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One hundred years ago, a killer wave of molasses struck a crowded Boston neighborhood. Discover the story of this strange disaster in the next book in the New York Times bestselling I Survived series.$5.99ISBN: 9780399543890Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Penguin Workshop - October 10th, 2017A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.
$24.99ISBN: 9781419734038Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Harry N. Abrams - November 5th, 2019$5.99ISBN: 9780448462868Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Penguin Workshop - February 7th, 2013"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North?
$6.99ISBN: 9780786814541Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Hyperion Books for Children - June 3rd, 2002"[In this] story of a young Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children's stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at 'them' as dangers or curiosities, Erdrich, drawing on her family's history, wants to tell about 'us', from the inside.
Email or call for price.ISBN: 9781250090515Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Square Fish - November 8th, 2016While fighting for England in World War I, Henry Friston sees extraordinary sights--foreign lands and fighting armies and oceans that stretch to the horizon. But it's while under fire in the trenches at Gallipoli that he sees the most extraordinary sight of all: a tortoise. Inspired, he discovers the strength he needs to survive, and, together, he and his tortoise escape the battle.
$5.99ISBN: 9780142400432Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Puffin Books - September 30th, 1998Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their styles! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor.
$7.99ISBN: 9781416970804Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books - August 26th, 2008"Hut! Hut! Go long, Tiki!"
Tiki and Ronde's twelfth summer is winding down -- the nights are getting shorter and the evenings cooler. That means two things: The first day of junior high is just a few days away, and it's almost the start of football season at last.$4.99ISBN: 9780425289433Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Puffin Books - August 21st, 2018The third installment of the Zach and Zoe Mysteries--a sports-themed chapter book mystery series by New York Times bestselling author Mike Lupica.
There's nothing eight-year-old twins Zach and Zoe Walker love more than playing sports and solving mysteries. And when those two worlds collide . . . well, it doesn't get any better than that.
