When Interflux decides to build a factory on the grounds of Simon's high school, Simon "reinvests" the Student Council's funds and decides to fight for his school.

    Paul's attempts to adjust to New York City life are thwarted at his high school, nicknamed Don't Care High, until his manipulation of a new Student Council president wakes up the apathetic student body.

    Stotan: A cross between a Stoic and a SpartanIt's the last swimming season for Walker, Nortie, Lion, and Jeff, and their coach is building their self-discipline in a grueling four-hour-a-day test of stamina designed to bring them to the outer edge of their capabilities.As it turns out, Stotan Week is also the week in which secrets are revealed, and the four friends must draw upon their new strengths for an endurance they never knew they'd need.

    Tim Diamond is the worst detective in the world. Next day, Johnny's dead, Tim feels the heat, and his smart younger brother, Nick, gets the package and every crook in town on his back!When a dwarf comes into the office and leaves a package, Tim Diamond, the world's worst private-detective, is faced with his toughest case yet. The office is ransacked and the package is found to contain simply a box of Maltesers. Who was the dwarf … and why was he murdered shortly after his visit?

    The author, James Riordan, has travelled throughout the world collecting folk and fairy stories and his powerful re-tellings of traditional tales have attracted considerable critical acclaim.Alongside perennial favourites like "Beauty and the Beast," "Pinocchio," "The Little Match Girl," "Rapunzel," and "Tom Thumb," the reader will find some less well-known but equally spell-binding stories: "Kwaku Ananse and the Python," "The Rainbow and the Bread Fruit Flower," "The Black Bull of Norroway," and "The Flying Cherry Tree." In all, over fifty stories are included from places as far apart as Australia and Finland, India and Mexico and Scotland and North America.To complement the author's unique gift for story-telling, nineteen outstanding artists--including Victor Ambrus, Carol Barker, Shirley Tourret, Robin Lawrie, and Marilyn Day--have been chosen to illustrate the tales. They have produced a stunning selection of imaginative color illustrations, ensuring this superb book will be treasured by children everywhere.

    Evacuated in 1944 from the bustling but starving city of Amsterdam to the fertile farmland of Friesland, young Jeroen learns about another way of life and experiences both love and loss as he lives out the final months of the war and welcomes the Allied soldiers who free his country.

    Fifteen-year-old Kate becomes aware of the class consciousness of her middle class family and friends when she falls in love with a boy from a working class family.

    In telling his tale, the author blends together Romanian legends and myths with those of cultures from around the world. One can hardly find any noble and beautiful human aspiration from all the civilizations of the world whose reflection is not to be found in Legends from Vamland. The work is intended as one of fantasy and science fiction, as the author provides the image of the spiritual life of an imaginary people from an imaginary land. The result is a book of splendid originality.One of the first Romanian writers of science fiction, Vladimir Colin (1921-1991) was also an important representative of Jewish culture in Romania. Among his most important works of science fiction are Legends from Vamland, a work resemblant of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit. These tales have been abridged and retold for English readers by Luiza Carol, and the fascinating story they tell is brought to life by original illustrations from renowned Romanian artist Octavian Ion Penda.Luiza Carol is associate editor of the international poetry magazine Voices Israel. She is a writer, poet, and translator and a member of the Federation of Israeli Writers and the Academy of American Poets. She has published 11 books and received 9 literary prizes.

    Four years later, to distract her from her fear as cannonballs batter the besieged city, Rosemary writes about what she has been through.While she has been growing up, enjoying the social pleasures of a Southern young lady, the tensions between North and South have developed into civil war. Because she is English, Rosemary brings an outsider's perspective to the issues that sparked the conflict, but nonetheless she is torn between her sense of outrage at the very idea of slavery and her feelings for the Southerners she has come to love. For Rosemary, her brother Derek, and their American friends -- old and young, white and black -- the disastrous siege of Vicksburg comes as a crucial test of courage and the will to survive.Once again, Patricia Clapp has created a heroine of wit, charm, and indomitable spirit in a vividly evoked historical setting.

    Fifteen-year-old Red's troubled relationship with his father, a policeman in a small Canadian community, acquires a new perspective when his best friend's long-missing mother suddenly returns.

    But when it was first published in 1972 the book proved to be more than one writer’s memories of depression-era southern Illinois.“People started writing me from all over the country,” Hastings notes. “And all said much the same: ‘You were writing about my family, as much as your own. That’s how I remember the 1930s, too.’”As he proves time and again in this book, Hast­ings is a natural storyteller who can touch upon the detail that makes the tale both poignant and univer­sal. He brings to life a period that marked every man, woman, and child who lived through it even as that national experience fades into the past.

    Now that the mix-up has been discovered, she's on her way back to Saxony Coburn to begin life as the real Princess Florinda XIV.Being a princess is weird but fun--until Abby finds out she must marry the creepy Prince Casimir on her upcoming sixteenth birthday. Or else!The Princess Abby Adams Florinda XIV is going to have to take drastic measures--and maybe even become a commoner again!

    Her grades plummet, and soon she finds herself at Cooperation High -- the school for "dropouts and druggies." There, she meets Larry, out on parole; TJ the gorgeous stoner; and Stacy. Stacy's got a figure that makes guys notice, and an intense fear that keeps them away. Didi wants to help -- but once Stacy's secret is out, who can the two of them turn to?

    Truly engaging.--Sassy.

    It clearly illustrates that Christ is the central figure in all of history. Unabashedly proud of our brilliant Catholic heritage, Dr Carroll examines all historical developments from the point of view of the Church and the enhancement or decline of the influence of the Church upon the historical scene. Whereas most secular histories written today give but a grudging acknowledgment to the role of the Catholic Church in forming Western and therefore modern civilization, this book makes the role of Christ and the contribution of His Church unquestionable. A great book for students, parents, history buffs and educators.

    One day you leave her cottage to go exploring and discover a mysterious cluster of hills. You decide to return that night to secretly investigate them. When you get there, you're amazed to see a crowd of strange, beautiful people dancing in the moonlight. You've stumbled upon the court of the Fair Folk from Elfland.