BRAVERY GROWS IN YOUR MIND. BUT ITS ROOTS ARE IN YOUR HEART. Falzah loves being part of the group in her fencing class. but she's worried she won't be able to compete In the tournament with everyone watching. Mama says not to worry. She says bravery will come in time like it did for Aslya. An empowering story of hijab, courage and community. from the bestselling creators of The Proudes…
WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO YOU WANT? Mama would say: a beautiful world. Asiya would say: a strong world. Faizah wants a kind world. as special as her sister's hijab. When school picture day doesn't go to plan. Faizah discovers that acts of kindness can come back to you in beautiful ways. In empowering words and breathtaking illustrations. the award-winning. bestselling team behind …
Percy Jackson’s seventh-grade year has been surprisingly quiet. Not a single monster has set foot on his New York prep-school campus. But when an innocent game of dodgeball among Percy and his classmates turns into a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants, things get... well, ugly. And the unexpected arrival of Percy’s friend Annabeth brings more bad news: the magical borders t…
When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the …
All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. No…
from the back cover: Ellen Shore's family is an ordinary American family, and Ellen is six years old when her brother Al is born. Her parents are very pleased to have a son, but Ellen is not pleased, because now baby Al comes first. And when they are adults, Al still comes first. He begins a rock band and makes records. Soon he is rich and famous - very rich, but he gives nothing to his siste…
from the back cover: Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan, to help on the farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy, but they get Anne, who has red hair and freckles, and who talks and talks. They didn;t want a girl, but how can gthey send a child back, like an unwanted parcel? So Anne stays, and begins a new life in the sleepy, quiet village of Avonlea in Canada. …
from the back cover: Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that's for sure. So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends. And there's 300 dollars waiting for anyone who …
from the back cover: A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry's famous short stories - sensiti…
Meet Ivy and Bean, two friends who never meant to like each other. Bean is bored, bored, bored... until her teacher gives her a book of world records, and Bean learns about the biggest, the smallest, and the strangest things in the world. Soon the entire second grade has world-record fever. Who will do the most cartwheels? Can you really shatter a glass by screaming? Ivy and Bean make their …