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"Peyton King has always wanted to belong. She seizes the opportunity to start over at a new school and finally finds real connections with the friends she's always dreamed of and even an actual boyfriend! But after flying high in her newfound happiness, Peyton comes crashing down when reality sets in and the ones she cares about let her down. Peyton's friends can't fix her and she can't help them if they won't let her. If she wants to find real, lasting happiness, Peyton will have to search somewhere else. With nothing but her sketchpad and a backpack, she buys a one-way ticket and gets on a plane. How far will she go to change her story?"--Provided by the publisher.

"Provides a brief history of the Anglo-American Baseball League and armed forces baseball played in England, France and the United States during the Great War."--Provided by publisher.

Explore Canada with colors, including it's land, animals, and celebrations.

Miguel hasn't missed El Salvador since arriving in North America with his mother and sister. But with his father still in El Salvador and gangs shaking down the old neighbourhood, life isn't easy for Miguel. When his father's situation becomes critical, Miguel becomes desperate to bring him to North America. But he can't even afford to join his baseball team on a road game -- how can his family possibly pay his father's way? A solution comes from Miguel's teammate, who proposes a big baseball fundraiser. As the team learns about the hard realities some new immigrant kids face, Miguel and his family learn to trust their neighbors and teammates.

Looks at the economies of the United States and Canada and analyzes how advances in science, technology, and economics in the United States and Canada impact the larger global economic community.

"O Canada, in Christmastime! Come with Juliette and her "crazy Canuck cousin" as they take a holiday trip across the country, all the way from Prince Edward Island and vieux Qu?bec to Winnipeg and Vancouver. Along the way Juliette gets really cool Canadian gifts--like 8 bears a-swimming, 6 Mounties marching, and a loon in a maple tree!"--Amazon.com.

Two stories of Prince Edward Island in the early twentieth century. In the first, Ann, an eleven-year-old orphan, makes an indelible impression when she is mistakenly sent to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister, and in the second, while visiting relatives two young boys become entranced by Sara Stanley and the stories she tells about the island and its long-ago inhabitants.

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.