Posts Tagged ‘young-readers-9-12’
Guys Read: True Stories
Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100{0a43dce3a91d8fcb93409e0bf11660bb2a41bf4b2739fc190725d69ee3a6d9b0} amazing, 100{0a43dce3a91d8fcb93409e0bf11660bb2a41bf4b2739fc190725d69ee3a6d9b0} adventurous, 100{0a43dce3a91d8fcb93409e0bf11660bb2a41bf4b2739fc190725d69ee3a6d9b0} unbelievable—and 100{0a43dce3a91d8fcb93409e0bf11660bb2a41bf4b2739fc190725d69ee3a6d9b0} true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader,…
Read MoreGraceful
Angelina D’Angelo has left town to see the world. It’s now Grace’s turn to use her magic to protect the people of Willow Falls, and she is up to the challenge. This is her destiny, after all. But destiny is a funny thing — it doesn’t always behave the way you’d expect it to. Mysterious…
Read MoreThe Littlest Bigfoot
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a “smartly crafted” (BCCB) and “heartwarming” (School Library Journal) tale of friendship, furry creatures, and finding the place where you belong. Alice Mayfair, twelve years old, slips through the world unseen and unnoticed. Ignored by her family and shipped off to her eighth boarding school,…
Read MoreThe Chronicles of Narnia Boxset
Collection includes all seven novels in the series.
Read MoreLock and Key 1 The Initiation
“Will leave you dying to know more.”—Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series The New York Times bestselling author of the Peter and the Starcatchers and Kingdom Keepers series, Ridley Pearson, brings us the riveting first tale of the Lock and Key trilogy about the origins of the rivalry between literature’s most famous enemies—Sherlock…
Read MoreMagnus Chase #1 The Sword of Summer TP
Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and truant officers. One day, he’s tracked down by an uncle he…
Read MoreThe Lightning Thief Graphic Novel
You’ve read the book. You’ve seen the movie. Now submerge yourself in the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel. Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson’s textbooks and into his life. And worse, he’s angered a few of them. Zeus’s master lightning…
Read MoreThe Titan’s Curse Graphic Novel
A new prophecy leads to a dangerous quest. When Percy receives an urgent distress call from Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he’ll need his powerful demigod allies, Annabeth and Thalia, at his side; his trusty bronze sword, Riptide; and a ride from his mom. The demigods race to the rescue, only to…
Read MoreThe Sea of Monsters Graphic Novel
Seventh grade has been surprisingly quiet for Percy Jackson. Not a single monster has set foot on his New York prep-school campus. But when an innocent game of dodgeball among Percy and his classmates turns into a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants, things get…well, ugly. And the unexpected arrival of his…
Read MoreNever Cry Wolf
“We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be–the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer–which is, in reality, no more than the reflected image of ourself.” –from the new Preface Never Cry Wolf is a brilliant narrative on the myth and magic…
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