Grade 8
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Cleaning Up Transportation: It's Time to Take Eco Action!
From the Series Eco Action
Earth is under threat. Today, our planet faces huge challenges as a result of human actions. The time has come to replace those negative actions with positive ones—it's time to take eco… Read More →
Clever Cats!: Amazing Cat Adventures
From the Series Explore!
Cats are special, and they know it! Cats live across the world and have been pets to humans for many thousands of years. You can find cats wherever humans are living, adventuring, and… Read More →
Click!: A Story about George Eastman
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
When George Eastman decided to make photography his hobby, "simple" was hardly the word to describe the pastime. He had to lug 50 pounds of camera equipment around with him, including the… Read More →
Climate Migrants: On the Move in a Warming World
Around the world, from US coastal towns to island nations of the Pacific and the deserts of Africa, people are in danger of losing their homes. Some have already fled. Others know they are… Read More →
Climate Warriors: Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways We Can Save Our Planet
Who do you think of when you imagine a climate scientist? Maybe a biologist? Or a chemist? But economists study the climate too! Meet fourteen different scientists who are working to solve… Read More →
Cliques: Deal with it using what you have inside
From the Series Lorimer Deal With It
As long as there have been girls in schools, there have been cliques—a particularly malicious and subtle form of bullying that isn't always recognized for what it is. And with the growing… Read More →
Clock Striker — Hardcover Set
From the Series Clock Striker
Clock Striker follows Shonen manga's first Black female lead hero, Cast, in her quest to become a member of the SMITHS, the legendary warrior engineers and problem solvers. The problem?… Read More →
Cloning Humans
From the Series STEM Body
What makes a person who they are? This is one of the fundamental questions of human life. Scientists of the 21st century have made rapid advances in cloning and editing human DNA and cells,… Read More →
Close Encounters
From the Series Origins: Urban Legends
Strange lights are seen dancing above a ridge of mountains in Appalachia—too quick to be satellites and too random to be planes. Large symbols have been pressed into fields of crops, visible… Read More →
Coding Camp Chaos: Book 3
From the Series The Robot Makers
When the robot soccer crew and their battle-robot rivals both attend the same coding camp, they get news that ramps up the competition. When the camp ends, only one club will be left… Read More →
Cold Case Closed: Using Science to Crack Cold Cases
From the Series Crime Science
In this exciting exploration of crime science, readers will discover how cutting-edge science and state-of-the-art technology are the weapons of choice in the battle to solve cold cases. With Read More →
Colin Kaepernick: From Free Agent to Change Agent
From the Series Gateway Biographies
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick drew positive and negative attention for kneeling during the national anthem to protest police violence against minorities in 2016. Two years later, he Read More →
Collateral Damage
From the Series Support and Defend
Having a parent return from military duty is a dream come true. But sometimes, coming home comes with problems. Tyshawn can't wait to show off his three-pointers. His dad, a former… Read More →
Combat Zone
From the Series Support and Defend
Having a parent return from military duty is a dream come true. But sometimes, coming home comes with problems. Justin's got it all planned out. He's going to graduate high school, enroll at Read More →
Come Morning
From the Series Adventures in Time
Twelve-year-old Freedman and his father Nehemiah, a freed slave, make their living on a farm in Delaware during the 1850s. When Nehemiah is taken prisoner by slave-hunters in the Deep South,… Read More →
Coming Up Clutch: The Greatest Upsets, Comebacks, and Finishes in Sports History
From the Series Spectacular Sports
The sports world is full of epic comebacks, upsets, chokes, and clutch performances. The most memorable buzzer-beating baskets, double-digit comebacks, and unexpected meltdowns are all here… Read More →
Common Sense and Other Works by Thomas Paine
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
Known as the Father of the American Revolution, English-American author Thomas Paine became famous for two pamphlets that inspired the colonists to fight for their independence. Common Sense, Read More →
Communication Smarts: How to Express Yourself Best in Conversations, Texts, E-mails, and More
From the Series USA TODAY Teen Wise Guides: Lifestyle Choices
Email, cell phones, Facebook, texts, letters … even good old-fashioned face-to-face conversation. Teens today have all kinds of choices when it comes to communication. But did you know that… Read More →
Competition: Deal with it from start to finish
From the Series Lorimer Deal With It
A competitive streak can be the driving force behind excellence in school, sports, and other pursuits. Some young people take competition too far, however, or fear competition and avoid it at Read More →
Computing through the Ages: From Bones to Binary
From the Series Technology through the Ages
Every civilization throughout history needed one thing to trade, build, and farm: math. Explore the many unique computing systems created by ancient civilizations and how they developed into… Read More →
Conflict Resolution Smarts: How to Communicate, Negotiate, Compromise, and More
From the Series USA TODAY Teen Wise Guides: Time, Money, and Relationships
Conflict—nobody likes it. And from the hallways of your school to the family dinner table, conflict can be hard to avoid. But conflict doesn't have to be all bad. If you handle a conflict… Read More →
Consent: Deal with it before boundaries get crossed
From the Series Lorimer Deal With It
Consent isn't just about sex. From an early age, kids are taught to respect personal space. They learn to express themselves and how they feel. While they must be taught that kissing,… Read More →
Contaminated
From the Series Contaminated
After the Contamination—an epidemic caused by the super-trendy diet drink SlimPro that turned ordinary citizens into shambling creatures unable to control their violent impulses—the… Read More →
Contaminated — Paperback Set
From the Series Contaminated
A diet drink has just contaminated a large population of the United States, and chaos is rapidly spreading throughout the country. The government decides to corral the contaminated into dog… Read More →