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Mrs. Harkness and the Panda
Mrs. Harkness and the Panda
Written by Alicia Potter, Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780375944482
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Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

Written by Alicia Potter
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $19.99

In 1934, Ruth Harkness had never seen a panda bear.  Not many people in the world had.

But soon the young Mrs. Harkness would inherit an expedition from her explorer husband: the hunt for a panda.  She knew that bringing back a panda would be hard. Impossible, even.  But she intended to... Read more >
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Mrs. Harkness and the Panda
Mrs. Harkness and the Panda
Written by Alicia Potter, Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375844485
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Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

Written by Alicia Potter
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet


Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $16.99

In 1934, Ruth Harkness had never seen a panda bear.  Not many people in the world had.

But soon the young Mrs. Harkness would inherit an expedition from her explorer husband: the hunt for a panda.  She knew that bringing back a panda would be hard. Impossible, even.  But she intended to... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover library binding.
One Beetle Too Many
One Beetle Too Many
Written by Kathryn Lasky, Illustrated by Matthew Trueman
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780763658212
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One Beetle Too Many
The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin
Written by Kathryn Lasky
Illustrated by Matthew Trueman


Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $6.99

A lively text and captivating images tell the story of the ever-curious boy who grew up to make one of the most significant discoveries of our time.

From the time Charles Darwin was a boy, he was happiest when he was out alone collecting specimens (especially beetles). And despite his father's efforts... Read more >
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Teen Angst? Naaah . . .
Teen Angst? Naaah . . .
Written by Ned Vizzini
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307815545
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Teen Angst? Naaah . . .

Written by Ned Vizzini


Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 29, 2012
Price: $8.99

The events in these stories are real. Some names have been changes so I don’t get yelled at.” —Ned Vizzini
 
Ned Vizzini writes about the weird, funny, and sometimes mortifying moments that made up his teen years. With wit, irony, and honesty, Teen Angst? Naaah . . .  invites you into Ned’s... Read more >
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Henry Aaron's Dream
Henry Aaron's Dream
Written by Matt Tavares, Illustrated by Matt Tavares
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780763658205
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Henry Aaron's Dream

Written by Matt Tavares
Illustrated by Matt Tavares


Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $6.99

Matt Tavares hits one out of the park with this powerful tale of a kid from the segregated south who would become baseball’s home-run king.

Before he was Hammerin’ Hank, Henry Aaron was a young boy grow ing up in Mobile, Alabama, with what seemed like a foolhardy dream: to be a... Read more >
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Tell No One Who You Are
Tell No One Who You Are
Written by Walter Buchignani
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781770490062
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Tell No One Who You Are
The Hidden Childhood of Regine Miller
Written by Walter Buchignani


Format: eBook
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $8.99

During the days of Nazi terror in Europe, many Jewish children were taken from their families and hidden. Régine Miller was one such child, who left her mother, father, and brother when she was 10 years old. Utterly alone as she is shunted from place to place, told to tell no... Read more >
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There Goes Ted Williams
There Goes Ted Williams
Written by Matt Tavares, Illustrated by Matt Tavares
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780763627898
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There Goes Ted Williams
The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived
Written by Matt Tavares
Illustrated by Matt Tavares


Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $16.99

A lively picture book biography of Ted Williams from a master of the genre — just in time for Fenway Park's centennial.

Ted Williams lived a life of dedication and passion. He was an ordinary kid who wanted one thing: to hit a baseball better than anyone else. So he practiced his... Read more >
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Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner
Written by Monica Kulling, Illustrated by Richard Walz
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ISBN: 9780375980084
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Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner

Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Richard Walz


Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $3.99

Francis Scott Key was a very busy man. He and his wife had 11 children. He was a lawyer and many people came to him for advice. But whenever he had a moment, he would jot down a line of poetry. He loved writing poems. When the War of 1812 broke...

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Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner
Written by Monica Kulling, Illustrated by Richard Walz
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780375967252
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Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner

Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Richard Walz


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $12.99

Francis Scott Key was a very busy man. He and his wife had 11 children. He was a lawyer and many people came to him for advice. But whenever he had a moment, he would jot down a line of poetry. He loved writing poems. When the War of 1812 broke...

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Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner
Written by Monica Kulling, Illustrated by Richard Walz
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375867255
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Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner

Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Richard Walz


Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $3.99

Francis Scott Key was a very busy man. He and his wife had 11 children. He was a lawyer and many people came to him for advice. But whenever he had a moment, he would jot down a line of poetry. He loved writing poems. When the War of 1812 broke...

