Stanley, George Edward

Examines events that led to the Civil War in the United States, beginning in 1815, and includes discussion of how Abraham Lincoln fought to preserve the Union, and how the South battled to retain slaves and its way of life.

Three friends form a codebreaking service and meet a motley cast of characters including a Bulgarian spy, a man from the State Department, and a little old lady who wants her diary encoded.

This book describes the United States during the time of the Great Depression and the time of World War II and its aftermath.

"Someone knocked out Todd and Noelle's friend Pops Verner, the night watchman at the department store, and stole his treasured pocket watch. He's pretty sure the robber is one of the three men who work in the storeroom. But how can he figure out which one ..."--Cover back.

The Third-Grade Detectives investigate when a fifteenth-century statue is stolen from an art museum and destroyed.

When the world's ships start sinking, secret agent Adam Sharp investigates and discovers metal robot sharks are behind the attacks.