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A professor of marine studies, his self-effacing young assistant, and a Canadian harpooner join an expedition to investigate a monster that has been terrorizing the world.

In this book you’ll hear Abe Lincoln tell the story of his own life, from the day he was born in a small log cabin, right up to the day he was shot by an assassin’s bullet.

What is the speckled band? Is it a band of gypsies? Is it thin piece of speckled fabric? Holmes and Watson face a cruel and calculating man and a highly unusual murderer.

This brief retelling of America's greatest novel avoids the language that some have found offensive. It also makes clear that Twain respected both Huck and Jim.

This brief retelling of one of America’s favorite novels captures Mark Twain’s humor and humanity while keeping the language simple and easy to understand.

This book includes stories of the Blackfoot Nation including the buffalo jump, a UNESCO World Heritage site where the Blackfoot people killed thousands of buffalo by running them off a cliff

The stories told in this book reveal Washington’s struggles, doubts, and fears as well as his enormous achievements.

A Nick Ford Mystery. In this story, Nick and the kids are on Alcatraz Island. During their stay, they witness the attempted murder of a man from China who is attempting to sneak into the U.S.

The world's most famous athlete that ever was, heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali. From the moment young Ali wandered into a Louisville, Kentucky youth boxing program, the sport became his life.

Anne of Green Gables chronicles the hilarious mishaps that befall the freckled orphan on her way to becoming a young adult.

A Nick Ford Mystery. When Nick and the kids arrive in London, they learn that someone has been stealing and vandalizing national treasures.

This is a story about one of the most horrible diseases that people have ever known. In the year 1665, a disease called plague, swept through the city of London, England.

This is the fictional but realistic story of a Mexican family that crosses the border illegally into Texas in the 1990s in search of a better economic life.

This book is about someone who learns differently from others. My name is Don Johnston and I struggled in school. This is the story of my struggle and what I did to become successful.

Young readers are sure to be deeply affected by The Call of the Wild. Told with unflinching honesty and compassion, the tale of Buck is the tale of anyone who answers the call to become what is great

The story takes place in 1894. Harvey Cheyne, a rich, young boy of fifteen, falls off a steamship hundreds of miles out to sea. He is rescued by a fishing boat.

The book describes Charles Darwin's passion for natural history, his famous South American voyage on the HMS Beagle, and his later years of stubborn research and startling discovery.

This story takes place at Christmastime in 19th century London, where the lower class suffers and the rich and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge couldn't care less about the poor, and he hates Christmas.

This book tells the story of Cleopatra, from her first heady encounter with Caesar, through her bearing of Caesar’s and Antony’s children, to her suicide.

Imagine you are 18 years old and your friends send a letter to the police that says you belong in prison! This is a faithful retelling of Alexandre Damar's The Count of Monte Crista

In this story, Nick has agreed to assist the rangers in Yellowstone Park. Someone has introduced Lake Trout into Yellowstone Lake but something even more serious is going on in the park.

This book illuminates a complex, exciting, and brutal period in the history of America.

4 chapters tell the story of one family’s experience in the great earthquake that struck San Francisco in 1906. Other tales of destruction are used to illustrate the power of these natural disasters.

In 1967, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a top boxer, was convicted for a crime he didn't commit. This is the story of one of the most notorious cases of injustice in U.S. history

This book traces Flo Jo's life from her childhood in a strong but poor family in Watts, Los Angeles, through adolescence as a shy, eccentric high school scholar and athlete.