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2510 records found. Displaying 1921 - 1944.
The Comeback
From the Series Lorimer Sports Stories
On the surface, fourteen-year-old Chris is pretty average, playing hockey and having friends. But underneath it all, Chris is depressed. He quits his hockey team, but his doctor suggests that Read More →
The Comedy of Errors
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
The merchant Egeon is caught crossing the border from Syracuse into the rival city of Ephesus—a crime punishable by death. But Egeon isn't a criminal; he's merely trying to find his wife and… Read More →
The Communist Manifesto
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
The Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential political books in the world, despite being over one hundred years old. German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels authored the… Read More →
The Confessional
From the Series Suspended
I may be in trouble...but there's more to my story. All Jenny Vang wants to do is fit in. Not be popular. Not be cool. Just fit in. After changing schools more than once, she's an expert at Read More →
The Conformity
From the Series The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy
Mr. Quincrux is dead. Armistead Lucius Priest, founder of the Society of Extranaturals, is now seated uneasily in his protégés flesh, and though Priest's powers are not inconsiderable, the… Read More →
The Conquests of Alexander the Great, 2nd Edition
From the Series Pivotal Moments in History
As legend has it, a young prince, Alexander, once subdued a wild stallion others couldn’t control. Impressed by the youngster’s bravery, his father, King Philip of Macedonia, predicted that… Read More →
The Conquests of Genghis Khan
From the Series Pivotal Moments in History
Can one man really change the world? If that man is Genghis Khan, the answer is yes. Born around 1161, Temujin, as he was named, grew up in humble surroundings. As a teenager, he fled from… Read More →
The Contest — Library Bound Hardcover Set
From the Series The Contest
Four teenagers in need of money and a second chance are offered the chance to enter a mysterious high-stakes "contest" with a $10 million prize. To compete, they each must do a series of… Read More →
The Count of Monte Cristo
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
Betrayed by his closest companions who are jealous of his success and his beautiful fiancée, Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned in Château d’If in France. The prison is home to the most… Read More →
The Country Artist: A Story about Beatrix Potter
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Tea with a hedgehog and supper with a rabbit? Beatrix Potter entertained guests that most people--certainly Beatrix Potter's proper Victorian parents--would have thought belonged in a meadow, Read More →
The Courage of Elfina
Twelve-year-old Elfina lives with her grandmother in Paraguay. When a distant relative offers to have Elfina come live with her in the city so she can attend school, Elfina's grandmother… Read More →
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Coronavirus Timeline
From the Series Gateway Biographies
In late 2019 the Chinese city of Wuhan reported several cases of what doctors thought was pneumonia. But it wasn't long before officials identified a new coronavirus behind the outbreak:… Read More →
The Craft-a-Day Book: 30 Projects to Make with Recycled Materials
Reduce, reuse, and recycle with ideas from The Craft-a-Day Book. You can put the three Rs to work with these thirty awesome crafts! Using recycled and reusable materials from around the… Read More →
The Crazy Careers of Video Game Designers
From the Series ShockZone ™ — Games and Gamers
You might think that working in the video game industry is all fun and, well...games. Jobs like combat designer and animator sound pretty exciting. But do you know what it really takes to do… Read More →
The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories
From acclaimed and New York Times best-selling YA authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff comes The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories. • A vampire locked in a cage… Read More →
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: And Other Tales of the Jazz Age
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
Tales of the Jazz Age is a collection of eleven short stories by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three thematic parts, the anthology highlights Fitzgerald's signature… Read More →
The Cursed Ballet
From the Series The Dario Quincy Academy of Dance
Every time the Dario Quincy Academy has performed Giselle, the ballet's lead dancer has died. That's what the rumors say, anyway. But Ophelia doesn't believe in all that. She's determined to… Read More →
The Dark Divine
From the Series The Dark Divine
Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared—the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in… Read More →
The Date
From the Series The Do-Over
On the last day of school, Maribel attempts to ask her crush, Evan, out on a date to the bonfire party that night. After multiple failed attempts—including an embarrassing moment caused by a… Read More →
The Daytona 500: The Thrill and Thunder of the Great American Race
From the Series Spectacular Sports
Who won the first Daytona 500? What do teams do to prepare their cars for 500 miles of hard, high-speed racing? Who gave the Daytona 500 the nickname the "Great American Race"? Learn all… Read More →
The Deadening: Book 1
From the Series Dead Max Comix
Derrick Hollis is a 7th grader at Zachary Taylor Middle School and an aspiring cartoonist, too shy to show his work to anybody but his best friend Doug. When his dog Max dies, Derrick is left Read More →
The Deep Blue Between
Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina have always shared their lives. But after a raid on their village in 1892, the twins are torn apart. Taken in different directions, far from their home in… Read More →
The Deep End Demon
From the Series Demon Hunter
Damon is no stranger to trouble. His secret life as a demon hunter has seen to that. A relaxing summer day at the water park for Damon, Liam, and Madelyn is interrupted when two children go… Read More →
The Denim Diaries: A Memoir
Laurie Boyle Crompton’s coming of age in rural Pennsylvania and the New York City area in the 1970s and 1980s was anything but idyllic. In moving verse accompanied by diary-esque sketches,… Read More →