washington (state)

Presents action research studies about teaching and learning in a block period environment, conducted by seven Seattle area high school teachers in their own classrooms during the 1996-97 school year.

Eighteen-year-old Indigo is looking forward to becoming a full-time waitress after high school graduation, but her life is turned upside down by a large check given to her by a customer who appreciates that she cares enough to scold him about smoking.

"An active volcano that towers 14,410 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier is one of the most distinctive sights of the Pacific Northwest. Readers will explore the . . . national park that is centered around the . . . volcano, learning about the local wildlife and geography as they go. They will also learn about the natural history of the area, find out how it became a national park, and discover which environmental challenges the park is facing"--Amazon.

"Eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe has grown up with the beautiful Mount St. Helens always in the background. She's hiked its winding trails, dived into its cold lakes, and fished for trout in its streams. Just looking at Mount St. Helens out her window made Jess feel calm, like it was watching over her somehow. Of course, she knew the mountain was a volcano ... but not the active kind, not a volcano that could destroy and kill! Then Mount St. Helens explodes with unimaginable fury. Jess suddenly finds herself in the middle of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. Ash and rock are spewing everywhere. Can Jess escape in time?"--.

Eleven-year-old Jessie and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering if the volcano will erupt are finally answered.

Alex Blum was a good kid with one unshakeable goal in life: become a US Army Ranger. On the day of his leave before deployment to Iraq, Alex got into his car with two fellow soldiers and two strangers, drove to a local bank in Tacoma, and committed armed robbery.

"Jane is excited to be part of Mr. Mercer's expedition to bring orphans and Civil War widows to Washington Territory, but life out west isn't at all what she expected"--.

Twelve-year-old Eva writes beautiful poems on the farm in Washington State that her family has owned for generations, but when money runs out and then her baby brother gets sick, the family faces foreclosure and the way of life she loves is threatened.

When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.