Scott Peters
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"15-year-old Zeke is thrilled to be heading west with over eighty settlers on the famed Oregon Trail. But when their wagon train takes an ill-advised short cut, the pioneers find themselves trapped in a frozen mountain pass. As howling winter storms rage around the Donner Party, there’s no way forward or back. Faced with starvation, Zeke must attempt to walk out of the wilderness on sheer willpower alone. Can he ever hope to make it to California?...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"On a stormy night, young orphan Hannah is terrified to see witches’ fingers tapping at her bedroom window. When her best friends tell her witches are sending their spirits to attack them—to pinch them and jab them with needles—Hannah's alarm grows. But then her friends start accusing neighbors of practicing magic, dark arts, and witchcraft. Unfortunately, some of the accused are good people that Hannah has known all her life. Hannah is faced...
Author
Series
I escaped volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"A gripping look at the 2018 California Camp Fire disaster through the eyes of one brave boy"--
Author
Series
I escaped volume 11
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
It's 1852, and California's Gold Rush is in full swing. Tempers are flaring along the mighty Klamath River, where men are wild with gold-rush fever. 14-year-old Hudson treads carefully amongst them, desperate to find her long-lost father. She can only pray that he'll take her in. A battle erupts between miners and local tribespeople, trapping Hudson in the crossfire. She is no fighter; she's just a runaway kid from San Francisco in need of a family....
Author
Series
I escaped volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Description
14-year-old Dae has been taught that North Korea is the best place in the world. Yet the painfully skinny boy can't help wondering why all his family has to eat is watery porridge made from grass. At school, Dae and his friends bow before the giant portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, their clothes flapping around their bony limbs. Dae begins to question why the Great Leaders look so well fed. When Dae's beloved father is hauled away to a hard-labor...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A nascent AI, assisted by droids, continues to edge toward world domination and the ruin of humankind, accepting no limits. It fears no one, except John Connor. The machines know John, now 16, is the future head of the resistance and know of his growing abilities. They must find and terminate him. But Sarah Connor is there, protecting and instructing her son as he becomes the man he's destined to be. There will be powerful revelations, breathless...
10) You & your dog
Author
Pub. Date
1986.
Description
On cover: A complete guide to the health, care, & behavior of dogs.
11) Dragons
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Relates myths about dragons from different countries, including where they live, what they eat, and how they look, as well as how the myths may have developed.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
A kaleidoscopic world of creepy-crawlies awaits! Discover the insect kingdom in all of its magnificent color in A Kaleidopops Book: Bugs . From the enormous shimmering wings of a blue morpho butterfly to the iridescent rainbow shield bug, junior entomologists will learn all about bugs: what they eat, where they live, and how color helps bugs hide from predators, attract mates, and find food.
13) Unicorns
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
This is a simple introduction to the myths of unicorns from different cultures.
15) Creepy crawlies
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
This lift-the-flap book describes a host of bugs from all over the world, from buzzing bees to beautiful butterflies.
17) Sharks
Author
Pub. Date
2005]
Description
"Sharks aren't just scary fish with pointy teeth. Lift the flaps in this richly illustrated book to meet gentle giants, fierce hunters, beady-eyed baby sharks and the weird, weedy wobbegong."--Cover back.
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