Three Irish immigrant children, orphaned in a tenement fire, are sent on the orphan train to Missouri where they are adopted by different families, and although Maelle had vowed to one day reunite with her younger brother and sister, seventeen years later she is about to give up hope.
Follow the dogs Baxter, Trevor, Newton, Maia and Titch as they are transported back in time to 1805 Missouri, now as puppies, and must help Seaman and his traveling companions--the explorers Lewis and Clark.
"Engaging images accompany information about Missouri. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--.
From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about politics, PTSD, impossible choices--and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all.
"Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs. But what they don't know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. It's a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there"--OCLC.
A graphic novel adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel that depicts the adventures and misadventures of a young boy who attempts to help Jim, a runaway slave, find freedom in the North. Presented in Spanish.
Huckleberry Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft. Includes background information, key themes and plot points, notes, and other study aids.
