Grade 6
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Friend Me!: 600 Years of Social Networking in America
Anyone who texts recognizes "LOL," "2G2BT," and "PRW" as shorthand for "laughing out loud," "too good to be true," and "parents are watching." But did you know that in the 1800s—when your… Read More →
Friend or Foe
From the Series Unbarred
Do the crime, do the time behind bars. But once you've been in, it can be tough to stay out. Ian's band is finally taking off. But the band's front man and Ian's best friend, Orlando, can't… Read More →
Friends and Frenemies: The Good, the Bad, and the Awkward
Middle school friendships can be a source of great joy one day, then pain and anxiety the next. Friends and Frenemies examines the complexities of friendship and helps readers start building… Read More →
From Alice to Zen and Everyone in Between
Alice enjoys playing soccer and working on her go-kart. But when she moves to the suburbs, Zen, the boy down the street tells her she has no hope of fitting in at her new middle school unless Read More →
From Jazz Babies to Generation Next: The History of the American Teenager
From the Series People's History
Can you imagine a world without teenagers? Before the early 1900s, the word teenager was not even part of the American vocabulary. The concept of adolescence—those transitional years between Read More →
From Silence to Solidarity: The Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights
From the Series Spotlight on Social Justice
The modern LGBTQ+ community has made significant progress in gaining legal rights and social acceptance compared to decades and centuries ago. However, even as progress has been made, many… Read More →
Frontier Surgeons: A Story about the Mayo Brothers
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
In the 1870s, surgery was a crude affair performed on the patient's kitchen table. In the frontier town of Rochester, Minnesota, Dr. W. W. Mayo brought his young sons, Will and Charlie, to… Read More →
Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed
Studying Antarctica has never been for the fainthearted. "Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman, Captain L. E. G. Oates of the Inniskilling Dragoons. In March 1912, returning from the… Read More →
Fuel under Fire: Petroleum and Its Perils
Every day, people on Earth use about 90 million barrels of petroleum (oil and natural gas) to fuel cars, buses, airplanes, farm equipment, and factories; to heat their homes; and to… Read More →
Full Impact
From the Series Surviving Southside
Norval and Arnie are two of the stars on the Southside High football team. They're best friends off the field, too, and they're both hoping to play college ball some day. When Coach Green… Read More →
Fund Your Future — Library Bound Hardcover Set
From the Series Fund Your Future
How do I save for college? How do I apply for a job? What is compound interest? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more in these practical guides for financial literacy. Read More →
Fun Experiments with Electricity: Mini Robots, Micro Lightning Strikes, and More
From the Series Amazing Science Experiments
Make a robot from a toothbrush, send Morse code messages by telegraph, and create your own lightning! These amazing science projects use readily available items and have simple step-by-step… Read More →
Fun Experiments with Forces and Motion: Hovercrafts, Rockets, and More
From the Series Amazing Science Experiments
Make a rocket from a plastic bottle, a hovercraft from a balloon, and a drag racer from cardboard! These amazing science projects use readily available items and have simple step-by-step… Read More →
Fun Experiments with Light: Periscopes, Kaleidoscopes, and More
From the Series Amazing Science Experiments
Make a camera from cardboard, create stereographic images, and start a campfire with ice! These amazing science projects use readily available items and have simple step-by-step instructions. Read More →
Fun Experiments with Matter: Invisible Ink, Giant Bubbles, and More
From the Series Amazing Science Experiments
Make a giant fountain from a soda pop bottle, write messages in invisible ink, and blow monster bubbles! Use readily available items and simple step-by-step instructions to create these… Read More →
Fun Food Inventions
From the Series Awesome Inventions You Use Every Day
Do you know what happened when a kid forgot his glass of soda with a stir stick in it outside on a freezing cold night? Popsicles were invented! And did you know ancient people loved to chew… Read More →
Funky-Featured Dinosaurs
From the Series Dinosaurs
Dive into the world of funky-featured dinosaurs in this spectacular book for curious kids! Funky-Featured Dinosaurs is filled with incredible full-color illustrations and bite-sized facts… Read More →
Funny Money
This fun, fact-filled book about money also tickles the funny bone. Lots of jokes, riddles, and cartoon-style art will keep kids turning the pages as they learn about the history,… Read More →
Fur Ball of the Apocalypse: Book 4
From the Series Dead Max Comix
Derrick's goldfish friends, Finn and Gillian, have gone missing! Things take a turn for the weird when Derrick realizes his two science teachers are also nowhere to be found. Is it possible… Read More →
Future Energy
From the Series Earth in Danger
Look to the future! Discover the problems with energy and the renewable energy technology combatting it. Find out about clean energy; what it means and how it is the best solution for air… Read More →
Future Forward: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence
Author Stephanie Sammartino McPherson covers the compelling history of artificial intelligence (AI) to set the stage for its use in the modern world. Find out about the many fields where AI… Read More →
Gal Gadot: Soldier, Model, Wonder Woman
From the Series Gateway Biographies
In 2017 the movie Wonder Woman became a box-office hit, breaking records and earning hundreds of millions of dollars. Israeli actor Gal Gadot played Wonder Woman—a fierce and compassionate… Read More →
Galileo Galilei and the Movement of the Planets
From the Series Graphic Science Biographies
Galileo Galilei believed in the power of scientific observation over traditional ideas. His close study of the night sky helped support the theory that planets move around the sun. His… Read More →
Gallows Hill
Salem, Massachusetts - 1692 Thomas is marked as an outcast the moment he steps off the ship from England. As a Quaker, he’s outnumbered and distrusted by Salem’s Puritans. And as an orphan… Read More →