Looking for Marco Polo
Written by Alan Armstrong
Illustrated by Tim Jessell
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $16.99
Newbery Honor–winning author Alan Armstrong’s latest book!
Eleven-year-old Mark's anthropologist father has disappeared in the Gobi desert while tracing Marco Polo’s ancient route from Venice to China. His mother decides they must go to Venice to petition the agency that sent Mark’s father to send out a search party. Anxious about his...
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Looking for Marco Polo
Written by Alan Armstrong
Illustrated by Tim Jessell
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $16.99
Newbery Honor–winning author Alan Armstrong’s latest book!
Eleven-year-old Mark's anthropologist father has disappeared in the Gobi desert while tracing Marco Polo’s ancient route from Venice to China. His mother decides they must go to Venice to petition the agency that sent Mark’s father to send out a search party. Anxious about his...
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Looking for Marco Polo
Written by Alan Armstrong
Illustrated by Tim Jessell
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 304 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $19.99
Newbery Honor–winning author Alan Armstrong’s latest book!
Eleven-year-old Mark's anthropologist father has disappeared in the Gobi desert while tracing Marco Polo’s ancient route from Venice to China. His mother decides they must go to Venice to petition the agency that sent Mark’s father to send out a search party. Anxious about his...
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Operation Storm City
The Guild of Specialists Book 3
Written by Joshua Mowll
Illustrated by Various
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $16.99
Danger and intrigue follow Becca and Doug into the Desert of Death in the gripping climactic episode of the Guild of Specialists trilogy.Deep in the Sinkiang Desert in China, forces converge in the race to find Ur-Can — the fabled Storm City. Becca and Doug are desperate to reach the lost...
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The Five Ancestors Book 6: Mouse
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $15.99
Little street urchin ShaoSu has always wanted to belong. His small size makes him an easy target for bullies and baddies and this little “mouse” always needs a place to hide. When he is befriended by Hok and Ying, he thinks he has found a new family, and eagerly tags along...
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The Five Ancestors Book 6: Mouse
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $15.99
Little street urchin ShaoSu has always wanted to belong. His small size makes him an easy target for bullies and baddies and this little “mouse” always needs a place to hide. When he is befriended by Hok and Ying, he thinks he has found a new family, and eagerly tags along...
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The Five Ancestors Book 6: Mouse
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 208 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $18.99
Little street urchin ShaoSu has always wanted to belong. His small size makes him an easy target for bullies and baddies and this little “mouse” always needs a place to hide. When he is befriended by Hok and Ying, he thinks he has found a new family, and eagerly tags along...
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Anila's Journey
Written by Mary Finn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $16.99
Set in colonial India, this richly layered coming-of-age tale follows a spirited young artist on a journey up the Ganges — and through the enigmas of her past.How can Anila Tandy, left to fend for herself after her mother's death, dare to apply for a job that is clearly not meant...
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The Crow
The Third Book of Pellinor
Written by Alison Croggon
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $9.99
As this enthralling epic nears its climax, the young heroine’s brother discovers his own hidden gift — and the role he must play in battling the Dark.Hem is a weary orphan whose struggle for survival ends when he is reunited with his lost sister, Maerad. But Maerad has a destiny to...
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The Crow
The Third Book of Pellinor
Written by Alison Croggon
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $18.99
As this enthralling epic nears its climax, the young heroine’s brother discovers his own hidden gift — and the role he must play in battling the Dark.Hem is a weary orphan whose struggle for survival ends when he is reunited with his lost sister, Maerad. But Maerad has a destiny to...
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The Five Ancestors Book 4: Crane
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: February 27, 2007
Price: $15.99
Hok, a crane-style Kung Fu master, is also a master at hiding. For the past 12 years, she has hidden the fact that she is a girl. Now her rogue brother, Ying, and his army have placed a huge price on her head. Fortunately, she manages to make it to Keifeng...
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The Five Ancestors Book 4: Crane
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 224 pages
On Sale: February 27, 2007
Price: $17.99
Hok, a crane-style Kung Fu master, is also a master at hiding. For the past 12 years, she has hidden the fact that she is a girl. Now her rogue brother, Ying, and his army have placed a huge price on her head. Fortunately, she manages to make it to Keifeng...
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A Time of Golden Dragons
Written by Song Nan Zhang and Hao Yu Zhang
Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: November 14, 2006
Price: $11.95
Through the ages, the dragon has been an important symbol for the Chinese. A time of Golden Dragons is the most auspicious possible. In fascinating text and beautiful paintings, Song Nan and Hao Yu Zhang trace the dragon’s history. Perhaps inspired by giant crocodiles, the image of the dragon affects every...
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The Five Ancestors Book 3: Snake
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $15.95
Twelve-year-old Seh is a snake-style master and a keeper of secrets. Close-lipped and ever-watchful, he has used his highly attuned senses to collect information about his brothers, his temple, and even Grandmaster. Now, with the temple and Grandmaster gone, Seh sheds his orange robe like an old skin, joins a bandit...
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The Five Ancestors Book 3: Snake
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 208 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $17.99
Twelve-year-old Seh is a snake-style master and a keeper of secrets. Close-lipped and ever-watchful, he has used his highly attuned senses to collect information about his brothers, his temple, and even Grandmaster. Now, with the temple and Grandmaster gone, Seh sheds his orange robe like an old skin, joins a bandit...
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The Five Ancestors Book 2: Monkey
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $15.95
At 11-years-old, Malao is the youngest of the Five Ancestors. Master of the monkey fighting style, he’s curious and quick, fast and fun-loving. But now, with the destruction of the temple and the deaths of his older brothers and Grandmaster, Malao the fun-loving monkey is forced to face things he’d rather...
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The Five Ancestors Book 2: Monkey
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 208 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $17.99
At 11-years-old, Malao is the youngest of the Five Ancestors. Master of the monkey fighting style, he’s curious and quick, fast and fun-loving. But now, with the destruction of the temple and the deaths of his older brothers and Grandmaster, Malao the fun-loving monkey is forced to face things he’d rather...
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The Five Ancestors Book 1: Tiger
Written by Jeff Stone
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 208 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2005
Price: $17.99
“
Tiger clips along at a lightning pace!”—Eoin Colfer
Twelve-year-old Fu and his temple brothers Malao, Seh, Hok, and Long don’t know who their parents were. Raised from infancy by their grandmaster, they think of their temple as their home and their fellow warrior monks as their family. Then one terrible night, the...
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When My Name Was Keoko
Written by Linda Sue Park
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $6.99
Sun-hee and her older brother Tae-yul are proud of their Korean heritage. Yet they live their lives under Japanese occupation. All students must read and write in Japanese and no one can fly the Korean flag. Hardest of all is when the Japanese Emperor forces all Koreans to take Japanese names...
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A Single Shard
Written by Linda Sue Park
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 11, 2003
Price: $6.99
Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage by setting off on a difficult and dangerous journey that will change his life forever.
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The Kite Fighters
Written by Linda Sue Park
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $5.99
In Seoul, Korea, in 1473, Young-sup and his older brother Kee-sup are excited about the New Year kite competition. Young-sup is an expert at kite flying. He knows just what his kite wants him to do. Kee-sup has trouble handling his kite, but can build and design a kite fit for...
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