Grade 8
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A Tale of Two Cities
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
After rescuing her father from prison in Paris, Lucie Manette brings him back home to London. There, she is wooed by two similar-looking men: Charles Darney is a Frenchman recently acquitted… Read More →
At All Costs
From the Series The Red Zone
Kyle and Mike share a dream of playing college football. They're both members of the Central High Trojans. And lately their dream is in danger, because Mike has taken some serious hits. A… Read More →
A Timeline History of Early American Indian Peoples
From the Series Timeline Trackers: America's Beginnings
Hundreds, even thousands, of years before Europeans arrived in North America, American Indians had made their homes here. These many groups adapted to the varied lands and climates of what… Read More →
A Timeline History of the California Gold Rush
From the Series Timeline Trackers: Westward Expansion
In 1848, a carpenter named James Marshall discovered that there was gold in the riverbeds of the Sacramento Valley. Gold fever quickly spread across the country and around the world. By the… Read More →
A Timeline History of the Declaration of Independence
From the Series Timeline Trackers: America's Beginnings
By the 1760s, most American colonists had become fed up with British rule. They were tired of the unfair taxes and not being able to create their own laws, and cries for revolution were… Read More →
A Timeline History of the Early American Republic
From the Series Timeline Trackers: America's Beginnings
In September 1783, the United States signed a peace treaty with Great Britain. This event officially ended the Revolutionary War. More importantly, it proclaimed the United States an… Read More →
A Timeline History of the Mexican-American War
From the Series Timeline Trackers: Westward Expansion
By the early and mid-nineteenth century, many US citizens were moving westward. Some of them settled in the territories of Texas and California, which belonged to Mexico at that time. In 1835 Read More →
A Timeline History of the Thirteen Colonies
From the Series Timeline Trackers: America's Beginnings
In the spring of 1607, an English ship landed at modern-day Virginia. The ship's passengers quickly built shelters and a fort. Their settlement, Jamestown, was the first permanent English… Read More →
A Timeline History of the Trail of Tears
From the Series Timeline Trackers: Westward Expansion
In the early nineteenth century, the United States was growing quickly, and many people wanted to set up homes and farms in new areas. For centuries, American Indian nations—including the… Read More →
A Timeline History of the Transcontinental Railroad
From the Series Timeline Trackers: Westward Expansion
In the early nineteenth century, much of the land west of the Mississippi River was not yet part of the United States. Many people dreamed of settling this huge area, but the journey to get… Read More →
A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity
He believes in science, but only magic can help his mom. Twelve-year-old Finn is used to people in his family disappearing. His twin sister, Faith, drowned when they were three years old. A… Read More →
Atomic Structure, 2nd Edition
From the Series Great Ideas of Science
What is matter made of? Scientists have been trying to answer this question for thousands of years. The concept of the atom—the tiniest fragment of a substance that still retains the… Read More →
Attack on Earth — Hardcover Set
From the Series Attack on Earth
After mysterious space ships send an EMP pulse that fries all technology on Earth, teens must survive the chaos of an alien invasion with few tools except their wits. Read More →
Attack on Earth — Paperback Set
From the Series Attack on Earth
After mysterious spaceships send an EMP pulse that fries all technology on Earth, teens must survive the chaos of an alien invasion relying mainly on their wits. Read More →
Attention Hijacked: Using Mindfulness to Reclaim Your Brain from Tech
Technology surrounds us every day: a phone alarm wakes us up, an electronic calendar tracks assignment deadlines, GPS directs us to the new dentist’s office, social media keeps us connected… Read More →
At the Center
From the Series Bounce
Cody's basketball team, The Rebels, has an almost perfect record, thanks to the skills of his best friend Jayson "Dominator" Davis. Jayson is new to the team and to the nearly all-white high… Read More →
At the Edge
From the Series Robyn Hunter Mysteries
Robyn just wants to spend time with her boyfriend, Nick, but he's always busy—with work, with school, or with Danny, a girl from his past who could pass for a supermodel. Robyn's friend… Read More →
At Top Speed
From the Series Quartz Creek Ranch
For Ella, winning has always been the goal, and at Quartz Creek Ranch, she's pretty sure she'll ace horseback riding too. There's just one hitch in her plan: Figure Eight, the beautiful… Read More →
Authority: Deal with it before it deals with you
From the Series Lorimer Deal With It
Young people receive a lot of mixed message when it comes to dealing with authority figures, such as teachers, parents, coaches, team leaders, and others who make decisions for them. Children Read More →
Autism Spectrum Disorders
From the Series USA TODAY Health Reports: Diseases and Disorders
Every year, one out of every 100 children in the United States—or six out of every 1,000 young people worldwide—is diagnosed with autism. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a neurologically… Read More →
Avicenna and the Book of Medicine
From the Series Graphic Science Biographies
Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was a physician and philosopher in an era known as the Islamic Golden Age. When he was not working as a healer in the courts of different rulers, he… Read More →
A World of Knowing: A Story about Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet had a sharp mind and a great determination to make a difference in the world. When Thomas met Alice Cogswell, a little girl who was deaf, he decided to go to Europe… Read More →
A Wounded Name
Ophelia Castellan will never be just another girl at Elsinore Academy. Seeing ghosts is not a skill prized in future society wives. Even when she takes her pills, the bean sidhe beckon,… Read More →
Backfire
From the Series Day of Disaster
After losing his job and getting grounded, Elijah is sure this will be the worst summer ever. Little does he know, it's about to get worse. News breaks that a wildfire is burning out of… Read More →