Synopsis: The critics' votes are in--Wrestling Sturbridge is a winner!  Now available in rack-sized paperback.

Synopsis: This story about a Muslim girl bound by traditional Islamic customs but who yearns for something more explores women’s rights, freedom, religion, and identity. In the Libyan city of Ghadames, Malika watches her merchant father depart on one of his caravan expeditions. She too yearns to travel to distant cities, and longs to learn to read like her younger brother. But nearly 12 years old, and soon to be of marriagable age, Malika knows that—like…

Synopsis: Oct. 11th, 1943—A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.When “Verity” is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn’t stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she’s living a spy’s worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face…

Synopsis: Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña’s I Will Save You is a "heartwarming, root-for-the-underdog novel." [SLJ]   Kidd is running from his past and his future. No mom, no dad, and there’s nothing for him at the group home but therapy. He doesn’t belong at the beach where he works either, unless he finds a reason to stay.   Olivia is blond hair, blue eyes, rich dad. The prettiest girl in Cardiff. She’s hiding something from Kidd—but could…

Synopsis: Key Features Description This inventive picture book shows familiar scenes around the house with important objects labeled, and the story is left up to the reader! This inventive picture book shows familiar scenes around the house with important objects labeled, and the story is left up to the reader! Product Details Item #: NTS588634 ISBN13: 9780545886345 Format: Board Book Pages: 10 Genre: Informational Text Grades: Pre-K Guided Reading Level:…

Synopsis: From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and The Swimmers, this commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese American incarceration camps that is both a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and a resonant lesson for our times.On a sunny day in Berkeley, California, in 1942, a woman sees a sign in a post office window, returns to her home, and matter-of-factly begins to pack her family's possessions.…

Synopsis: From the back cover: Peter the lovebird was rude to everyone -- even to Polly, his mate. When he insulted a mean cat one day, he and Polly were trapped. But they escaped and joined a gang of five other animals. Each has a story to tell about a great escape. This one is Peter and Polly's. Paperback book size: 5.25'' W x 6.25'' H

Synopsis: Durbin tells the exciting story of the 21-year-old phenomenon with the perfect swing, who has taken the golf world by storm, racking up numerous tournament victories and creating a frenzy as a new darling of the media. Part of the "Black Americans of Achievement" series.

Synopsis: The turn of the century brought changes to America that led to new ways of thinking and living. Cover-to-Cover Informational Book.

Synopsis: This enchanting book displays a small sampling of the amusing, touching, and sometimes precocious letters sent to Albert Einstein by children from around the world, and his often witty and very considerate responses. Alice Calaprice has compiled a delightful and charming collection of more than 60 letters, most never published before, from children to perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. Enhancing this correspondence are numerous…

Synopsis: Aaron is plagued by the sounds of crying in his family's new home. Could they be the sobs of his late uncle's missing wife?

Synopsis: Experience the Joy of Music through Story and Song The award-winning duo of Greg…

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Synopsis: A biography of the automobile racer who in 1998 became the first driver to win four International Race of Champions titles.

Synopsis: Join The Very Busy Spider and all her friends in this spooky lift-the-flap board book!With a lift-flap on every spread, this sturdy casebound board book has all the tricks to make it a perfect Halloween treat for beginning readers! Say "Boo" and "Happy Halloween" with some of Eric Carle's most beloved characters, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider.

Synopsis: Essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) propounded a transcendental idealism emphasizing self-reliance, self-culture, and individual expression. The six essays and one address included in this volume, selected from Essays, First Series (1841) and Essays, Second Series (1844), offer a representative sampling of his views outlining that moral idealism as well as a hint of the later skepticism that colored his thought. In…

Synopsis: Tony struggles to find his mentor's killer and get his own life back on track. Available in Spanish as Cuando muere un heroe.