Grade 8
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Tales for Hard Times: A Story about Charles Dickens
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
As a small boy, Charles Dickens worked in a dark, musty London warehouse, pasting labels onto pots of boot polish. He tried not to listen to his grumbling stomach or the rats squeaking on the Read More →
Tales from the Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest with Pete Athans
The journey up Mount Everest is never easy. Climbers risk their lives as they struggle around jagged towers of ice, over snow-covered boulders, and across gaping crevasses. Pete Athans knows… Read More →
Tarantulas: Supersized Predators
From the Series Arachnid World
What is that huge, hairy spider—the size of a dinner plate? It's a tarantula! In this book, you will learn how tarantulas are similar to and different from other arachnids. Close-up… Read More →
Target
From the Series The Alternative
Moving off the reservation and enrolling at Rondo Alternative High School is supposed to give Frankie a new start. But leaving gang life proves harder than Frankie ever imagined, as his… Read More →
Taylor Swift: Superstar Singer and Songwriter
From the Series Gateway Biographies
From her early career in country music to her chart-topping pop hits, learn more about singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. Read More →
Team Fugee
From the Series Soccer United: Team Refugee
Two years after his birth parents disappeared from their home in Nigeria, newly adopted Ozzie moves to Canada. At his new school, Ozzie and the other Nigerian kids compete for time on the… Read More →
Team Player
From the Series AI High
When android teens join humans in high school, nothing will ever be the same. After years of hard work, Danny is finally the starting quarterback for the Fitzgerald Flash. But his senior… Read More →
Teasing: Deal with it before the joke's on you
From the Series Lorimer Deal With It
Humor is a great way to deal with conflict, but it can lead to conflict, too. Whether intentional or not, teasing can cause offense, hurt feelings, and create misunderstandings. This book… Read More →
Technology through the Ages — Hardcover Set
From the Series Technology through the Ages
Ancient societies developed incredible inventions and complex techniques that continue to surprise scientists and historians today. Discover how ancient innovations laid the groundwork for… Read More →
Technology Top Tens
From the Series Entertainment's Top 10
Quick! What's the most-used smartphone app? The answer's right here. Check out these top 10 lists to learn about top-notch tech from video games to cool new gadgets. Each list is based on… Read More →
Teen Incarceration: From Cell Bars to Ankle Bracelets
In the United States, the conversation about teen incarceration has moved from one extreme to another. For centuries, execution of juvenile offenders was legal. By the twenty-first century,… Read More →
Teen Innovators: Nine Young People Engineering a Better World with Creative Inventions
Teen Innovators tells the stories of discovery and the inventions of nine young students. For example, twelve-year-old Gitanjali Rao, appalled by the tragedy in Flint, Michigan, found a… Read More →
Tell Me: What Children Really Want to Know about Bodies, Sex, and Emotions
An honest and funny book for children aged 8 and up who really want to know about bodies, sex and emotions – and aren’t afraid to ask. How much sex education do children need? As much as… Read More →
Termites: Hardworking Insect Families
From the Series Insect World
Watch one of nature’s hardest-working insect families in action—termites! Hundreds of thousands of termites can live together in one nest. The termite queen spends her life laying eggs. The… Read More →
Terror Alert: Using Science to Fight Terrorism
From the Series Crime Science
Acts of terror cause devastation, which is why crime agencies use everything at their disposal to stop them. This fascinating book explains how the most brilliant scientific minds are… Read More →
Terrorist: Gavrilo Princip, the Assassin Who Ignited World War I
"I am not a criminal, because I destroyed that which was evil. I think that I'm good."—Gavrilo Princip, October 23, 1914. This much we know: On June 28, 1914, a young man stood on a street… Read More →
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
A poor peddler, John Durbeyfield learns he is related to an ancient noble family: the d'Urbervilles. To gain part of the fortune, he sends his eldest daughter, Tess, to the d'Urberville… Read More →
Testing the Truth
From the Series Suspended
I may be in trouble...but there's more to my story. When Kai Tamura sneaks into Ms. Opal's classroom for a look at an upcoming exam, he discovers that he's not the only one breaking rules.… Read More →
Thaw
From the Series Night Fall ™
A July storm caused a major power outage in Bridgewater. Now a research project at the Institute for Cryogenic Experimentation has been ruined, and the thawed-out bodies of twenty-seven… Read More →
The Accident
From the Series The Do-Over
When Daniel's friends invite him to a house party, he thinks it's a bad idea. But after some convincing, he agrees to go. On the way there, they get into a car accident and one of his friends Read More →
The Accursed Inheritance of Henrietta Achilles: Book 1
From the Series A House Divided
"Beautifully drawn, great facial expressions, great humor and mystery and fun, all the things you want an adventure fantasy comic to be!" —Kate Beaton The life of Henrietta Achilles is about… Read More →
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
Huckleberry Finn has just been adopted by the Widow Douglass and her sister, and both are committed to changing Huck's "uncivilized" ways. Clean clothes, good manners, and steady church and… Read More →
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
No mystery is too challenging for the infamous detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson. Holmes is at his best when the job seems impossible—or just plain absurd. From cases… Read More →
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
Whether tricking other boys into doing his work or sneaking off to bury a dead cat, Tom Sawyer is a boy with a fondness for mischief. But things become grim when he and his pal Huck Finn… Read More →