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When Apophis, the chaos snake, threatens to plunge the world into eternal darkness, siblings Carter and Sade Kane plan to use an ancient spell to destroy the snake, but first must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician.

Photographs and simple text introduce groundhogs and examine their natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior.

"The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea.

As the day of the Valentine's Day dance approaches, Greg Heffley worries he will be left out until a twist of fate lands Greg with a date, but leaves his best friend, Rowley, on his own.

Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions for making ocean-themed origami models, including a royal yacht, blue whale, water lily, and others, and features information on materials and folding techniques.

Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions for making origami toys, including a mini piano, air shark, basketball hoop, and others, and features information on materials and folding techniques.

Describes the movements and physical features of the planet Venus and recent findings about its climate and surface.

Describes the work of Meg Lowman in the rainforest canopy, an area unexplored until the last ten years and home to previously unknown species of plants and animals.

Presents Christopher Paul Curtis's novel about a Michigan African-American family's life-changing summer 1963 trip to see family in Alabama, and includes seven related documents, including a historical narrative, interviews, poems, and a memoir.

In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue, " Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.

When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.

A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.

Companion book to the Newbery Award winner The Giver. Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside.

A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps.

Against a vivid background of everyday life on a medieval English manor, Catherine's earthy, spirited account of her fourteenth year is a richly entertaining story with an utterly unforgettable heroine that dreams of many possibilities for her life .