Grade 8

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The Science Behind Epic Earthquakes

From the Series Disaster Zone

Earth—it’s a disaster zone! For thousands of years, Earth has been shaking and shuddering with enormous earthquakes that rip through its crust and crack it wide open. But what causes these… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • ATOS: 6.2
  • Dewey: 551
  • Copyright: 2022

The Science Behind Hurricane Horrors

From the Series Disaster Zone

Earth—it’s a disaster zone! For thousands of years, Earth has been battered by horrific hurricanes that rage across its surface, wreaking devastation as they move. But what causes these… Read More →

  • Lexile: 930
  • ATOS: 6.3
  • Dewey: 551
  • Copyright: 2022

The Science Behind Mega Tsunamis

From the Series Disaster Zone

Earth—it’s a disaster zone! For thousands of years, Earth has been awash with mega tsunamis that surge across its surface, destroying everything in their paths. But what causes these awesome… Read More →

  • Lexile: 970
  • ATOS: 6.0
  • Dewey: 551
  • Copyright: 2022

The Science Behind Raging Wildfires

From the Series Disaster Zone

Earth—it’s a disaster zone! For thousands of years, Earth has been set alight by raging wildfires that rip across its surface, torching everything in their paths. But what causes these… Read More →

  • Lexile: 930
  • ATOS: 5.8
  • Dewey: 634
  • Copyright: 2022

The Science Behind Super Floods

From the Series Disaster Zone

Earth—it’s a disaster zone! For thousands of years, Earth has been awash with fearsome floods that race across its surface, destroying everything in their paths. But what causes these awesome Read More →

  • Lexile: 910
  • ATOS: 6.0
  • Dewey: 551
  • Copyright: 2022

The Science Behind Supervolcanoes

From the Series Disaster Zone

Earth—it’s a disaster zone! For thousands of years, Earth has been exploding with super volcanoes whose magma flows and gas clouds destroy everything in their paths. But what causes these… Read More →

  • Lexile: 990
  • ATOS: 6.0
  • Dewey: 551
  • Copyright: 2022

The Science of Cancer

From the Series STEM Body

New breakthroughs in particle acceleration allow tumors to be irradiated in milliseconds. Using genetics, doctors can attack cancers and their causes in ever more targeted ways. Nanoparticles Read More →

  • Lexile: 740
  • Dewey: 616.99
  • Copyright: 2021

The Science of the Coronavirus

From the Series COVID-19

COVID-19 has taken the entire world by storm. Many of the smartest people on Earth have been working to find treatments, a vaccine, and ultimately, a cure. So what exactly is COVID-19? What… Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • Dewey: 616.2/414
  • Copyright: 2021

The Secret Garden

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

Spoiled and rude, Mary Lennox has been raised by servants as her parents had no time for her. When her parents die in a cholera epidemic, Mary suddenly becomes an orphan. She moves to her… Read More →

  • Lexile: 970
  • ATOS: 6.3
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

The Secret Life of Kitty Granger

Sixteen-year-old Kitty Granger has always known that others consider her peculiar. She hates noise and crowds, tends to fixate on patterns, and often feels acutely aware of her surroundings… Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021

The Secret Mummy: Book 4

From the Series Mortensen's Escapades

In the sleepy village of Brasov, nestled in a region of Romania better known as Transylvania, seven villagers have been found with fang marks on their necks. Mortensen isn't the superstitious Read More →

  • Lexile: 510
  • ATOS: 3.4
  • Dewey: 741.5'9489
  • Copyright: 2013

The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story

According to legend, a group of Jewish families survived the Holocaust by hiding out for months in the 77 miles of caves in Ukraine known as Priest's Grotto. Cavers Taylor and Nicola… Read More →

  • ATOS: 8.0
  • Dewey: 940.53'180922477
  • Copyright: 2007

The Secret of the Weeping Woods

From the Series The Outfit

The Outfit had never really believed the stories about the ghosts of the Weeping Woods. But as they investigate the mysterious cries, the truth suddenly becomes stranger and more terrifying… Read More →

  • Lexile: 620
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

Theseus: Battling the Minotaur [A Greek Myth]

From the Series Graphic Myths and Legends

Raised by his mother and tutor, young Theseus finally learns the truth of his birth: he is the son of King Aegeus, ruler of Athens. Armed with his father’s shield, he sets out to claim his… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • ATOS: 3.2
  • Dewey: 741.5'973
  • Copyright: 2008

The Shadow Prince

From the Series Into the Dark

Haden Lord, the disgraced prince of the Underrealm, has been sent to the mortal world to entice a girl into returning with him to the land of the dead. Posing as a student at Olympus Hills… Read More →

  • Lexile: 780
  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

The Shanghai Incident

From the Series Master Diplexito and Mr. Scant

The pursuit of an international crime syndicate sends British vigilante butler Mr. Scant and his protégé Oliver Diplexito on a globe-hopping trip. After defeating a sinister secret society in Read More →

  • Lexile: 820
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

The Slave Trade: Black Lives and the Drive for Profit

From the Series American Slavery and the Fight for Freedom (Read Woke ™ Books)

Racism and profit were driving forces in the growth of slavery. The transatlantic trade of enslaved people saw millions of kidnapped Africans sent around the world, many of them to the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1030
  • Dewey: 306.3/6209
  • Copyright: 2022

The Smiths

From the Series Families of Fame & Fortune

Meet the Smiths, a family of music and movie superstars. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, with their children Trey, Jaden, and Willow, make up a family of talented performers. The family… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • Dewey: 791.4302
  • Copyright: 2022

The Smoking Mountain: The Story of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl [An Aztec Legend]

From the Series Graphic Myths and Legends

From the ancient legends of the Aztecs, comes the story of a love as enduring as a mountain: The Aztec Emperor has many children, but Princess Izta is dearest to his heart. The Emperor has… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: 741.5'973
  • Copyright: 2009

The Souls of Black Folk

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

This collection of essays by American author W. E. B. Du Bois highlights the trials and tribulations facing African Americans in the early twentieth century, as they came to terms with the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1280
  • ATOS: 9.6
  • Dewey: 973/.0496073
  • Copyright: 2016

The Spy Who Raised Me

Some parents want their children to turn out just like them. Only a few secretly turn their kids into elite special operatives. Josie Black can infiltrate any building, speak a dozen… Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2021

The Stand-In

The inspiration for the Netflix original film, The Perfect Date! When Brooks volunteered to be a stand-in for Burdette's cousin who got stood up for Homecoming, it was with the noblest of… Read More →

  • Lexile: 750
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2016

The Stanley Cup Playoffs: The Quest for Hockey's Biggest Prize

From the Series Spectacular Sports

Hockey is a thrilling, fast-paced sport, and the action gets even more intense during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Fans can't get enough of the booming slap shots, the devastating body checks,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1040
  • Dewey: 796.962/648
  • Copyright: 2020

The Star Snatcher’s Planet: Book 5

From the Series The Little Prince

The Chlorophyllians, a farming people, are having serious problems with their crops—all the plants are dying. The Little Prince can see that the problem is the fading starlight, which has a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 540
  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Dewey: 741.5'944
  • Copyright: 2013