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Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and reveals troubles that predate the accident.

Relates, in graphic novel format, the role Boston silversmith Paul Revere played in the American Revolution, particularly his ride through the countryside to sound the alarm that the British were about to attack, giving the Sons of the Liberty a chance to prepare for the opening battles of the Revolutionary War.

Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and reveals troubles that predate the accident.

A biography of New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez who was convicted of murder.

When middle school journalist Riley Dunne learns that an important and beloved club is being shut down, she uses the power of the pen to instigate much-needed social change.

After developing alopecia Quinn lost her friends along with her hair and former football player Jake lost his legs and confidence after an accident, but the two help each other believe in themselves and the possibility of love.

"Loosely based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson entangles herself and her family with mischievous fairies when she seeks to win a baking contest"--Publisher.

Examines how family, Mormon religion, and personal history have shaped presidential candidate Mitt Romney's political beliefs.

Examines the contributions and lives of the women who were hired by Harvard College Observatory in the late 1800s to calculate observations made via telescope each night. Highlights such astrological pioneers as Williamina Fleming, a Scottish maid who identified three hundred variable stars, and Dr. Cecilia Helena Payne, the first female to be hired in 1956 as a professor of astronomy at Harvard. Includes a glossary, a chronology, and color photographs.

The author describes her two-year stay at a psychiatric hospital renowned for its famous clientele and for its progressive methods of treatment.