A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "Crispin: The Cross of Lead," a story in which an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England, falsely accused of theft and murder, flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the teacher at her one-room schoolhouse in a remote area of Colorado when it is unexpectedly closed.
Oscar Westerwit, a squirrel who loves baseball and Broadway musicals, fights back when a gangster rat named Big Daddy Duds ans his thugs move uptown in the year 1900, invade Central Park, and evict Oscar and his animal friends from their homes.
After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.
As the only passenger, and the only female, on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte finds herself caught between a murderous captain and a mutinous crew.
While learning to sail during a visit to his grandmother's at the Connecticut shore, eleven-year-old Tony becomes excited about the rumors of sunken treasure in the area and starts following a couple who seem to be making a mysterious search for something.
