or antenna, and make the BUG SCOUT pact: "I promise to fly, I promise to crawl Or make a cool web, or roll into a ball. I pledge to be brave and adventurous too. And do all of the things that bugs like to do!" Meet Doug, Abby, and Josh: the BUG SCOUTS! Doug and Abby love everything about…

Synopsis: A funny and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a kid rapper whose rhymes bring his community together, "effectively conveying the transformative power of art" (Publishers Weekly, starred review), by America's favorite rapping teacher from Chicago. Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes dreams of becoming a world-famous rapper that everyone calls Notorious D.O.G. But for now, he's just a Chicago fifth grader who's small for his age and…

Synopsis: The mountain exploded with the power of ten million tons of dynamite...Eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe has grown up with the beautiful Mount St. Helens always in the background. She's hiked its winding trails, dived into its cold lakes, and fished for trout in its streams. Just looking at Mount St. Helens out her window made Jess feel calm, like it was watching over her somehow. Of course, she knew the mountain was a volcano...but not the active…

Synopsis: Not everything turns out to be as it first appears when Cody and her best friend, Spencer, navigate a neighborhood mystery and the start of a new school year.Cody’s best friend, Spencer, and his parents are moving in with his grandmother right around the corner, and Cody can’t wait. For one thing, Cody needs Spencer to help solve the mystery of the never-seen Mr. Meen, who lives on the other side of the porch with a skull-and-crossbones sign in…

Synopsis: Rise of the Isle of the Lost is a follow-up to best-selling novels, 'The Isle of the Lost' and 'Return to the Isle of the Lost' written by Melissa De La Cruz. Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay face their biggest challenge yet as a rotten villain from their past, Uma, daughter of Ursula, returns. They'll have to do everything in their power - good and evil - to keep Auradon safe.

Synopsis: Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy and their elementary school friends help them track down what they hope is a treasure after they find a mysterious map.

Synopsis: It’s Miles and Niles’s final year at Yawnee Valley Science and Letters Academy, and the Terrible Two have one goal: an epic prank. Something big, something brilliant, something that will leave a lasting legacy at their school. Which should be easy-peasy for these experts, especially now that their principal has gone from archnemesis to pranking protégé.               But their smooth sailing gets downright bumpy when they find out that the new…

Synopsis: Dear Dumb Diary Year Two is still laugh-out-loud funny -- but everything is another year dumber! As Jamie continues to grapple with middle school's Big Questions, she drops even more snarly gems of wisdom like, "Everybody knows that the more you love somebody, the less you try to look nice for them," and "People don't appreciate how much willpower it takes to do the wrong thing. (But Jamie STILL has no idea that anybody is reading her diary. So…

Synopsis: Text and photographs introduce the desert biome, describing its environment, plants, and animals such as camels, lizards, and snakes.

Synopsis: Discover the amazing true story of Maria Mitchell, America’s first professional female astronomer.Every evening, from the time she was a child, Maria Mitchell stood on her rooftop with her telescope and swept the sky. And then one night she saw something unusual—a comet no one had ever seen before! Miss Mitchell’s extraordinary discovery made her famous the world over and paved the way for her to become America’s first professional female…

Synopsis: Misery Manor is home to the Impalers - the bravest vampire family that ever lived. Except for Vlad - he's not brave at all. He's even a bit scared of the dark! All Vlad really wants is some friends and he knows just where to find them - school. But fitting in at human school isn't easy for the little vampire, especially with his pet bat tagging along!

Synopsis: A beloved classic comes to life for a new generation in the upcoming Walt Disney Studios live action Aladdin film, and this thrilling novelization invites fans to revisit Aladdin's tale. With 8 page colour section of stills from the movie. A must-have for Aladdin fans everywhere.