juvenile literature

Presents a study of space and the possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations and discusses UFO sightings throughout the twentieth century, crop circles, and other paranormal occurrences.

A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.

Presents a collection of maps and illustrations that describe the stories of people who sought freedom and shaped the events of America's past.

A detailed description of black holes, quasars, and stars along with hands-on experiments and observations and full-color photographs taken by telescopes on Earth and in space.

Provides an overview of the origin and evolution of life on earth and of what has been learned from the study of evolution.

Shows how scientists investigate the unusual forms of life living around hydrothermal vents in extremely deep areas of the oceans.

Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares the secrets of her writing success, including how to get ideas, creating beginnings and endings, writing great dialogue, developing memorable characters, and more.

Presents the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and the major persons and events that contributed to the year-long struggle for equal rights on Montgomery's city buses.

The true story of Phineas Gage, whose brain had been pierced by an iron rod in 1848, and who survived and became a case study in how the brain functions.

Describes the physical characteristics and biological processes that enable particular animals to survive in extremely hot and cold climates.