how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty
Freedman, Russell
An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeshipto Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
A cat, two guinea pigs, and a colony of brave sewer rats band together in order to save Freddy, a golden hamster, from an evil scientist who's discovered that Freddy can read and write, and plans to hamster-nap him in order to dissect his brain.
On a remote island in the Pacific, scientists created the Vitros, made in test tubes and given superhuman knowledge and abilities. Seventeen-year-old Sophie travels to the island searching for her mother, and discovers she has a Vitro twin who needs her protection.