Some schools boast of famous athletes who once attended. Others boast of movie stars or politicians who once walked the halls. It is even said that some schools have ghosts. For The STEM Institute of Queens, the claim to fame is an infamous bank robber, who is rumored to have buried money somewhere on the school grounds.Elijah, Emory, Noel, and Wes are new students at the institute. As they each adapt to their new environment, they come together to dive deep into the school’s histo...

Upon hearing the news of an impending family tragedy, a lonely man must travel miles of dark highway to reach his hometown. Early on during his trip, he agrees to give an odd hitchhiker a lift. What happens along the way so strongly marks the lonely man that he can't help but retell the events to whomever he comes across. 

After two weeks from the break up from his first love, Jackie has been reminiscing the memories about her while his good friend, Kim, has been trying to support him to move on. Then as if fantasy meets reality, Jackie gets a second chance to try to make things right from help that he least suspects.

The second book in the action-packed Bar Code series. They want your identity. They want your freedom. They can't have them. The bar code rebellion. Kayla has resisted getting the bar code tattoo, even though it's mean forfeiting a "normal" life. Without the tattoo, she's an exile. But she can't stay an exile for long. . . . For reasons she doesn't completely understand--but will soon discover--Kayla is at the center of a lethal conspiracy that will soon threaten the very notion of freedom...

Bella Ann, age 10, has grown up in foster care and doesn't expect to ever have a family so she is amazed when a single woman decides to adopt her. Bella Ann waits anxiously for her new mom to find out about the terrible thing that is wrong with her, the thing that makes everyone give her away. After the first year, Bella Ann is settled in and happy. She begins to explore friendships, and she loves her new grandparents, but Bella Ann also finds herself in trouble at school. Will her new mom...

Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and re-craft a world of automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never were. Where scientists and schoolgirls, fair folk and Romans, intergalactic bandits, utopian revolutionaries, and intrepid orphans solve crimes, escape from monstrous predicaments, consult oracles, and hover over volcanoes in steam-powered airships. Here, fourteen masters of speculative fictio...

For early reader sports fans, this series from superstar Shaquille O'Neal will inspire kids to love reading.When Little Shaq and his cousin Barry accidentally break their favorite video game, they need to find a way to replace it. That's when Little Shaq's science project inspires a solution: a gardening business. They can water their neighbors' gardens to raise money for a new game! Little Shaq and Barry make a great team both on and off the basketball court, but ...

From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season!In the first book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC Corcoran always watches the news. So it's no surprise that she notices right away when the President of the United States starts acting funny on TV. He's stiff and awkward. He's even signing papers with the wrong...

Deep beneath the city live five extraordinary kids: world-famous hacker Jack, gadget geek Charlie, free runner Slink, communications chief Obi, and decoy expert Wren. Orphans bonded over their shared sense of justice, the kids have formed the Urban Outlaws, a group dedicated to outsmarting criminals and handing out their stolen money through Random Acts of Kindness (R.A.K.s).But the kids find themselves in serious trouble when they're caught in an epic battle to control Proteus, a ...

The action-packed series by Michael P. Spradlin returns. Each book covers a genetically engineered superpredator wreacking havoc on the environment.It's all come to this.Dr. Catalyst has had enough of Emmet Doyle's meddling. Time after time, Emmet and his friend Calvin Geaux have stepped in to ruin his plans, just when he'd released one of his genetically engineered killer species into the Florida environment.This time, Dr. Catalyst is releasing his most deadly creation yet. It's a...

IF THESE CREATURES DON'T PUT ON A SHOW, THEY'LL BE PUT ON A PLATE!When Jean-Remy receives a singing telegram from his long-lost sister, Eloise Yvette, the Creature Department is once again thrown into an invention frenzy. Rumor has it that the Ghorks have taken Heppleworth’s Food Factory hostage. And worse, they are threatening to make tasty treats of the creatures inside!Elliot and Leslie lead the way to the town of Simmersville with Ghork-grappling invent...

Explore the deepest parts of the oceans and the vast space of the solar system in this science study guide. This quick guide provides tidbits of the most important information about the plants in the solar system, select marine life, and desert and forest animals. Perfect for third graders, this is the ultimate guide that ensures easy absorption of broken-down information. Buy a copy today.