You can't blend in when you were born to stand out. My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away s…
The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life—the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a heroine in Japan. "[The] story speaks directly to young readers of the tragedy of Sadako's death and, i…
Charlie Bucket loves chocolate and Mr.Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, is opening the gates of his amazing chocolate factory to five lucky children. It's the prize of a lifetime. Gobstoppers, wriggle sweets and a river of melted chocolate delight await Charlie needs just one Golden Ticket and these delicious treats could all be his.
Jack and Annie don't need another mummy. But that's what they get when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Egypt. There they meet a long-dead queen who needs their help. Will Jack and Annie be able to solve the puzzle, or will they end up as mummies themselves?
Is this town haunted? Jack and Annie wonder when the Magic Tree House whisks them to the wild west. But before they can say "Boo!" they rush headlog into an adventure filled with horse thieves, a lost colt, rattlesnakes, and a cowboy named slim. Will Jack and Annie have time to solve the next tree house riddle? the answer may depend on a ghost!