Brook, Henry

A retelling of Mark Twain's classic story of Tom Sawyer, a rebellious youth who witnesses a murder in the town graveyard.

Presents a retelling of the classic novel by Herman Melville about Ishmael, who signs on to the "Pequod," a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab and soon realizes the captain's main mission is to seek revenge on the great white whale that once maimed him.

"What special skills does a spy need? How do spies create and crack codes? What types of gadgets do secret agents use? What's the difference between the CIA and the FBI? Find out about the control officers, field agents, and intelligence analysts fighting a secret war to protect their countries from threats around the globe"--Back cover.

Presents a retelling of Mark Twain's classic novel "Huckleberry Finn" about the adventures of a young boy who sets off on a journey down the Mississippi River with Jim, a runaway slave.

A retelling of Miguel de Cervantes's epic tale of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil in sixteenth-century Spain.

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune as well as great danger.

"From Al Capone's reign of terror in Chicago to the last stand of Ned Kelly in the Australian bush, most gangsters lived lives of cold, calculating violence, living hard and dying young. You'll find bank robbers, Mafia bosses, prison break outs--and more--in these eleven thrilling stories, which explore the shadowy underworld of the most dangerous criminals of them all"--From the publisher's web site.

A retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story in which Sherlock Holmes investigates the tale of a hound that haunts the lonely moors around the Baskervilles' ancestral home.

Provides information about tanks, explaining what they are and how they work, and sharing true stories of combat situations in which tanks were used. Includes photographs and illustrations.