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Describes how people in countries around the world are conserving natural resources by reusing, reducing, and recycling; and encourages readers to consider ways they can reduce trash.

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

"Fish Girl, a young mermaid living in a boardwalk aquarium, has never interacted with anyone beyond the walls of her tank until a chance encounter with an ordinary girl, Livia. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium tank"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.

In 1929 New York City, twelve-year-old housemaid Martha O'Doyle suspects that a wealthy recluse may be trying to communicate with the outside world through the paintings on her gallery walls.

Talented magician Danny, who is half-Chinese, half-British, and dwarf strongman Zamora try to find the connection between the disastrous end of the circus Mysterium, where Danny's performer parents were killed, and the disappearance of his guardian aunt, who is investigating sinister gangs in Hong Kong.

Discusses the life and career in the automobile industry of Henry Ford.

Introduces the life and writings of American author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, best known for living two years along the shores of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts.

Describes how people worldwide are wasting energy and threatening the environment. Also provides information on how to live more sustainably through such activities as recycling, using green sources of energy, car-sharing, and reducing air travel.

"Explore this ... timeline history of physical science! What are matter, motion, gravity, electricity, magnetism, and substances? Who first studied these concepts? And who later built on and expanded the work of those early thinkers?"--Provided by publisher.