This groundbreaking classic is now available in a special anniversary edition with bonus content. Winner of the Newbery Medal as well as the National Book Award, HOLES is a New York Times bestseller and one of the strongest-selling middle-grade books to ever hit shelves!Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been...

As far as the eye can see is a vast, empty horizon. Evie Teale has finally accepted that her husband won’t be coming home. To make ends meet she runs a temporary stage station. But though she is diligent and careful, Evie must prepare for the day when the passengers no longer come and she must protect her children in an untamed country where’s it’s far easier to die than to live.Miles away, another solitary soul battles for survival. Conagher is a lean, dark-eyed drifter who is not...

Louis L’Amour brings the Wild West back to life in three unstoppable adventures!Mistakes Can Kill You” is the story of Johnny O’Day. Half-dead from pneumonia and on the brink of giving up, he was taken in as a boy and nursed back to health by a young couple. Growing up, Johnny harbored nothing but resentment and jealousy of their biological son, Sam. But now Sam is in big trouble, and it seems that Johnny may be the only person who can come between his half brothe...

Treasure Island is the book that defined the image of the pirate - from wooden legs, walking the plank, treasure maps where x marks the spot, ghost pirates, pieces of eight, parrots on shoulders and even the dreaded black spot! Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of pirate adventure is still very accessible for a modern audience - there's plenty of swashbuckling for readers of all ages.

Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Written as a "boys' novel" and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886, the novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Seamus Heaney.As historical fiction, it is set around 18th century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder", which occurred near Ballachulish in 1752 in the aftermath of the Jacobite Ri...

Compulsively readable, this first social history of the opening up of the Canadian West is a triumph of historical detective work and gives us Siggins at the top of her game.While researching the biography of Louis Riel, Maggie Siggins became aware of a figure lurking in the background who had had a profound influence on the great Canadian reformer. This was his grand-mother Marie-Anne Lagimodière, née Gaboury. As Siggins’ research progressed, she came to regard Ma...

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"A story of love and adventure set in the Wars of the Roses" from the nineteenth-century Scottish author of Treasure Island ( Adirondack Daily Enterprise ).A spirited historical adventure set during the British Middle Ages, The Black Arrow was originally serialized in 1883. As England is torn apart by civil wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster, Richard "Dick" Shelton seeks justic...

Patti Kelly Ralabate and Loui Lord Nelson-both influential early adopters of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)-braid two "hot" frameworks, Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) and UDL, to help teachers address the needs of English Learners in today's classrooms.With cultural and linguistic diversity in the classroom on the rise, educators are challenged to address the needs of English Learners "without diluting the focus of their educational goals and curriculum, and potentially ...

What Is a Black Hole?A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when a star is dying. Because no light can get out, people can't see black holes. They are invisible. Space telescopes with special tools can help find black holes. The special tools can see how stars that are very close to black holes act differently than other stars. If anything gets to...

A fantastic adventure story enjoyed by children around the world for well over a century.Written by the author of Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson, this classic tale is easily summed up by its official original title:Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Cast away; his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; his Journey in the Wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with al...

Even in space there is a need for reconnaissance. A 'consultant' named Smith and Colonel Ann 'Screwball' McCluskey are going in harm's way. They have to see what's behind that nebulous cloud, especially after losing so many of their friends to an ambush. What they will find is anybody's guess but it can't be good. A short story of military science fiction.