Read more >
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Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me
Written by Condoleezza Rice
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385738804
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Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me

Written by Condoleezza Rice


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $8.99

In this captivating memoir for young people, looking back with candor and affection, Condoleezza Rice evokes in rich detail her remarkable childhood.
Her life began in the comparatively placid 1950s in Birmingham, Alabama, where black people lived in a segregated parallel universe to their white neighbors. She grew up during the violent... Read more >
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Marching to the Mountaintop RLB
Marching to the Mountaintop RLB
Written by Ann Bausum, Foreword by Jim Lawson
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426309403
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Marching to the Mountaintop RLB
How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr's Final Hours
Written by Ann Bausum
Foreword by Jim Lawson


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $28.90

In early 1968 the grisly on-the-job deaths of two African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, prompted an extended strike by that city's segregated force of trash collectors. Workers sought union protection, higher wages, improved safety, and the integration of their work force. Their work stoppage became a part of the larger... Read more >
Marching to the Mountaintop
How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr's Final Hours
Written by Ann Bausum
Foreword by Jim Lawson


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $19.95

In early 1968 the grisly on-the-job deaths of two African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, prompted an extended strike by that city's segregated force of trash collectors. Workers sought union protection, higher wages, improved safety, and the integration of their work force. Their work stoppage became a part of the larger... Read more >
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Marching to the Mountaintop
Marching to the Mountaintop
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426309397
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Marching to the Mountaintop
How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr's Final Hours
Written by Ann Bausum


Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $19.95

In early 1968 the grisly on-the-job deaths of two African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, prompted an extended strike by that city's segregated force of trash collectors. Workers sought union protection, higher wages, improved safety, and the integration of their work force. Their work stoppage became a part of the larger... Read more >
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Stolen into Slavery
Stolen into Slavery
Written by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Frandin
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426309373
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Stolen into Slavery
The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man
Written by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Frandin


Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $18.95

Solomon Northup awoke in the middle of the night with his body trembling. Slowly, he realized that he was handcuffed in a dark room and his feet were chained to the floor. He managed to slip his hand into his pocket to look for his free papers that proved he was... Read more >
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Stolen into Slavery
The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man
Written by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindel Fradin


Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $18.95

Solomon Northup awoke in the middle of the night with his body trembling. Slowly, he realized that he was handcuffed in a dark room and his feet were chained to the floor. He managed to slip his hand into his pocket to look for his free papers that proved he was... Read more >
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Stolen into Slavery
Stolen into Slavery
Written by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Frandin
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426309380
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Stolen into Slavery
The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man
Written by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Frandin


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $27.90

Solomon Northup awoke in the middle of the night with his body trembling. Slowly, he realized that he was handcuffed in a dark room and his feet were chained to the floor. He managed to slip his hand into his pocket to look for his free papers that proved he was... Read more >
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Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan
The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
Written by Richard Bowers


Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $16.95

This book tells a group of intertwining stories that culminate in the historic 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan. It is the story of the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the little guy and the New York wheeler-dealers who made... Read more >
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Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan
Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan
Written by Richard Bowers
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426309151
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Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan
The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
Written by Richard Bowers


Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $16.95

This book tells a group of intertwining stories that culminate in the historic 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan. It is the story of the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the little guy and the New York wheeler-dealers who made... Read more >
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Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan
Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan
Written by Richard Bowers
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426309168
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Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan
The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
Written by Richard Bowers


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $25.90

This book tells a group of intertwining stories that culminate in the historic 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan. It is the story of the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the little guy and the New York wheeler-dealers who made... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
What Color Is My World?
What Color Is My World?
Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld, Illustrated by Ben Boos and A.G. Ford
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780763645649
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What Color Is My World?
The Lost History of African-American Inventors
Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Illustrated by Ben Boos and A.G. Ford


Format: Hardcover, 44 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $17.99

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup
of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book.


Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone... Read more >
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln
Written by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, Illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375870248
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln
A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last!
Written by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
Illustrated by Sal Murdocca


Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2011
Price: $5.99

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last!, they had lots of questions. What was it like to grow up in a log cabin? How did Lincoln become president? What was his family like? Why did the US fight the Civil... Read more >
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln
Written by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, Illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375988615
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln
A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last!
Written by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
Illustrated by Sal Murdocca


Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2011
Price: $5.99

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last!, they had lots of questions. What was it like to grow up in a log cabin? How did Lincoln become president? What was his family like? Why did the US fight the Civil... Read more >
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln
Written by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, Illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780375970245
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln
A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last!
Written by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
Illustrated by Sal Murdocca


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2011
Price: $12.99

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last!, they had lots of questions. What was it like to grow up in a log cabin? How did Lincoln become president? What was his family like? Why did the US fight the Civil... Read more >
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They Stood Alone!
25 Men and Women Who Made a Difference
Written by Sandra Mcleod Humphrey


Format: eBook
On Sale: November 29, 2011
Price: $11.99

Imagine this: For centuries everyone has believed that the sun and all the planets revolve around the earth. But by studying the old books and observing the heavens, you have concluded that the earth and all the other planets revolve around the sun. Your theory is so radical that you are... Read more >
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