from the back cover: Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald city,…
from the back cover: At first, no one is concerned about what seem to be meteors or falling stars dropping from the sky--until they are revealed to be fleet of alien spaceships carrying Martians determined to overtake the Earth. Humankind's most advanced technology is old-fashioned by Martian standards. Can the aliens' death march be stopped? Find out in this electrifying science fiction mast…
IT was the time of the Revolutionary War - and Deborah Sampson wanted to join the army! In 1778, when Deborah Sampson was 18 years old, most girls her age were settling down and getting married. But Deborah had other ideas. She wanted to travel and have adventures - even if it meant joining the army and dressing like a man! In 1782, the Revolutionary War was still still going on. And no one s…
includes an illustrated glossary and Questions and Puzzles related to the story