Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor: these are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to c aptivate her husband, King Shahryar...and to save her own life. Each one is more fantastic than the last, filled with demons and dervishes, caliphs an d genies, men transformed into dogs and monsters with eyes that glow. Like the king, children will find themselves enchanted by every tale. View More...
Over 2 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordi nary face. Readers have also been treated to three stories offering a speci al look at Auggie's world through new points of view. Now, they'll be avail able all together in a special package! These stories are an extra peek at Auggie before he started at Beecher Prep and during his first year there. R eaders will see him through the eyes of Julian, the bully; Christopher, Aug gie's oldest friend; and Charlotte, Auggie's new friend at school. Tog... View More...
A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mot her's religion and her own relationship to the world. The Poet X is the deb ut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo. Xiomara Batista feels unh eard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. View More...
After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in br inging magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could've imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, bu t of nobles with magic ancestry, too. Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is jus t as powerful as they are. But when the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, Zélie must fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath. With civil war looming on the horizon, Zélie finds herself... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in Black Hearts in Batters ea and Nightbirds on Nantucket will welcome her return in another wild adve nture. Now back in print, Dido and Pa continues the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series that stemmed from Joan Aiken's classic The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Dido Twite is finally back home in London and reunited with her old friend Simon, now the Duke of Battersea and a favorit... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home to England. Instead, Captain Casket's ship lands in Nantucket, where Dido and the captain's daughter, Dutiful Penitence, are left in the care of Dutiful's sinister Aunt Tribulation. In Tribulation's farmhouse, life is unbearable. When mysterious men lurk about in the evening fog, the resourceful Dido rallies against their she... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at the Dogkennel Cottages and meets the odd inhabitants of Tegleaze Manor: strange old Lady Tegleaze, her nephew, Tobit, and his wizened, witchy nurse, Sannie. Soon suspicious things happen. A priceless miniature is stolen. Tobit is framed and then kidnapped. A twin sister is found. And when Dido catches a gl... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in BLACK HEARTS IN BATTERS EA and NIGHTBIRDS ON NANTUCKET will welcome her return in her wildest adven ture yet. Now back in print, THE CUCKOO TREE and THE STOLEN LAKE continue the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series that stemmed from Joan Aiken's classic THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE. A dazzling piece of dramatic, snowballing adventure, THE STOLEN LAKE is full of fantastical det... View More...
The Newbery-winning fantasy series now available in gorgeous new paperback editions! Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have bee n enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his qu est to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters tha t includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess; Fflewddur Fflam, the hyperbole-prone bard; the ever-faithful Gurgi; and the curmudge only Doliâ??all of whom have become involved in an epic struggle between go od and evil that shapes the fate of the legendary land of Pr... View More...
When Vesper Holly embarks on a quest for legendary treasure and an army of magical warriors, she is plunged instead into the fierce struggle between I llyria's rebel forces and their Zentan rulers. "A truly exciting story."--Kirkus Reviews. An ALA Notable Children's Book, An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Get on a T-roll with a stylin' reading experience that will introduce you t o the magical world of the five spell-casting teen Trollz. Find out why you 'd rather be bald than miss these books! Step-by-step instructions show readers how to draw the Trollz, from pencil sketch to final, full-color illustration! View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. When Gilda Joyce's mother announces her engagement to a man from St. August ine, Florida, Gilda is appalled. She hasn't even given him the "Joyce Famil y Application" yet! But as the wedding preparations get under way, Gilda re alizes she has much bigger concerns. Why does her soon-to-be stepdad keep c alling Mrs. Joyce by his ex-wife's name? And why is Mrs. Joyce acting like she's possessed? With only a few short days before her mother says "I do," G... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. When her best friend, Wendy Choy, qualifies to compete in an international piano competition in Oxford, England, irrepressible Gilda Joyce finds a way to get an invitation herself-as a page-turner. Wendy settles into an exhausting practice schedule, made worse by strange nightmares, while Gilda finds herself falling in love with a British boy. But when Wendy discovers a ghostly message written in the frost on her window, Gilda realizes her friend's li... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberland - but this year things are different. One hot summer's day a jackdaw leads the two boys into an ancient farm house where they find a baby, wrapped in a blanket, with a scribbled note pinned to it. And so begins Jackdaw Summer. A summer when friendships are tested. A summer when lines between good and bad are blurred. A summer that Liam will never forget. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Discusses the life and many accomplishments of the famed inventor Thomas Edison. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Keeper was born in the ocean, and she believes she is part mermaid. So as a ten-year-old she goes out looking for her mother-an unpredictable and unco mmonly gorgeous woman who swam away when Keeper was three-and heads right f or the ocean, right for the sandbar where mermaids are known to gather. But her boat is too small for the surf-and much too small for the storm that i s brewing on the horizon. Kathi Appelt follows her award-winning and New York... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Three months. Three guys. One amazing summer. Summer Smith is in for the best summer of her life. Between the cold weathe r and her boyfriendless existence in Minnesota, Summer is ready for sun, sa nd, and boys in the Florida Keys. And by the end of the first day, she has more than enough to keep her busy: Adam, the senator's son, has looks, power, and all the money in the world. Diver, the mystery man, is mellow, intriguing, and definitely unique. An... View More...
