pennsylvania

Takes readers on a tour of Pennsylvania, visiting fifteen attractions and describing the state's history, culture, and economy along the way; and includes unique facts, color maps and photos, the state song, and lists of state symbols, famous people, and further resources.

Not long after a star high school basketball player is found dead with a gun in his hand outside of small-town, conservative Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, lonely smart-girl Hannah Dexter finds herself becoming friends with Lacey Champlain, the eye-shadowed, Kurt Cobain-loving bad influence. Soon Hannah begins acting more like Lacey, and finds a fierce defiance streak in her that will prove to have unexpected, harrowing consequences.

"When Lorenzo adopts a runt piglet destined for auction, an unexpected, life-changing friendship forms"--.

In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

Thirteen-year-old Gina has moved to Texas to practice for an upcoming competition with the gymnastic team, and with only a half-day of school and gymnastics to concentrate on she should be doing fine--but somehow she cannot seem to stick her routines, and when she gets home to Pennsylvania she starts to wonder whether she should just quit gymnastics completely.

"This book explores the people, places, and history of the Pennsylvania Colony"--Provided by publisher.

Follows Mr. Geo, a geography teacher, as he visits Pennsylvania, including historic landmarks, farms and forests, rivers, and scenic wonders.

Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.

Scott Hudson has somehow managed to survive Freshman year. But with a new baby brother in the house and a whole host of adventures awaiting him at school, Sophomore year promises to be anything but boring.

Jessica, who was adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses as a foreign exchange student while courting her.