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The Aztecs: Ruthless Warriors and Bloody Sacrifice

From the Series Deadly History

From being sacrificed to the gods through fighting brutal battles, daily life in Aztec times was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how horrible it was… Read More →

  • Dewey: 930
  • Copyright: 2023

The Hoop and the Harm

Udoka Clendon is a first-year university student and a product of basketball systems that have produced professional players. He's been pushed relentlessly by the obsessive mentorship of his… Read More →

  • Lexile: 810
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Maya: Fearsome Fighters and Scary Sacrifice

From the Series Deadly History

From being made into a mummy through being sacrificed to the gods, daily life in the Mayan world was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how horrible it… Read More →

  • Dewey: 930
  • Copyright: 2023

The Romans: Gory Gladiators and Cruel Conquerors

From the Series Deadly History

From fighting as a gladiator through being fed to the lions, daily life in the Roman Empire was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how horrible it was… Read More →

  • Dewey: 930
  • Copyright: 2023

The Vikings: Raids of Terror and Bloody Battles

From the Series Deadly History

From fighting bloodthirsty battles through being sacrificed to the gods, daily life in the Viking world was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how… Read More →

  • Dewey: 930
  • Copyright: 2023

Tracking a Killer: Using Science to Solve Homicides

From the Series Crime Science

When a murder is committed, crime investigators do all they can to solve the crime—and stop the criminal before they strike again. This fascinating book shows readers how the very latest… Read More →

  • Dewey: 340
  • Copyright: 2023

Wolves: And Their Food Chains

From the Series Food Chain Kings

Armed with lethal fangs, endless endurance, and an incredible intelligence, the wolf is an amazing predator! Readers will discover how the apex hunter tracks down and kills its prey with… Read More →

  • Dewey: 599
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Any Body: A Comic Compendium of Important Facts and Feelings about Our Bodies
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Any Body: A Comic Compendium of Important Facts and Feelings about Our Bodies

An honest, humorous and factual book for children and early teens who want to understand and feel at home with their own bodies. Sometimes we feel uncomfortable in our own skin, sometimes… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War
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Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War

Honor and Fidelity. That is the motto of the 65th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Borinqueneers, the only Puerto Rican unit in the United States Army. Since the regiment’s creation in… Read More →

  • Dewey: 951.904/24
  • Copyright: 2023

Strange Alliances: Book 2

From the Series Seekers of the Aweto

Xinyue, a treasure hunter turned guardian of a baby deity, has escaped death—and awakened in a strange new land. Qiliu, the boy he once called brother, has been captured by enemies—and must… Read More →

  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2023

The Weight of Everything

It’s been six months since Sarah’s mom died. Three months since her dad fell apart. Sarah has left her fine arts boarding school to take care of her dad and her little brother, and now she’s… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Climate Warriors: Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways We Can Save Our Planet
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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 →

  • Dewey: 363.738/74
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Not So Shy
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Not So Shy

Twelve-year-old Shai hates everything about moving to America from Israel. She's determined to come up with a plan that will get her back home. Maybe she can go back with her grandparents… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be
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Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be

What makes a family? The ties that bind a family together can be complicated. People define family using genetics, legal commitments, physical and emotional connections, a combination of… Read More →

  • Dewey: 612.6
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
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Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself

“Permit me to lay at your feet the following genuine Narrative . . .” Olaudah Equiano was a writer and abolitionist whose autobiography, The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano, captured… Read More →

  • Dewey: 306.3/62092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: The Big Backyard: The Solar System beyond Pluto
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The Big Backyard: The Solar System beyond Pluto

Thousands of years ago, humans believed that Earth was the center of the universe, that the world they lived on was all there was. Truthfully, the solar system extends almost halfway to the… Read More →

  • Dewey: 523.49
  • Copyright: 2023

The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent

Eighteen-year-old Del is in a healthier place than she was a year and a half ago: She’s sober, getting treatment for her depression and anxiety, and volunteering at a suicide-prevention… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Green Girls

Emma, Lily, and Fadila want to save the planet . . . but no one around them seems to care. Frustrated, they name themselves the Green Girls, take to social media, and launch a series of bold Read More →

  • Dewey: 741.5/944
  • Copyright: 2023

King Charles III: Claiming the British Crown

From the Series Gateway Biographies

As the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Charles was named heir to the British throne in 1969. When his mother died in 2022 after a seventy-year reign, Charles became the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • ATOS: 5.9
  • Dewey: 941.086/2092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2023

Ada Lovelace and the Start of Computers

From the Series Graphic Science Biographies

Ada Lovelace turned her powerful imagination into a vision of the future, predicting the impact of computers on human life. Lovelace had a unique education and embraced mathematics. She… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • ATOS: 4.1
  • Dewey: 510.92 [B]
  • Copyright: 2023

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 →

  • Lexile: 680
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: 181/.5
  • Copyright: 2023

Galileo Galilei and the Movement of the Planets

From the Series Graphic Science Biographies

Galileo Galilei believed in the power of scientific observation over traditional ideas. His close study of the night sky helped support the theory that planets move around the sun. His… Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • ATOS: 3.5
  • Dewey: 520.92 [B]
  • Copyright: 2023
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Graphic Science Biographies — Hardcover Set

From the Series Graphic Science Biographies

Explore the lives of scientists who changed how people see the world. The books follow famous scientists from their childhoods onward, inspiring young readers to value of their own curiosity… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $153.25
  • Your Price: $114.94
  • 5 titles

Louis Pasteur and the Power of Observation

From the Series Graphic Science Biographies

Louis Pasteur's passion for laboratory experiments led to major, life-saving changes in medicine. His research targeted unusual problems from the spoiling of wine to disease in French… Read More →

  • Lexile: 660
  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: 579/.092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2023