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A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "The Chocolate War," a story in which a high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fundraising drive; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

A color-illustrated edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel about Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit who lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to share in an adventure from which he may never return.

The young King Arthur asks for and receives the noble sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake and promises to be deserving of it through acts of valor.

Presents six classic short stories for young readers featuring Sherlock Holmes and his trusted friend Dr.

Presents ten short stories for teens that portray the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans.

An abridged version of the novel in which a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

When the British attacked America in 1814 and stalked Washington D.

Discusses the behaviors of poisonous and venomous animals including spiders, bees, scorpions, stingrays, and jellyfish.

Profiles thirteen women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts.

An illustrated version of the tale of Icarus, the son of Daedalus who did not heed his father's warning to not fly too low or too high.

Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.

A colorful, illustrated dictionary of colonial life that covers colonial houses, a plantation and its outbuildings, wood and metalworkers, shops and shopkeepers, and transportation.

The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

A graphic novel adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' "The Man in the Iron Mask" in which the four Musketeers plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.