Grade 8

Times are tough for shrimpers and fishers in the Gulf of Mexico. The animals they rely on for their livelihood are harder to find. Every summer a dead zone—a region of low oxygen—emerges in… Read More →

Cyberbullying is a major problem among teens today. So what can they do to protect themselves? This essential teen guide explains everything young people need to know about cyberbullying. It… Read More →

Dear Teen Me includes advice from over 70 YA authors (including Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder, to name a few) to their teenage selves. The letters cover a wide range of… Read More →

Damon is no stranger to trouble. His secret life as a demon hunter has seen to that. All Damon wants is to relax after his scouting trip. But when mysterious deaths in town seem eerily like… Read More →

Everyone dies . . . but what happens inside the human body when death occurs? What body systems are key for holding on to life? And what value does studying death have for those of us still… Read More →

What happens to the bodies of animals and humans after death? Nature's army of death eaters steps in to take care of clean up. Without these masters of decomposition, our planet would be… Read More →

New York, December 8, 1980: The announcement shocked the world. Beatles founder and legendary musician John Lennon had been murdered in front of his New York home. With no warning, a lone… Read More →

In the deep woods of Pikes Landing, New York, on a Seneca reservation a girl is found murdered with an arrow through her heart. When they hear about the shocking death, Vivi and her father,… Read More →

In 2021, Deb Haaland made history as the first Native American cabinet secretary in US history. As Secretary of the Interior, Haaland championed environmental protections and helped restore… Read More →

We live in an era of misinformation, much of it spread by authority figures, including politicians, religious leaders, broadcasters, and, of course, apps and websites. In this second… Read More →

In the mid-1980s, some geneticists proposed a daring project to sequence the human genome. That meant figuring out the exact order of the three billion chemical pairs that make up human DNA.… Read More →

When the heat goes out in Zach's family cabin during a massive blizzard, isolation sets in. Suddenly, what had been quiet woods seem deadly. Zach and his dog are forced out of their cabin… Read More →

In the twenty-first century, because of climate change and other human activities, many animal species have become extinct, and many others are at risk of extinction. Once they are gone, we… Read More →

The United States Department of Defense has more than four hundred military bases across the country. They are used to house and train personnel, keep watch of enemies, support allies, and .… Read More →

Deion Sanders made history as a professional football and baseball player, becoming the first person to compete in a Super Bowl and a World Series. But he wasn’t just known for his incredible Read More →

Mary Ann Shadd Cary spent her entire lifetime fighting for justice and equality for African Americans. Born a free African American in the 1820s, Cary started schools for black children and… Read More →

This graphic novel tells the story of Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest, and her daughter, Persephone. Demeter rules over a perpetual summer on earth, where crops, trees, and flowers… Read More →

A democracy is a form of government in which ordinary people take part in running their country and is the bedrock of many Western governments. But how does this idea work in action? This… Read More →

Have you ever seen a car crash? How about dozens of car crashes all at the same time? At demolition derbies, you'll see drivers ram their cars into one another until only one car remains… Read More →

The smallest Scandinavian country, Denmark was once home to Vikings who used the country's abundant coastline to raid nearby lands. Today, Danes enjoy one of the highest standards of living… Read More →