After his father begins working for the mysterious Eden Corporation and forcibly relocates the family to the village of Paradise, teenage Jack uncovers a sinister plot that threatens to destroy them all.
The teachers are dismayed when the students bring in their Halloween costumes and treats a day early and proceed to wreck havoc around the school; but the next day on the actual date, the teachers arrive to a very nice surprise.
Four "deviant" teenagers, each with a special power, struggle to survive in a future where the Legion for World Alliance has merged all the earth's peoples into one combined race.
A rhyming alphabet that names people, places, and things from Chicago's history, culture, and natural world and provides background information on each one.
Four "deviant" teenagers, each with a special power, struggle to survive in a future where the Legion for World Alliance has merged all the earth's peoples into one combined race.
When former wallflower Chase Maxfield returns to school in the fall as a hunky high schooler, his too-good-to-be-true physical transformation unsettles Jack, who discovers that the dangerous, utopia-building Mr. Eden may still be alive.
An illustrated poem about a principal who is visited by an unexpected helper the night before Christmas. Inspired by Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas.".
successful strategies for building lifetime readers
Layne, Steven L
2009
Discusses strategies to motivate students to read and ways to encourage them to become interested in reading as a voluntary activity, offering preview lessons, tips on book shopping, and other advice.
