Kate Messner
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Take a journey to the Galápagos Islands to see Galápagos giant tortoises up close and discover how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists study and protect these gentle giants. Page Plus links in the book lead to videos of scientists in the field"--
63) Pearl Harbor
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
194 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A perspective-changing reanalysis of the events of the Pearl Harbor attacks investigates theories that the U.S. Navy Base was a known possible target and that early warning signs were accidentally or deliberately ignored.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An engaging introduction to the real stories behind the fight for women?s voting rights combines fun facts with graphic panels, sidebars and more to challenge popular misconceptions and reveal what suffragists actually endured for the sake of voting equality.
65) Hide and seek
Author
Series
Silver Jaguar Society volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
For five hundred years the Jaguar Cup, sacred to the Silver Jaguar Society, was hidden in a cave on the coast of Costa Rica--so when a fake copy shows up on display in America, it is up to José, Anna, and Henry, junior members of the society, to travel to Costa Rica and rescue the real cup from thieves.
66) Manhunt
Author
Series
Silver Jaguar Society volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Henry, Anna, and Jose, the junior members of the Silver Jaguar Society, are on a mission in Paris to recover the Mona Lisa--but when senior members of the Society are taken hostage, it is up to Henry to rescue them while continuing to pursue the missing masterpiece.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Before he was Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci was a curious boy in Brooklyn, delivering prescriptions from his father's pharmacy on his blue Schwinn bicycle. His father and immigrant grandfather taught Anthony to ask questions, consider all the data, and never give up--and Anthony's ability to stay curious and to communicate with people would serve him his entire life. This engaging...
68) Wake up missing
Author
Publisher
Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After a concussion that effects her balance, memory, and other abilities, twelve-year-old Kat goes to I-Can, the "Miracle Clinic in the Swamp, " where she joins forces with other patients to expose plot that endangers them all.
69) Sugar and ice
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Russian skating coach Andrei Groshev offers twelve-year-old farm girl Claire a scholarship to train with the elite in Lake Placid, she encounters a world of mean girls on ice, where competition is everything.
Author
Series
Ranger in time volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet Ranger! He's a time-traveling golden retriever who has a nose for trouble . . . and always saves the day!Ranger has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog, but can't officially pass the test because he's always getting distracted by squirrels during exercises. One day, he finds a mysterious first aid kit in the garden and is transported to the year 1850, where he meets a young boy named Sam Abbott. Sam's family is migrating west on the...
Author
Series
Ranger in time volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, is back for the second book in Kate Messner's new chapter book series. This time, he's off to save the day in ancient Rome!Ranger is a golden retriever who has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog. In this adventure, Ranger travels to the Colosseum in ancient Rome, where there are gladiator fights and wild animal hunts! Ranger befriends Marcus, a young boy Ranger saves from a runaway lion, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt."--
73) Once upon a book
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"Alice can go anywhere in the magical pages of her favorite book. So when it flaps its pages and invites her in, she is swept away to a world of wonder and adventure. But at the end of her imaginative journey, she yearns for the place she loves best of all."--