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Malala Yousafzai: Shot by the Taliban, Still Fighting for Equal Education

From the Series Gateway Biographies

On October 9, 2012, Malala Yousafzai was on her way home from school in Swat Valley, Pakistan, when she was shot in the head by members of the Taliban. Though she was only fifteen years old,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 750
  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Dewey: 371.822095491
  • Copyright: 2015

Mallory Goes Green!

From the Series Mallory

Mallory McDonald is going green! As an official member of the Fern Falls Elementary Environmental Committee, Mallory is super excited to make her school and home more environmentally… Read More →

  • Lexile: 700
  • ATOS: 4.4
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2010

Mallory McDonald, Baby Expert

From the Series Mallory

There's a new baby on Wish Pond Road, and Mallory has had all the baby talk she can take! Mallory wants to be excited about Mary Ann and Joey's new brother, Charlie. But she can't help… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

Math on the Move

From the Series Math Everywhere!

Math is everywhere when you're traveling! See who's on the move inside this book—and how we need math to finish the trip! You'll need your math smarts to calculate time, distance, and speed,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 630
  • ATOS: 4.0
  • Dewey: 530.8
  • Copyright: 2015

Mikaela Shiffrin

From the Series Amazing Athletes

Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin won her first world championship in slalom in 2013. She was just getting warmed up. In 2014, she won a gold medal in the same event as a member of Team USA at… Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • ATOS: 4.8
  • Dewey: 796.93092
  • Copyright: 2015
Cover: Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball
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Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball

Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, he played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a Read More →

  • Lexile: 480
  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: 796.357092
  • Copyright: 2013

Nelson Mandela: World Leader for Human Rights

From the Series Gateway Biographies

On December 5, 2013, former South African President Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95. People around the world mourned the death of this human rights activist. Thousands of South… Read More →

  • Lexile: 860
  • ATOS: 5.8
  • Dewey: 968.06'5092
  • Copyright: 2015

Night of the Living Dogs: Book 3

From the Series Chicagoland Detective Agency

Yes, Chicagoland is an odd place. But the word is out that Megan, Raf, and Raf's talking dog Bradley are the team to go to when weirder things than usual start happening. Their Chicagoland… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • ATOS: 3.0
  • Dewey: 741.5'973
  • Copyright: 2012

Nightmare on Zombie Island: Book 5

From the Series Twisted Journeys ®

Legend says no one can escape the curse of Zombie Island—will you be the first? Every Twisted Journeys® graphic novel lets YOU control the action by choosing which path to follow. Which… Read More →

  • Dewey: 741.5'973
  • Copyright: 2008
Cover: No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
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No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller

"You can't walk straight on a crooked line. You do you'll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked system?" Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • ATOS: 5.5
  • Dewey: 381'.45002097471
  • Copyright: 2012
Cover: Out of Sync
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Out of Sync

From the Series Counterattack

Since they were six-year-olds, Madison and Dayton have had soccer sync. Maddie doesn't have to see her best friend on the field to know where she'll be. Her passes to Dayton are perfect, as… Read More →

  • Lexile: 740
  • ATOS: 4.5
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013

Peril at Summerland Park: Book 20

From the Series Twisted Journeys ®

You and your friends had no trouble breaking into the abandoned Summerland Amusement Park. Getting out won't be as easy. Can you escape the sinister creatures that dwell among the rides?… Read More →

  • Dewey: 741.5'973
  • Copyright: 2012
Cover: Plan B
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Plan B

From the Series Surviving Southside

Is this happily ever after? Lucy has her life planned out: she'll graduate and then join her boyfriend, Luke, at college in Austin. She'll become a Spanish teacher and of course they'll get Read More →

  • Lexile: 430
  • ATOS: 3.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011

Play It Again, Mallory

From the Series Mallory

Mallory is excited about the six-week arts electives program at Fern Falls Elementary—until she gets stuck in her last-choice class, band. To make matters worse, she is assigned to the tuba,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013

Playing with Light and Shadows

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Light and Sound

Young readers will learn how shadows are made with light in this accessible, photo-filled book. Simple text explains different kinds of shadows and teaches students how they can make their… Read More →

  • Lexile: 370
  • ATOS: 1.8
  • Dewey: 535
  • Copyright: 2015
Cover: Recruited
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Recruited

From the Series Surviving Southside

He's destined for the NFL. Kadeem Jones is a star quarterback for Southside High. He is thrilled when college scouts seek him out. His visit to Teller College is amazing. College… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist
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Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist

"I remember the day I lost my spirit." So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Ša, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 940
  • ATOS: 6.1
  • Dewey: 978.004'975243
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Remaking the John: The Invention and Reinvention of the Toilet
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Remaking the John: The Invention and Reinvention of the Toilet

Did you know that about 40 percent of the world's population lives without toilets? That's more than two billion people, most of whom live in rural areas or crowded urban slums. And according Read More →

  • Lexile: 1110
  • Dewey: 644'.6
  • Copyright: 2015

Richard Sherman

From the Series Amazing Athletes

Richard Sherman is so good at defending passing plays that quarterbacks avoid throwing the ball in his direction. His incredible ability to smother opposing wide receivers helped the Seattle… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: 796.332092
  • Copyright: 2015

Robots at Home

From the Series Lightning Bolt Books ® — Robots Everywhere!

Robots work in homes every day. Some vacuum floors or mow lawns. Others keep people company. And some help kids have fun! What robots might you find in someone's home? Read this book to find out! Read More →

  • Lexile: 530
  • ATOS: 3.5
  • Dewey: 629.8'92
  • Copyright: 2015

Robots in Space

From the Series Lightning Bolt Books ® — Robots Everywhere!

Robots help us understand our universe. Some fly to distant planets. Others work alongside astronauts in space. And some drive across the surface of Mars. How do these robots work, and what… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: 629.43
  • Copyright: 2015

Russell Wilson

From the Series Amazing Athletes

When Russell Wilson played for the University of Wisconsin, many people thought he was too short to be a starting quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). But he proved these… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • ATOS: 4.5
  • Dewey: 796.332092
  • Copyright: 2015

School of Evil: Book 13

From the Series Twisted Journeys ®

At Darkham Academy, the teachers are creepy, monsters lurk in the lab, and your dorm room is haunted! Can you survive the first day of school and finish your homework on time? Every Twisted… Read More →

  • Dewey: 741.5'973
  • Copyright: 2010

Score!: The Action and Artistry of Hockey's Magnificent Moment

From the Series Spectacular Sports

Do you know: Who once scored 10 goals in a single hockey game? How the Stanley Cup came to be hockey's greatest prize? Why the United States' victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter… Read More →

  • Lexile: 900
  • ATOS: 5.9
  • Dewey: 796.355
  • Copyright: 2011