Synopsis: Who would have thought being smart could be so hard (and funny)?Millicent Min is having a bad summer. Her fellow high school students hate her for setting the curve. Her fellow 11-year-olds hate her for going to high school. And her mother has arranged for her to tutor Stanford Wong, the poster boy for Chinese geekdom. But then Millie meets Emily. Emily doesn't know Millicent's IQ score. She actually thinks Millie is cool. And if Millie can hide…

Synopsis: Don't Know Much About the Solar System, Scholastic, Paperback.

Synopsis: Thomas Edison did his first experiment with goose eggs at age two. When he was thirteen years old, he printed his own newspaper. During his lifetime, he invented over a thousand things. What was Thomas like as a boy? Did he know that someday one of his inventions would light up the world? In this book, you will find out all about Thomas Edison before he made history.

Synopsis: In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.

Synopsis: In Afghanistan, only men are allowed to work. "The Breadwinner" tells the courageous story of a young Afghan woman living in war-torn Kabul who must pretend to be a boy so that she can work to support her family. Imagine living in a country in which women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out.

Synopsis: This book tells the story of ten kings. Kings made the rules by which their people lived. Kings carried on wars to protect their realms or expand their power, and kings, like the rest of us, were complex human beings. Starting with Hammurabi, who ruled Mesopotamia, to Peter the Great, the legendary Russian czar, Milton Meltzer shows the reader how political leaders use and abuse power. Although each of these men lived hundreds or thousands of…

Synopsis: A biography of Ben Franklin as a boy.

Synopsis: "Kit and her brother, Daniel, have moved into a new house with tons of rooms and a lawn the size of a football field! But all that good luck is about to run out because there is something really evil living in their new house. Something that comes from beneath the kitchen sink ..."--P. [4] of Cover.

Synopsis: Each Christmas, Katherine Paterson wrote a story for her pastor husband's congregation to illuminate the true meaning of the holiday season. The twelve included here present a vision of hope and peace harking back to that first Christmas over two thousand years ago. A Midnight Clear is the perfect holiday gift for friends, families, and church congregations to read aloud and share through the Christmas season and beyond.

Synopsis: In the spring of 1945, 15-year-old Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In 1947, Otto Frank published his daughter’s diary. To date, The Diary of a Young Girl has appeared in more than 50 different editions and has sold more than 20 million copies.This photo essay is an invaluable resource for readers of Anne’s diary. It offers a portrait of the Frank family, including many never-before-published photographs. And it also…

Synopsis: Aiden and Meg Falconer are now celebrities ... for all the wrong reasons. It's much harder to be on the run when the whole country's looking for you....Aiden and Meg Falconer are out to find the evidence that will free their parents from a life sentence in prison. But in order to do that, they have to live undercover. Ever since they broke out of a juvenile detention facility, they've been chased by the FBI ... and by a strange killer they've…

Synopsis: In the third installment of The Underland Chronicles, Gregor must stop a plague from spreading through the Underland. In the third installment of The Underland Chronicles, Gregor must stop a plague from spreading through the Underland.

Synopsis: Gr. 4-7. What if Alice fell down an air vent in a New York City apartment building instead of down a rabbit hole? Collins considers a similar possibility in her exceptional debut novel, a well-written, fast-moving, action-packed fantasy. Eleven-year-old Gregor expects a long, boring summer of baby-sitting his two-year-old sister, Boots, and his senile grandmother. Distracted with thoughts about his father, who disappeared three years ago, Gregor…

Synopsis: Gripping and inspiring, these true stories of bravery, terror, and hope chronicle nine different children's experiences during the Holocaust.These are the true-life accounts of nine Jewish boys and girls whose lives spiraled into danger and fear as the Holocaust overtook Europe. In a time of great horror, these children each found a way to make it through the nightmare of war. Some made daring escapes into the unknown, others disguised their…

Synopsis: From acclaimed thriller writer Philip Kerr, comes the second volume in this exceptional, imaginative adventure trilogy about a twin boy and girl who discover they are djinn descendants.John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve-year-old twins who have recently discovered themselves to be descended from a long line of djinn and in possession of magical powers, continue on their extraordinary adventures in this sequel to THE AKHENATEN ADVENTURE. When a…

Synopsis: Discusses the events in Paul Reveres's life up until he made his famous midnight ride.

Synopsis: Learning about Greek civilizations. The book looks at aspects of everyday life in ancient Greece.