Four friends are fighting and the Baby-sitters Club is going to fall apart unless someone does something--fast. Maybe it is time for Mary Anne to take charge.
Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to the planet Jupiter. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
"A year after the Bayview four were cleared of Simon Kelleher's death, a new mystery has cropped up--a game with dangerous consequences that's targeting students at Bayview again. And if the creator isn't found soon, dangerous could prove deadly"--Provided by publisher.
Offers a biography in verse of Nicaraguan poet Rube?n Dari?o. Begins with Dari?o's childhood, growing up listening to the exaggerated tales of his uncle and working forward in his life to when he became an adventurer in Central and South America and discovered his love of poetry.
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to the planet Saturn. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ram?rez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
"The annual neighborhood rooftop party is tomorrow, and Ronnie Anne can't wait to bring the tres leches cake that she helped her abuela make. But while she's supposed to be guarding the cake against hungry family members, it goes missing! Ronnie Anne and her best friend Sid are on the case. Can Ronnie Anne save the cake--and save face--in time for the party?"--Provided by publisher.
